ILR postal applications (excluding 10/14 yr.)

[mustang390]

I'm deeply frustrated that I had to post my application.

Glasgow PEO said they cannot assess my application as I'm with a Self Employed / Limited Company situation. They wasted my day and I lost a day's wage. Imagine IT Contractor's daily rate.

Also they couldn't confirm me if any other PEO could assess my application, it was just their word and I repeatedly ask if they can confirm, so I will go anywhere and get it done in a day. Simplay I'm no fan of this waiting game...

Yet again I badly want to buy a house after all this waiting game for almost 9 years.

I couldn't get any appointment online or over the phone before my current leave runs out, so I had to post my application. It's all UKBA's fault. If they had mentioned that Glasgow PEO is unable to assess Self Employed people, I would have go elsewhere it is possible.

Now I am dare to buy the house I fell in love with and my current status and not having a passport handy has put me helpless.
Banks offer better rates if you have ILR, if not your monthly repayment could be as more as £750. I can buy another Bimmer for my wife with that money...

My application was delivered to UKBA exactly a week ago, but still neither the money taken from my card nor acknowledgement letter

To make things even delayed now you have to give the Biometrics...

Can anyone please help here... probably who's in the same situation like me...

What could be the earliest I would get my passports back?

How long that would be from the date of your Biometrics taken?

Thanks in advance.

You shud keep at atleast 4 Months time in ur mind....

[RQI]

I'm deeply frustrated that I had to post my application.

Glasgow PEO said they cannot assess my application as I'm with a Self Employed / Limited Company situation. They wasted my day and I lost a day's wage. Imagine IT Contractor's daily rate.

Also they couldn't confirm me if any other PEO could assess my application, it was just their word and I repeatedly ask if they can confirm, so I will go anywhere and get it done in a day. Simplay I'm no fan of this waiting game...

Yet again I badly want to buy a house after all this waiting game for almost 9 years.

I couldn't get any appointment online or over the phone before my current leave runs out, so I had to post my application. It's all UKBA's fault. If they had mentioned that Glasgow PEO is unable to assess Self Employed people, I would have go elsewhere it is possible.

Now I am dare to buy the house I fell in love with and my current status and not having a passport handy has put me helpless.
Banks offer better rates if you have ILR, if not your monthly repayment could be as more as £750. I can buy another Bimmer for my wife with that money...

My application was delivered to UKBA exactly a week ago, but still neither the money taken from my card nor acknowledgement letter

To make things even delayed now you have to give the Biometrics...

Can anyone please help here... probably who's in the same situation like me...

What could be the earliest I would get my passports back?

How long that would be from the date of your Biometrics taken?

Thanks in advance.

dsbos, on the UKBA website, they say that they aim to process 95% of all postal applications withing 6 months. My application is a straight forward one and I've been waiting 6 months and a week now. I've tried to ask my agents and my local MP to follow up and that has had no influence. I'm afraid you'll just have to wait until your application is processed in the UKBA's own time and be prepared to wait up to 7 months. Hopefully yours will be approved quickly and mine will come in soon. It can be frustrating but there seems to be very little one can do about it once it's been submitted.

[anotherOct2011]

anyone else think its a bit cheeky that apparently the postage is taking a lot of time - when we have paid for the postage and included the envelope in our applications? i could understand that maybe their was a budget or something?
or can anyone tell me why its held at postage so long?
today makes it 6 months - still no sign. called ukba last week and it hadn't been done yet - wouldn't bet on a changed status this week. one can only hope it comes through soon! desperate to go home and see my family!
long wait will be worth it though - may not see it that way at the moment!
God willing it all comes through soon, best of luck to those waiting

[aharar]

Dear All,

Have any of you seen a real benefit in contacting your local MP to expedite your ILR applications?

I have contacted mine and the MP and his office have been quite active in follow-ups with me and the Home Office. They have mentioned to me that they "...are now pursuing my application via the Home Office’s special email service for MPs".

Appreciate if anyone on this forum can share their experiences in this matter and if it has helped them in receiving their passports anytime sooner.

Regards,
Ali

[muzy]

Hi everybody;

Finally i've got good news....after exactly 4 months the waiting game is over
i have email from my sollicitor saying that she has received my documents this afternoon i am gonna get it tomorrow so i will update my timeline tomorrow again
All this waiting timea my mp was really helpful
Thanks all of you in this form

good luck to everyone who is waiting for their ILR

[haridoss]

Form O application posted on 15 FEB 2012
rcvd acknowledgment on 20 Feb 2012
still waiting ....
Anyone knows approx how many more months??

[RQI]

Dear All,

Have any of you seen a real benefit in contacting your local MP to expedite your ILR applications?

I have contacted mine and the MP and his office have been quite active in follow-ups with me and the Home Office. They have mentioned to me that they "...are now pursuing my application via the Home Office’s special email service for MPs".

Appreciate if anyone on this forum can share their experiences in this matter and if it has helped them in receiving their passports anytime sooner.

Regards,
Ali

My local MP has contacted the UKBA twice and the response has always been that they will expedite the application as a matter of urgency but the last time my MP called them was over a month ago at the beginning of March. Still nothing yet and it's been over 6 months. It's clear that calls from MPs, agents or solicitors has no influence on the processing times. If someone has David Cameron as their MP then it may help but otherwise there seems to be little hope. I have resorted to counting the weeks instead of days now.

[waitingandwaiting]

Dear All,

Have any of you seen a real benefit in contacting your local MP to expedite your ILR applications?

I have contacted mine and the MP and his office have been quite active in follow-ups with me and the Home Office. They have mentioned to me that they "...are now pursuing my application via the Home Office’s special email service for MPs".

Appreciate if anyone on this forum can share their experiences in this matter and if it has helped them in receiving their passports anytime sooner.

Regards,
Ali

I have written several emails, letters and faxes to the UKBA all without answer. I also emailed and wrote to my MP also without a response. Then I called his office and spoke to the staffer there that deals with visa applications and he was very helpful. He said he would check on it and I should call in a week. I just got off the phone with him, and he said that a decision has been made about my application. I should hear from the UKTI in the next week or so.

I am wary of getting too excited but at least it seems that there is some sort of movement. My application was sent Dec. 1 so it has been a loooong time of waiting! As an aside, I will never send off my passport again. The extra money would have been well worth paying to avoid the months of stress and wonder about when I would get my passport back. Lesson learned!

[ssoct98@hotmail.com]

MP letters are helpful, it's not useless, all depend how good is your MP.The only way to know anything from UKBA is MP.

[saiprabu111]

Hi All,

i received my ILR yesterday finally after stressful wait of Six Months. Its a big relief now. Thanks to all in this forum It been very helpful.

ILR JR - 24/10/11
Received - on 24/4/12

SUCCESSFUL
Set M
luke79 - applied on 15/09/2011 - 16 weeks
invincible27 -applied on 20/10/2011 - 13 weeks
bazzy_1 applied on 03/11/2011 - 11 weeks
simbal applied on 18/11/2011 - 11 weeks
smz applied on 23/11/2011 - 11 weeks
doggles applied on 10/10/2011 - 17 weeks
kayaniii applied on 07/01/2012 – 6 weeks
Unfair applied on 28/11/2011 - 11 weeks
mai12 applied on 30/10/2011 - 16 weeks
ruthmac applied on 22/10/2011 - 19 weeks
jinky applied 19/10/2011 - 19 weeks
pymapp applied on 06/12/2011 - 12 weeks
thiru123 applied on 24/10/2011 - 18 weeks
Skymoon applied 08/12/2011 - 12 weeks
amsidk applied on 11/10/2011 - 21 weeks (passport received on 06/03/12, ILR stamped on 22/02/12)
chrisrich applied on 19/12/2011 - 11 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 25/02/12)
zari83 applied 19/10/2011 - 20 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 25/02/12)
Paperclip101 applied on 05/12/2011 - 13 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 19/02/12)
gregos applied on 03/02/2012 VIA PEO - 5 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 06/03/12)
polly_s applied on 22/12/2011 - 11 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 25/02/12)
gid1818 applied on 21/11/2011 - 15 weeks (passport received on 10/03/12, ILR stamped on 24/02/12)
spot applied on 11/10/2011 - 21 weeks (passport received on 12/03/12, ILR stamped on 29/02/12)
bob-russell applied on 19/10/2011 - 20 weeks (passport received on 13/03/12, ILR stamped on 29/02/12)
boniface applied on 02/11/2011 - 19 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 18/02/12)
gaku applied on 06/09/11 - 27 weeks
ShahG applied on 19/12/11 - 12 weeks (passport received on 15/03/12, ILR stamped on 11/02/12)
januaryilr applied on 19/01/12 – 8 weeks (passport received on 16/03/12, ILR stamped on 05/03/12)
tyro520 applied on 13/12/11 (Tu) - 14 weeks (passport received on 21/03/12, ILR stamped on 11/03/12)
SetMyasin applied 13/12/11 (Tu) - 14 weeks (passport picked up on 21/03/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
sdwaitingidr on 02/12/11 (Fr) - 15 weeks (passport received on 22/03/12, ILR stamped on 04/03/12)
hiphop applied on 04/11/11 (Fr) - 20 weeks (passport received on 24/03/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
olguitha applied on 31/01/2012 (Tu) - 11 weeks (passport received on 14/04/2012, ILR stamped on 22/03/2012)
cmcmahon applied on 18/12/11 (Su) – 16 weeks (passport received on 16/04/2012, ILR stamped on 22/03/2012)

Set O
lifeonhold applied on 08/08/2011 - 22 weeks
Rennie applied on 25/08/2011 - 19 weeks
totallylegit applied on 07/9/2011 - 19 weeks
victorlcb applied on 12/9/2011 - 18 weeks
SETO25Oct2011applied on 20/10/2011 - 12 weeks (after letter of expedite)
GSOTodd applied on 05/09/2011 - 19 weeks
albert11 applied on 10/09/2011 - 21 weeks
shuklap applied on 24/11/2011 - 11 weeks
2011ILR-2012 applied on 05/12/2011 - 9 weeks
ratish123 applied on 12/09/2011 - 22 weeks (sent expedite)
rjn360 applied 21/09/2011 - 22 weeks
cuncfbrk applied on 31/10/2011 - 16 weeks
mazuv applied on 28/09/2011 - 21 weeks
Money123 applied on 26/08/2011 - 25 weeks (ILR stamped Nov 2011, but went to old address, hence delay)
humtum76 applied on 14/11/2011 - 15 weeks
Dondanell applied on 25/10/2011 - 19 weeks
Shuklac78 applied on 15/09/11 (Th) - 20 weeks (received on 20/02/2012)
septILR applied on 24/09/2011 - 24 weeks
kumar81 applied on 12/12/2011 - 13 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 02/03/12)
Saleeem applied on 6/01/2012 – 10 weeks (passport received on 21/03/12)
Rithi applied on 15/11/11 - 19 weeks (passport picked up on 24/03/12, ILR stamped on 08/03/12)
manishchaudhry applied on 16/11/11 - 18 weeks (passport received on 22/03/12, ILR stamped on 05/03/12)
teluguabbayi applied on 13/10/11 - 23 weeks (passport received on 02/04/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
talal22 applied on 14/10/11 - 25 weeks (passport received on 07/04/12, ILR stamped on 13/03/12)
AshMad applied on 13/10/11 – 25 weeks (passport received on 07/04/12, ILR stamped on 02/04/12)
antgod applied on 08/12/11 (Th) - 18 weeks (passport received on 13/04/12, ILR stamped on 14/03/12)
balzer69 applied on 03/11/11 (Th) - 20 weeks (passport received on 13/04/12, ILR stamped on 19/03/12)
tannipartner applied on 27/12/11 (Tu) - 13 weeks (passport received on 19/04/12, ILR stamped on 13/03/12)
mann2000 applied On 10/10/2011 (Mo) - 28 weeks (passport received on 19/04/12, ILR stamped on 22/03/12)
lakshtar applied On 14/10/2011 (Fr) - 27 weeks (passport received on 21/04/12, ILR stamped on 23/03/12)
Preacher applied On 31/10/2011 (Mo) - 25 weeks (passport received on 21/04/12, ILR stamped on 19/03/12)


Set O JR
uyi.controller applied on 30/07/2011 - 23 weeks
p5004 appliedon 16/08/2011 - 19 weeks
TEDDY61 applied 19/08/2011 - 21 weeks
mollymaik applied on 20/08/2011 - 19 weeks
a-s applied on 22/08/2011 - 21 weeks
kollexy applied on 28/08/2011 - 17 weeks
Nemo2011 applied on 30/08/2011 - 19 weeks
I-L-R-2011 applied on 31/08/2011 - 20 weeks
Doubletrouble applied on 06/09/2011 - 20 weeks
abdul23 applied on 25/08/2011 - 22 weeks
kamicool applied on 18/08/2011 - 24 weeks
ishareef17 applied on 09/09/2011 - 21 weeks
liner2011 applied on 21/09/2011 - 21 weeks
superman555 applied on 23/09/2011 - 22 weeks
Waiting2011 applied on 24/10/2011 - 18 weeks
pirzadaz applied on 03/10/2011 - 22 weeks (passport received on 07/03/2012, ILR stamped on 22/02/2012)
drsk applied on 20/09/2011 - 24 weeks (passport received on 10/03/12, ILR stamped on 29/02/12)
skywalka applied on 04/10/11 - 23 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 01/03/12)
gj6ab5657 applied on 28/09/2011 - 24 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 28/02/12)
moraa applied on 14/10/11 (Fr) - 25 weeks (passport received on 07/04/12, ILR stamped on 13/03/12)
Girtbysea applied on 06/10/11 (Th) - 26 weeks (passport received on 11/04/12, ILR stamped on 13/03/12)
susan1228 applied on 07/10/11 (Fr) - 27 weeks (passport received on 13/04/12, ILR stamped on 19/03/12
VN applied on 11/11/11 (Fr) – 22 weeks (passport received on 13/04/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
onlyifiknew applied on 14/10/11 (Fr) - 26 weeks (passport received on 14/04/12, ILR stamped on 16/03/12)
SET(O)ILR_JR applied on 15/09/11 (Th) - 31 weeks (passport received on 19/04/12, ILR stamped on 06/04/12)
setu786 applied on - 26 weeks (passport received on 20/04/12, ILR stamped on 26/03/12)
hsmp2010 applied On 30/01/2012 (Mo) - 12 weeks (passport received on 21/04/12, ILR stamped on 16/04/12)


WAITING
SET M
speed120 applied On 04/08/2011 (Th) - 37 weeks
Max applied On 12/12/2011 (Mo) - 19 weeks
muzy applied On 23/12/2011 (Fr) - 17 weeks
Zhimin applied On 24/12/2011 (Sa) - 17 weeks
Smallheathlad applied On 10/01/2012 (Tu) – 14 weeks
ineedhelpurgent applied On 18/01/2012 (We) – 13 weeks
ted7913 applied On 27/01/2012 (Fr) - 12 weeks
Raja1900 applied On 07/02/2012 (Tu) – 11 weeks
R&F applied On 20/02/2012 (Mo) - 9 weeks
planetman123 applied On 22/02/2012 (We) – 8 weeks
Skirty applied On 27/02/2012 (Mo) – 8 weeks
Sara2012 applied On 05/03/2012 (Mo) – 7 weeks
zainoori applied On 08/03/2012 (Th) – 6 weeks

SET O
MiraclePrayer applied On 06/09/2011 (Tu) - 33 weeks
RQI applied On 17/10/2011 (Mo) – 27 weeks
anotherOct2011 applied On 24/10/2011 (Mo) - 26 weeks
Preacher applied On 31/10/2011 (Mo) - 25 weeks
tushars applied On 01/11/2011 (Tu) - 25 weeks
gvijaygadde applied On 11/11/2011 (Fr) - 23 weeks
balu114 applied On 11/11/2011 (Fr) – 23 weeks
KVP51 applied On 21/11/2011 (Mo) - 22 weeks
haidder applied On 26/11/2011 (Sa) – 21 weeks
shortwait applied On 29/11/2011 (Tu) - 21 weeks
aharar applied On 29/11/2011 (Tu) - 21 weeks
bump applied On 05/01/2012 (Th) - 15 weeks
chikalo2006 applied On 14/01/2012 (Sa) - 14 weeks
vik_2012 applied On 18/01/2012 (We) – 13 weeks
youoz applied On 21/02/2012 (Tu) – 9 weeks
oliverjohnson applied On 23/02/2012 (Th) - 8 weeks
sekhar applied On 14/03/2012 (We) – 5 weeks
mustang390 applied On 20/03/2012 (Tu) – 5 weeks
RajuT applied On 22/03/2012 (Th) - 4 weeks
Annie1989 applied On 27/03/2012 (Tu) – 4 weeks

SET O JR
cagedhorse applied On 14/10/2011 (Fr) - 27 weeks
oct2011 applied On 20/10/2011 (Th) - 26 weeks
saiprabu111 applied On 24/10/2011 (Mo) - 26 weeks
hsmpjr2011 applied On 04/11/2011 (Fr) - 24 weeks
VHAN applied On 10/11/2011 (Th) - 23 weeks
the_onebd applied On 14/11/2011 (Mo) - 23 weeks
kalpulli applied On 22/11/2011 (Tu) - 22 weeks
khan42 applied On 24/11/2011 (Th) - 21 weeks
waitingandwaiting applied On 01/12/2011 (Th) – 20 weeks
BRP applied On 16/01/2012 (Mo) - 14 weeks
msimran1 applied On 18/01/2012 docs reached 03/02/2012 (Fr) - 11 weeks


Successful for w/c 03/01/2012 - rennie, p5004, luke79, lifeonhold, kollexy
Successful for w/c 09/01/2012 - uyi.controller, mollymaik, teddy61,nemo2011
Successful for w/c 16/01/2012- totallylegit, victorlcb, a-s, SETO25Oct2011, invicible27
Successful for w/c 23/01/2012- I-L-R-2011, bazzy_1, GSTodd, doubletrouble,abdul23
Successful for w/c 30/01/2012 - kamicool, ishareef17.
Successful for w/c 06/02/2012 - simbal, smz, albert11, Shuklap, 2011ILR-2012
Successful for w/c 13/02/2012 -liner2011,doggles, Ratish123, kayanii, Unfair
Successful for w/c 20/02/2012- mai12, rjn360,cuncfbrk, mazuv, Shuklac78
Successful for w/c 27/02/2012- Money123, superman555, Waiting2011, ruthmac, humtum76, Dondanell, jinky, pymapp, thiru123, Skymoon
Successful for w/c 05/03/2012 - pirzadaz, amsidk, chrisrich, Paperclip101, gregos, septILR , zari83, polly_s, drsk, gid1818
Successful for w/c 12/03/2012 - spot, bob-russell, skywalka, Kumar81, boniface, gj6ab5657, gaku, ShahG, januaryilr
Successful for w/c 19/03/2012 - tyro520, Saleeem, SetMyasin, sdwaitingidr, Rithi, manishchaudhry, hiphop
Successful for w/c 26/03/2012 -
Successful for w/c 02/04/2012 - teluguabbayi, moraa, talal22, AshMad
Successful for w/c 09/04/2012 – Girtbysea, susan1228, VN , antgod, olguitha, onlyifiknew, balzer69
Successful for w/c 16/04/2012 – cmcmahon, tannipartner, SET(O)ILR_JR, mann2000, setu786, hsmp2010, lakshtar, Preacher

[toolong]

i saw Mann2000's post a couple of pages back that after 6 monyhs he got a reply that no decision has been made and you have to wait.
And when he got his passport back it was stamped on 19th of march. that is surprising that they are providing a wrong status on the applications. But the question is why are they doing this. Is there any reason you can think of?

[RQI]

MP letters are helpful, it's not useless, all depend how good is your MP.The only way to know anything from UKBA is MP.

My MP said that the UKBA is not able to give any indication of when an application will be finalised. All they can do is write a letter but I'm not convinced that the UKBA will react to the letter. Those who has had their passports returned shortly after their MP made enquiries is, in my opinion, coincidence and would have received it that time even if their MP hadn't made any enquiries.

[ssoct98@hotmail.com]

RQI your experience looks not to match with many,as I have seen in this thread that mostly get passport as their MP contact UKBA,but it looks you are also not lucky in sense of having MP who can follow UKBA regularly,if u ask your MP to ring them rather than writing,it can bring some news for you.Otherwise no way one can get any information from UKBA.

[bob-russell]

i saw Mann2000's post a couple of pages back that after 6 monyhs he got a reply that no decision has been made and you have to wait.
And when he got his passport back it was stamped on 19th of march. that is surprising that they are providing a wrong status on the applications. But the question is why are they doing this. Is there any reason you can think of?

Strongly suggests they are 'massaging' the figures. I wonder about the legality of doing this!

[RQI]

RQI your experience looks not to match with many,as I have seen in this thread that mostly get passport as their MP contact UKBA,but it looks you are also not lucky in sense of having MP who can follow UKBA regularly,if u ask your MP to ring them rather than writing,it can bring some news for you.Otherwise no way one can get any information from UKBA.

My MP called them twice on the dedicated MP hotline to the UKBA and still nothing. I wonder if they can ask for the actual case worker who is dealing with my case. That seems like te only way.

[ssoct98@hotmail.com]

RQI try to email them on settlement ops email address,may be it bring something.

[RQI]

RQI try to email them on settlement ops email address,may be it bring something.

I have not heard of that. Do you have an email address or website for them?

[toolong]

[quote="bob-russell"][quote="toolong"]i saw Mann2000's post a couple of pages back that after 6 monyhs he got a reply that no decision has been made and you have to wait.
And when he got his passport back it was stamped on 19th of march. that is surprising that they are providing a wrong status on the applications. But the question is why are they doing this. Is there any reason you can think of?[/quote]

Strongly suggests they are 'massaging' the figures. I wonder about the legality of doing this![/quote]

bob-russell
so u think that they did not actually stamp it on 19th. today i completed my 6 months and called them and i got an update that no decision has been made on my application yet. so i am not sure if same thing will happen with me or not.

[anotherOct2011]

today is also my 6 months!
and they told me the same thing!!!

[casablanca]

hi, i applied on mar and did received acknowledgement letter but no brp letter up till now. i called on 0870 number and woman told me your application is not in system . u will get brp invitation letter when your application will be in system. what does it mean? how long it takes for an application to get in system? can any one plz help.

[AshMad]

Hi,
I had sent in my 1st letter to my MP after 3 months of application.
She got a letter from UKBA that no case worker was alloted.
I responded to that letter.

MP wrote that she can only make enquiries about progress of application. She did quote that she has written to UKBA about me in a positive light.
(GOD knows what positive things she has written).

I was frustrated and I wrote to MP that I am not satisfied by her response and I also wrote to her about the difficult times in which UKBA has put me by refusing me PEO application and costing me change with a potential top fortune 500, mental stress, life on hold etc etc.
I asked her that in case she is not in a position to liase with UKBA after being ex-member of parlimentary affairs on immigration then she needs to write to Immigration Minister. I marked CC to Damian Green

Alternatively, I wrote a letter to Damian Green stating the facts. That was after 4 months of application. I asked him that I went to PEO and was ready to pay premium fees and I was forced to make postal application. I also wrote that for my applicationn to be treated urgently, I am ready to pay premium fees difference to convert my postal application to premium.

I got my ILR approved after 5.5 months.

Today after 2 weeks of getting my passport, I received a letter from UKBA stating that they did get my letter from Damian Green. They tried to explain that my application was not straightforward and hence PEO directed me to make postal application.

They have also written that by now you should be aware that your ILR was approved.

Completely shameless response from UKBA as even after 3 months of making postal application there was NO CASE WORKER ALLOTED.

I have got a written evidence from UKBA and they were shameless in disclosing that. I am not aware as to how many further months they wasted in assigning a CASE WORKER.

Minimum 3 months can be safely assumed to be wasted out of total 5.5 months.

Thanks & Regards
Ash

[bob-russell]

i saw Mann2000's post a couple of pages back that after 6 monyhs he got a reply that no decision has been made and you have to wait.
And when he got his passport back it was stamped on 19th of march. that is surprising that they are providing a wrong status on the applications. But the question is why are they doing this. Is there any reason you can think of?

Strongly suggests they are 'massaging' the figures. I wonder about the legality of doing this!

bob-russell
so u think that they did not actually stamp it on 19th. today i completed my 6 months and called them and i got an update that no decision has been made on my application yet. so i am not sure if same thing will happen with me or not.

I am suspicious, not least because a month ago the visas were dated two weeks earlier than passports received and now it is closer to four weeks!
I find it hard to believe that a phone call made after the decision has been made would result in the applicant being told the application has not been processed!
I also find it hard to understand why a passport would be be held in limbo for several weeks before posting.
The UKBA have computers so should be able to tell someone that a decision has been made if they phone.
Storing hundreds of passports for weeks before posting back makes no sense either.
I have no hard evidence that they are massaging the figures but this all confirms something is very wrong somewhere!

[may_marie]

Hello all

Was a silent reader but I though I'd let you know that im here in support !

set (m)
Applied : 22/03/2012
Ack recd : 27/03/2012

5 weeks in the waiting tomorow ..

im actualy in the process of getting a new job and im really hoping that this will not impact my chances .. but probably will... anyone was succesfull at this ?

When I first applied i though that the 6 month wait was a gross exageration and that it would never take that long as my application is pretty straightfoward .. was i ever mistaken !!! now im kicking my own behind for not going for the 1 day service ... lesson hardly learned .. you know what they say about assuming !!

good luck all for a speedy process !
may

[Sara2012]

Hello all

Was a silent reader but I though I'd let you know that im here in support !
set (m)
Applied : 22/03/2012
Ack recd : 27/03/2012
5 weeks in the waiting tomorow ..
im actualy in the process of getting a new job and im really hoping that this will not impact my chances .. but probably will... anyone was succesfull at this ?
may

Hi there!
Thanks for posting, was hoping to here from someone who applied for SET(M) in March.
Did you get your BRP letter yet?
I've got the same situation about work, it is a great opportunity and if I'll have to miss it just because of the visa, Ill be gutted.

[may_marie]

Hello all

Was a silent reader but I though I'd let you know that im here in support !
set (m)
Applied : 22/03/2012
Ack recd : 27/03/2012
5 weeks in the waiting tomorow ..
im actualy in the process of getting a new job and im really hoping that this will not impact my chances .. but probably will... anyone was succesfull at this ?
may

Hi there!
Thanks for posting, was hoping to here from someone who applied for SET(M) in March.
Did you get your BRP letter yet?
I've got the same situation about work, it is a great opportunity and if I'll have to miss it just because of the visa, Ill be gutted.

Hi Sara

no.. i've not received it yet .. i called last week to be told that my info were not on the system yet.. as i understand it they send you your BRP letter once its on the system..

Have you received it yet ??

got questions about that ... could you people say that its a trend that once you've sent your BRP back that you will receive your passport shortly after ?

sara.. when i called last week they gave me an employer's hotline where they can call and be told that your allowed to work while you application is in process.. number is 0300 123 4699...

something else ... did you have employement when you applied ? if not how do you think this will affect our application..
im asking because I didnt but my partner has alot of savings (the fact is i dont really need to work) and im not claiming benefits. but now im starting to think that its going to affect my application....