Hi all,
I have updates from my council by email. It seems every council making its own decisions. They have booked me for 11th July. My certificate must be sent to council already. (The date of My Citizenship invitation letter: 20th March for your reference)
Finally, thing is moving slowly. Good luck everyone!
E-mail content below if you are interested.
Dear Applicants,
We are now beginning to proceed with citizenship ceremonies at Islington. These ceremonies will be private ceremonies where only yourself can attend (no fee will be required from you) no guests will be allowed to attend and there will be no exceptions to the rule. We will send out pre-set times for you to attend.
Due to the large number of people we need to accommodate, we cannot be flexible on the dates and times supplied, so you will need to ensure you are available to attend your set date and time . These ceremonies will be on Saturdays only and you will only be required to state the oath and pledge and bring your required documents with you.
You will be asked to wear a face mask and each person will be allocated a 10 minute time slot in order to complete their ceremony and receive their certificate. It is vitally important that you arrive on time on the date, any late arrivals will not be seen and you will need to be allocated a new date (these will be arranged via email).
Priority will be given to those who are nearing their citizenship expiry date.
Please note, if you have been granted citizenship post lockdown we cannot do your ceremony. We have not received any certificates since March 2020 and we will be focusing on those that we received pre-lockdown.
Please reply with your Home Office reference number (Case ID Number) and I will book you in.
Bookings will be on 11th July, 18th July, 25th July, 1st August, please select a date and we will allocate you a time, if that date becomes full, you will be given the next available Saturday.
Please make sure you are free on Saturdays in July and August - once we have your details, we will begin issuing ceremony dates and times.
PLEASE NOTE - if you are not available for your allocated date and time we may not be able to reschedule you to a new date and you will need to contact the Home office for an extension.
Note:
WARNING: If you have any symptoms, stay at home, and contact us to reschedule. Do not attend your appointment and if you are seen to be ill you will be refused entry to the town Hall.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
If you have just arrived in the UK from, or are currently in, a restricted country you will need to self-quarantine for 14 days. If you are unable to attend your given date because you are in quarantine – please contact us so we can reschedule your ceremony.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... rder-rules
If a local lockdown is implemented we will have to change things and we will adhere to all restrictions in place – this could mean that all ceremonies are cancelled again.
Many Thanks
Xxx
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Booking info they gave me:
Hi xxx,
I have booked you for xx:xx on 11th July, please bring your ID and letter from the Home Office and wear a mask please.
Many Thanks,
Xxx