brexitmeansbrexit wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:27 amHi,newlondon wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:34 pmbrexitmeansbrexit wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:50 pmHinewlondon wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:27 pmHi,brexitmeansbrexit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:00 amHi @newlondonnewlondon wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:19 pmHi Guys,
Anyone still waiting from mid May approvals or earlier please post your experience as I am still waiting and it is nearly approaching three months to receive the ceremony invitation.
No response to any of the emails sent to different email address so I am unsure what to do next?
@brexitmeansbrexit did you manage to receive the invitation?
Thanks
I have not received my invitation to a ceremony letter yet. I have sent a letter to UKVI to ask for it. I have also sent emails but I am getting no replies back. When I called HO last week, they just confirmed that the ceremony backlog has been apparently cleared so they do not provide those 'batch last sent' updates anymore.
I have contacted my local MP for help. I have not heard back from them. I also raised a SAR request a month ago, which just came back confirming that they have not sent any ceremony letter and there is no update on my case since its approval in late May.
It seems that many applicants now receive a combined approval letter with the ceremony invitation. Our cases seem to have followed the traditional route of sending it separately.
You can try lodging a SAR request about your case (it takes 5weeks approx) and sending a physical letter to UKVI/HO requesting an update.
Any new updates from your MP or home office?
I have sent several emails and none of them have been responded. I will compose an email to my MP if I do not hear back from them this week.
Let’s see if you have any updates.
Thanks
I have received an update from my MP. She kindly called HO and they only confirmed that I sent them an email in mid July, then it was allocated to a caseworker 5 days later. They could not confirm to her when they will provide me/her with an update. So far they have just acknowledged my email. It is still within the 20-working days windows so I will wait.
In the meantime, I have not received any updates from any of the email addresses even after a chase (furthernationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk, NationalitySupportTeamFMT@homeoffice.gov.uk, NationalityFrontEndTechnicalSpecialists@homeoffice.gov.uk, Citizenship.Support@homeoffice.gov.uk, nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk)
I also sent a physical letter which was received by Nationality team last week. No reply yet.
I am also chasing the Subject Access Requests (SAR) team to provide me with any trace of the letter but it has not been disclosed yet.
Is anyone else still waiting for their ceremony invitation letters with May approval dates?
Hi thanks for the update.
I will contact my MP if I do not hear anything by the end of this week.
In terms of other people waiting their is 1-2 people still waiting in a different forum and they were approved in May too. I think our cases got forwarded to the same case worker who forgot to sent the certificates for printing which has probably caused this issue as now a days people are getting the ceremony and invite at the same time or some people are getting ceremony invite within 2-5 days after approval.
I just received my invitation letter over the weekend via post and I was able to book my ceremony for this week. I am not sure if it was just the random waiting or my chase via local MP and sending the physical letter to HO helped to chase that. Hope you will receive your invitation letter soon!
Congratulations.
This brings some good news so hopefully my one should arrive soon.
Can you please share what address did you send the physical letter to?
Also did you received a combined invitation and a approval or just ceremony invitation I know u have had the approval letter in May however as they have changed the procedure I am curious what old applicants are receiving.
Thanks