The second Citizenship Ceremony to be held in Bath & North East Somerset will herald another first! – the first young person to be granted citizenship in this area under new Government arrangements. 

The Home Office now requires applicants for Citizenship to attend a Citizenship Ceremony, arranged by the Council’s Registration Service. This is when the formal Certificate of Citizenship is awarded.

Councillor Marian McNeir, recently elected Chairman of the Council, will preside at a ceremony on June 16, at 10am at the Guildhall. Among the applicants to be granted their certificates will be the first young person in this area to be awarded Citizenship in this way.

Councillor McNeir said  “I am very excited about this particular ceremony. It will be my first ceremony since being elected Chairman of the Council.

I am looking forward to playing my part in the formal welcome to our new British Citizens. However, the ceremony is more than that. It is an opportunity to extend a warm welcome to new citizens as members of our local community.

I am so pleased that this time we will be welcoming a young person. It is an added factor that will make my first ceremony so rewarding for me.”

Editor’s notes

Media coverage is welcomed at the ceremony although we are obliged to respect the wishes of individual applicants as to the degree of personal publicity.

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