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Could you please let us know the procedure how you booked the private ceremony? On phone or email? I can see their website gives three different prices for private ceremony @different rooms? How does it work post-corona?K3891 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:10 pmDear All, help needed please,
Hounslow Council has given me the date for private ceremony as 12th Dec. I received the invitation letter on 21st Nov. Council received my certificate on 19th Nov. I am keen to get it done asap but they are saying they don't have availability before that. Is there any way i can get somehow an earlier date by escalating it somewhere etc? I requested the caller a lot of times if there is any date available before but no flexibility from the other side unfortunately. Please help.
thanks
CULLINAN wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:12 pmCould you please let us know the procedure how you booked the private ceremony? On phone or email? I can see their website gives three different prices for private ceremony @different rooms? How does it work post-corona?K3891 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:10 pmDear All, help needed please,
Hounslow Council has given me the date for private ceremony as 12th Dec. I received the invitation letter on 21st Nov. Council received my certificate on 19th Nov. I am keen to get it done asap but they are saying they don't have availability before that. Is there any way i can get somehow an earlier date by escalating it somewhere etc? I requested the caller a lot of times if there is any date available before but no flexibility from the other side unfortunately. Please help.
thanks
Having said that, I think the best you can do is to email them and reschedule if there is any availability at their end?
Also what is your date of approval if I may know? Thanks
Same as quoted on the website £250-285
Just end an email with your Name, Date of birth & reference. no to "citizenship@havering.gov.uk", they respond quickly.TabiStar wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 1:29 pmHi, Congratulations. Can you please tell me how you booked the ceremony? Did you book online or do you have a telephone number? I've had to send an email as their website doesn't appear to be working and I'm getting through to a pre recorded telephone message. Thank you.
Yes having the same problem! Every day you get a different answer on the phone, no replies to my emails. Very frustrating was hoping to complete the process this year for various reasons.Parisiana wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:07 pmDate of application: 28 May 2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19 August 2020
Date of approval: 21 August 2020
Ceremony letter received: 23 November 2020
Letter dated: 14 November 2020
Ceremony: Cannot book it because the Westminster council website is not working and the registar says that there is no slot in December
Council: Westminster
Is anyone experiencing the same issue with Westminster council please? Did you manage to book a ceremony? Thank you
Hi @Frou01!Frou01 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:24 pmAww, you’re most welcome Helen. Bless.Helen123 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:48 pmAh that’s great to know!! Thank you so much @Frou01 for all your help during this whole process!Frou01 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:16 pmGreat you have received it!Helen123 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:03 pmHi all,
I wanted to share that I’ve received my ceremony invitation letter today.
Council: Birmingham City Council
Applied: June 1
Approval date: Sept 14
I will be calling on Monday to book in for my ceremony so hopefully they will have a date in the next week or two! Thanks so much to everyone here for the help and support! @baybars1 your formula was spot on!!
See you all in the passport thread!
Birmingham is doing group ceremonies every Tuesday and private ceremonies every Wednesday.
I have decided for a group ceremony which is 1 December.
Let me know what date you got on Monday. Fingers crossed it’s very soon!
*bump*macka284 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:03 pmHi all, I'm sure this has been asked but I can't seem to find the most recent confirmation: I understand that we now have up to 6 months from the invitation letter to attend the ceremony, but is it still required that we *book* the ceremony within 21 days of receiving the invitation letter? I just want to be sure I don't miss the window in case I'm gone over the holidays when the letter arrives. Many thanks for any clarification!
Hi Helen,Helen123 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:41 amHi @Frou01!
So my invitation letter states that I should contact my local authority to arrange my ceremony (Birmingham) but when I called the number written on the letter there was an automated message saying something along the lines of “if you have received your invitation letter from the home office, we will contact you when your paperwork arrives to arrange your ceremony” and then just cuts off the line. Also it says on the Birmingham city council website that it could take “a few weeks” for them to receive your paperwork from the home office after you receive the invitation letter but it says in my letter that it could take up to 2 working days for the council to receive it. I have emailed the council to ask about booking my ceremony but it’s typical Birmingham, making everything so difficult and going about things in the slowest way possible.
Hi Naruto, I don't think so I am October Approval (21 Oct) too and haven't seen anything yet. Finger crossed, we will see it soon from Dec.
I called again and they opened up a few slots for December. I booked the ceremony on Dec 8th. Good luck everyone!Parisiana wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:45 pmNo they didn't, I emailed them and they confirmed receipt. Also when the link you sent lets you progress with your Home Office reference number, it means that they received your certificate. The problem now is that link does not have any slots available...nnn15 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:39 pmCongratulations on the progress on your application! How did you find out Westminster had your certificate, did they reach out to you?Parisiana wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:07 pmDate of application: 28 May 2020
Date Biometrics enrolled: 19 August 2020
Date of approval: 21 August 2020
Ceremony letter received: 23 November 2020
Letter dated: 14 November 2020
Ceremony: Cannot book it because the Westminster council website is not working and the registar says that there is no slot in December
Council: Westminster
Is anyone experiencing the same issue with Westminster council please? Did you manage to book a ceremony? Thank you
No news for me at all, but the link https://registrars.westminster.gov.uk/A ... ignup.aspx seems to be working, is it the link you tried to use? It seems to work, although for me it says "records not found" which I guess means that the council doesn't have my certificate.
Cheers tomridd9, Fantastic news. This news is giving me hope.