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Yeah! Another March applicant with good news. Thanks for sharing. It feels good to be on the closer end of a decision than the beginning for sure.

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[Meche83]

I Have request for my passport since first of October and is now going more than 20 working day

My wife has also request for her passport but Ukba keep on sending her this massage.

Thank you for your request for the return of documents.
Unfortunately, this can not be completed at this time, the file has come through as an incorrect attachment. Please resend the form to the ROD Requests Inbox, ensuring that it is sent as a Word document.

Applied on 9th of Feb 2012 and still waiting

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[Meche83]

Hey backagain, Many thanks for ur guild line, I did as you said and i received Automatic reply from Rod Inbox, I am hoping their will acknowledged my request this time around.

This forum as really been a great helper to me, Many thanks to each and every one of you who has been a source of hope and encouragement, I Can not Waite to get my good news soon,

Applied on 9 Feb.

Still waiting


Many thanks Backagain for ur Assistance, hope you will get ur good news soon.

Regards

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[hetcollie]

I applied for FLR (m) mid May and completed biometrics mid June, and have been waiting patiently until the 5 month mark hit and suddenly I got very nervous - especially when I started watching the recent FOI requests which showed many (if not most) waiting more than 7-8months.

The problem is that my partner and I are getting married early next year in NZ, with venue food and flights etc booked (including flights for family and friends to attend). Given last time I applied for an FLR (m) visa in 2010, it took less than 2 months to process (and given the current 'service standard' on UKBA website) I had no idea it would take this long. Now I am struggling with what to do. Do we cancel the wedding now, as it is the only form of certainty we are going to get - or do we risk that it may come in the next three months? To complicate things further, the trip home means much more than the wedding as our families have not yet met our young son.

Anyway, enough of the sob story - what to do?! I have written to the UKBA (attn my caseworker), my MP, made a complaint to the UKBA and even to the Minister of Immigration Mark Harper. But I am concerned my voice will just not be heard, as I see is the frustration of many others on this forum.

Is there anything we can do collectively to lobby the government? I have considered setting up an e-petition but we will need to get a lot (thousands) of signatures for it to work. Do we know if other visa categories are having these same problems? Perhaps a collective petition would help. I am also considering writing to journalists. Although a little unsure if anyone will care.

If there is any advice about what may help - please let me know. We have asked for my partners passport back as he needed to travel for work, and I am considering asking for the rest of my documents at around the 6 month mark.

Heather

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[LE80]

hetcollie - I am in a similar situation but closer to the crunch time. We applied for FLRM in March and we are planning to go to Australia in December. As others have said, none of the 'tricks' like requesting documents have any effect on the processing of the application. There is no magic shortcut, it seems to be down to luck, as horrible as it is.

The only thing you can do is wait. UKBA do seem to be getting through applications now so there may be a good chance that your application will be processed in the next couple of months. Hopefully you won't be as unlucky as us; we are now facing the decision between cancelling the trip and cancelling the application.

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Updates:

FLR M applied on: 27th February 2012
Payment out of the bank: 29th February 2012
Acknowledgement letter: I didn't get one!!
Biometric letter received on: 16th March 2012
Biometric completed on: 28th March 2012
Requested my partner’s passport: 10/10/2012
Partner’s passport received: 17/10/2012
More documents requested by UKBA: 22/10/2012
The requested documents sent to UKBA: 26/10/2012
Document return: still waiting!
Biometric card: still waiting!


Any February applicants are still waiting?

[mrsabih]

Hi

Here is my Details

Application send :22/10/2012
Awaiting for letter....
_________________
Sabih

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[hetcollie]

Thanks for sharing the select committee documents. I have had a quick look through them - but it seems to me that the inquiry is about Asylum cases and the 'immigration refusal pool' (i.e. those who have been refused their visa but illegally staying in the country). It looks to me like the agency bought in is to clear these cases, not to clear the backlog in visa processing - but do let me know if I'm reading this incorrectly.

And in fact, the documents seem to state that current visas are being processed within the services standard (see pg.21 of the main report first link on page) 'The Agency met nearly all of its targets for processing visas in Q1 2012. The target was only missed on one occasion in Tier 4 by 1 percentage point.' This is an extraordinary statement considering we are all waiting months later, but perhaps I am confused between the 'Tier visas' and 'family related visas' which states that there has been a massive increase, but provides no information on processing times.

Anyway, I do think this could be a good route to ask questions and raise some of the FOI requests.

Thanks

[Anotheranxiousapplicant]

[Anotheranxiousapplicant]

My timeline

FLR M applied on: 29th June 2012
Payment out of the bank: 3rd July 2012
Acknowledgement letter: 7th July 2012
Biometric letter received on: 03 September 2012
Biometric completed on: 4th Septmber 2012
MP wrote to UKBA : 10 September
Requested my partner’s passport: 8/10/2012
Partner’s passport received: 13/10/2012
More documents requested by UKBA: 19/10/2012
The requested documents sent to UKBA: 28/10/2012
Document return: still waiting!
Biometric card: still waiting!

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[annieak]

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