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by Lisa F » Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:20 pm
I really need some advice/info please.
Bit of background, not sure if it helps.
I'm South African born but have British citizenship (by decent via my dad) but my daughter has South African citizenship. We moved to the UK when she was 2 years old (18 years ago!) and she was granted ILR (with letter and passport stamp). She has been happily working for the last couple of years, employer's always being quite happy with seeing her passport, NI card and ILR letter. Now, suddenly, after she moved and had to look for a new job, all employers are asking for a Biometric Residence Permit and won't hire without it! We hadn't even heard of it until now!
Anyway, we got the paperwork for the BRP and sent it off. She then received the letter to get her biometrics done so she went to the post office and did that. That was on the 7th June and she hasn't heard anything back yet. We have absolutely NO concept of how long the BRP takes to arrive and she is panicing about running out of money because of not being able to work, despite having several job offers, pending them seeing the BRP! Does anyone have ANY idea how long this can take or if there is any way she can find out what stage her application is at. I assume the card will be posted to her? We can't even find a phone number to call to find out.