Documents returned with nothing on the passport

[bindas12]

Hi

I have just received my documents back including my passport but I have no clue as to what does that mean as there is no letter alongside the documents for either approval or rejection. No stamps on the passport either. The envelope just says N/A . Does that mean its been rejected ?
Please help as I am a nervous wreck here and can't call UKBA until Monday ..
Thanks

[bluebug]

What visa category did u applied for ?

N/A means either address on the envelope is not correct or its not been delivered by the Royal Mail.

[bindas12]

I applied for Tier1 General Extension... Hopefully you are right and the N/A just means Royal Mail tried to deliver to my house but couldn't and had to leave at the lost post office (which is what happened)..
I am just confused as to why I haven't received an approval or rejection letter before return of documents...reading all the threads it appears everyone gets their approval either alongside or before the return of passport.

Any ideas ??

Thanks

[bindas12]

Can someone please share their views?

[Gyfrinachgar]

Can someone please share their views?

"N/A" stands for not applicable (which in my eyes would indicate that you applied for something you don't need or applied under a wrong category). However, on an envelope that means absolutely nothing. It is extremely unsusual that no letter was included. You had a chance to call them by now - what did they say?

[geriatrix]

N/A also stands for "Not Available" when a postman writes so on an envelope
when the delivery requires a signature and the recipient is not available.

Don't scare the OP more than he already is!


OP, it appears that your documents have reached you before a decision letter. Give it a few more days and see if you receive the BRP. If not, call UKBA to enquire.

[bindas12]

Thanks for your advise so far everyone!

I have been ringing them almost everyday...Everytime I get a different answer...they take all my details but then tell me that they can't see any results..
First person asked me to fax a request to UKBA (so I did that)
Second person told me I shouldn't have sent a fax (as it only goes to "return of documents" department) and that I should write a letter to UKBA (so I did that on Wednesday)
Now today the third person told me that I should just wait and hope they come back to me :s,,,after persisting she told me that she has left a message with the sheffield office to ring me and let me know the result...but won't give me a timeframe ...
I have enquired with lawyers and they say its unusual to not get a letter and that maybe its just a mistake and I should get my BRO soon but its been a week and I haven't received anything...I even rang the DX courior company who deliver BRP cards and they told me they didn't have anything under my name...
Is it possible that maybe the case officer wasn't finished with my application and someone else somehow picked up my documents from the desk and mailed them back thinking it was completed ?
I don't know what to think...stressing out...

Thanks again for everyones help....

[Gyfrinachgar]

Don't scare the OP more than he already is!

Aye, that is good advice. Sorry for that.

I have enquired with lawyers and they say its unusual to not get a letter and that maybe its just a mistake

Totally agree with them. I think it would be best to write a letter - explaining what you received (and especially what you didn't receive), and politely but decidedly request a clarification. Send it with signed-for delivery (just 95p extra) and see what they respond. In my experience, HO reacts much better to traditional letters than to telephone and fax (not to mention e-mail...).

[bindas12]

Hi Guys
Got my letter yesterday and BRP today. Thanks so much for everyones help.

Apparently they just forgot to send the letter and the BRP card and its only after I send a few letters and called the support centre a few times did someone call me to say "oh yes, we forgot to send it"