Have not received my biometric letter. Really worried.

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:18 pm

The money for my application was taken out on Aug 21st and I received my acknowledgement letter on the 24th. It is now the 7th and I still haven't received my biometric letter. It is getting to 3 weeks. I know they say 2 to 4 weeks is the waiting period but from what I gather, 2 weeks is the usual norm. Should I start panicking?

Molten Gold · Post by **Molten Gold** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:04 pm

Two weeks isn't a lot of time. 3-4 weeks is the norm.

I'm in the same boat. Sent application on the 10th of August and acknowledgement letter received on the 14th of August. Will update as soon as I receive it. Please do the same.

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:35 pm

I will.

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:13 pm

Giving this a bump for anyone Who is still waiting for their biometric letter like I am?

aimylee · Post by **aimylee** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:15 am

I posted on 22/8/12 and received the acknowledgement letter 1 week later dated 23/8/12. Yet to receive the biometric invitation letter as of today.

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:18 am

I got my biometric letter today 13/9/2012. It was dated 10/9/2012.

Molten Gold · Post by **Molten Gold** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:11 pm

Oh wow. Congrats.

Seems they are processing them in batches. I called up UKBA yesterday and mine was processed on the 10th too.

Just waiting for it in the mail. Will update as soon as I receive it.

Molten Gold · Post by **Molten Gold** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:55 pm

Update: Received biometric letter today.

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:26 pm

That is good. Let us come back and post when we do get our passports back. It might take a while but let us know and I will let you know.

Molten Gold · Post by **Molten Gold** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:13 pm

Florenceday1 wrote:That is good. Let us come back and post when we do get our passports back. It might take a while but let us know and I will let you know.

Sure thing

aimylee · Post by **aimylee** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:32 pm

Received mine too! Dated 11/9/12..=)

teladi · Post by **teladi** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:19 pm

Does anyone know if its possible to phone up UKBA to ask what is the current status of the application? (Haven't received the biometric invitation letter, so would like to ask about it)

Thanks

teladi · Post by **teladi** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:06 pm

Also, have anyone received their visa yet? They say it can take between 4-14 weeks, but I really hope its towards the lower end...

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:16 am

When did you mail your application? It took 3 weeks for my biometrics to come back. I'm still waiting for my visa.

teladi · Post by **teladi** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:38 am

Hi Florenceday1, I actually received the letter on the 26th after 4 weeks of my initial application. Now I'm just waiting for a decision, would be great if you could let us know here when you hear back to have a rough idea of how long they are taking!

katie.pham · Post by **katie.pham** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:02 pm

Hi everyone,
I posted my application on the 13th September, received ack letter on 20th (dated 18th) and I'm still waiting for the biometric letter. Seems like most of you guys receive biometric letters 4 weeks after your application sent but I'm still a bit worried

katie.pham · Post by **katie.pham** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:13 pm

Molten Gold wrote:Oh wow. Congrats.

Seems they are processing them in batches. I called up UKBA yesterday and mine was processed on the 10th too.

Just waiting for it in the mail. Will update as soon as I receive it.

Which number did you call to require about the process of your application? I tried calling the number given on my ack letter but they say they don't give information about the application status anymore?

teladi · Post by **teladi** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:47 pm

katie.pham wrote:Hi everyone,
I posted my application on the 13th September, received ack letter on 20th (dated 18th) and I'm still waiting for the biometric letter. Seems like most of you guys receive biometric letters 4 weeks after your application sent but I'm still a bit worried

Actually I think that it might take even longer now, due to the increased number of applications (london metropolican case)

katie.pham · Post by **katie.pham** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:28 pm

Do you know if there's any way I can contact them and ask about my case? I've heard some people did that but when I called it was all automated responses...

teladi · Post by **teladi** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:47 pm

katie.pham wrote:Do you know if there's any way I can contact them and ask about my case? I've heard some people did that but when I called it was all automated responses...

In my case, my university's international office have a contact person within the UKBA which they can ring up to chase if they are taking too long. Therefore maybe try asking your uni first?

The_Dark · Post by **The_Dark** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:48 pm

Hi Everyone , I received my acknowledgement letter on 13/09/12 and still waiting for my biometric invitation letter , I even called UKBA but probably the call went to a Geek and she said that I can't tell you now that if your biometric letter is sent or not ,and don't worry if it is lost we will send you a reminder. Holy shit anyone help me

Please what to do now

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:25 pm

Hey everyone, I finally received my biometric card today. It was processed on 10/10/2012.

teladi · Post by **teladi** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:53 pm

Florenceday1 wrote:Hey everyone, I finally received my biometric card today. It was processed on 10/10/2012.

hey, congratulations, mind letting us know when was your passport returned as well?

Florenceday1 · Post by **Florenceday1** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:08 pm

teladi wrote:
Florenceday1 wrote:Hey everyone, I finally received my biometric card today. It was processed on 10/10/2012.
hey, congratulations, mind letting us know when was your passport returned as well?

I still don't have my passport yet.

ETA:
I actually did get my passport first. It was waiting for me at the post office because they was no one at home when they delivered it. So all is sorted out for me. How is everyone else doing?

katie.pham · Post by **katie.pham** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:46 pm

The_Dark wrote:Hi Everyone , I received my acknowledgement letter on 13/09/12 and still waiting for my biometric invitation letter , I even called UKBA but probably the call went to a Geek and she said that I can't tell you now that if your biometric letter is sent or not ,and don't worry if it is lost we will send you a reminder. Holy shit anyone help me Please what to do now

which number which you call?
Thanks

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