Returning ILR Docs

Sent my ILR documents away today however I included a special delivery plastic large envelope bag will the home office send it back in that bag special delivery? Its not paid for as I didnt know the weight of the item until sending? Do they send back in special delivery or 1st class only?

AzimScot wrote:Its not paid for as I didnt know the weight of the item until sending?

Same (or similar) in weight to what you sent! UKBA will not pay for your SD envelope so expect your application to be delivered by 1st/2nd class recorded delivery.


regards

To be honest, I don't think the HO even look at whether you've sent a SD envelope or not. I sent one with my change of personal details application recently and was waiting and waiting to receive it back to my work address (where I had addressed it to) and it arrived at home by 1st or 2nd class mail with the SD bag inside it! So frustrating, since they specifically ask you to send it, but then don't use it.

Expect it normal post... bonus if they use your envelope

sushdmehta wrote:

AzimScot wrote:Its not paid for as I didnt know the weight of the item until sending?

Same (or similar) in weight to what you sent! UKBA will not pay for your SD envelope so expect your application to be delivered by 1st/2nd class recorded delivery.


regards

and the obvious risk of it getting lost in post. u could so easily have just paid for weight that you are sending it..

xyz123 wrote:
and the obvious risk of it getting lost in post. u could so easily have just paid for weight that you are sending it..

As you can see from my post above... it may not have helped anyway, since they ignored my envelope and all they needed to return to me was a passport, drivers' licence & marriage certificate.

But you're right, in principle.

wait a minute do you require to put an recorded delivery or 1st class envelope paid for within your documents so they can send it back do they pay for return postage?

They'll send it back 1st or 2nd class recorded delivery as standard (yes, they'll pay for it). You can choose to include a pre-paid self-addressed Special Delivery envelope if you'd like it sent back more securely. Or that is the theory anyway. As I've mentioned, despite my having done that, they still sent it back their own way... with my self-addressed, pre-paid envelope inside theirs!