abus wrote:update for all

oci submitted 15/4/14
completed and ready in london 4/6/14.
i need to send my passport now.

Hi,

Congrats. When did the status change from "Under-Process" for you?

Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (By Naturalization) Method of application: By Post (to Durham) Date application sent : 05-MAR-2014 (By Special Delivery) Date of receipt of application by IPS : 06-03-2014 Date of deduction of fees : 11-06-2014 Date of receipt of ...

Application Date : 04/04/2014 (at Hayes VFS)
VFS sent to HCI : --
HCI issued surrender certificate : --
VFS Email Alert of completion: --
Received Surrender certificate & cancelled passport by Self Address Special Delivery: --

Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (By Naturalization) Method of application: By Post (to Durham) Date application sent : 05-MAR-2014 (By Special Delivery) Date of receipt of application by IPS : 06-03-2014 Date of deduction of fees : 11-06-2014 Date of receipt of ...

Good question tobeukcitizen. The reason I am planning to go for PIO is: The HCI website mentions estimated processing times as 2-4 weeks, and 4-6 weeks in exceptional cases. This is confirmed by various timelines on the forum. Also, I do not know for sure, but again from the forum it looks like in ...

InUkOnHsmp wrote:
So finally our passports are here, now to surrendering our Indian passports, and applying for PIOs for the family.

Sorry for the question in the wrong thread,
Hi InUkOnHsmp, why are you going for PIO? You should be going for OCI, isn't it?

Application Timeline Passport for: Adult Application Type: New (By Naturalization) Method of application: By Post Date application sent : 05-MAR-2014 (By Special Delivery) Date of receipt of application by IPS : Date of deduction of fees : Date of receipt of interview letter : Date of interview ...

Eligibility Criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR Current Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Berkshire Date of of Application: November 6, 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known Date of debit of fees: Account balance dropped by £874 on 10/01/2014 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: ...

Eligibility Criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR Current Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Berkshire Date of of Application: November 6, 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known Date of debit of fees: Account balance dropped by £874 on 10/01/2014 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: ...

It is unusual to see not much approvals this week.

Hoping to see a surge of approval letters mid of next week, hopefully if HO dispatches a lot of them today. ! Not sure if that is the way they do it, though.

Eligibility Criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR Current Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Berkshire Date of of Application: November 6, 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known Date of debit of fees: Account balance dropped by £874 on 10/01/2014 Date of receipt of acknowledgement:Waiting ...

Eligibility Criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR Current Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Berkshire Date of of Application: November 6, 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known Date of debit of fees: Account balance dropped by £874 on 10/01/2014 Date of receipt of acknowledgement:Waiting ...

Hi km25,

It means 98 applications were filed during that week and 24% was approved.

MattSule wrote:cityguy0189, which borough is that? 30,000 - that's a lot!!!

I think it can't be 30k+ in a single borough.. In a previous post a few eeks someone were mentioning, it was 39k overall.

Eligibility Criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR Current Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Berkshire Date of of Application: November 6, 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known Date of debit of fees: Waiting Date of receipt of acknowledgement:Waiting Date of approval : Waiting Invitation ...

Eligibility Criteria: HSMP + Tier 1 + 1 yr ILR Current Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Berkshire Date of of Application: November 6, 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: Not known Date of debit of fees: Waiting Date of receipt of acknowledgement:Waiting Date of approval : Waiting Invitation ...