If your application is taking too long for consideration, you would find your answer here and if it is decided quicker too, your answer is here too.
As a side note, I am going to attach the link to the whole document (52 pages) which would be good for the Lawyers on this forum when making representation for their clients (I am thinking of Victoria and Amanda
)How applications are processed in the Initial Consideration Unit (ICU)
4.21 All post arriving at Lunar House was delivered by Royal Mail and scanned for security reasons in a room close to the entrance of the building before being taken to the post room. No envelopes were opened here: the format of the address on the envelope indicated the nature of the application it contained. The recorded delivery number of each package was scanned into the mail tracking system from the bar code on the envelope. All non-asylum work was routinely allocated to ICU.
4.22 The post room collated the packages into batches of twenty-five and they were then taken in boxes to ICU to await collection and initial processing by the Data Processing Team (DPT). The DPT’s role was to open the envelopes and enter details of each application on the General Case Information Database (GCID). The DPT team recorded the date “raisedâ€
