Help please - messed up expiry dates!

[dagsky08]

hi all, i hope i can get some quick advice on what to do as i have seriously messed up my visa expiry dates.

Background info:

- Granted refugee status in 2009 - 5yr visa given.
- Convicted to prison in 2010 - 14 months, review conducted by ukba whilst in prison and decided no further
action necessary.
- ILR application made (set protection route) 2014 - declined due to criminal record, however extended under paragraph 339Q for 3yrs

I mistakenly wrote down my visa expiry date as 15 sept but to my horror today whilst preparing my paperwork to meet with my solicitor on tuesday i have discovered that my visa actually expires on 5th Sept 2017! I have tried to contact my solicitor but i can't get hold of her, the firm only opens on Monday again and there is no emergency contact number. If i wait till Monday it will be the 4th Sept, even if she sees me on monday the mail will only get to Home Office on 5th September. I don't know if 5th September counts as getting it there on time or not or they will say that the application was late and then say i am an overstayer.

I have called over 20 firms to either no answer or they don't open on Saturday.

I am thinking of filling out form SET P and sending it off tomorrow so it arrives on Monday 4th Sept so it is still in time, and include a cover letter with the application stating further information to follow. The SET P form doesn't ask anything rocket science, its just basically personal info. Then when i get to see my solicitor on Monday/Tuesday she can then send in the additional information.

Any advice on how to handle this? And is SET P the correct form for my situation.

Thanks

[Casa]

Take a deep breath......the date of application is the date of posting, not the date the HO receive it. Send it by registered or recorded post and keep the receipt.

[dagsky08]

Phew!!! That is a MAJOR relief to hear! Thank you for responding, i appreciate it.

Am i correct in thinking that i have to use the SET P form for my circumstances?

[Casa]

Phew!!! That is a MAJOR relief to hear! Thank you for responding, i appreciate it.

Am i correct in thinking that i have to use the SET P form for my circumstances?

That's my understanding. You still have time to confirm with your legal advisor on Monday.

[dagsky08]

Thanks for your reply, I've just had a call back from my solicitor & she has made provision to see me tomorrow as she's in court on monday. Unbelievable that she's willing to give up her day off to help me & at no additional expense! Amazing is all i can say! She's NOT impressed at all at the situation but not many would be & i didn't dare start asking her a million questions over the phone. Happy days & fingers crossed all goes well