All it took was 20 Months!!!

Hey peeps,

Sincere thanks to all the active members here on the forum. I wish I would have landed on this platform earlier but hey, all is well if ends well!

My timeline :
Applied - 2 August 2012
Refused - 7 June 2013
FTT - 15 Nov 2013
FTT Refusal - 16 Dec 2013
Applied to FTT for permission to appeal in UT - 23 Dec 2013
Permission Refused - 16 Jan 2014

Reapplied Fresh - 25 Jan 2014
Biometrics - 19 March 2014
Approval Letter and Biometric Issued - 21 March 2014
Biometric Received - 25 March 2014
Passport with Docs and Approval Letter received - 27 March 2014

No interview! No call! and No request for more documents!

Documents submitted:

Documents supporting Investment Funds
1x Bank Statement showing Investment funds

Documents supporting Business Activity
1x Current Appointments Report
1x Business Plan & Market research (10 pages only)
1x local magazine with my advert
2x Internet Advertising Printouts
1x Business flyer
1x Business card
4x Trading Contracts
2x Email correspondence with existing client (Client's testimonial)
1x SOC Code Confirmation Printout

Documents supporting Maintenance Funds
1x Bank Statement

Documents supporting English Language Ability
IELTS Test

I used punched pockets to separate each and every single document and labelled them with post it notes to make it easy for caseworker to go through the file.

Best wishes!

The Symbol wrote:Hey peeps,

Sincere thanks to all the active members here on the forum. I wish I would have landed on this platform earlier but hey, all is well if ends well!

My timeline :
Applied - 2 August 2012
Refused - 7 June 2013
FTT - 15 Nov 2013
FTT Refusal - 16 Dec 2013
Applied to FTT for permission to appeal in UT - 23 Dec 2013
Permission Refused - 16 Jan 2014

Reapplied Fresh - 25 Jan 2014
Biometrics - 19 March 2014
Approval Letter and Biometric Issued - 21 March 2014
Biometric Received - 25 March 2014
Passport with Docs and Approval Letter received - 27 March 2014

No interview! No call! and No request for more documents!

Documents submitted:

Documents supporting Investment Funds
1x Bank Statement showing Investment funds

Documents supporting Business Activity
1x Current Appointments Report
1x Business Plan & Market research (10 pages only)
1x local magazine with my advert
2x Internet Advertising Printouts
1x Business flyer
1x Business card
4x Trading Contracts
2x Email correspondence with existing client (Client's testimonial)
1x SOC Code Confirmation Printout

Documents supporting Maintenance Funds
1x Bank Statement

Documents supporting English Language Ability
IELTS Test

I used punched pockets to separate each and every single document and labelled them with post it notes to make it easy for caseworker to go through the file.

Best wishes!

Congratulations buddy. Can you please tell if you used the same company or a new company at the time of re-application.

All your help will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards

Same (old) Company mate.

The Symbol wrote:Same (old) Company mate.

Thank you for the quick response. I understand that your company was trading throughout this period, whilst you were awaiting decision. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Please could you also inform about what business you are running?

You are right to say that my company was trading throughout since incorporation.

I am a Nutritionist. SOC - 2229.

congrads!!
did you had valid visa when you applied the second time, the reason im in appeal if I didn't success. im thinking the same thing but my psw visa expired in January. appreciates if you let me know

hi symbol

can u pls email me
London_victoria50@yahoo.co.uk

bus wrote:congrads!!
did you had valid visa when you applied the second time, the reason im in appeal if I didn't success. im thinking the same thing but my psw visa expired in January. appreciates if you let me know

My PSW expired on the day of my initial application in Aug 2012. So answering your question, I didn't have valid visa at the time of the second application. You get 28 days from the day of your latest refusal but if you reapply within 7 working days, UKBA is giving the right of appeal again, something which is not very clear in the rules and not many folks know about.