Ofm wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 5:49 pm
I would surely be applying later today. Do you have any idea how long it could take
You can follow (and post) timelines
here.
because I was hoping that my residence card with settled status would be coming within a week once I was issued Settled Status.
The Home Office advises that if you did not already have a biometric residence card when you applied (e.g. if this was your first application for EU status, which usually means you had to give biometrics to get your status) then you will be issued a new card within 10 days (because issuing a card is included in the package).
But if you did already have a biometric card when you applied (e.g. if this is NOT your first application and you applied using the app with your existing card instead of giving biometrics) then you won't get a card at all and you need to apply for it separately from scratch (since a new card is NOT part of the package).
So 10 days is only a reasonable expectation if your status process already triggered the issuing of a card when you applied, but that is NOT your case.
Mine took 5 months. I think I was particularly unlucky, and I think at the time they were giving priority to people whose cards were expiring soon/had recently expired, so it might be different for you; but it can take that long.
My posts express what I believe are the facts, based on the best of my knowledge, about the topics discussed in this forum. They do not constitute immigration advice.
