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ILR TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by MK123 » Fri May 25, 2018 10:01 am

My turn to post the timeline. Good Luck to everyone waiting.

Route - SET(O) - PBS Dependent 5 years
Date of posting documents 22-Mar-18
Date Payment taken 26-Mar-18
Date of Biometrics Letter 31-Mar-18
Date of Biometrics submission 03-Apr-18
Date of Original Documents 23-May-18
Date of ILR BRP 25-May-18

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by KB001 » Fri May 25, 2018 2:52 pm

[quote=KB001 post_id=1638176 time=1527068619 user_id=193810]
Applied for ILR Route : SET(M)
Date application sent : 17/04/2018
Document received by HO : 18/04/18
Payment Debited : 20/04/2018
Ack email received (if applicable) : 30/04/2018
Biometric Letter received :30/04/2018 (dated 27th April)
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 30/04/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : 23/05/2018 (dated 22nd May - I enclosed a paid special delivery envelope in my application)
BRP Card Received : 25/05/2018

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by Syrus1979 » Tue May 29, 2018 12:49 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET(M) Spouse
Date application sent : 18/04/2018
Document received by HO : 19/04/2018
Payment Debited : 23/04/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 03/05/2018
Biometric Letter received : 03/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 05/05/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : 29/05/2018
BRP Card Received : 29/05/2018

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by munzzz123 » Tue May 29, 2018 4:45 pm

munzzz123 wrote:
Tue May 22, 2018 11:30 am
munzzz123 wrote:
Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:51 am
munzzz123 wrote:
Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:36 am

Applied for ILR Route : SET(O) Tier 2 General 5 years
Date application sent : 06/04/2018
Document received by HO : 09/04/2018
Payment Debited : around 12/04/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : Email 20/04/2018
Biometric Letter received : 23/04/18
Date Bio metrics Enrolled : 23/04/18
Postal premium payment debited : 15/5/18
Approval Received : 22/05/18
BRP Card Received : 24/05/18

So relieved, praise God. Thank you for posting timelines, it really helps others who are waiting.

All the best!

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by jameslee » Tue May 29, 2018 5:39 pm

jameslee wrote:
Thu May 10, 2018 5:10 pm
I''m an Australian living in the UK since 2009, have had two sequential Ancestry Visas, nine years here in total. Now applying for ILR via postal route. It would be handy to know average processing times at the moment for this route from others who've already done it? :-)

Applied for ILR Route : SET (O) UK Ancestry
Date application sent : 08/05/2018
Document received by HO : 09/05/2018
Ack letter received by email (if applicable) : 25/05/18
Biometric Letter received : 29/05/18
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 30/05/18
Payment Debited : 10/05/18
Approval/Refusal Received : waiting
BRP Card Received : waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR)

Post by zimba » Tue May 29, 2018 11:57 pm

zimba88 wrote:
Wed May 23, 2018 12:45 pm
Timelines ONLY Please!!!!! Please refrain from posting anything else in this topic!!!
Advice is given based on my personal research and experience only. Do NOT contact me via private message for immigration advice

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by lck2879 » Wed May 30, 2018 5:02 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET (O)
Date application sent : 27/03/2018
Document received by HO : 28/03/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 11/04/2018
Biometric email received: 23/04/2018
Biometric Letter received : 27/04/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 27/04/2018
Payment Debited : 03/04/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

sent another ack email on 10/05/2018

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by starfish87 » Wed May 30, 2018 5:34 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET (O)
Date application sent : 13/03/2018
Document received by HO : 14/03/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : N/A
Biometric Letter received : 21/03/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 21/03/2018
Payment Debited : 15/03/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by starfish87 » Wed May 30, 2018 6:23 pm

starfish87 wrote:
Wed May 30, 2018 5:34 pm
Applied for ILR Route : SET (O) Tier 2 General Same Employer
Date application sent : 13/03/2018
Document received by HO : 14/03/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : N/A
Biometric Letter received : 21/03/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 21/03/2018
Payment Debited : 15/03/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by 32flavours » Thu May 31, 2018 12:10 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET(O) Ancestry Visa, No dependents
Date application sent : 08/03/2018
Document received by HO : 09/03/2018
Payment Debited : 13/03/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable): Ditto
Biometric Letter received : 24/3/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 26/03/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting (OMG WHERE IS IT :| )
BRP Card Received : Waiting ( :shock: )

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by keysen » Thu May 31, 2018 12:36 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET (O) Tier1 Entrepreneur 5 years
Date application sent : 23/02/2018
Document received by HO : 26/02/2018
Payment Debited : 27/02/2018
Biometric/Ack Letters received : 05/03/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 06/03/2018
Approval Received : 17/05/2018
BRP Card Received : 22/05/2018

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by pt1988 » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:12 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET (M) 5 year route
Date application sent : 27/03/2018
Document received by HO : 28/03/2018
Payment Debited : 29/03/2018
Biometric/Ack Letters received (more info requested) : 18/04/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 18/04/2018
Approval Received : 01/06/2018
BRP Card Received : 01/06/2018

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by paboluuk » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:45 pm

Applied for ILR Route : 2-SET(O) PBS Dependents - 5 years route
Date application sent/submitted onlie : 17/5/2018
Payment Debited : 17/05/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) :17/05/2018
Biometric Letter received : 17/05/2018
Document received by HO : 30/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 31/05/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : waiting
BRP Card Received : waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by thompa » Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:33 am

Applying from : Florida, USA
Cost of application : 2059 GBP
Cost of Health Surcharge fee: 876 GBP
Type of visa applied for : Settlement—Wife
Priority / Non-Priority : non priority
Date On-Line application submitted : 15 March 2018
Date biometrics taken : 23 March 2018 in Tampa, Florida
Date supporting documents sent to Sheffield: 23 March 2018
Cost of using VFS Courier service for delivery and return to Florida : 265 GBP
Acknowledgement email from Sheffield, UK : 28 March 2018
Email sent to Decision Making Centre for status update: 23 May 2018
Email response from Decision Making Centre: 24 May 2018 : "application process continuing to making a decision." - useless!
Emailed to local MP in UK : 27 May 2018 requesting status check with UKVI
MP responded : 30 May 2018 : "application process continuing to making a decision. Contact them if decision not made after 60 working days".
Now at Working Day 47

UKVI website reports during April 2018:
3% of applications dealt with in 3 days
66% in 5 days
67% in10 days
71% in 15 days
83% in 30 days
90% in 60 days
100% in 90 days

Really concerned UKVI have our original documents: passports, birth certificates, marriage certificates and we have had no contact from them since the original acknowledgement email. UKVI did inform our MP if we really needed the passports they could, for a fee, send them back to us - but it would need to be for a really serious issue like a death!
So we enter another week of waiting.... :shock: :(

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Post by ZamundaLad » Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:40 am

Applied for ILR Route: SET (M) spouse
Application sent: Mon 26/03/18
Docs received by HO: Tues 27/03/18
Payment taken: Wed 28/03/18
Ack email received: Tues 17/03/18
Biometric letter arrived: Wed 18/04/18
Biometrics enrolled: Fri 20/04/18
Email notifying consideration: Wed 16/05/18
Documents returned: Fri 01/06/18
BRP Card received: Fri 01/06/18

:arrow: 67 days

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by ddb » Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:28 am

After 23 months and 7 days of waiting in 'open prison' my ILR was approved by the HO.

Note that the HO sent the acknowledgement letter and biometric letter to the wrong address (my neighbors) - informed HO twice about their error and they still sent correspondence to my neighbor's address particularly the interview letter which I never received in the post; was only made aware of the interview invite because HO decided to email me since they got no response to the paper invite. Thankfully my BRP was sent to the correct address.

Applied for ILR Route : Set(O); Tier 1 (G) - 2+3 yrs
Date application sent : 7th June 2016 [special delivery]
Document received by HO : 8th June 2016
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 2nd July 2016
Biometric Letter received : 2nd July 2016
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 9th July 2016
Payment Debited : 14th June 2016
Interview : 23rd April 2017
Approval Received : 16th May 2018
BRP Card Received : 22nd May 2018

Admittedly this has been an emotionally frustrating wait, just very very thankful that the wait is over #finallyfreefromopenprison
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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by Prudentman » Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:19 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET(O) - 6 years DLR (3+3)
Date application sent : 08/05/2018
Document received by HO : 09/05/2018
Payment Debited : 10/05/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 24/05/2018 (Email)
Biometric Letter received : 26/05/2018 (Dated 24/05/2018)
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 29/05/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by niomi » Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:37 pm

Fantastic news! I've been approved!

Applied for ILR Route: Tier 1 Entrepreneur (5 years)
Date application sent: 02-03-2018
Document received by HO: 06-03-2018
Payment Debited: 07-03-2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : no letter just email. 14-03-2018
Biometric Letter received : 14-03-2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled :16-03-2018
Approval/Refusal Received : 01-06-2018 (letter received 04-06-2018)
BRP Card Received : waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by robbit » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:43 pm

Champagne is chilling in the fridge! Time to celebrate. Hooray! :D

Applied for ILR Route: SET (M) spouse
Application sent: 22/03/18
Docs received by HO: 23/03/18
Payment taken: Mon 26/03/18
Ack email received: 12/04/18
Biometric letter arrived: 13/04/18
Biometrics enrolled: 14/04/18
Email notifying consideration: 11/05/18
Documents returned: Fri 07/06/18
BRP Card received: Fri 07/06/18

Good luck to everyone!

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Post by mygomifilter » Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:36 am

Applied for ILR Route : SET(M) Spouse - 5 Year Route
Date application sent : 10th May 2018
Document received by HO : 11h May 2018
Payment Taken: 14th May 2018
Biometrics letter & Enrolment: 19th May 2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 22nd May 2018
Original Docs & Copies & Approval Received : 9th June 2018
BRP Card Received : Waiting -Hopefully within 7 Days

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Post by sumonmg » Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:19 pm

Applied for ILR on T1 Entrepreneur 5 years route: SET(O) with spouse
Date application sent : 21 May 2018
Document received by HO : 22 May 2018
Payment Taken: Within couple of days
Biometrics letter & Enrolment: 30 May 2018
Original Docs & Copies & Approval Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Post by HumaH » Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:10 pm

Applied for ILR Route : Tier 2 general 5yr route
Date application sent : 1/05/2018
Document received by HO :3/05/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) :09/05/2018
Biometric Letter received :14/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled :15/05/2018
Payment Debited :10/05/2018
Approval/Refusal Received :waiting
BRP Card Received :waiting

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Post by bocabrit » Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:59 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET(M) 5 year route
Date application sent : 16/05/2018
Document received by HO : 17/05/2018
Payment Debited : 19/05/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 24/05/2018 (email)
Biometric Letter received : 24/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 25/05/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : 15/06/2018
BRP Card Received : 15/06/2018

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Post by Hasanraihan » Sun Jun 17, 2018 12:49 am

ILR - Five years Tier 1 entrepreneur route
Main applicant+5 dependents

Applied for ILR Route : 5 years Tier 1 entrepreneur
Date application sent : 2nd march 2018
Document received by HO : 3rd March 2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 14th March 2018
Biometric Letter received : 14th March 2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 15th March 2018
Payment Debited : 9th March 2018
Approval/Refusal Received : 6th June 2018
BRP Card Received : 6th June 2018

Documents submitted:
One year business statements
One year personal statements
Life in UK certificates
B1 ENGLISH certificates for dependent over 18
Job creation:
Payslips for 12 months
FPS of corresponding periods(12 months,)
employees IDs
EMPLOYEE year to summary report(to confirm employment start date
Cohabitation documents (random letters for 2 years).
Dependent bank statements, payslips
Thanks

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR)

Post by CR001 » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:45 am

Kindly respect that this is a Timelines ONLY Please!!!!! Please refrain from posting questions, discussions or chit chat in this thread!!
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