That's great and good to see how busy it has been. Can you add December in as well, it doesn't seem like there have been many applications in that month (says the person impatiently waiting on a December application...) :roll: I guess people are waiting for fees to be taken before posting timeline....

My real real question is, is it possible (legal) to work from India for a company in the UK for the long term. I will try to get professional advice as well. You still are an Indian citizen before naturalisation ceremony.. and hold ILR in UK, so legally you are entitled to work in both the countrie...

I was advised by the NCS Wandsworth officer when I applied that my application would take longer due to the October backlog, but still wasn't expecting it to be 6 weeks later with still no fees debited, or acknowledgement letter received! There are applicants on 24th/25th Oct who's fees neither yet...

Scanner wrote: Has anyone else with time lines similar to mine received any approvals since after the Christmas holiday?

don't expect HomeOffice to start back work before 6th Jan.. just like other offices.. if they do, it's added bonus..

I guess now for next 2 weeks we wont see much (any?) activity related to payment taken...

6th Jan.. feels soooo long...

Hi everyone, question: Is it possible to change ceremony venue after approval from council to another ? so as to have an early ceremony even private is full. I haven't heard of that... but let me tell you one thing, take the date whatever is coming your way... private/public take it... I'm expectin...

Eligibility criteria: Joint application, WP + T2 ICT + 1 year ILR - Dependant + 1 year ILR Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): IELTS - Master degree UK university Current nationality: Globetrotter Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS...

You should receive an acknowledgment letter between 4-6 weeks after we received your application. During busy periods this may even take 7 weeks as payment will take longer to clear. It is quite possible your application is still waiting payment to clear and acknowledgement is only sent once this o...

kerrypolka wrote: He said not to expect them to even look at my application before the new year as they have so many to get through. This is very scary indeed, 39,000!!!!!! Wow..!! forget about Dec applications, I guess new rule applications (on or after 28th Oct) will not be looked at before new y...

jotter, You are a statistics person!! I was wondering if we had some kind of online reporting available built in this forum, so as soon as someone enters data, rather than manually using that data for analysis, we could use directly in reporting tool, at the moment I thing someone (you in this case)...

Jessk wrote:looks like all has gone cold, not many approval news in the recent days..

Indeed, it's December.. cold month all gone cold... neither approvals nor fees taken.... Looks like Xmas holidays have already started

Whilst respecting your understandable anxiety, these are not 'normal' times. To put it in context, in this forum we've had almost double the number of reports of applications for that single week (Oct 21-26) compared to the entire time since then. We are going to see some abnormally long processing...

Has anyone contacted home office regarding payments for 23rd Oct onwards applicants in last couple of days? Any meaningful response ( other than standard 2-4 weeks& busy times 7 weeks)? It's going to be 6 weeks tomorrow. That's awful time just to acknowledge, just to take payment. ..

I mean come on 6 weeks just to debit an account, that's highly inefficent. Wait for 2 more weeks, Xmas holidays are coming up.. I'm fearing worst now... Home Office will now try to process as many EXISTING applications as possible (those are received on/before 25th Oct) before going on Xmas holiday...

It's amazing to see how less applications are reported throughout Nov till now, most probably people are still waiting for fees to be deducted before posting timeline. Having said that, Dec has already started & still no fees are yet deducted for applicants on/after 23rd Oct that too considering Hom...

Hi All, It looks that none of the applicants from 23-25OCT had their payment taken within this week. If anyone has please share. Thanks that's true, and I don't expect anything until week starting 2nd Dec either, I think most of the case workers are now working towards approvals rather than loading...

I just think there is no science on this and an application could be on top or bottom of a pile depending timings for receiving it. Caseworkers would also decide to take from one pile or another without real logic. On this way there is a pattern of dates and timings to deal with an application but ...

Pqek wrote: I actually made a mistake and put cheque but meant Credit card. I just edited the post. sorry for the confusion.

That's even better then, that mean at least one case worker has started looking into applications with new rules..

good luck p2kin and real34 and all the ones waiting. Thanks Pqek, You are now in main stream... New rule flag bearer :) I'm just trying to understand what's going on in Home Office by just observing sample of data that is reported on this forum. I'm just trying to think from Home Office's point of ...

That makes me even more nervous as the fees were debitted based on a form after the 28.10.13 don't be... Pqek has paid using Cheque, & it takes a week to clear, so I assume that probably Home Office is just starting to send Cheques out for clearing.. Payments by CC/DC will be cleared faster than Ch...

Eligibility criteria: Joint application, WP + T2 ICT + 1 year ILR - Dependant + 1 year ILR Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): IELTS - Master degree UK university Current nationality: Globetrotter Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS...

It seems that they really haven't looked at applications after 28th Oct with possibly few exceptions.. (e.g pqek) Looks like they want to sort out most (possibly all) before touching applications with new rules. It will be interesting to see how many applications they received from end of Sep to 26t...

Eligibility criteria : 2yr HSMP + 3yr T1G + 1yr ILR Language criteria met : NARIC Cert Method of application: NCS Westminster Payment method : Bankers Draft Date of application (NCS): 05 - 11 - 2013 Date of receipt by UKBA: 06 -11 - 2013 Date of clearance of fees: 10 - 01 - 2014 Date of acknowledgme...

She said I could submit if I wanted to. However, because I needed to show proof I have been in the UK because of the gap between when my old passport expired and when I obtained a new one, I had to leave without submitting. That's £83 down the drain :( Ouch... sorry to hear that. hopefully you shou...

Thanks p2kin. The problem is I don't want to submit originals at all. I'll wait and see how this pans out in the next few weeks. You still have an option of submitting via solicitor, they'll certify copies of your original documents & you can keep originals. Just that you'll have to pay them bit mo...