Tier 1 Entrepreneur Processing Time (Extension Applications ONLY)

[fahhad]

Submitted Application: 5 Oct 2018
Complex Letter: 29th Nov 2018
Emailing confirming interview: 24 May 2019
Interview: 3rd Jun 2019
Visa and Passport: still waiting

[jonser]

Here is my timeline:

Application - Tier 1E Extension via £200k route

Application Sent: 30 November 2018
Fees Taken by HO: 04 December 2018
Biometric done at Post Office: 18 December 2018
Complex Letter: Received on 07 January 2019
Interview: No interview
IHS Partial Refund £200: No refund yet
BRP Received: 18 July 2019
Approval Letter with Passports: Awaiting

Update: Approval letter and passport plus documents were received on 19 July 2019

[argnihd13]

----Tier 1 Entrepreneur -----
----Initial Application 50k---
----Normal, Outside UK------
Submitted: 27/03/2019
Received at Sheffied: 05/04/2019
Complex letter: 18/04/2019
1st Interview: 07/07/2019
2nd Interview: 20/07/2019
---Nothing after that.... Fingers crossed!---

[10020132]

Application - Tier 1E Extension via £200k route (team member)

Application Sent: 10th Jan 2018
Biometric done at Post Office: 25 Jan 2018
Processing Email every month until April 2018
Complex Letter: April 2018
IHS Partial Refund : Not received yet
NO INTERVIEW
BRP Received: 30 July 2019
Approval Letter with Passports: 30 July 2019
Decision: Awaiting :, Granted

19 months long journey has come to end now. Similar dates are for my team member as well +/-2 days

[sy5431]

Tier 1 initial application (VC 50K)
Application - May 2018
Complex Letter - June 2018
1st MP letter - Oct 2018
Interview - April 2019
2nd MP letter - June 2019
Approval letter and passport - 9 Aug 2019
BRP - waiting

[sy5431]

Tier 1 initial application (VC 50K)
Application - May 2018
Complex Letter - June 2018
1st MP letter - Oct 2018
Interview - April 2019
2nd MP letter - June 2019
Approval letter and passport - 9 Aug 2019
BRP - 12 Aug 2019

[meimran123]

Here is my timeline:

Tier 1 Extension 50k

Application submitted: Nov 2018 with 3 dependents
Biometric Dec 2018
Complex Letter: Received
Interview: None
HO requested pay slips of one of the employee on july 19

BRP Received: Aug 2019
Total time taken: 9 months taken, no interview

[fahhad]

Submitted Application: 5 Oct 2018
Complex Letter: 29th Nov 2018
Emailing confirming interview: 24 May 2019
Interview: 3rd Jun 2019
Visa and Passport: still waiting

[CR001]

Can members PLEASE be respectful that this topic is NOT for ANY updates or TIMELINES for ILR. Please post ILR timelines in the TIMELINE ONLY topic in the ILR sub forum!!!

[jonser]

Here is my timeline:

Application - Tier 1E Extension via £200k route

Application Sent: 30 November 2018
Fees Taken by HO: 04 December 2018
Biometric done at Post Office: 18 December 2018
Complex Letter: Received on 07 January 2019
Interview: No interview
IHS Partial Refund £200: No refund yet
BRP Received: 18 July 2019
Approval Letter with Passports: Awaiting

Update: Approval letter and passport plus documents were received on 19 July 2019

Final Update: IHS Refund paid in on 04 September 2019. All the best to everyone.

[soyseven]

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Initial via £200k route / Outside UK

Application Made: 28/03/2019
Biometric done: 18/04/2019
Complex Letter: 06/07/2019
1st Additional Documents Requirement: 16/07/2019
2nd Additional Documents Requirement: 09/08/2019

Still waiting for further information...

I haven't received any interview notification yet.

[vizlax1]

Tier 1 (Entrepreneur £200k) Extension

Online application (Main + dependent) complete: 18th Sep 2019
Biometrics at UKVCAS: 26th Sep 2019
Application successful (via email, main + dependent): 23rd Oct 2019
BRP: expected within 7 working days of 23rd Oct 2019

[alijafri]

Here is my Friend's timeline who I assisted in Application :

Application - Tier 1E Extension via £200k route - Main Applicant + 3 Dependents

Application Sent Via Sopra Steria: 14 October 2019
Fees Taken by HO: 15 October 2019
Biometric done at UKVI Croydon: 25 October 2019
Complex Letter: None
Interview: No interview
IHS Partial Refund £200: No refund yet
Approval Email Received: 07 Nov 2019
BRP Received: 11 Nov 2019

[fahhad]

Submitted Application: 5 Oct 2018
Complex Letter: 29th Nov 2018
Emailing confirming interview: 24 May 2019
Interview: 3rd Jun 2019
received the visa: 15.11.2019
Passport: still waiting

[georgina3499]

Tier 1 Extension 200k

Application online submitted: 9 Oct 2019
Appointment @UKVCAS & Biometric taken on 21 Nov 2019
Interview: None
BRP Received: 5 Dec 2019 (Valid date: 28 Nov 2019-03 Dec 2021)
received approval letter from Home office on 6 Dec 2019 (date on the letter: 2 Dec 2019)
Total time taken: 2 weeks
BRAVO!

[faheemy]

Application - Tier Entrepreneur(Team) Extension £200k route

Application Sent team member(1): 01 June 2017
Application Sent team member(2)-myself: 13 Dec 2017
Fees Taken by HO: 20 Dec 2017
Bio-metric done at Post Office: 27 December 2018
Complex Letter: Received on Jan 2018
Interview: Interview March 2018
Contacted MP: April 2018 (H.O replied in May 2018 to MP- General letter for Complex issue)
Further Documents(since Dec 2017 to Aug 2019)requested by H.O : August 2019 (Documents sent within time-frame)
Approval Letter with passport : Received Team member (1) and Team Member (2) myself on 16 December 2019
Time taken for Team member (1) : 30 months
Time taken for Team member (2) : 24 months

IHS Partial Refund £200: No refund yet
BRP Received Team member (1) : received on 20/12/2019.
BRP Received Team member (2) : Awaiting..

I hope and pray that everyone can get their decisions way quick (at least on standard timeline set by HO) not like our's painful and stressful Timeline.

[Bigyou]

Nov 2017 Extension application
Dec 2017 Biometrics
January 2018 complex letter
May 2019 interview
Nov 2019 refused
Dec 2019 visa granted based on admin review.

[ekbe01]

T1E extension, 50K, three years ago transferred from T1GE.
Application online submitted: 6 Dec 2019
Appointment @UKVCAS & Biometric taken on 7 Jan 2020
Interview: None
BRP issued on 14 Jan 2020, received on 22 Jan 2020.
HO letter: expecting.
It took them one week to make a decision. I'll post some details in my thread.
Thank you!

[argnihd13]

---- Tier 1 Entrepreneur -----
---- Initial Application 50k ---
---- Normal, Outside UK ------
Submitted: 27/03/2019
Received at Sheffied: 05/04/2019
Complex letter: 18/04/2019

(1st) First Interview: 07/07/2019
(2nd) Second Interview: 20/07/2019
(3rd) Third Interview: 16/09/2019

Application Refused: 04/11/2019

First AR_1 Filed: 25/11/2019
First AR_1 Successful Email - Sent for Reassessment: 18/12/2019
Application Refused Again: 21/12/2019

Second AR_2 Filed: 16/01/2020
(strange no decision email for second AR and straightaway passport requested)

Passport Request via VFS Phone call: 22/01/2020
Passport Submitted: 23/01/2020

[argnihd13]

28/01/2020 Passport received as it is, with no visa no letter nothing

---- Tier 1 Entrepreneur -----
---- Initial Application 50k ---
---- Normal, Outside UK ------
Submitted: 27/03/2019
Received at Sheffied: 05/04/2019
Complex letter: 18/04/2019

(1st) First Interview: 07/07/2019
(2nd) Second Interview: 20/07/2019
(3rd) Third Interview: 16/09/2019

Application Refused: 04/11/2019

First AR_1 Filed: 25/11/2019
First AR_1 Successful Email - Sent for Reassessment: 18/12/2019
Application Refused Again: 21/12/2019

Second AR_2 Filed: 16/01/2020
(strange no decision email for second AR and straightaway passport requested)

Passport Request via VFS Phone call: 22/01/2020
Passport Submitted: 23/01/2020

[Extremevision]

Hello Everyone,

I just want to share my timeline:

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa (Ext) 200K Route:

Application Submitted online: 10 Feb 2020
Biometrics Done: 12 Feb 2020 (7pm Glasgow)
Application Approved: 14 Feb 2020. (Email rec from HO regarding desicion)

It only took 1 day for the application approval. Cant believe it only took 1 day. Readinf From this forum post i was thinking it will take long time but Thank God it was very quick...

[argnihd13]

20/02/2020 Second AR Refused. Going for PAP now.

28/01/2020 Passport received as it is, with no visa no letter nothing

---- Tier 1 Entrepreneur -----
---- Initial Application 50k ---
---- Normal, Outside UK ------
Submitted: 27/03/2019
Received at Sheffied: 05/04/2019
Complex letter: 18/04/2019

(1st) First Interview: 07/07/2019
(2nd) Second Interview: 20/07/2019
(3rd) Third Interview: 16/09/2019

Application Refused: 04/11/2019

First AR_1 Filed: 25/11/2019
First AR_1 Successful Email - Sent for Reassessment: 18/12/2019
Application Refused Again: 21/12/2019

Second AR_2 Filed: 16/01/2020
(strange no decision email for second AR and straightaway passport requested)

Passport Request via VFS Phone call: 22/01/2020
Passport Submitted: 23/01/2020

[CR001]

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[iocam]

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa (Ext) 200K Route:
Application Submitted online: 9 Mar 2020
Biometrics Done: 11 Mar 2020
Application Approved: 12 Mar 2020
New BRP received next week by courier

[snt]

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa (Ext) 200K Route:
Application Submitted online: 10 July 2020
Biometrics Done: 17 August 2020 (as there were no earlier appointments available)
Application Approved: 01 September 2020
BRP received in post: 07 September 2020