General discussion after BC and Passport application

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:42 pm

rnr79 wrote:
rightmove wrote:things seem to have slowed down considerably...
Yes no approval this week, almost halfway throguh the week

rnr79 i think your approval due now did you made any call yet hope you will get in next coupld of days or in a week.

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:55 pm

Nazia88 wrote:
rnr79 wrote:
rightmove wrote:things seem to have slowed down considerably...
Yes no approval this week, almost halfway throguh the week
rnr79 i think your approval due now did you made any call yet hope you will get in next coupld of days or in a week.

I hope so .... but the last call i made to HO was about 8 days ago and it was going throguh inital checks so if i dont hear anything in 10 days i will call HO again, but for the time being i think i will hold on.

I see there are few users who applied in 1st/2nd week of May and when they called HO , they got answer 'Going throguh Initial Checks'. I wonder if there is a new process for checks, etc (?)

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:37 pm

rnr79 wrote:
Nazia88 wrote:
rnr79 wrote:
rightmove wrote:things seem to have slowed down considerably...
Yes no approval this week, almost halfway throguh the week
rnr79 i think your approval due now did you made any call yet hope you will get in next coupld of days or in a week.
I hope so .... but the last call i made to HO was about 8 days ago and it was going throguh inital checks so if i dont hear anything in 10 days i will call HO again, but for the time being i think i will hold on.

I see there are few users who applied in 1st/2nd week of May and when they called HO , they got answer 'Going throguh Initial Checks'. I wonder if there is a new process for checks, etc (?)

ok.......i dont think its a new process its just normal process.

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:50 pm

Nazia88 wrote:
rnr79 wrote:
Nazia88 wrote:
rnr79 wrote:
Yes no approval this week, almost halfway throguh the week
rnr79 i think your approval due now did you made any call yet hope you will get in next coupld of days or in a week.
I hope so .... but the last call i made to HO was about 8 days ago and it was going throguh inital checks so if i dont hear anything in 10 days i will call HO again, but for the time being i think i will hold on.

I see there are few users who applied in 1st/2nd week of May and when they called HO , they got answer 'Going throguh Initial Checks'. I wonder if there is a new process for checks, etc (?)
ok.......i dont think its a new process its just normal process.

Yes it is part of their current process, but what i was trying to say if they have added some changes and going throguh more checks than they used to do previously

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:04 pm

i know its getting tougher and tougher everyday but still its normal process for checking. tougher means long time ago i never heard about traffice offence and have to pass the Life in the uk test or similier other ristriction so never know whts happening.

Cranberry · Post by **Cranberry** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:25 pm

In 95% of the timelines posted, it doesn't take longer than 11 weeks for a decision to be made on an application. If after 11 weeks your application is not yet under consideration, I suppose you can begin to worry. Before that, try not to work yourself up. I know its easier said than done

!

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:36 pm

Cranberry wrote:In 95% of the timelines posted, it doesn't take longer than 11 weeks for a decision to be made on an application. If after 11 weeks your application is not yet under consideration, I suppose you can begin to worry. Before that, try not to work yourself up. I know its easier said than done !

yes you are right your took 11 weeks and 3 days lol. mine application is about 7 week since then HO recived but technically its 3 week coz my payment made on 20 or 21st of june (due to card declined) thats why appication process begin once payments made. so i have still got 4 or 7 week to wait but i do hope i will get some positive respone sooner rather then later......finger crossed

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:10 am

Hi Guys,

A quick update. just called HO.

I dint have my HO reference no. Lady said that she will check this time but from next time I need to have a reference no.

She checked and informed me that a decision has been made quite recently but no documents have been sent out yet. I asked how long will it take for docs to arrive, she said few weeks.

So lets see when I will receive my docs.

1664 · Post by **1664** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:16 am

Vipul - no way!!!! that's awesome news man!
Well atleast you can expect something in a few weeks!!!!
When did you apply again? June 10th?
I am inclined to call HO too and see what response I get! but I guess I'll wait for another week!

Best Wishes
1664

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:27 am

1664, ya its great news. I applied on 13th June.

1664 · Post by **1664** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:51 am

Ok great!

I will call them sometime next week - to chase them for the ack letter if I haven't received one yet! and cheekily ask them about the status too...

osteophytes · Post by **osteophytes** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:08 pm

Nazia88 wrote:i know its getting tougher and tougher everyday but still its normal process for checking. tougher means long time ago i never heard about traffice offence and have to pass the Life in the uk test or similier other ristriction so never know whts happening.

Hi Nazia, One query. Did you get another ack letter from them after paying over the telephone?

lasam · Post by **lasam** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:29 pm

i dont know if anyone has experienced same thing as me about how long the application might take to be scanned , my application was scanned 7 weeks after submission and i dont know if this why its still waiting for allocation after 10 weeks or its just something normal

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:29 pm

osteophytes wrote:
Nazia88 wrote:i know its getting tougher and tougher everyday but still its normal process for checking. tougher means long time ago i never heard about traffice offence and have to pass the Life in the uk test or similier other ristriction so never know whts happening.
Hi Nazia, One query. Did you get another ack letter from them after paying over the telephone?

no i didnt recived any other letter but i have only record of debited of my account in my bank stetement what about you ?

1664 · Post by **1664** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:06 pm

You don't get another letter. Once you've received a letter with your ref number on it - that is used for all further communications for the Visa category you've applied!
This is from experience seeing a close friend of mine applying for HSMP on 3 different ocassions but his ref num remained the same through out!
His first 2 applications were rejected and 3 approved!!

krazydude · Post by **krazydude** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:36 pm

The professional reference for my wife got a call from UKBA at her work-place. This did not happen when I applied (last yr, same person who gave reference). Has anyone else experienced this recently ?

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:52 pm

krazydude wrote:The professional reference for my wife got a call from UKBA at her work-place. This did not happen when I applied (last yr, same person who gave reference). Has anyone else experienced this recently ?

its not common its very rare but some time they do check its called initial security checks before allowcation to case workers. what refree replied to them.

1664 · Post by **1664** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:14 pm

Nazia88 - How do you know that these form a part of the initial checking process?

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:17 pm

1664 wrote:Nazia88 - How do you know that these form a part of the initial checking process?

one of my friend told me its back few year whe she applied her BC. her husband is a lawyer.

1664 · Post by **1664** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:44 pm

Ahh ok ... I wonder what the case workers do...

krazydude · Post by **krazydude** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:48 pm

Nazia88 wrote: its not common its very rare but some time they do check its called initial security checks before allowcation to case workers. what refree replied to them.

This referee had given reference for 2 other people as well and got three calls in total for all 3 references. The referee told UKBA that he knew said people in said capacity. It might be an isolated incident or it might be that UKBA has increased the frequency of checks before the documents are handed over to a case-workers.

1664 · Post by **1664** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:50 pm

krazydude - what's the profession of the professional referee?

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:52 pm

1664 wrote:Ahh ok ... I wonder what the case workers do...

i suppose that check is intial before even go to the case worker. nationality support team cunduct all the security checks including passport and other supporting documents etc.

i also got some information they have standered check list and they go through the check list and they ticked them once its done and then go to next process someones takes longer somes ones quicker its depend on the information given.

krazydude · Post by **krazydude** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:53 pm

1664 wrote:krazydude - what's the profession of the professional referee?

Manager at a Pvt Ltd Firm

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:55 pm

krazydude wrote:
Nazia88 wrote: its not common its very rare but some time they do check its called initial security checks before allowcation to case workers. what refree replied to them.
This referee had given reference for 2 other people as well and got three calls in total for all 3 references. The referee told UKBA that he knew said people in said capacity. It might be an isolated incident or it might be that UKBA has increased the frequency of checks before the documents are handed over to a case-workers.

its very rare to call the referee. mostly the check them if the passport number given (in case of british national).

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