Ceelocsta wrote:Congratulations Kenji!!!
Thanks a bunch
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Ceelocsta wrote:Congratulations Kenji!!!
Thanks bright_star, yours is on the way.bright_star wrote:I'm super happy about Keji and Ceelocsta !!!!! Hoping we all have positive answers soon.
Both of you applied from overseas?
Update in my application: biometrics done - 3/2/16
keji wrote:Thanks bright_star, yours is on the way.bright_star wrote:I'm super happy about Keji and Ceelocsta !!!!! Hoping we all have positive answers soon.
Both of you applied from overseas?
Update in my application: biometrics done - 3/2/16
Yea,I applied from Nigeria ,first week in August, biometrics - Nov ending. My approval letter was dated 13 January.
Ben170292 wrote:I have just received an email ending in @fco.gov.uk, does this sound like an official email?
It is saying they have received my British Citizenship Certificate and need to organise my attendance for the ceremony.
it doesn't mention my name and I haven't received any letters, so I am a bit worried it is a scam of some sort.
Ben
Didn't get my documents back with biometric letter either.bright_star wrote:hi all, just a short query... i got biometrics letter on 02.02.16, but without my documents. i was going through your posts and some people got their documents back with biometrics letter. should i e-mail them about my documents or it is normal receiving biometrics letter without the supporting documents? cheers!
Still nothing and getting close to the 10 month mark. Biometrics done in Canada on December 8th.canabrit wrote:They gave me back about half my documents with the biometrics letter, which was at the start of December. The rest I'm hoping they haven't lost and I'll get them back if/when I ever get an acceptance letter. But we'll see!
I suppose no news for you this week, bfrenchfry?
The letters a number of us received in November said in January 2016 they would send us an update on biometrics, not that it would be done. A few on the UKM board after applying in October tried to ask to do their biometrics abroad right away and were told they couldn't because the home office anticipated it being available for them in the US in their 6 month timeline. Doesn't mean they will actually have them in February. Let's face it, they've been "anticipating" having this service available for 10 months now so we're clearly not a priority.Lizzie64 wrote:Have any of you heard any update on when biometric enrolment for UK citizenship is going to be possible in the USA? I think bfrenchfry mentioned a few weeks back that it could possibly be by the end of Feb 2016 but I just wondered if anyone had any updated info?
JJL wrote:Hi All,
The British High Commission in South Africa has contacted me and I have my ceremony next week. Meaning, this time next week I will be a British Citizen. Such an amazing feeling. I applied from South Africa and my total time line was 4 months and a half months. Good luck everyone and thank you so much for all of your assistance on this forum. If there are any South African applicants please feel free to reach out to me, I might be able to provide some useful tips and hints.
Thanks for your reply, keji!keji wrote:Didn't get my documents back with biometric letter either.bright_star wrote:hi all, just a short query... i got biometrics letter on 02.02.16, but without my documents. i was going through your posts and some people got their documents back with biometrics letter. should i e-mail them about my documents or it is normal receiving biometrics letter without the supporting documents? cheers!
It came months later wit approval letter.
canabrit wrote:Great! Thanks. That's kinda what I figured...
So, fret not, NJProfessor. As I was saying in one of my last posts, it seems like Home Office is starting to move through things in a more orderly fashion. People in the UK tend to go through quicker regardless, but some of the other acceptances lately have seemingly correlated with the timing of people's biometrics (in a chronological manner). First, a couple people who did biometrics in mid-november got their acceptance letters, then keji, who had done theirs at the tail-end of Nov. Then Ceelocsta was the 7th of december. And if I recall, bfrenchfry did theirs a week before us in Toronto (we were the 15th of Dec), so that makes them the 8th. If this is indeed a pattern that's developing, I would reckon bfrenchfry will see something this week, and then hopefully us within 2...
But time will tell, obviously. Fingers crossed for bfrench...
I did the UKM route and attended my ceremony at the Los Angeles consulate. It took about 3 weeks from the date of my approval letter till the consulate received my registration certificate. I emailed the LA consulate PR email to get in contact with someone. Once they received my certificate they contacted me by email to schedule the ceremony.mbianco21 wrote:Hello:
I received my UKM approval letter January 7, 2016. I live in Arizona. I have not received my ceremony letter? Has anyone in the western USA (I believe my consulate would be in Los Angeles) attended or received their ceremony letter?
Thank you.
Hi Brad,Roka1404 wrote:JJL wrote:Hi All,
The British High Commission in South Africa has contacted me and I have my ceremony next week. Meaning, this time next week I will be a British Citizen. Such an amazing feeling. I applied from South Africa and my total time line was 4 months and a half months. Good luck everyone and thank you so much for all of your assistance on this forum. If there are any South African applicants please feel free to reach out to me, I might be able to provide some useful tips and hints.
Hi JJL,
I would really like to discuss this with you if possible, my fiancee is about to start this process from South Africa based on her father. did you use an agency to represent you??
Cheers
Brad
Hi JJL, see below please (wouldn't post earlier!)JJL wrote:Hi All,
The British High Commission in South Africa has contacted me and I have my ceremony next week. Meaning, this time next week I will be a British Citizen. Such an amazing feeling. I applied from South Africa and my total time line was 4 months and a half months. Good luck everyone and thank you so much for all of your assistance on this forum. If there are any South African applicants please feel free to reach out to me, I might be able to provide some useful tips and hints.