14 Year Continuous Residence ILR Application

[pgmiot]

The updated version of the applications' list as of 8th April 2013.

Dear members, if it is not too difficult for you, would you please kindly supply more detailed information on the following matter: at the time when you sent your 14 years ILR application, were you fully qualified in terms of the duration that you have spent in the UK---

1. you have spent 14 year or more in the uk.
2. you have been in the UK less then 14 years. then how may months or years short of 14 years? thank!

ziggystardust: Application sent: 29.06.2012
Application received: 02.07.2012
Acknowledgement/payment: 04.07.2012
BRP letter received (with name error): 30.08.2012
Notified UKBA of error: 31.08.2012
Correct BRP letter received: 07.09.2012. Done same day.
Send more info by the 26th/03/2013 (Should I be worried???)
More docs sent: 25.03.2013 (next day delivery)
Approval:27.03.2013
Docs received: 30.03.2013
BRP to be received in 7 days.
(More than 14 years)

diggingdeep: Application sent: 05/07/2012
Acknowledgement: 21.07.2012
BRP letter received: 15.01.2013
BRP sent: 25/01/2013
Decision: Waiting
(3/4 months short of 14 years)

angela05: application was sent on 5th of July,
did Bio in the mid of September
granted on the 19th April
(14 years and 3 months)

chorc123: Application post on 4th July,
Acknowledgement letter on 9th July,
Biometrics done on 29th August
Granted om 8th March
(more than 14years)

lolita123: applied on 6th July
granted on the 19th April

Hopeful2: applied for ILR under 14 year rule on 6 July
response received dated 23 July
1 October-invalid appliciation
Biometrics on 20 November
(more than 14years = 21 years)

Klow: 2012/07/06 Application sent with cheque
2012/07/2x banker draft with cover letter sent to H.O.
2012/07/2x Acknowledgement letter received
2012/09/0x received Biometric invitation, done next day
2012/12/0x ask for my pictures, may be they have lost it?
2013/02/21 Received BRP card & Letter for my application.

ab171: Application sent - 06 July
UKBA acknowledgement letter - 17 July
Request for biometrics - 12 September
Biomentrics completed - 15 September
ILR approval - notified by solicitor on 26 April

londongirl259: Application for ILR 14years sent 6/07/2012
Biometric invitation rcvd: 19/09/2012
Approval letter to solicitor dated /13/5/2013
(4 months short of 14years, due to lack of evidences )

guestname40: Application 6/7/2012
Didn't get acknolegmdnt letter
KOL sent 20/7/2012
Debit card payment same day
HO Bio metric letter dated 10/9/2012
Biometrics letter received 12/9/2012 and done same day
Approval letter to solicitor dated 6/3/2013

glory5050: Application Sent-06 July 2012
Ukba acknowledge letter-18 July
Request for Biometric- 07 September
Biometric completed-24 September

missmykid: applied 6/7/12
biometrics 2/10/12
still waiting

Zebrudaya: Application sent: 07/07/2012
Acknowledgement letter received: 23/07/2012
Biometric invitation letter received: 26/09/2012
Biometric enrolment done: 08/10/2012
Approved: 22/05/2013

vix789: Application Sent-06 July 2012
Ukba acknowledge letter-26 July 12
Request for Biometric- 24 October 12
Biometric completed-1 November 12

vix789's dad: Application Sent-07 July 2012
Ukba acknowledge letter- went to solicitor
Request for Biometric- not sure
Biometric completed- 10 October 12
Reply received on 16 April 13 >> more paper work requested within 28 days

R.S.V.P.: 07 July 2012 - Postal application with payment
18 March 2013 - Recieved BRP

zagoo2000: ILR application: 7th July/2012
Received by UKBA: 9th July/2012
Acknowledgement sent to my lawyer: 19th July/2012
Copy I received: 26th July/2012
Biometric Invitation sent to my lawyer: 23rd Oct/2012
Biometric Sent via post office: 30th Oct/2012
Decision FLR (O): still waiting

lola56uk: Application - 07/07/ 2012
Confirmation received from UKBA - 16/07/12
Sent Life in the UK test - 08/08/12
Cheque for £991 debited from my account - 31/08/2012
Biometrics Invitation Dated - 06/09/12
Biometrics letters received by Solicitors - 12/09/12
Biometrics sent to UKBA - 19/09/02
Refused on 23/04/2013
(more than 14years)

14yearsUK: application: 7th July 2012 (very last day)
Received by UKBA: 9th July 2012
Acknowledgement sent to me: 31st July 2012
Biometric Invitiation: 13th Oct 2012
Biometric done: 25th Oct 2012
approved: 24/05/2013

pgmiot: Application -- 7th July
Bio: mid Sep
Approved: Mid May
(1 and half month short of 14 years)

poloko53: Applied for ilr 14 years - 7/7/2012
Biometric done in October
still waiting..

banats: Application Sent-- beginning of July
Refused: beginning of May
(arrive in 1998 without evidences until 2004)

Peter77: Application Sent: 06/07/2012
Refused: 21/05/2013
(Arrived in June of 1999)

[Hopeful2]

Hi pgmiot, my timeline was 21 years at the time that I applied and that is because someone took my passports (three in total) and all my paperwork when I was about to apply at 14 years and my hopes/ confidence etc. took a nosedive - I finally found a box last year with enough paperwork that miraculously covered the entire time I had been in the UK hence me applying last year - it's been a hard journey and hopefully it's coming to and end.

[14yearsUK]

I am glad I have found this useful forum. My timeline is as follows:

ILR application (SET O) 14 years: 7th July 2012 (very last day)
Received by UKBA: 9th July 2012
Acknowledgement sent to me: 31st July 2012
Biometric Invitiation: 13th Oct 2012
Biometric completed at Post office: 25th Oct 2012

I am enduring this endless wait like most of you guys but my case is a lot more complicated . I have prepared and sent my own application but overlooked a serious issue which is now giving me sleepless nights. I did not declare two CCJs on the application form. I was not aware of the CCJs at the time due to a change of address. I have since contacted the creditors and arranged payment plans to pay off the debts.

I have sought legal advise from immigration Solicitors/ Advisers but I keep getting some conflicting views. Some are suggesting that I should urgently write to UKBA and correct the information straight away but others are saying this will make no difference (or could worsen the situation), so I should wait to appeal in the case of a refusal. One solicitor even absurdly told me to pay off the CCJs first and then contact UKBA.

Now I am at the crossroads and don't know whether I should send a letter/fax to UKBA. What are your thoughts on this issue?

Your help/advice shall be greatly appreciated.

[londongirl259]

Hi Pigmiot, My application was 4 months short of the 14years when i applied because i had no evidence that covered the 4 months gap, my solicitor adviced to submit the application anyway because the rules were going to be scrapped and he mentioned by the time UKBA start reviewing the application i would have covered the required 14years rule.
I had other strong evidence of school, college and university degree and never changed my name and still lived in the same place for 10years, so had strong evidence to support the application.

I came here when i was just 14years of age and my passport was lost , so the solicitors supported the application with a statement and reference to other immigration caselaw suggesting that i was a minor when i came so therefore whether my entry was legal or not should not matter because i had no say in my travel arrangements.

So hopefully if am successful this should also help others not to be deterred by any gaps or lack of evidence to apply to UKBA.

ALL HOPE STILL REMAINS!!!!

[diggingdeep]

I did not declare two CCJs on the application form.
Now I am at the crossroads and don't know whether I should send a letter/fax to UKBA. What are your thoughts on this issue?

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Thank you 14yearsUK for this useful information. It seems UKBA are very slow. if they continue to operate at this pace it will take just over 2 years to finish all the cases. Let's hope they gonna pick up the pace. Can you provide the link please.

Regarding your case i think you should just wait. Don't send any additional information. CCJ is civil matter, it is not criminal or immigration matter. Therefore you are not required to by laws to disclose this information, only criminal records is required by law to be disclosed. You case should be decided independently of this.

My details are as follows:
I was about about 3/4 months short of 14 years at the time of my application.
Application sent: 05/07/2012
Acknowledgement: 21.07.2012
BRP letter received: 15.01.2013
BRP sent: 25/01/2013
Decision: Waiting

londongirl259, are you saying you were 4 months short of 14 years or you have been here for 14 years, but you could not find evidence to cover 4 months of out of your 14 years stay in UK.

[londongirl259]

Hi Diggingdeep, sorry if i wasnt clear enough, i do tend to mumble words sometimes!!!! Yes the second part of your statement was which that applied, been here 14years but did not have 4 months prior evidence which meant i was 13years and 8 months when the application was made but hoped by the time UKBA start looking at my case file the 4months would have elapsed.

[poloko53]

Applied for ilr 14 years - 7/7/2012
Biometric done in October
still waiting..

[diggingdeep]

londongirl259, many thanks for clarification.

[ziggystardust]

@pgmiot

I arrived in the Uk in December 1997. My 14 yr qualifying period was Dec 2011 hence nearly 14.5 yrs when I applied.

[diggingdeep]

Good luck to everybody

[Zebrudaya]

Dear members

There was on channel 4, a programme on immigration matter which diggingdeep has kindly given a link to etc. The undercover workers mainly referred to backlog cases involving asylum cases and students who entered UK pretending to come here to study. They centred on Sheffield office. I believe our own matters are handled at the Liverpool office. There was no specific mention of cases like 14 years ILR ( settlement ) cases which concern us!

My take on this is that we are being attended to, considering that everyone has at least got acknowledgement letter and finished with biometric issue by now. I think that what could be delaying us is that the defunct UKBA is short staffed and so the few new staff have been sent to help with the asylum and fake student cases which require deportation.

I hope that now that UKBA has returned under the direct supervision of the Home office, the staff should expedite action and approve our ILRs as soon as possible. Other members are invited to air their views on this topic if they want to.

[pgmiot]

thank you guys for your updates.

Regarding our application, after checking the 10 year Ilr processing time on another thread, I fear that Home Office may have decided to processing Aug/Sep/Oct.... 10 years applications first, and leave our application until maybe, just maybe one day, they clear their backlog. becos, the 10 years applications have made enough noices by contacting MPs, Home Offices...

I wonder if there is anything we can do to make us noticed that we are human being too, being an overstayer is not by choice, most of us have some tragic stories. and we have suffered enough for being an overstayer.
After 14 years, we shell be treated like anyboday else, thus, our spplication shell be processed at the same speed as the 10 years' applications....

Any suggestions, guys?

[lolita123]

So after waiting for soooooo long after doing my biometric I received a letter from the UKBA delivery company.

Has anyone else received this?

Its from thedx.co.uk stating I should book for delivery of an importaint document from UKBA-BRP

Could this be for the BIOMENTRIC!

This would mean anyone else that applied on the 6th of july will receive something shortly.

I have booked delivery for Monday.

[angela05]

pgmiot, when I applied for the ILR, my stay was 14 years and 3 months.

[angela05]

lolita123, I assume that the letter contains a BRP card. I also received this letter TODAY!!!

Dear members, I received a letter from the UKBA, which only contains a BRP card, which is shown that the ILR is granted. The letter said my other supporting documents will be delivered shortly.

I hope everyone in this forum would get an ilr soon. My case was not optimistic even a solicitor doubted. So I only expected a discretion, but the ilr is granted!!!

Still got many things to do for my children's visas. I am sure it will get sorted out eventually but take time.

[Hopeful2]

lolita123 & angela05, sounds like congratulations are in order, your wait is finally over! Hope the rest of us receive our BRP's sooner rather than later. I wish you all the best for the future.

[pgmiot]

Gongrats! lolita123, angela05.

these are really good news, these are the proofs that our applications have not been added as collections to UKBA's piles and piles of backlogs.

At this speed--2 or 3 cases posted on our thread are being resolved each month, it is going to take another 3 to 5 months for everyone of our members to hear something from UKBA, hopefully good news.

well, at least, light at the end of the tunnel.

and thank you guys for the updates!

[diggingdeep]

Congratulations angela05 and lolita123.

[lolita123]

[quote="diggingdeep"]Congratulations angela05 and lolita123.[/quote]

Thank you.

So my biometric was delivered today!!!!!

Thank you soooo much to all of your contributions and sharing your stories. You gave me hope and Im truly grateful

If you applied in July you should expect to recieve your documents shortly. I think they will just process them so that it looks like they are being effective esp after the documetary exposing all the backlogs.

Stay positive!

[lola56uk]

lolita123 & angela05, sounds like congratulations are in order, your wait is finally over! Hope the rest of us receive our BRP's sooner rather than later. I wish you all the best for the future.

Hello All - Congrats many people seem to be receiving a response to their Application. Congratulations to angela05 and lolita123, please continue to offer support and hope to other applicants. Remember we are all in this together.
So I received a response to my application today via phone and was told a letter will be sent to my solicitor.
My Case worker at the UKBA office basically said my application had been refused but a detailed letter with an Appeal process had been sent to my legal representative. She said I thought I would phone you as you have been chasing this application for a while.
Anyways – I think the second leg of journey now begins; I will update you as I get more info.
Lets see what the Appeal process entails - there I was thinking things were getting better

[Hopeful2]

lolita123 & angela05, sounds like congratulations are in order, your wait is finally over! Hope the rest of us receive our BRP's sooner rather than later. I wish you all the best for the future.

Hello All - Congrats many people seem to be receiving a response to their Application. Congratulations to angela05 and lolita123, please continue to offer support and hope to other applicants. Remember we are all in this together.
So I received a response to my application today via phone and was told a letter will be sent to my solicitor.
My Case worker at the UKBA office basically said my application had been refused but a detailed letter with an Appeal process had been sent to my legal representative. She said I thought I would phone you as you have been chasing this application for a while.
Anyways – I think the second leg of journey now begins; I will update you as I get more info.
Lets see what the Appeal process entails - there I was thinking things were getting better

Hello lola56uk it's taken me a few hours to recover from the shock your news. I am so sorry to hear that you have been refused. I really thought that you had it in the bag. I am now apprehensive and am questioning my own application. It would be interesting to find out why you were refused. I hope you are successful with the Appeal. Be positive and remember that we are all behind you - I look forward to hearing from you soon with good news.

[lola56uk]

lolita123 & angela05, sounds like congratulations are in order, your wait is finally over! Hope the rest of us receive our BRP's sooner rather than later. I wish you all the best for the future.

Hello All - Congrats many people seem to be receiving a response to their Application. Congratulations to angela05 and lolita123, please continue to offer support and hope to other applicants. Remember we are all in this together.
So I received a response to my application today via phone and was told a letter will be sent to my solicitor.
My Case worker at the UKBA office basically said my application had been refused but a detailed letter with an Appeal process had been sent to my legal representative. She said I thought I would phone you as you have been chasing this application for a while.
Anyways – I think the second leg of journey now begins; I will update you as I get more info.
Lets see what the Appeal process entails - there I was thinking things were getting better

Hello lola56uk it's taken me a few hours to recover from the shock your news. I am so sorry to hear that you have been refused. I really thought that you had it in the bag. I am now apprehensive and am questioning my own application. It would be interesting to find out why you were refused. I hope you are successful with the Appeal. Be positive and remember that we are all behind you - I look forward to hearing from you soon with good news.

Thanks sir hopeful !!!! - I will keep you all posted when I receive letter from the HO or UKBA.
Peeps remember sometimes things in life happen to challenge our mental strength.
I will have a last go at the appeal stage and if all fails I am already making plans to leave the country in my head ... I heard Singapore / Malaysia is a good place to be. I am sure with my savings and skill set I can find a job and start afresh there.....

[lola56uk]

Right I have had my refusal letter to hand. I must say it was very long and detailed ; from the top of my head 36 pages.
I am only providing this info ; I do not want anyone to feel sorry or critic me as I am hoping that it will help anybody in similar situation.

• I had a conviction in 2002 for obtaining property by deception, value of property was £50. ( Long story , but in short used my aunts card to buy petrol from Sainsbury and was stopped by random police check, who saw aunts card with me and ask me who she was. I panicked and did not say anything. she was illegal then and therefore did not show up at police station to defend ; I did not worry about it as I was given 60 Hours community service and £50 fine). I will fight this now as she is now British and we can provide further evidence.
• I was convicted for driving offence in 2003 ( banned for 12 months and £200 fine)
This was my last conviction and encounter with the Police apart from when I was detained by the immigration in 2007. Regardless the offence is way below the conviction threshold and I was really young then and it was mentioned that this was not used against my decision.

• Basically the Home Office are stating that because I do not have a child with my current Girlfriend and we are not married; therefore it means Article 8 cannot be used to grant me ILR . Well we are not married - but she has had a miscarriage on more than 2 occasion now. We will provide evidence.
And that they do not believe that my relationship is genuine and if it is then they are refusing based on below
o In addition to this I do not have strong links in the UK – again Article 8 .
o Private life or Article 8 cannot be exercised as I have not lived in the country for 20 years
o Lastly the Home office has dealt with my application within a reasonable time ( 7 years is reasonable , I will be bloody mad to think so )
o And that if I have developed any friendship or relationship this can be continued through the means of modern communication.

Basically rejection was based without common sense and makes me entrusted that an Appeal is indeed the way forward. Whilst I have no connection with my Home country anymore ; I will still make contingency plans if all fails. I am 33 years old now and cannot continue to leave a hide and seek life no more. I want to see the world , I am fed up of fighting for what I am entitled to.
I need to submit my appeal by the 7th of May ; so wish me good luck !!!!! As always no matter how down or emotional I am I will always make time to provide you with a summary.

Does anyone know how long an Appeal Process takes once submitted !!!!

[diggingdeep]

Hello lola56uk,
Thanks for updating us with the outcome of your case, sorry to hear about the refusal. Your approach is correct. Don't panic. You have got better chance to make right decision if your mind is clear.

Your legal representative have seen all the documents and reasons for refusal and therefore he/she is in better position to advice you what course of action you should take. But i have read worse case than yours granted. What is the opinion of your legal representatives?

So they have they have denied you on good character ground. You can argue these convictions were spent at the time of your applications as many minor conviction are spent in less than 10 years, and your were already rehabilitated and you had no other conviction since 2003. The other point that your relationship is not genuine, you should be able to prove that.

Appeal the decision. At appeal stage they are better at dealing with the facts of case. ww.

[missmykid]

Sorry to hear about yo refusal lola.am worried about convictions becoz i didnt declare train evasion and failure to attend court for tv licence.couldnt just hand myself in could i now and some debts owing not declared.my question is lola did you declare the convictions or not.and on the appeal what are the costs involved and can you appeal without a lawyer at the hearing