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I have received my approval letter and want to register to vote for the May elections.
Can I do this before I attend my Citizenship Ceremony?

The ceremony is booked on April 22nd, but I think that would be to late to inform the council of a change in circumstance that would allow me to vote in May.

Thoughts?

zonkkk wrote: Can I do this before I attend my Citizenship Ceremony?

Thoughts?

No you are not a British Citizen till you attend ceremony.

You can however, book a private ceremony for £50 odd, then you have Citizenship in time. Many people do it, and that is what I did as I wanted to move job/place ASAP after BC, so I got approval and booked ceremony immediately, which occurred only two days after I got the approval.

fwd079 wrote:

zonkkk wrote: Can I do this before I attend my Citizenship Ceremony?

Thoughts?

No you are not a British Citizen till you attend ceremony.

You can however, book a private ceremony for £50 odd, then you have Citizenship in time. Many people do it, and that is what I did as I wanted to move job/place ASAP after BC, so I got approval and booked ceremony immediately, which occurred only two days after I got the approval.

Unfortunately, private ceremony is not an option. I guess I'll have to let other people make sure that the country doesn't end up in Nigel Farage's hands.

Fair enough, I'd go for it, as I had put £50 on credit card as I needed to be done with ASAP, before my company was done with doing its business they were closing down.

What is your current nationality?

If you are a citizen of any Commonwealth country, you can register to vote in the General Election anyway.

I'm Romanian. We can only vote for local and European elections.

Deadline to register for this May's election was 20 April, 2015
See:
http://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/e ... s/register