10 years long residence applications

NoWayOut · Post by **NoWayOut** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:14 pm

Congratulations Terriblefish!
It's nice to see this list getting smaller and smaller, it's strange to think that a few weeks ago the waiting list was longer than the recieved list. That's nearly all the 09 applicants in this thread done...just one more.

Here is the list:

RECEIVED APPLICATION
Rajj applied on 15/07/09 received 17/12/09 WAITED FOR 22.1 weeks
Haha applied on 24/07/09 received 25/11/09 WAITED FOR 17.7 weeks
Oluwa112 applied 10/08/08 and received 17/02/10: WAITED FOR 27.3 weeks
Croydon applied 17/08/09 received 23/03/10 WAITED FOR 31.1 weeks
Foxy applied 24/08/09 received 27/03/10 WAITED FOR 30.5 weeks
Kingie67 applied 17/08/09 received 29/03/10 WAITED FOR 32 weeks
CLS applied 27/08/09 received 29/03/10 WAITED FOR 31 weeks
Boonbin applied on 10/08/09 received 01/04/10 WAITED FOR 33.3 weeks
Hangermajor applied 17/09/09 received 06/04/10 WAITED FOR 28.5 weeks
Dolf applied 24/08/09 received 07/04/10 WAITED FOR 32.2 weeks
Sheng applied on 05/08/09 received 07/04/10 WAITED FOR 35 weeks
Thms applied 28/08/09 received 12/04/10 WAITED FOR 32.3 weeks
Liverpool applied 25/07/09 received 12/04/10 WAITED FOR 37.2 weeks
london101 applied 8/01/10 received 15/04/10 WAITED FOR 13.6 weeks
Terriblefishapplied 08/09/09 received 16/04/10 WAITED FOR 31.3 weeks
Taylondon applied 11/09/09 rejected 16/04/10 WAITED FOR 31 weeks

STILL PENDING: under 10 years lawful SET(O) category

NoWayOut applied on 03/08/09 and is still waiting: now 36.4 weeks
coolboyuk applied 22/01/10 and is still waiting: now 12 weeks
Sa applied 04/02/10 and is still waiting: now 10.1 weeks
aman5 applied 25/02/10 and is still waiting: now 7.1 weeks
Powermatic applied 10/03/10 and is still waiting now 5.2 weeks
zeddie applied 05/04/10 and is still waiting now 1.4 weeks

kiwigirl25 · Post by **kiwigirl25** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:31 pm

Taylondon - I'm struggling to comprehend your news. Can you appeal? I suppose on the positive side your current visa is valid until 2012 so you don't have to leave. (sorry for thinking you were female

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Terriblefish - great news!! Congrats.

terriblefish · Post by **terriblefish** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:08 pm

got my ILR today!!

soo glad thats the last uk visa i'll ever have to apply for!

Taylondon, really sorry to hear that.

When I got mine today I hoped you would too. On the plus side, you wont have to worry about this till 2012?

ps. i'm a girl.

coolboyuk · Post by **coolboyuk** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:42 pm

I am really sorry to hear the news Taylondon. please make sure you apply before june 2011 as some rules changing after this.

NoWayOut · Post by **NoWayOut** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:07 pm

taylondon wrote:Hi again

I just received an eamil from my solicitor saying that my application has been returned from the HO today and has been rejected on the basis that the UKBA were not prepared to accept sometimes were lawful and could be counted for the purposes of the long residence rule.

I still got my previous working visa valid until 2012, and have to wait by than to apply for indefitine leave to remain.

shame really could not get it this time, just have to wait until 2010.

thanks everyone I hope you will all get yours positive

Oh no that's terrible! I'm sad to hear that.

I don't understand why they rejected you, are they saying that you had periods of unlawful stay?

I can't believe they made you wait for this long for a negative outcome!

taylondon · Post by **taylondon** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:00 pm

RECEIVED APPLICATIONS:

Haha applied on 24/07/09 received 25/11/09 WAITED FOR 17.7 weeks
Rajj applied on 15/07/09 received 17/12/09 WAITED FOR 22.1 weeks
Oluwa112 applied 10/08/08 and received 17/02/10: WAITED FOR 27.3 weeks
Hangermajor applied 17/09/09 received 06/04/10 WAITED FOR 28.5 weeks
Foxy applied 24/08/09 received 27/03/10 WAITED FOR 30.5 weeks
CLS applied 27/08/09 received 29/03/10 WAITED FOR 31 weeks
Croydon applied 17/08/09 received 23/03/10 WAITED FOR 31.1 weeks
Kingie67 applied 17/08/09 received 29/03/10 WAITED FOR 32 weeks
Dolf applied 24/08/09 received 07/04/10 WAITED FOR 32.2 weeks
Thms applied 28/08/09 received 12/04/10 WAITED FOR 32.3 weeks
Boonbin applied on 10/08/09 received 01/04/10 WAITED FOR 33.3 weeks
Sheng applied on 05/08/09 received 07/04/10 WAITED FOR 35 weeks
Liverpool applied 25/07/09 received 12/04/10 WAITED FOR 37.2 weeks
taylondon applied 11/09/09 rejected 16/04/10 WAITED FOR 31 weeks

STILL PENDING: under 10 years lawful SET(O) category

NoWayOut applied on 03/08/09 and is still waiting: now 36.3 weeks
Terriblefish applied 08/09/09 and still waiting: now 31.2 weeks
coolboyuk applied 22/01/10 and is still waiting: now 11 weeks
Sa applied 04/02/10 and is still waiting: now 10.2 weeks
aman5 applied 25/02/10 and is still waiting: now 7 weeks
Powermatic applied 10/03/10 and is still waiting now 5.1 weeks
zeddie appilied 05/04/2010 and is still waiting now: 1.3 weeks

taylondon · Post by **taylondon** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:57 pm

Hi again

I just received an eamil from my solicitor saying that my application has been returned from the HO today and has been rejected on the basis that the UKBA were not prepared to accept sometimes were lawful and could be counted for the purposes of the long residence rule.

I still got my previous working visa valid until 2012, and have to wait by than to apply for indefitine leave to remain.

shame really could not get it this time, just have to wait until 2010.

thanks everyone I hope you will all get yours positive

taylondon · Post by **taylondon** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:35 pm

hello everyone,
I am a boy lol
well actually i am gay

i was quite surprised to hear Oluwa was a girl, I always though it was a man lol

Sadly I have not heart anything yet, The last news was the letter I received on the 2nd of April saying that they would expect me to be get in touched between 2-3 weeks

coolboyuk · Post by **coolboyuk** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:37 am

that would be really terrifying to discover you were NOT an "actual girl". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kiwigirl25 · Post by **kiwigirl25** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:31 am

Now wouldn't that be shocking if I was to say that I wasn't an actual girl.

London101 - that's fabulous news!! It's so good to read some positive news on here. It gives others hope that they too won't have to endure a long wait.

It makes me wonder if there was an issue that held up applications received during August and September due to July apps waiting less than 6 months and a lack of later months in the list. Staffing problems... filing them away in the wrong section... or it could even be that Liverpool has such a huge backlog that 10 year apps are now being directed to Sheffield who are able to process apps quicker..... all very bizarre

coolboyuk · Post by **coolboyuk** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:18 am

what ?. it looks like most of you are female species....

thms · Post by **thms** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:28 am

NoWayOut, I can put money on it that your passport with ILR will be arrive by saturday. Hang in there buddy. I must say that i really admire your spirit.

PS: I am a girl and please check your PM box

NoWayOut · Post by **NoWayOut** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:43 am

foxy wrote:
I am a guy!

Haha really??

Foxy seemed like a feminine username so i assumed you were a girl. Huge apologies!

Am I safe to assume that Kiwigirl is actually a girl?? Or am I the only female here.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:35 am

NoWayOut wrote:
To be honest for some reason I have imagined that everyone who posts here is a guy except for Foxy, sa and you.

Sadly, I have still heard nothing.

I am a guy!

NoWayOut · Post by **NoWayOut** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:51 pm

Congrats london101 you're very lucky not to have waited for a long time. Enjoy your freedom.

kiwigirl25 wrote:
I'm sure Tay mentioned that she was female. I could be making an assumption. There have many surprises on this thread to what gender posters actually have been

Have you not heard yet NoWayOut? You're the last of the August lot! You need to be in the "received" list!

To be honest for some reason I have imagined that everyone who posts here is a guy except for Foxy, sa and you.

Sadly, I have still heard nothing.

london101 · Post by **london101** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:36 pm

Dear All,

Although this is my first post here, I found this forum extremely helpful! So thank you all for your comments and advice.

I applied for ILR under the 10 year rule (7 year student and 3 year WP visa) on the 8th January 2010. I received an acknowledgement letter on the 11th of January and money was taken the same day. I have been reading through this topic for the past couple of weeks or so and I came to the conclusion that most seem to be waiting for 6 months or more so I started preparing myself mentally for a very very long wait.

To my surprise however, I received my passport today with ILR granted on the 13th April!!

Iâ€™m not sure if this is important but it was granted in Sheffield. I also received all of my supporting documents which consisted of the following:

Work permit, letter from employer confirming my position, 3 payslips, police registration, university degrees and diplomas, and life in the UK test.

I do understand that most of the above documents were nor required but i thought iâ€™ll enclose them anyway.
Also, my application was in my opinion a straight forward one, less than 18 months abroad, and no gaps (although one of my visas was issued 16 days after the previous one had expired, i did apply for that one by post in time and i enclosed with my application proof of that in the form of a home office confirmation of receipt letter showing that i had applied in time).
Anyway, to sum up, I waited exactly 13.8 weeks which may indicate that not all applications are dealt with in a first come first served basis.

Iâ€™ll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have and good luck to anyone whoâ€™s still waiting. I hope you donâ€™t hate me for receiving my ILR without going through the undoubtedly painful waiting game that some of you are going through!

L
P.S. You may add my name to the list if you wish and best of luck to all.

sa · Post by sa » Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:39 pm

Published targets are bullshit.The latest FOI on the net is very clear-the target of 6 months was achieved only in 70% and not in 95% as claimed.
I do agree that whatever u try its of no use..we can just moan about it.is anybody keen for an epetitition.

kiwigirl25 · Post by **kiwigirl25** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:04 pm

NoWayOut wrote:
kiwigirl25 wrote:Any news from Taylondon? I was sure she would have heard by now.
I was thinking the same thing. Is Taylondon female? I don't know why but I thought she was a guy.

I'm sure Tay mentioned that she was female. I could be making an assumption. There have many surprises on this thread to what sex posters actually have been

Have you not heard yet NoWayOut? You're the last of the August lot! You need to be in the "received" list!

NoWayOut · Post by **NoWayOut** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:00 pm

kiwigirl25 wrote:Any news from Taylondon? I was sure she would have heard by now.

I was thinking the same thing. Is Taylondon female? I don't know why but I thought she was a guy.

kiwigirl25 · Post by **kiwigirl25** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:43 pm

Any news from Taylondon? I was sure she would have heard by now.

kiwigirl25 · Post by **kiwigirl25** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:29 pm

Ah but under Contacts/What our staff expect ...

We will do our best to provide you with the services you need, when you want them. In return we ask that you:
- do not contact us to ask about the progress of your application unless we have failed to meet published targets;

For all ILR application, apart from premium services, that is 6 months.

Our "long timers" here queried and complained after 6 months and were treated extremely poorly. So to query after 14 weeks you would not be doing yourself or application any favours.

sa · Post by sa » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:12 pm

To submit an application in person at one of our public enquiry offices, go to the appointment booking system. Appointments are made available throughout the day. If suitable appointments are not available you should make your application by post, or leave the UK and apply for entry clearance.

If you are phoning to ask about an existing application to extend your stay or to settle in the UK, we can only provide an update if:

â– you applied more than 14 weeks ago under a category that does not require biometric information; or
â– you applied under a category that does require biometric information, and you provided your biometric information more than 14 weeks ago.

sa · Post by sa » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:07 pm

Its clear on the ukba website that you can enquire 14 weeks after application.so maybe after 14 week deadline call everyday.Thats all we can do.

kiwigirl25 · Post by **kiwigirl25** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:05 pm

powermatic wrote:can someone please tell me:
where did you hear that we can be enquiring about the progress of application after 3 months? In my acknowledgement letter none of the timeline is mentioned - instead they wrote that I should not disturb them before they will write back to me.

I'm confused too as to where the 3 months has come from. I know that the old timescales used to be 14 weeks/3 months prior to the 6 months SLA being implemented. I applied through a solicitor and queried this through them. Their reply was long term applicants have every right to complain and demand urgent attention to their application after 6 months. Up to then it's best to take the acknowledgement letter at its word and let UKBA be unless it's an urgent query.

However a poster who is having problems with the processing of their payment was told by the UKBA helpline that the "Payment Centre" would only deal with their query after 14 weeks. This could be it.

coolboyuk · Post by **coolboyuk** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:17 pm

powermatic wrote:
coolboyuk wrote:user name powermatic, you are not doing a thorough job as your list updating is wrong. please check again the list above.
above had been updated
If I make a mistake in future, what Iwill never do intentionally, please kindly correct it

Ha..ha..I just pointed out the error thats all buddy.

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