ILR postal applications (excluding 10/14 yr.)

smz, can't you get a temporary ID from your embassy and travel back to your country? there is a number provided in a letter saying call this in case of emergency..

sadly my closest relative is in a very serious condition too, aftera brain operation with chances to survive it 1-1000,as doctors said.

we left our countries and signed for this process to remain in the UK, here we go, waiting time and everyone got their price to pay..
sadly some suffer of not being able to help thier loved ones, others with the missed chance to claim benifits a mont of two earlier than they planned, sorry for sarcasm,im not a big fun of benifit claimers...

I understand exactly what you mean. My wife has been in the Uk for 16 years and has been working in the NHS for 10years and has never claimed benefit. I didn't even know what benefit was until it became major news recently.

Anyway, to answer your question, I took that same decision yesterday with my wife to go to our embassy to get an emergency travel documents so I can go home and look after our son. Of course I can't come back into the country until I get my passport sent to me abroad through the embassy.

My wife is due to give birth herself in 5 weeks time as well. Can you imagine leaving your heavily pregnant wife at such a time to care for a sick son? As we religious people say though, with God all things are possible but this isn't the best of times for us really

smz, it all happenes at once for some reason.. with best wishes and understanding i hope you get through all this together with your wife! stay strong and believe!

Thank you polly_s. I believe everything will turn out well.

Hi All,

Have just joined the forum.

Applied 24th Oct 2011
Visa rejected payment 26th Oct - thought it was fraudulent.
UKBA returned documents 14th Nov (not sure why they took so long)
Reapplied 14th Nov
Payment taken 16th Nov
Acknowledgement Letter 19th Nov
Still waiting.........

I now wish we hadn't applied through the post as it cost us around 3 weeks to begin with. I totally agree with going in person, paying the extra 1000pounds and then claiming for Child Benefits which would have subsidised the extra fee. Then we could apply for citizenship earlier.

We have already had to postpone a holiday that was paid for as the website does not make it obvious that applications can take up to 6mths, I had to go searching for this information.

Waiting2011 wrote:Hi All,

Have just joined the forum.

Applied 24th Oct 2011
Visa rejected payment 26th Oct - thought it was fraudulent.
UKBA returned documents 14th Nov (not sure why they took so long)
Reapplied 14th Nov
Payment taken 16th Nov
Acknowledgement Letter 19th Nov
Still waiting.........

I now wish we hadn't applied through the post as it cost us around 3 weeks to begin with. I totally agree with going in person, paying the extra 1000pounds and then claiming for Child Benefits which would have subsidised the extra fee. Then we could apply for citizenship earlier.

We have already had to postpone a holiday that was paid for as the website does not make it obvious that applications can take up to 6mths, I had to go searching for this information.

Waiting2011, Under what category are you?

Hi Guys,

I applied for SET(M) visa. My wife's grandfather is in a critical stage. We have to travel to our home country. Is their any way we can get our passport back? If not mine, I need my wife's passport.

Thanks for your help.

Ring 087 number and explain the urgency of your case.
They might give you fax/email to contact as well.
You need to submit a letter from his doctor. It might be worth getting this whilst you are waiting for all this.
As you have waited 14 weeks there is a possibility they might expedite your case. As from observation this can take another 2-3 weeks.

Good luck.

thiru123 wrote:Hi Guys,

I applied for SET(M) visa. My wife's grandfather is in a critical stage. We have to travel to our home country. Is their any way we can get our passport back? If not mine, I need my wife's passport.

Thanks for your help.

We are Set O JR.

Hi All,

We're new to this, here's our timeline so far:

Posted application for SET(M) on December 24th
Money went out Dec 27th
Aknowledgment letter received December 29th

6 weeks and counting...

Good luck to everyone else!

Thanks doubletrouble.
I will ring that number today.

doubletrouble wrote:Ring 087 number and explain the urgency of your case.
They might give you fax/email to contact as well.
You need to submit a letter from his doctor. It might be worth getting this whilst you are waiting for all this.
As you have waited 14 weeks there is a possibility they might expedite your case. As from observation this can take another 2-3 weeks.

Good luck.

thiru123 wrote:Hi Guys,

I applied for SET(M) visa. My wife's grandfather is in a critical stage. We have to travel to our home country. Is their any way we can get our passport back? If not mine, I need my wife's passport.

Thanks for your help.

Hello everyone

I completed the online application form for SET M and paid the fee online on 2nd November 2011. I sent all the documents on the same day. I received an acknowledgement letter on 6rd November (dated 4rd of november). Now it has been over 13 weeks and I am still waiting. The wait is so stressful. I can't understand why they can not provide an online tracking service. I hope everyone receives their passports very soon.

I have a question for those who have already got their ILR. When they return your passports and documents, does the postman just leave them in your postbox or do you need to sign when you receive them?

Good luck everyone!

Timeline

Applied - 10th Aug 2011
Debit - 18th Aug 2011
Visa stamped - 14th Jan 2012
Received dics - 27th Jan 2012

Hello everyone ,

i called them again , and i got same answer , they dont tell you why or anything , i called my solicitor and he said there is nothing he can do , only two options go back home or take them to court which is gonna cost me 2000 £ i was that close to tell him where to go ,if i knew my case will take that long i could done my self everytime i call him its like im hustling him , really im really getting anoyed now big time they dont understand your life is on hold , Really not fair

boniface wrote:
I have a question for those who have already got their ILR. When they return your passports and documents, does the postman just leave them in your postbox or do you need to sign when you receive them?

Took my wife (set m ilr) 16 whole long dreaded weeks before the postman knocked on our door - Was sent using Royal Mail recorded signed for delivery. Package sent from Liverpool.

Postal Apps = Patience my friend but I do know how you all feel, we went through this torture too, good luck all.

Please add me as well

Application Type: SET(O) JR PRE Nov
Date Sent:30-01-12
Payment debited: 02-02-12
Ack letter received: 06-02-12

From this thread timelines I know I have to have long wait around 5 months or 20 weeks on average. will update forum if there is any progress.

Despite just big chunk of fees pity that there is no online tracking nor normal telephone no nor any email. shame HO

I am new here. Having been reading all the information from this forum, and found they are very useful. Thanks for everyone who is sharing all the information and experience with us!
Just read some discussion about child benefit. Considering HO needs to decide similar number of cases as the number of cases submitted every day, otherwise, the number of cases will be piled up in HO, and also considering the information provided in post application is similar to that through PEO, I do not know why it will take so long for post application, 5 months or more. Do you think HO is manipulating the process time, such that a lot of family cannot claim the child benefit for about 5 months? Bearing in mind that most of us in this forum are staying and working in this country for more than 5 years, paying tax and NI, but get nothing from benefit.

As part of my daily attempts to unearth information on the current state of ILR application processing times I found this site:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/ukba

And this response to a question concerning ILR processing times and application numbers:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/9 ... 021271.pdf

It includes this statement: "I can also advise that for 2010 – 2011 the average processing time was 47 calendar days"

I wonder if they have combined the processing times from two years to keep the average time down? It would be interesting to find out the average processing time for each individual year.

Any news from MiraclePrayer, albert11,Ratish123 and Shuklac78.

I am hoping to have some postive news from you guys. It’s been a while since we received ILR success news

polly_s wrote:Congrats to kamicool, ishareef17! Enjoy your time!!

UTD list for 03/02/12


Successful

Set M
luke79 - applied on 15/09/2011 - after 16 weeks
invincible27 -applied on 20/10/2011 - 13 weeks
bazzy_1 applied on 03/11/11- approved after 11 weeks

Set O
lifeonhold applied on 08/08/11- after 22 weeks
Rennie applied on 25/8/11- after 19 weeks
totallylegit applied on 7/9/11- after 19 weeks
victorlcb applied on 12/9/11- after 18 weeks
SETO25Oct2011applied on 20/10/2011- after 12 weeks (after letter of expedite)
GSOTodd applied on 05/09/11- approved after 19 weeks

Set O JR
uyi.controller applied on 30/7/11 -after 23 weeks
p5004 appliedon 16/08/2011 after 19 weeks
TEDDY61 applied 19/08/2011 - after 21 weeks
mollymaik applied on 20/08/11- after 19 weeks
a-s applied on 22/08/2011- after 21 weeks
kollexy applied on 28/08/2011- after 17 weeks
Nemo2011 applied on 30/08/2011- after 19 weeks
I-L-R-2011 applied on 31/08/11- after 20 weeks
Doubletrouble applied on 06/09/11- after 20 weeks
abdul23 applied on 25/08/2011- after 22 weeks
kamicool applied on 18/08/11- after 24 weeks
ishareef17 applied on 09/09/11- after 21 weeks



Waiting

SET M
speed120 applied on 04/08/11- now waiting 26 weeks
Gaku applied on 6/9/11- now waiting 21 weeks
doggles applied on 10/10/2011 -now waiting 16 weeks
spot applied on 11/10/2011- now waiting 16 weeks
jinky applied 19/10/2011 -now waiting 15 weeks
thiru123 applied on 24/10/11- now waiting 14 weeks
simbal applied on 18/11/11- now waiting 11 weeks
gid1818 applied on 21/11/2011 -now waiting 10 weeks
smz applied on 23/11/11- now waiting 10 weeks
sdwaitingidr on 2/12/11 -now waiting 9 weeks
pymapp applied on 6/12/11 - now waiting 8 weeks
Skymoon applied 08/12/2011- now waiting 8 weeks
SetMyasin applied 13/12/2011- now waiting 8 weeks
Max applied on 12/12/2011 - now waiting 7 weeks
chrisrich applied on 19/12/2011- now waiting 6 weeks
polly_s applied on 22/12/2011- now waiting 6 weeks
kayaniii applied on 07/01/2012 - now waiting 4 week


SET O
MiraclePrayer applied on 06/09/2011 -now waiting 21 weeks
albert11 applied on 10/09/2011- now waiting 20 weeks
Ratish123 appliedon 12/9/11- now waiting 20 weeks
Shuklac78 applied on 15/9/11- now waiting 20 weeks
teluguabbayi applied on 13/10/11 - now waiting 16 weeks
Dondanell applied on 25/10/2011 -now waiting 14 weeks
tushars applied on 01/11/2011 - now waiting 13 weeks
gvijaygadde applied on 11/11/11- now waiting 11 weeks
humtum76 applied on 14/11/11- now waiting 11 weeks
shuklap applied on 24/11/11- now waiting 10 weeks
shortwait applied on 29/11/11- now waiting 9 weeks
bump applied on 05/01/12- now waiting 5 weeks
chikalo2006 applied 14/01/12 - now waiting 3 weeks


SET O JR
SET(O)ILR_JR applied on 15/09/2011 - now waiting 20 weeks
superman555 applied on 23/09/11 - now waiting 19 weeks
susan1228 applied on 07/10/2011-now waiting 17 weeks
cagedhorse applied on 14/10/2011- now waiting 16 weeks
moraa applied on 14/10/2011 -now waiting 16 weeks
kalpulli applied on 22/11/11- now waiting 10 weeks




Successful for w/c 03/01/12 - rennie, p5004, luke79, lifeonhold, kollexy
Successful for w/c 09/01/12 - uyi.controller, mollymaik, teddy61,nemo2011
Successful for w/c 16/01/12- totallylegit, victorlcb, a-s, SETO25Oct2011, invicible27
Successful for w/c 23/01/12- I-L-R-2011, bazzy_1, GSTodd, doubletrouble,abdul23
Successful for w/c 30/01/2012 - kamicool, ishareef17,

Any updates??????????there after please let us know-Many Thanks

hi guys, sorry had really busy time! will update info now!

Last updated on 10/02/12


Successful

Set M
luke79 - applied on 15/09/2011 - after 16 weeks
invincible27 -applied on 20/10/2011 - 13 weeks
bazzy_1 applied on 03/11/11- approved after 11 weeks
simbal applied on 18/11/11- after 11 weeks
smz applied on 23/11/11- after 11 weeks

Set O
lifeonhold applied on 08/08/11- after 22 weeks
Rennie applied on 25/8/11- after 19 weeks
totallylegit applied on 7/9/11- after 19 weeks
victorlcb applied on 12/9/11- after 18 weeks
SETO25Oct2011applied on 20/10/2011- after 12 weeks (after letter of expedite)
GSOTodd applied on 05/09/11- approved after 19 weeks
albert11 applied on 10/09/2011- after 21 weeks
shuklap applied on 24/11/11- after 11 weeks

Set O JR
uyi.controller applied on 30/7/11 -after 23 weeks
p5004 appliedon 16/08/2011 after 19 weeks
TEDDY61 applied 19/08/2011 - after 21 weeks
mollymaik applied on 20/08/11- after 19 weeks
a-s applied on 22/08/2011- after 21 weeks
kollexy applied on 28/08/2011- after 17 weeks
Nemo2011 applied on 30/08/2011- after 19 weeks
I-L-R-2011 applied on 31/08/11- after 20 weeks
Doubletrouble applied on 06/09/11- after 20 weeks
abdul23 applied on 25/08/2011- after 22 weeks
kamicool applied on 18/08/11- after 24 weeks
ishareef17 applied on 09/09/11- after 21 weeks



Waiting

SET M
speed120 applied on 04/08/11- now waiting 27 weeks
Gaku applied on 6/9/11- now waiting 22 weeks
doggles applied on 10/10/2011 -now waiting 17 weeks
spot applied on 11/10/2011- now waiting 17 weeks
jinky applied 19/10/2011 -now waiting 16 weeks
thiru123 applied on 24/10/11- now waiting 15 weeks
boniface applied on 02/11/2011 -now waiting 14 weeks
gid1818 applied on 21/11/2011 -now waiting 11 weeks
sdwaitingidr on 2/12/11 -now waiting 10 weeks
pymapp applied on 6/12/11 - now waiting 9 weeks
Skymoon applied 08/12/2011- now waiting 9 weeks
SetMyasin applied 13/12/2011- now waiting 9 weeks
Max applied on 12/12/2011 - now waiting 8 weeks
chrisrich applied on 19/12/2011- now waiting 7 weeks
polly_s applied on 22/12/2011- now waiting 7 weeks
Zhimin applied on 24/12/2011 -now waiting 7 weeks
kayaniii applied on 07/01/2012 - now waiting 5 week


SET O
MiraclePrayer applied on 06/09/2011 -now waiting 22 weeks
Ratish123 appliedon 12/9/11- now waiting 21 weeks
Shuklac78 applied on 15/9/11- now waiting 21 weeks
teluguabbayi applied on 13/10/11 - now waiting 17 weeks
Dondanell applied on 25/10/2011 -now waiting 16 weeks
cuncfbrk applied on 31/10/2011 -now waiting 15 weeks
tushars applied on 01/11/2011 - now waiting 14 weeks
gvijaygadde applied on 11/11/11- now waiting 12 weeks
humtum76 applied on 14/11/11- now waiting 12 weeks
shortwait applied on 29/11/11- now waiting 10 weeks
bump applied on 05/01/12- now waiting 6 weeks
chikalo2006 applied 14/01/12 - now waiting 4 weeks


SET O JR
SET(O)ILR_JR applied on 15/09/2011 - now waiting 21 weeks
drsk applied on 20/09/2011- now waiting 20 weeks
superman555 applied on 23/09/2011 - now waiting 20 weeks
susan1228 applied on 07/10/2011-now waiting 18 weeks
cagedhorse applied on 14/10/2011- now waiting 17 weeks
moraa applied on 14/10/2011 -now waiting 17 weeks
Waiting2011 applied on 24/10/2011 - now waiting 15 weeks
VN applied on 11/11/2011 -now 12 waiting
kalpulli applied on 22/11/2011- now waiting 11 weeks
hsmp2010 applied on 30/01/2012 -now waiting 2 week





Successful for w/c 03/01/12 - rennie, p5004, luke79, lifeonhold, kollexy
Successful for w/c 09/01/12 - uyi.controller, mollymaik, teddy61,nemo2011
Successful for w/c 16/01/12- totallylegit, victorlcb, a-s, SETO25Oct2011, invicible27
Successful for w/c 23/01/12- I-L-R-2011, bazzy_1, GSTodd, doubletrouble,abdul23
Successful for w/c 30/01/2012 - kamicool, ishareef17.
Successful for w/c 06/02/2012 - simbal, smz, albert11, Shuklap

@luke79 Thanks very much for the info. I hope postman knocks my door very soon too, otherwise I will go mad waiting.

@polly_s Thanks for adding me to the list.

polly_s wrote:UTD list for 07/02/12


Successful

Set M
luke79 - applied on 15/09/2011 - after 16 weeks
invincible27 -applied on 20/10/2011 - 13 weeks
bazzy_1 applied on 03/11/11- approved after 11 weeks

Set O
lifeonhold applied on 08/08/11- after 22 weeks
Rennie applied on 25/8/11- after 19 weeks
totallylegit applied on 7/9/11- after 19 weeks
victorlcb applied on 12/9/11- after 18 weeks
SETO25Oct2011applied on 20/10/2011- after 12 weeks (after letter of expedite)
GSOTodd applied on 05/09/11- approved after 19 weeks

Set O JR
uyi.controller applied on 30/7/11 -after 23 weeks
p5004 appliedon 16/08/2011 after 19 weeks
TEDDY61 applied 19/08/2011 - after 21 weeks
mollymaik applied on 20/08/11- after 19 weeks
a-s applied on 22/08/2011- after 21 weeks
kollexy applied on 28/08/2011- after 17 weeks
Nemo2011 applied on 30/08/2011- after 19 weeks
I-L-R-2011 applied on 31/08/11- after 20 weeks
Doubletrouble applied on 06/09/11- after 20 weeks
abdul23 applied on 25/08/2011- after 22 weeks
kamicool applied on 18/08/11- after 24 weeks
ishareef17 applied on 09/09/11- after 21 weeks



Waiting

SET M
speed120 applied on 04/08/11- now waiting 27 weeks
Gaku applied on 6/9/11- now waiting 22 weeks
doggles applied on 10/10/2011 -now waiting 17 weeks
spot applied on 11/10/2011- now waiting 17 weeks
jinky applied 19/10/2011 -now waiting 16 weeks
thiru123 applied on 24/10/11- now waiting 15 weeks
boniface applied on 02/11/2011 -now waiting 14 weeks
simbal applied on 18/11/11- now waiting 12 weeks
gid1818 applied on 21/11/2011 -now waiting 11 weeks
smz applied on 23/11/11- now waiting 11 weeks
sdwaitingidr on 2/12/11 -now waiting 10 weeks
pymapp applied on 6/12/11 - now waiting 9 weeks
Skymoon applied 08/12/2011- now waiting 9 weeks
SetMyasin applied 13/12/2011- now waiting 9 weeks
Max applied on 12/12/2011 - now waiting 8 weeks
chrisrich applied on 19/12/2011- now waiting 7 weeks
polly_s applied on 22/12/2011- now waiting 7 weeks
Zhimin applied on 24/12/2011 -now waiting 7 weeks
kayaniii applied on 07/01/2012 - now waiting 5 week


SET O
MiraclePrayer applied on 06/09/2011 -now waiting 22 weeks
albert11 applied on 10/09/2011- now waiting 21 weeks
Ratish123 appliedon 12/9/11- now waiting 21 weeks
Shuklac78 applied on 15/9/11- now waiting 21 weeks
teluguabbayi applied on 13/10/11 - now waiting 17 weeks
Dondanell applied on 25/10/2011 -now waiting 16 weeks
tushars applied on 01/11/2011 - now waiting 14 weeks
gvijaygadde applied on 11/11/11- now waiting 12 weeks
humtum76 applied on 14/11/11- now waiting 12 weeks
shuklap applied on 24/11/11- now waiting 11 weeks
shortwait applied on 29/11/11- now waiting 10 weeks
bump applied on 05/01/12- now waiting 6 weeks
chikalo2006 applied 14/01/12 - now waiting 4 weeks


SET O JR
SET(O)ILR_JR applied on 15/09/2011 - now waiting 21 weeks
superman555 applied on 23/09/11 - now waiting 20 weeks
susan1228 applied on 07/10/2011-now waiting 18 weeks
cagedhorse applied on 14/10/2011- now waiting 17 weeks
moraa applied on 14/10/2011 -now waiting 17 weeks
Waiting2011 applied on 24/10/2011 - now waiting 15 weeks
kalpulli applied on 22/11/11- now waiting 11 weeks
hsmp2010 applied on 30/01/2012 -now waiting 2 week




Successful for w/c 03/01/12 - rennie, p5004, luke79, lifeonhold, kollexy
Successful for w/c 09/01/12 - uyi.controller, mollymaik, teddy61,nemo2011
Successful for w/c 16/01/12- totallylegit, victorlcb, a-s, SETO25Oct2011, invicible27
Successful for w/c 23/01/12- I-L-R-2011, bazzy_1, GSTodd, doubletrouble,abdul23
Successful for w/c 30/01/2012 - kamicool, ishareef17.
Successful for w/c 06/02/2012 -

Thanks polly_s for prompt updates, please keep it up!!!

albert11 is still waiting. no news. 21 weeks now