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bobobo · Sage Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 742

Received the BRP card as well today. Finally all done and good lessons learnt.

neveragain · Junior Member Joined: 25 Jun 2012 Posts: 10

Great news, Bobobo. Maybe see you in a couple of years at the final (hopefully) stage - which I'd guess we'll ALL be doing by personal interview!! Best of luck to all in the queue. Write those letters and send those faxes!

sam2106 · Member Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 60

Here is my partner's approval timeline for FLR(M), Spouse / Unmarried Partner Visa.

She applied FLR(M) Unmarried partner on 10th of May 2012.

I could not enclose my passport for her as my ILR on SET(O) was under consideration. We wrote and explained in a letter this situation.

I received my ILR and passport on the 13th July 2012.

She has just received her passport and documents back on the 23rd July 2012 with approval followed by biometric card 2 years visa on the 24th July 2012.

TimeLine: 10 weeks

Dsin · Junior Member Joined: 28 Jun 2012 Posts: 37

2222 · Junior Member Joined: 30 Apr 2012 Posts: 35

My time line:

FLR M applied 0n 27th February
Biometric letter: 16th March
Biometric completed in Glasgow: 28th March
Document return: still waiting
Biometric card: still waiting

5 months and 1 day and I am still waiting!!!!!!!!! not happy at all.

waitwaitwait · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:39 am Post subject: Re: FLR M

badger111 · Member Joined: 09 May 2012 Posts: 61

They said it can take UP TO 24 weeks. So all of us who have enrolled biometrics in March should receive everything in the next 4 weeks, so end of August. I am scared that they might make fools of us even then!

aditipritam · Member Joined: 07 Oct 2011 Posts: 69

badger111 · Member Joined: 09 May 2012 Posts: 61

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zc29 · Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2012 Posts: 7 Location: UK

Hi everybody

My husband who is a doctor came to the UK on a tier 2 visa, and we got married and applied for his FLR M april 4th his biometrics were done 3 weeks later, we have had no response from the UKBA as yet regarding a decision.. His tier 2 visa expires august 31, and he has recently gotten a new position with a new hospital effective this week.

DO WE NEED TO INFORM THE UKBA OF HIS EMPLOYMENT CHANGE as his employment contract with this hospital ended july 31 anyways.
who should we send the letter to and what should it include

YOUR HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED

badger111 · Member Joined: 09 May 2012 Posts: 61

nholler · Junior Member Joined: 28 May 2012 Posts: 27

To badger111

The NHS is free for everybody, you don't need an NI number for that.

You can enroll at your local doctors who will give you an NHS number.

tommyc · Junior Member Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 27

The NHS is not free. Until you get settlement status you can only get emergency treatment, and even that has a financial limit, to stop a minority of people abusing the system.

NTAN202 · Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 2012 Posts: 1

[quote="brooc93"]Hi,

Wonder if anyone can help. My husband applied to renew his FLRm

We had a PEO appt in Croydon on 11 July - which was chaotic up there with changes and then IT problems.

After waiting 8 hours (with our 4 mth old baby and travelled 300 miles!) the caseworker called us over to state that as I hadn't included a letter from my employer (the visa is for my husband FLR) that it was being deferred to Sheffied whilst we obtained it and sent it in. My boss immedietly offered to fax / email / call to help - but they wanted a hard copy.
So despite P60's from me and my husband, pay slips galore, savings of over £15,000 we had to send in a letter which said exactly as my P60 but just said I was in continous employment (could kick myself more for not doing it tbh!)

Anyway, enough rambling...basically, since it got moved to Sheffield now, are we now treated like a postal application even though paid PEO application in Croydon?

If I try to ring am I likely to get anywhere with them?!

Thanks ![/quote]

Dear brooc93,

I had similar case as you.

I am switching from Tier 2(General) to FLR(M), and downloaded the application form end-of-June. We managed to book a premium service appointment at Croydon for 20th July. As I didn’t realise there were new form and rules since 9th July so we attended with the old form. We were told by the payment officer that we were using the old form but he said it was fine as long as my sponsor or myself make £18,000 a year, payment was then taken. I got through to the biometric and waited for an hour to see our caseworker.

He seemed to be alright that we were using the old form, all was good until he decided he needed my partner’s or mine employer letter and contract (which we didn’t know were needed after the changed of new rules). He said the application was approved but he had to send the application to Sheffield for further assessment, he reassured us when the Sheffield officer received the required documents, they will send everything back to me, the application will still be treated as premium service and will not go under the pile. However, on 25th July, I received all my documents back from Sheffield office saying my application was invalid because of the old form but am lucky that on the letter it was stated I will have my premium service fees back.

I was planning to send my application via post but after reading all the threads here, I am quite concern about the waiting times. I had been trying to book another premium appointment but there were no more slots left from 1st August – 14th Sept (when my T2 expired) for all the PEO! I tried this morning and managed to find a slot for 10th Sept at Liverpool (we are both living in London) and I am thinking if its worth to make the trip to Liverpool. As my partner (a British citizen) needs to travel in October so if I were to send my application in post, I will need to send his certified passport copy instead of original. I called HO 3 times to double-check and was told it was ok to send a certified copy but then again, I am sceptical about if their information is reliable.

May I ask if anyone here was told it is ok to send a certified passport copy? My partner is a solicitor qualified in banking and finance and he is quite certain that he can ask one of his colleagues to certify his passport copy. I am not sure if this is true, anybody else have the answer for this?

Good luck to everyone that are still waiting for the biometric card, hopefully you will receive your card soon!

Kind regards,
Nichole

namcdona · Newbie Joined: 02 Jul 2012 Posts: 3

My final timeline:

Date Docs sent: 01 February 2012
Date biometrics booking letter received: 17 March 2012
Date biometrics enrolled: 26 March 2012
Date BRP received: 31 July 2012
Date Docs received: 30 July 2012

Thanks to everyone for updating over the last few months. Knowing that I wasn’t the only one stuck in limbo made the wait slightly better. Good luck to everyone still waiting.

tommyc · Junior Member Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 27

congratulations namcdona! looks like they are moving on with end-of-march biometrics. fingers and toes crossed for all waiting (we did biometrics 31st march)

mrsclc78 · Junior Member Joined: 12 Jun 2012 Posts: 43

Question for you more experienced folks out there...

It's been nearly 6 weeks since my application was received and my payment taken, and while I received my acknowledgement letter, no biometrics letter yet.

Most cases on here seem to show the biometrics letter comes within 1-4 weeks, but I do see where in some cases it's 6 weeks and some even much longer.

My current situation is that my husband will need to travel to France for work in September. I was told to request his passport back no later than 20 working days prior to when he'll need it, but I'm afraid to request it back just yet because without my biometrics letter, I know they've not yet even inputted me into the system, nor assigned me to a caseworker.

If I request his passport now, I'm afraid they'll have to ask for it back and this will cause even more delay to the lengthy process. I've got another few days to hold out before the 20-working-day mark. It's a bit of a long shot.

I wonder if it's worth sending a letter to the UKBA address on the ack. letter, or the fax number, and inquiring about my biometrics letter and if its been lost in the post, or if it will be generated soon? I don't want to request his passport back too soon, but I also can't wait forever. Not sure what to do :-/

waitwaitwait · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:58 pm Post subject:

[quote="tommyc"]congratulations namcdona! looks like they are moving on with end-of-march biometrics. fingers and toes crossed for all waiting (we did biometrics 31st march)[/quote

I dont think biometrics date is relevant as the theme suggests that its the jan application dates were considered and now feb has started.
Because in terms of biometrics mine was done before "namcdona"
But app date is afterwards and i havent receive it yet so it seems like they are going as per date of application, which seems fair.

Date Docs sent: 08/02/12
Date Ack. Letter received: 20/02/12
Date biometrics booking letter received: 20/03/12 (dated 16/03/12)
Date biometrics enrolled (at Holborn post office): 22/03/12
Date BRP received: waiting
Date Docs received: waiting

Visa type: FLR(M)
From - Tier 4

luckysam · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject: easy

hi,i m new to this forum.i applied for spouse visa since september 2011.i m still waiting ....?????Now me and my wife thinking to write a letter to MP and get an update.Can any one help me .what kind of letter should we send to our MP,its very kind of you.plzzzz.my email address is megabass22003@yahoo.com.i m on tier 4 visa in uk. Sad