ILR postal applications (excluding 10/14 yr.)

[zara5]

hi,
can anyone pls tell me how long it takes the HO to return passports. I applied for ILR & it was approved. they said the passports would arrive in the post within a week. its been 9 days already. when i call them up they say i just need to wait they wont be able to give me any information.

can anyone help. im really worried now.

[Hia_123]

hi,
can anyone pls tell me how long it takes the HO to return passports. I applied for ILR & it was approved. they said the passports would arrive in the post within a week. its been 9 days already. when i call them up they say i just need to wait they wont be able to give me any information.

can anyone help. im really worried now.

Hi,

If you have already provided a pre-paid self addressed special delivery (next day delivery) envelope with your application, it should reach you the next day of posting. If its a normal post, you can't guarantee the timeline, but it should be within a week's time I suppose.

Can you please share your case back ground (like wp / tier 1 / tier 2 or combination etc..), the timeline (date of posting, date of acknowledgement letter, money taken etc..), if its an application for you alone or with family etc.. This information will also help others on the forum.

[Markie]

One question...when your 1st WP was curtailed and then you subsequently transfered to the other company, did you applied for another FLR (IED) document based on the new WP from the other company?

There had been incidents like these in the past that will haunt you come ILR application.

Hi

I got my documents today with a refusal as I have not spent continuous 5 years because my first work permit was curtailed after a year even though I was in continuous employment with the new employer who had transfered it .
Anyone with a similar experience! I can't appeal as the I have leave to stay still .What do i do now .Can I write to the case worker by email ? I heard someone mention in earlier messages that you can find the email from the names . how does that work ? Is it just the initial and the surname? Please advice as I am quite upset.

Regards
Tracy

[zara5]

it already has been 9 days and i havent heard anything. im getting really really worried now

[10LONDON]

Received my ILR visa! Very surprised to receive my passport this week as I thought application process will take around 6 months! My 10 years visa includes: student visa, HSMP, Tier 1.

Supporting documentation with my application:

-Two signed passport size photos.
-Current and previous passport.
-Last 6 months wage slips.
-Last 6 months bank statements.
-Letter from employer.
-Life in the UK pass notification letter.
-A cover letter: current status and summary of achievements in UK during 10 years period.

Passport sent to Home office via Royal mail: 28/04/2010
Acknowledgement received: 05/05/2010
ILR Visa Issued: 12/05/2010
Received passport with visa and supporting on post: 19/05/2010
Total: 21 days

Thank you everyone for sharing information on this forum. I found this forum very useful for all my visa applications- student visa to HSMP, HSMP to Tier 1, Tier 1 to ILR.

[santosh_kalluri]

Hi,

Can anyone advise pls?

Documents posted on 15th April 2010
Money taken from my A/C 19th April
Ack received on 22nd April
I need to move to Singapore on an Intra company assignment (long term) in few weeks time.

If I withdraw how long does it take to receive my docs & passport? Can I apply after 1 year if I come back to UK and show them the intra company xfer letter?

Thanks,
Santosh.

P.S: Mine is not a straight fwd case, I had 5 months break and I have attached relevant medical and employer letters.

[alie85]

Passport sent to Home office via Royal mail: 13/05/2010
Acknowledgement received: 14/05/2010
No money has been taken from account yet

Still waiting.....

[ksdhaliwal]

SET(0)

Documents Sent 20th May
Money Taken 21st May
Acknowledgment received 25thMay

Will keep you updated..

[sama]

My SET(M) Application timelines, thought this would help others.

- Had claimed Health in Pregancy Grant without knowing it is public funds and later returned the funds to HMRC.
- Entry delayed to the UK by 5 weeks.
- Been away from the UK with my spouse for about 15 weeks.
- Again, been away from the UK (visiting family) for about 7 weeks.

SET(M) Application posted: 4th May, 2010.
Fees taken off my credit card: within one week.
Acknowledgement letter received: within one week.
Requested for docs and spouse passport to be returned: 19th May, 2010
Passport received with ILR Stamp: 24th May, 2010.

I was told that my application wont be looked at untill 14th May, since I have delayed by entry to the UK by 5 weeks.

thanks
Sama

[Hia_123]

I'm not seeing much post on success stories with ILR. Any update with timelines & a bit of case history will be helpful for all .

I haven't heard anything on mine. Its now 13 weeks.......

I must admit this wait is one of the worst I have / had so far.......

[nmkpidelta]

I'm not seeing much post on success stories with ILR. Any update with timelines & a bit of case history will be helpful for all .

I haven't heard anything on mine. Its now 13 weeks.......

I must admit this wait is one of the worst I have / had so far.......

Hia_123, I am in 15th week - no update - agree with you 'worst wait ever'. Any recent Set O postal successes pl?

[spanda]

As I'm getting worried about my application and have a cousin's wedding to attend in 5 weeks, I thought I'd post my details too.

SET(O) 5 year WP application posted: 17th March 2010.
Fees taken off my credit card: 19th March 2010.

My company applied for me, which I thought makes it a straightforward one as the lawyers have processed quite a few. 10 weeks tomorrow, no reply as yet.

[Hia_123]

As I'm getting worried about my application and have a cousin's wedding to attend in 5 weeks, I thought I'd post my details too.

SET(O) 5 year WP application posted: 17th March 2010.
Fees taken off my credit card: 19th March 2010.

My company applied for me, which I thought makes it a straightforward one as the lawyers have processed quite a few. 10 weeks tomorrow, no reply as yet.

Its really disappointing to see such long timelines even for straight forward cases including mine. I initially though it may be two months max. The worst part is, its difficult to convince & find out reasons for the delay. To make the mater worse, no way to have a status update till 14 weeks & there after also no clue apart from sentences like "the case is under progress...".

No idea as to how much time it will take...

However, please keep posting for everybody's benefit.

[Hia_123]

Waiting time for Postal Applications

The official statistics
70% of postal applications are decided within 4 weeks (20 working days)
90% within 14 weeks (70 working days).

However the above includes all types (categories) of postal applications.

[Beige]

Aren't those old statistics?

[Hia_123]

Aren't those old statistics?

Well, you are right....but that's the latest you can get from UKBA website (by the way, these are now under the archived section of the UKBA website). This stats are based on Apr06 - Mar07 applications. Unfortunately that's the latest stats available for charged application @ UKBA website.

At a much broader level they say "decide 95% of postal applications within six months". I'm sure UKBA tracks the timleines of all applications, but failed understand why they don't share the latest stats.

[adi-pa]

Applied for ILR SET(M) - Spouse of British Citizen
Document sent - 16th April 2010
Document recieved - 17th April 2010
Payment gone through - 22nd April 2010
Ack letter recieved - in about a weeks time.
Documents received - 20th May 2010 (supporting documents recd. saying decision has been made on my appl but didn't say what the decision was)
Passport delivered - 24th May 2010 (with ILR stamped)

They are pretty good, as long as you give them all the necessary documents & mention everything in detail & clear. My case was pretty straight forward.

[Hia_123]

Applied for ILR SET(M) - Spouse of British Citizen
Document sent - 16th April 2010
Document recieved - 17th April 2010
Payment gone through - 22nd April 2010
Ack letter recieved - in about a weeks time.
Documents received - 20th May 2010 (supporting documents recd. saying decision has been made on my appl but didn't say what the decision was)
Passport delivered - 24th May 2010 (with ILR stamped)

They are pretty good, as long as you give them all the necessary documents & mention everything in detail & clear. My case was pretty straight forward.

Congrats!!

Good to see some good news after long time.....although I have no clue as to what is happening with mine. Seeing these good timelines add to my worries.

Enjoy.

[Hia_123]

I was going through this forum to understand the timelines for predominantly WP related cases (Mine is 6 yrs WP + 6 Months Tier2). Spotted a post from Tintin on this & added few cases (including Tintin's). Hope this helps..

Booboo, WP + Tier 1, Posted 20th Jan2010, Received 15th Apr10 (ILR Stamped 23rd Mar10) – Around 12 weeks

Tintin, WP, Posted 21st Jan2010, Received a letter on 23rd Mar10 with supporting docs confirming that the application has been approved, Passports received on 6th Apr2010 (actually arrived on 1st Apr2010, but could not be delivered as no one to receive, so collected on 6th Apr2010) – Around 10 weeks

Badbug27, WP – Around 12 weeks

Goody09, WP – Around 11 weeks

Barua, WP – Around 8 weeks

[Hia_123]

Applied for ILR on 11/09/09 workpermit basis with 2 dependants
documents received by HO 12/09/09
payment gone through 14/09/09
Acknowledgement letter received 16/09/09

waiting for ILR now.............................

Hi Dish71,

If you still visit this forum, please update us on the ILR timelines you had. It seems you never updated the ILR received & approved dates in the forum.

I think this will be helpful for everybody's benefit.

[Hia_123]

I was going through this forum to understand the timelines for predominantly WP related cases (Mine is 6 yrs WP + 6 Months Tier2). Spotted a post from Tintin on this & added few cases (including Tintin's). Hope this helps..

Booboo, WP + Tier 1, Posted 20th Jan2010, Received 15th Apr10 (ILR Stamped 23rd Mar10) – Around 12 weeks

Tintin, WP, Posted 21st Jan2010, Received a letter on 23rd Mar10 with supporting docs confirming that the application has been approved, Passports received on 6th Apr2010 (actually arrived on 1st Apr2010, but could not be delivered as no one to receive, so collected on 6th Apr2010) – Around 10 weeks

Badbug27, WP – Around 12 weeks

Goody09, WP – Around 11 weeks

Barua, WP – Around 8 weeks

Few more updates from 2009...

Qingxu, WP, Posted 27th Aug09, Payment taken 2nd Sep09, Acknowledgement letter dated 2nd Sep09, ILR Approved 19th Nov09, ILR Received 24th Nov09 – Around 13 weeks.

i-golfer, WP, Posted 23rd July09, Ack letter recieved 27 July09, Payment taken 24 July09, ILR Approved 6th October09, ILR Recieved 10th October09 – Around 12 weeks

crazyman, WP, Posted 6th July09, Ack letter recieved 08 July09, Payment taken 08 July09,
ILR Approved 19 Sep09, ILR Recieved 24 Sep09 – Around 12 weeks

dish71, WP with 2 dependents, Posted 11th Sep09, Payment taken 14th Sep09, Ack letter received 16th Sep09, No further updates (Requested for an update on the ILR received and approved dates for everybody’s benefit)

Contrast, WP with 3 dependents, Posted on 6th Oct09, Payment taken 12th Oct09, Ack letter received 13th Oct09, ILR stamped 21st Dec09, ILR Received 30th Dec09 (probably had the best ever new year…I would say so..) – Around 13 weeks (probably good if you consider the holiday season….)

mag4kg, WP and Tier 1 (no dependents), Posted on 1st Oct09, Payment taken 7th Oct09, Ack letter dated 7th Oct09, Ack letter received 9th Oct09, ILR stamped 2nd Dec09 & ILR Received 3rd Dec09 – Around 9 weeks

dilipsrini, WP, Posted on 7th Sep09, Payment taken 10th Sep09 (card payment), Ack letter received 10th Sep09, ILR stamped on 4th Nov09 & ILR Received on 6th Nov09 – Around 9 weeks.

Thambi, WP+Tier-1, Posted 16th Sep09, ILR Stamped 7th Dec09 & ILR Received 14th Dec09 – Around 13 weeks.

Drmmyatsan, WP with same employer for 5 yrs, Posted on 23rd Sep09, Payment taken 28th Sep09, Ack letter received 28th Sep09, Last update on 17th Nov09 “still waitingâ€

[3crown]

SET(M)
Letter dated 24 May received today returning documents, saying a decision has been made and we should receive our passports back soon - is that good or bad?

SPOUSE VISA EXPIRES: 5 May 2010
ILR APPLICATION POSTED: 10 APRIL 2010 (GAP concession)
MONEY TAKEN FROM BANK: 12 APRIL 2010
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER RECEIVED: 16 APRIL 2010
Now need to wait til 15 June and way beyond I guess (2nd anniversary of entry). Watch this space.

Hello All:

Please kindly post your ILR Applications and processing Timelines along with your experience at this place for benefit of current and future applicants..

Thanks again...

[adi-pa]

[quote="3crown"]SET(M)
Letter dated 24 May received today returning documents, saying a decision has been made and we should receive our passports back soon - is that good or bad?
[quote="3crown"]SPOUSE VISA EXPIRES: 5 May 2010
ILR APPLICATION POSTED: 10 APRIL 2010 (GAP concession)
MONEY TAKEN FROM BANK: 12 APRIL 2010
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER RECEIVED: 16 APRIL 2010
Now need to wait til 15 June and way beyond I guess (2nd anniversary of entry). Watch this space.[quote="tvn_ramesh"]Hello All:

Please kindly post your ILR Applications and processing Timelines along with your experience at this place for benefit of current and future applicants..

Thanks again...[/quote][/quote][/quote]

I received same letter last week thursday & then this week on Monday I got my Passport with ILR stamp. By the looks of it you've got your ILR visa

[alie85]

Passport sent to Home office via Royal mail: 13/05/2010
Acknowledgement received: 14/05/2010
No money has been taken from account yet

Still waiting.....

still waiting but no money has been taken of the account yet .

[3crown]

Thanks adi-pa - that sounds too easy to be true considering what we went through to get the first one! here's hoping tho:0 I'll report back soon hopefull

SET(M)
Letter dated 24 May received today returning documents, saying a decision has been made and we should receive our passports back soon - is that good or bad?

SPOUSE VISA EXPIRES: 5 May 2010
ILR APPLICATION POSTED: 10 APRIL 2010 (GAP concession)
MONEY TAKEN FROM BANK: 12 APRIL 2010
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER RECEIVED: 16 APRIL 2010
Now need to wait til 15 June and way beyond I guess (2nd anniversary of entry). Watch this space.

Hello All:

Please kindly post your ILR Applications and processing Timelines along with your experience at this place for benefit of current and future applicants..

Thanks again...

I received same letter last week thursday & then this week on Monday I got my Passport with ILR stamp. By the looks of it you've got your ILR visa