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Perhaps...No harm in trying..if you raised it as a misunderstanding due to the date on the BRP. Its weak though as the requirement was clear and you knew you had valid leave. I think there is a complaint procedure and one of the moderators Vinny posted a link on it.MSoliman1 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:44 pmMany thanks Aman90 for your response, you have confirmed what I was thinking of, I just don't want to mess with this and needed to hear from someone else.
Very disappointed with the HO's lack of response especially when there is a clear mistake from their side.
I'm thinking of sending a letter to the HO asking them not to treat my application as an application for limited leave to remain (I know that by not paying the Health Surcgarge it will be invalid anyway) and ask them to refund the application fee
Will this be a resonable request? anyone had any luck in getting a refund from the HO in similar cases before?
Yes following the rules and the decision letter was more important than the BRP..MSoliman1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:49 pmYes, it was a Super-Priority application
Before I submit the application I had no clear confirmation from the HO about the exact expiry date of my leave, I had only the decision letter of 30 months and the biometric card with 28 months, so it was realy confusing and I didn't want to the risk of applying after the expiry of the biometric card....Anyway the recent letter from HO has confirmed the length of the leave.
I think the HO count the period based on the date of submitting the application - not the date of when they take the decision .... it seems that they are very strict on that.. lesson learned!
I hope no one here fall in the same mistake
MSoliman1 do you think you could share the letter you wrote? I am in a similar situation and a draft that was successful might be helpfulMSoliman1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:08 pmI wrote a letter to the HO complaining that I have applied for ILR before completing the 60 months qualifying period because of the wrong expiry date on the BRP, which is the HO mistake (and clarified that I have reported this error to the HO in 2016 but I didn’t receive any response), and I requested them to either re-consider my application for ILR or to re-fund the application fee
They sent me a response letter few days later (early February) saying that they will re-consider my application for ILR because the of the BRP expiry date error but they will not be able to grant ILR until I complete 5 years and they will keep my application on hold until then.
They sent me a decision letter dated the 18th March (25 days before completing the full 5 years qualifying period) with the ILR approval, the ILR BRP arrived few days later.
Many thanks for your help and valuable advices, I wish the best of luck to everyone here
Your case is not the same or similar in anyway as this user whose visa validity was issued short by HO in error. Your case you applied too early by not completing almost 60 months on flrm. Your error was thinking tier 2 dependent time counted towards the 5 years, which it does not.confusedduck wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 9:02 pmMSoliman1 do you think you could share the letter you wrote? I am in a similar situation and a draft that was successful might be helpful