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Citizenship ceremony booking without HO invitation

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:13 am
by amehmood04916
Dear all
I applied 19.05.17 and after long wait finally Got decided on 06.11.2017 Appeared online 07.11.17. I waited 10 days for the HO Approval letter but nothing came. I emailed My local council with all my details and they replied same day that they have received my certificate and requested me to book a ceremony using reference number from my HO initiation letter. I replied back and told them that I have not received any letter yet. The registrar replied as follow
''Email back with a telephone number where can contact you today and we will ring you back to book you on to a ceremony. I would also in the meantime contact the Home Office advise you have not received their letter. You can attend a ceremony without it, but we would need to you to definitely bring your Photo I.D. ( passport/D/licence etc and may be a bill/bank statement to confirm your address''

SO I booked a private ceremony on 23.11.2017 using reference letter I used to check my online status with the addition of Zero at the start.
Hope this will help other members who are waiting for the letter. I will update after ceremony attendance
Thanks

Re: Citizenship ceremony booking without HO invitation

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:32 am
by kofimensah200
Please which council were u able to book with

Re: Citizenship ceremony booking without HO invitation

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:36 am
by amehmood04916
kofimensah200 wrote:
Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:32 am
Please which council were u able to book with
I booked with Leeds city Council

Re: Citizenship ceremony booking without HO invitation

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:19 pm
by AdInfernos
My application was approved on 07/11 and because I haven't received the invitation so far, this morning I have contacted Edinburgh City Council and they have confirmed that my certificate has not been received. They have told me that they receive a batch of certificates every Tuesday afternoon and that I can call on Wednesday to check again.

So basically no news after two weeks of the approval.

Re: Citizenship ceremony booking without HO invitation

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:33 pm
by ubamor01
amehmood04916 wrote:
Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:36 am
kofimensah200 wrote:
Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:32 am
Please which council were u able to book with
I booked with Leeds city Council
Very useful. Thank you.

I am also waiting for the letter after my online status was updated on 15th Nov.

I applied through Leeds NCS so I may try what you suggested if the letter hasn't come through by the end of the week.

Please do provide an update after your ceremony. Congratulations, and thanks!

Re: Citizenship ceremony booking without HO invitation

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:42 pm
by Moonset007
ubamor01 wrote:
Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:33 pm
amehmood04916 wrote:
Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:36 am
kofimensah200 wrote:
Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:32 am
Please which council were u able to book with
I booked with Leeds city Council
Very useful. Thank you.

I am also waiting for the letter after my online status was updated on 15th Nov.

I applied through Leeds NCS so I may try what you suggested if the letter hasn't come through by the end of the week.

Please do provide an update after your ceremony. Congratulations, and thanks!

Hello ,
I have applied for naturalization today . How do you check for you online status please ? please send me all details

Re: Citizenship ceremony booking without HO invitation

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:08 pm
by CR001
Moonset007 wrote:
Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:42 pm
Hello ,
I have applied for naturalization today . How do you check for you online status please ? please send me all details
This is NOT a 'application status check' topic. There is a dedicated topic for such posts.

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