axeman85 wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:38 pm

@baybars

Please brother can you give me the ccst email address.. so I can inquire about my letter.

Thanks

I don't have it and I don't know if they have one for the customer queries, but if you find it, please share here.

Just looking at the data again and the most recent approval whereby the invite has been received is that communicate on 23 October 2020. Therefore, there is a possibility, albeit we can only be far from certain based on just one observation, that there might have been a printout of invites covering ...

CheshireKnight wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:09 pm

Hi Everyone

Any September approvals received invitation or certificates yet?

Thanks

There are at least two, you can check posts on the last couple of pages.

A big thank you to everyone posting their updates regarding the ceremony invitations. I am not responding individually to avoid cluttering the forum with my posts, but I am grateful to all for helping keep the model alive

In this case yes, their biometrics date was in July just. Indeed, the biometrics submission date is probably a better predictor of the approval date than the approval email itself, with the actual approval date being somewhere between the two dates. Take for example this member (a "July" ...

Also I’m very disappointed to see HO is NOT sending certificates in strict order. Some people still waiting from May and June and a majority for July, pretty much everyone for August, but September approvals have their certificates send to their councils already? That’s not ok (as much as I underst...

Councils cancelling citizenship ceremonies are taking advantage, trying to pull down salaries while providing no service, despite the Government guidance allowing them to continue doing their jobs: A number of public services will also stay open and you will be able to leave home to visit them. Thes...

Hi all, I’ve been following along here for a while, thanks to everyone for your updates and thank you baybars1! Kind regards” You are welcome and thanks for your kind note. I am glad that your certificate has arrived, primarily on your account, but also because it shows that my model would have act...

Thanks Baybays1 I just called Surrey county Council they have received certificates for September aswell also they are trying to arrange virtual ceremonies during lockdown Sure thing. By the way, how do they know what the corresponding approval dates are? The only dates that local councils need to ...

Soo123 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:53 pm

So what’s the verdict are councils going to stop the ceremonies ?

Some council have decided to pause citizenship ceremonies during the new lockdown while some are continuing in one way or another. It is all council-specific, really.

I have just noticed that at least one member with an EU state flag has mentioned that they might have to apply for an EU settled status if their citizenship ceremony is not completed before the year-end. Well, the good news is that the deadline is actually 30 June 2021 for those who are currently ho...

The main problem during the lockdown is to print certificates. HO claims they cannot print certificates when they work from home. So with or without ceremonies there will be no certificates to send. As it was mentioned a few times in this thread, they should digitalize certificates and allow to hav...

Now that we know that some councils at least are conducting some types of citizenship ceremonies, it would be interesting to find out if the CCST will be taking yet another fully-paid lockdown holiday - unless they are printing certificates and invitation letters from home, I can't imagine that they...

Totally agree. They just don’t care! They had 5 months to clear the backlog. In the 2nd half of June and the whole July, when pandemic was on its lowest HO was working from home and haven't printed a single certificate. If they had started printing in mid June they would have cleared the backlog by...

I dont think ceremonies will be affected because council are essential workers but since its a gathering i dont know how that will work BUT am sure private ceremonies can still take place because its just 1 person and the person administering it. If church can be open for private prayers only, then...

It seems that the new lockdown might affect the ceremonies until 2 December 2020 and maybe beyond that. If that is confirmed next week, the model I had compiled might need to be tweaked. The additional complication is that we would need to have a fairly good idea about the backlog that will exist as...

So receiving invitations on 30 October was misleading information. I feel disappointed. Another problem is a significant variation in wait times. Some approved in May are still awaiting their invitation letters while some approved in mid-July have booked and/or attended their ceremonies already (an...

Hi Everyone Having the backlog cleared for up to the 7th August by end of this week is really great news! However am just wondering what would be the situation for the late August, September and early October approvals; are they going to wait till 2021 to get their invitation letters??? Also am not...

My email approval letter was dated 8 July 2020. Following what is being said here I emailed my Taunton and Somerset council and they confirmed they received my citizenship certificate and have booked the ceremony for me for the 10th of November 2020. However, am still yet to receive the invitation ...

So @baybars1 you reckon it would be quicker for early Sep. approvals? You sound quite optimistic and so far your estimation was spot on. I was approved 10th of Sep. hopefully, I won't have to wait until mid-December because it's mad :| This is my projection for your application: Approved on -- Lett...

If we ignore the noise and consider only what the helpline staff have been consistently relaying (they started to clear the backlog on 7 August 2020, their aim was to clear it by 31 October 2020, further revised to the first week of November, and there is the "new standard" 12-week wait ti...

What about mid october? When will we get the certificates? These are my projections for October, specifically. Approved on -- Letter date - - - ----Letter arrival, date range------------ 01/10/2020 - - - 19/11/2020 - - - from 26/11/2020 - - - to 10/12/2020 08/10/2020 - - - 24/11/2020 - - - from 01/...

When I spoke to my council a couple of weeks ago they said the HO told them they expected to clear the backlog by the end of November. So it seems already then they knew the end of October timeline is not feasible, at least for some of the councils. I hope they are working on it at least, but it se...

jefoy22123 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:46 pm

Hi all,
I've just called the helpline - they advised to call again next Monday, as by then they will be given instructions on how to chase invitations.

If you do give them call next Monday, please share the update here if you can.

The Home Office is just a catastrophic department that hides under data protection act and laws. Which gives them the right not to give out personal or sensitive information. Why cant the call centre have access to basic information like when and if letters have been printed and or sent.. They ask ...