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The answer to your query is in your query itself. I have highlighted some text to help you understand.macjackbauer wrote:
I am pleased to say that the application has been successful and you will shortly receive a letter inviting you to attend a citizenship ceremony. When you attend a ceremony you will be presented with a certificate of British Citizenship.
Please note, this letter is not an invitation to a ceremony. You should not contact your Local Authority until you have receive your invitation. If you have not received you invitation within 2 weeks of the above date, you should email the Nationality Enquires team at .....
Actually my borough is Islington and my approval letter said the same thing as the one in the OP, that it is not an invitation to the ceremony and to NOT contact my council until I receive the invitation letter. Then I received the invitation letter from HO about a week later telling me to contact the council.niteshj wrote:Simple answer: there are two different letters. One comes from HO and the other one from the council
However, to complicate matters.. It differs council by council. E.g. if you live in Islington then the approval letter tells you that YOU should contact the council on 020xxxxxx to schedule your ceremony - hence, you can almost say that the approval letter is also the invitation letter for Islington council. Sure enough when you excitedly call islington council to schedule your ceremony, you get a recorded message asking you to wait for your invitation letter from the council .. Which arrives the very next day in the mail
To be fair your HO approval letter is worded differently to the ones sent to people in Islington ... Clearly stating that the approval letter is not the invitation letter.
My borough is Islington also, and my very first approval letter from HO said to contact the council as mentioned by me above. And then as per what I mentioned above, the events unfolded. Strange we both live in the same council but we got different letters.Astrid24 wrote:
Actually my borough is Islington and my approval letter said the same thing as the one in the OP, that it is not an invitation to the ceremony and to NOT contact my council until I receive the invitation letter. Then I received the invitation letter from HO about a week later telling me to contact the council.
Yeah that is strange! Lucky you got the invitation letter straight away. I had to wait another week.niteshj wrote:My borough is Islington also, and my very first approval letter from HO said to contact the council as mentioned by me above. And then as per what I mentioned above, the events unfolded. Strange we both live in the same council but we got different letters.Astrid24 wrote:
Actually my borough is Islington and my approval letter said the same thing as the one in the OP, that it is not an invitation to the ceremony and to NOT contact my council until I receive the invitation letter. Then I received the invitation letter from HO about a week later telling me to contact the council.
Just had a talk with my lawyer who handle my citizenship, the response is:Plum70 wrote:The process differs from one Borough to the next. My approval letter advised me to contact my local town hall to book a ceremony.
Just understand what your approval letter says and follow the instructions.
Well, your lawyer is misinformed. Following the standard acknowledgement letter following an application I only received one further letter saying my application had been approved and to contact my local authority to arrange a citizenship ceremony.macjackbauer wrote:Just had a talk with my lawyer who handle my citizenship, the response is:Plum70 wrote:The process differs from one Borough to the next. My approval letter advised me to contact my local town hall to book a ceremony.
Just understand what your approval letter says and follow the instructions.
everybody who appied for UK citizenship and successfully, will be sent out 2 separate letter, one said:
first one :
your application has been successfully and wait for invitation.
second one:
you application has been approved and you need to contact your local au....
Also, on immgration system, if the invictation is printed, then, the UKBA will not send out the 1st successfully letter. This is how their system is deisgned.
no matter who, they were sent out 2 different letter, but the letter is from 2 different department from 2 different location, therefore somebody can get first letter quicker than the other.
Plain and simple - your lawyer is CLEARLY WRONG! end of story ...macjackbauer wrote: Just had a talk with my lawyer who handle my citizenship, the response is: