According to my understanding this means effectively third party funding is over except where applicants have formed enter teams. For enterperneur teams for example if 100k is kept in first team member account and 100k is kept in second team member account then first team member is acting as a thir...

Hi I see some ppl say the dates are updated by ukba. But I don't see them changed. It's still 6th sept. I hope the dates in topic are about the processing times where application is considered for ppl who finished biometrics on or b4..... check here http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigrati...

hi I have another successful case. CAT A, Converting from student, Team of 2, funds in Pakistan. own account. Application Sent. 25/06/12 Bio 05/07/12 Query from Home office. 01/11/12 Query response. 02/11/12 Approval letter + Docs. 16/11/2012 we would really appreciate if you can share with us what...

you can register at any time but it has to be continued within the last three months prior to the application. so not necessarily u hav to register within three months prior to your application, if you already register bfore three months UKBA wants to know whether you are still continuing within th...

thk you for your reply.. if i leave the country does it gona count in my long stay of 10 years... hi In your case no. If you dont mind. may i know why it will not be counted? hi Sorry i posted someone else reply on this post. Time spent outside the UK Continuous lawful residence is not broken if th...

nickb wrote:
So for all the updates it looks like the turnaround is 14 weeks.

no i think it is approximately 18-20 weeks.

4.5 to 5 months

smehmood wrote:

mohammed shareef wrote:thk you for your reply..

if i leave the country does it gona count in my long stay of 10 years...

hi

In your case no.

If you dont mind. may i know why it will not be counted?

Did you register as self-employed? My friend is applying for this visa, and he is aware that the guidance allows applications under the self employed category, but he has been advised by two solicitors that most self employed applicants who don't register a company do not get visas? Well i have not...

hi. Its funny how my wife has not recvd any acknowledment and recvd the biometric letter. I still have not recvd my biometric letter but i recvd my acknowledgement letter. She is my dependent. Is this normal ? I applied on the 9th October. when should i be expecting my biometrics ? any time soon ma...

Hi Guys, I have some information that you all may want to know about. I got my application back today without any explanation. It also says that i have my application back from which i have submitted. Rob Could you please tell a bit more detail about the returned documents. Why they have sent it ba...

Hi I applied for entrep visa with the third party funds but I got refused. as the reason of refusal UKBA said that because the BANK LETTER (of my brother) doesn't show your name and the amount of money available to you. as my brother has his account in UK (Barclays) and no banks in the world would ...

You bank wouldn't speak to anyone from the UKBA. It's not permitted by law. Well I am not sure if its correct because everyone signs the given below declaration on their application form which clearly says that bank can disclose our personal information. I might be wrong. Please see it given below ...

The bank statement or the letter (because bank statements are not accepted for funds held outside the UK) confirms the funds. And that is why the type of information on the letter and provenance of the letter is so important. My apologies for not explaining clearly. I am asking about bank statement...

1) Time of application = 13 July 2012 2) Acknowledgement receive date = 15 July 2012 3) Bio Letter received date = 18 July 2012 4) Biometric submit date = 1 August 2012 PSW to Tier 1 Entrepreneur applied. All funds shown in UK in my own bank accounts. Have been waiting for UKBA reponse but nothing s...

@Lucapooka ....So do you mean to say that UKBA only confirms the bank statements provided to them if they are genuine. They do not confirm the current account balance of the applicant at the time of their query. Can you please clarify this? Many Thanks