CULLINAN wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:34 pm
Thank you @szrsrts @BGV
Thank you @Baybars1
Thank you for making the model. My situation is a little different than others. I applied on 22nd June and got an approval letter in the
POST today 14th Nov (dated 10th Nov). No email approval.
Background: On 6th Nov, I received a
UKVI survey email which is usually sent after a decision is made. However, I had not received any decision. I enquired with HO on 10th Nov as I was concerned, and same date is on my approval letter received via post on 14th Nov. So maybe that triggered approval letter via post. (?)
I am assuming my decision MAY have been made on an earlier date but maybe not pushed via email (as reported by many others previously- technical/human error?)
Having said that, time will tell when I receive my citizenship ceremony invitation letter. My decision letter does not state the “12 weeks wait.” Has it changed now?
If there is no 12-week wait mentioned in your approval letter, I would think that you should receive your invitation soon.
Basically, once your application has been approved, it is transferred from the Caseworking Team (CT) to the Citizenship Ceremonies Support Team (CCST). The former would have notified you about the approval whereas the latter would send you the invite.
Also, while the CT can work from home, the CCST cannot, which is why they had a massive hiatus between mid-March and early August. That is also why the CT had been advising people whose applications were approved between the start of the first lockdown and maybe mid October about the 12-week wait. However, the CCST seem to have been sending large numbers of certificates to councils on a weekly basis since the last week of October.
Therefore, maybe, just maybe, the CCST is now in a position to start sending invites shortly after the case has been transferred to them, for the more recent approvals, at least.