Ceremonies Waiting Lounge

If your application for settled or pre-settled status, family permit, British citizenship, registration, or British passport for your children has been successful, don't forget to let us know! Our funding, and thus our ability to continue providing this service, depends on us showing how many people we have helped, both with our online resources and our forum!
Welcome to our forum, please check out How to use this forum. You will have to Register before you can post, click the register link above. PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE YOUR FULL NAME OR EMAIL ADDRESS AS YOUR FORUM USER NAME. Please read our Forum Rules and Terms and look at our Resources Area before posting. You may also want to look at the General help Section.
We provide guidance, help and support with applications, but not every case can be dealt with on a forum. See if you require LEGAL ADVICE. If you do, our LEGAL TEAM will be happy to help. All assistance is provided without liability for any loss or damage incurred as a result of reliance on our support and information.

Please head to our POST HERE area to post your query. Please wait for it to be approved and moved to the relevant section of the forum.

Before posting, please read our RESOURCES where you will find answers to most common queries.
For a successful application, please refer to our Ovierview of the citizenship process and Step-by-step guide.

IMPORTANT: If you need to sponsor a family member, please read potential impact on family members before you apply for British citizenship.

Once you have settled or pre-settled status, or if you acquired PR status in the past, you are lawfully resident under that status and don't need to work, exercise treaty rights, nor even think about CSI.

Settled status cannot be backdated,anyone not married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen, needs to wait at least 12 months from the date it was granted to apply, regardless of their lenght of residence in the UK. PR cards will be valid till the end of this year, awaiting confirmation from the Home Office regarding possible validity till the end of June.
A gentle reminder to our members to refrain from exchanging private messages with questions or advice, since the private messages cannot be checked by our lawyers, therefore the accuracy or relevance of the responses cannot be guaranteed. Thank you.

IMPORTANT UPDATE

There are provisions for late applications for those who missed the June 30th deadline. New Covid provisions for EU Settlement applications have been published. They include Provisions allowing an absence of over 12 months for people with pre-settled status, a provision for a second absence of up to 12 months and for choosing to spend time out of the UK over Covid related issues.

See less

Topics	Statistics	Last Post
Sticky: Autumn 2020 approvals and ceremony invitations by Jobsworth91 Started by Jobsworth91, 30-11-2020, 10:39 AM	140 responses 4,856 views 0 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 18-06-2021, 01:26 PM
Closed, Sticky: Useful Information If you are waiting for your ceremony, please see this by Site Admin Started by Site Admin, 12-02-2021, 11:25 AM	0 responses 498 views 4 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 12-02-2021, 11:25 AM
Sticky: Citizenship Ceremonies during Lockdown 3 by Ivy.Peace Started by Ivy.Peace, 07-01-2021, 08:04 AM	13 responses 547 views 2 likes	Last Post by plody 15-01-2021, 11:32 AM
Sticky: List of councils who have resumed ceremonies by NacNac Started by NacNac, 14-08-2020, 01:45 PM	34 responses 1,858 views 2 likes	Last Post by NacNac 05-01-2021, 09:50 PM
Closed, Sticky: UPDATE Up to six months to have the ceremony by Site Admin Started by Site Admin, 04-01-2021, 11:10 AM	1 response 308 views 1 like	Last Post by Site Admin 04-01-2021, 11:13 AM
Closed, Sticky: IMPORTANT PLEASE READ Citizenship applicants without settled status by Site Admin Started by Site Admin, 29-12-2020, 10:00 AM	0 responses 151 views 1 like	Last Post by Site Admin 29-12-2020, 10:00 AM
Closed, Sticky: IMPORTANT PLEASE READ Applicants without settled status awaiting their ceremony by Site Admin Started by Site Admin, 29-12-2020, 10:00 AM	0 responses 7 views 2 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 29-12-2020, 10:00 AM
Closed, Sticky: UPDATE Citizenship ceremonies going ahead during the November lockdown by Site Admin Started by Site Admin, 03-11-2020, 01:23 PM	0 responses 287 views 6 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 03-11-2020, 01:23 PM
Closed, Sticky: A long saga comes to an end! by Jtocin Started by Jtocin, 28-09-2020, 12:23 PM	2 responses 198 views 4 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 29-09-2020, 10:00 AM
Sticky: Normal ceremonies are now taking place by Site Admin Started by Site Admin, 19-08-2020, 08:34 AM	0 responses 193 views 4 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 19-08-2020, 08:34 AM
Normal Topics
Member comments welcome Home Office Invitation Letter Not Arriving by Smarah Started by Smarah, 18-07-2021, 08:11 AM	8 responses 119 views 0 likes	Last Post by Londonnew 30-07-2021, 11:58 AM
UKCEN2021 Ceremony in Liverpool by dr.lister Started by dr.lister, 22-07-2021, 05:10 PM	2 responses 20 views 1 like	Last Post by Site Admin 23-07-2021, 12:16 PM
Member comments welcome Invitation for a ceremony but no approval letter from Home Office by Landon Started by Landon, 06-07-2021, 09:43 AM	15 responses 154 views 0 likes	Last Post by Ciri 18-07-2021, 07:10 PM
citizenship application approved but council dont have any informaiton by rts Started by rts, 07-07-2021, 06:59 PM	4 responses 70 views 0 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 12-07-2021, 09:57 AM
Success letter from home office and cerimony booking by Rob82 Started by Rob82, 06-07-2021, 09:28 AM	8 responses 81 views 0 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 07-07-2021, 02:46 PM
Ceremony invitation by Holding2 Started by Holding2, 15-06-2021, 04:37 PM	2 responses 70 views 2 likes	Last Post by Holding2 16-06-2021, 08:40 AM
Member comments welcome Must be physically present in the UK for virtual ceremony by remmyb27 Started by remmyb27, 17-10-2020, 04:36 PM	127 responses 2,625 views 1 like	Last Post by Anavi13 15-06-2021, 09:35 PM
Naturalisation by Asirchia Started by Asirchia, 03-06-2021, 05:52 AM	2 responses 35 views 0 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 03-06-2021, 09:08 PM
Member comments welcome Ceremony abroad - married to British citizen by Mazda Started by Mazda, 27-05-2021, 10:13 AM	5 responses 53 views 1 like	Last Post by ClaudLatina 01-06-2021, 02:15 PM
Member comments welcome Question about ceremony invitation by manija Started by manija, 17-02-2021, 09:23 AM	14 responses 259 views 0 likes	Last Post by Site Admin 25-05-2021, 02:27 PM