Tier 1 General Extension given for only 1 year

Hi Pramo,

I am in exact situation like you, in my case its Tier 1 extension they have issued me 2 yrs against 3 yrs. The experience and details shared by you has been acting as a guide for me. I have also mailed the below and waiting for them to come back.
ukbacustomercomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, PEOComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

As expected the BRP error guys were of no use and a standard response was sent.

I can understand the pain you went through.
These people should be held legaly responsible for the pain and mental stress one has to go through.

Thanks for your inputs.

Regards,
Trek

pramo wrote:I've finally received my corrected BRP card after a month wait.

Thanks sushdmehta and Greenie for your timely advice.

Based on my experience, I can suggest these:

Though you can hope for the best, always prepare for the worst, so make sure the documentation is extensive though do provide them only those that are necessary.

Though I've paid penalty for applying early, I would still consider it as a safe decision as it gives me quite some time to plan instead of rushing things at the last minute. The issue that I faced was purely bad luck.

It is good to have the necessary guidelines relevant to the application printed out, also go through it thoroughly once so that the case worker understands that you know what you are talking about.

Have these mail id's handy just in case if anything goes wrong, ukbacustomercomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, PEOComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk. UKBACustomerComplaints was the only mail id that helped me and I did get a response within a week, so not too bad. Any other mail id's or letters to UKBA was of no use.

trek wrote:Hi Pramo,

I am in exact situation like you, in my case its Tier 1 extension they have issued me 2 yrs against 3 yrs. The experience and details shared by you has been acting as a guide for me. I have also mailed the below and waiting for them to come back.
ukbacustomercomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, PEOComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

As expected the BRP error guys were of no use and a standard response was sent.

I can understand the pain you went through.
These people should be held legaly responsible for the pain and mental stress one has to go through.

Thanks for your inputs.

Regards,
Trek

pramo wrote:I've finally received my corrected BRP card after a month wait.

Thanks sushdmehta and Greenie for your timely advice.

Based on my experience, I can suggest these:

Though you can hope for the best, always prepare for the worst, so make sure the documentation is extensive though do provide them only those that are necessary.

Though I've paid penalty for applying early, I would still consider it as a safe decision as it gives me quite some time to plan instead of rushing things at the last minute. The issue that I faced was purely bad luck.

It is good to have the necessary guidelines relevant to the application printed out, also go through it thoroughly once so that the case worker understands that you know what you are talking about.

Have these mail id's handy just in case if anything goes wrong, ukbacustomercomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, PEOComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk. UKBACustomerComplaints was the only mail id that helped me and I did get a response within a week, so not too bad. Any other mail id's or letters to UKBA was of no use.

Any update on your case?

Make an effort to read through the topic before posting a query in there!

After reading your post, I am worried that the CW will reject my 2nd extension as it it 16 monthes earlier.

I am going print out the guideline which suggested in the post to support my argument but not sure it will be useful or not.

Hi All,

16.11.2012 - Recieved the Initial Tier 1 Ext BRP Card [Found Incorrect Visa Expiry Date - 1 yr less]
Emailed to BRP Error Team [brperror@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk]
16.11.2012 - Response Recieved from BRP Error Team. Date is as per record, write to Caseworker
16.11.2012 - Wrote about the incorrect date correction to peocomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, ukbacustomercomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk, ukbapublicenquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk

19.11.2012 - Recieved a acknowledgement and Complaint Case Reference no. from ukbacustomercomplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
19.11.2012 - I sent a Post in Special Delivery to Caseworker informing the incorrect date, copy of BRP and email response of BRP Team. Along with all details name, dob, case id, etc.

22.11.2012 - Caseworker response (against post) recieved on Email, acknowledging the error on validity date, requesting to send the incorrect BRP back.

23.11.2012 - I sent a Post in Special Delivery to Caseworker with the BRP
23.11.2012 - Recieved mail from Complaint Team , acknowledging the error on validity date, requesting to send the incorrect BRP back to complaints dept.
23.11.2012 - Emailed complaints team informing that case worker has already responded and hence have sent back the incorrect BRP to Caseworker. Complaints team responded , that's fine then.

29.11.2012 - I recieved the Corrected BRP Card
Sent mail to both Caseworker and Complaints team member informing correct BRP recieved.

I thank pramo and all the moderators of this forum for providing me the way out.

Regards,
Trek.