1. The vignette is only for you to enter the UK. You must collect your BRP card once you enter the UK usually from a post office branch. Check your letter again :!: https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/collect 2. Police registration is mandatory only for certain nationalities https://www....

Hey guys, I recently applied for my Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visa and it was approved for a year. (1) My offer letter says I have permission to be in the UK from 23 Feb 2018 to 23 Feb 2019. However, I realized that the dates they printed for me may be wrong. In my T1GE visa vignette (sticker), i...

Hey chai, any updates to your application? I've been calling in to UKVI hotline for the past few days, and I have only been advised that the application has been 'looked at', and that I can only raise an enquiry at the 16 working days mark. It's been 14 working days, so I will check in on Thursday a...

Hi, I too applied for a T1 GE initial visa outside the UK on the 3rd Jan. Was quoted 15 working days, and still waiting. With regards to your question, the success rate for T1 GE is over 95%, as per a report in 2015. If you were endorsed by a HEI it could take up to 8 weeks to get the visa processe...

zimba88 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:49 pm

A work visa a very unlikely to be decided within such a timeframe. You should expect at least several weeks

Thanks Zimba, you're right. My student visa years ago was super quick so I had unrealistic expectations.

Makes sense. Only wished I found this forum sooner!

Hi all - I've recently applied for my Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visa (Initial) on 10 Jan, and I applied from outside the UK. I paid for the priority service, and I was informed by the staff processing my application for the Manila office that it would likely take 5 working days for me to get my p...