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Hello everyone,

Finally its my day. I was waiting for this day for sooooo long, didnt know when it will come.

After a long wait i got my Tier-1 approved.

Applied - 10/06
Reference- 12/06
Approved and stamped - 10/10 ( YES Exactly after full 4 months )
Docs recieved - 16/10
No UT sent

This 4months period was soo stressful, words cant explain. I am very happy as i got it in the end. THANK YOU Home Office. Thank you very much. This forum is brilliant and helped me a lot to keep my anxiety level down by putting my posts here. I was always OPtimistic right from the start and had deep faith in god that this will definately work.


I kept calling HO during this 4 months period from time to time and answer was always the same "under consideration" but in the end i didnt call them at all for the last 1 month because i was getting quite frustrated with the same answer all the time (still under consideration). then finally after waiting for whole month i called them on 15th and to my surprise the CC told me it has been approved and posted to me.

Guys just keep the faith and pray to god, it will be all good. I will be here to help you guys with whatever little i know.


Kind Regards

Grant

Guys, The waiting game is over...
My application was approved and have got the documents. For those still in the game, here are my time lines FYI.

Documents sent : 18th Sept 2008
Documents received : 19th Sept 2008
Payment deducted: 19th Sept 2008
Acknowledgement : 22nd Sept 2008
Assigned to CW : don t know
Visa Stamped : 10th Oct 2008
Documents returned : 18th Oct 2008

Thank you forum for all the help extended to me. And i wish everybody in the queue all the very best.

vv

congrats guys!

Grant - how did you get the CC to tell you that it had been approved? Last night was awful. I was told on Friday that it was posted to wait so I couldn't sleep thinking that it was arriving on Sat. However it didn't ....arghhh...

Hello everyone,

Congratlations buddy, wow its really a good news, God is gr8 buddy, see things worked out in the end, do pray for me.

Congratulations to vv129 and Jessies in advance, literally you guys are very lucky as you vv129 already got it and Jessies you will be giving us a happy news as well by tommorow hopefully.

My timelines are :
Applied: 06/09/2008
Application recd, payment deducted and letter issued on : 09/09/2008
Ackn letter recd: 10/09/2008
Still waiting
Do pray for me guys....and once again Grant1 conratulations to you...
Regards,

Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1,Grant1, see finally its your day, Congratulations buddy, literally i m really happy for you dear, All the best and wish me the best as well...do take care and allt he best to others who are waiting like me

Regards,

JESSIES wrote:congrats guys!

Grant - how did you get the CC to tell you that it had been approved? Last night was awful. I was told on Friday that it was posted to wait so I couldn't sleep thinking that it was arriving on Sat. However it didn't ....arghhh...

Don't worry. You would get it by monday. It must be good news for you.

JESSIES wrote:congrats guys!

Grant - how did you get the CC to tell you that it had been approved? Last night was awful. I was told on Friday that it was posted to wait so I couldn't sleep thinking that it was arriving on Sat. However it didn't ....arghhh...

I didnt do anything special and just asked him politely. i guess this time when i called them they already processed everything and posted it to me. so it was fine for that KIND CC to tell me that it has been Approved.

Hope this helps

Sep08T1Applicant wrote:see finally its your day, Congratulations buddy, literally i m really happy for you dear, All the best and wish me the best as well...do take care and allt he best to others who are waiting like me
Regards,

Thanks mate

hello Grant

congrats buddy...
those waiting for monday posts.. it'll be good news

i reckon i still got a bit of a wait .. oh well
but your good news keeps the spirits high..

all will be ok
have faith... and hang in there

fielder wrote:hello Grant

congrats buddy...
those waiting for monday posts.. it'll be good news

i reckon i still got a bit of a wait .. oh well
but your good news keeps the spirits high..

all will be ok
have faith... and hang in there

thanks mate. till the time u get it in the end, ITS ALL GOOD.

Regards

Hi People,

As someone who benefited from reading this forum I'd like to share my timelines with everyone as well in regards to an application from New Zealand. I hope this also serves useful for people applying from NZ (and Aussies potentially) with the lack of information regarding applicants from these areas.

All docs are NZ based (i.e. employer, degree, location). No urgent treatment was requested.

Application Type: Tier 1 General (Fresh Application)
Application Date: 25th Sep 2008
Application Received: 26th Sep 2008
Payment deducted: 26th Sep 2008
Application Approved: 17th Oct 2008
Documents Returned: 20th Oct 2008

26th Sept 2008 to 17th Oct 2008: Didn't receive any acknowledgement or updates whatsoever (partly my fault as I forgot about it for a week or so). I sent an email on the 17th of Oct to query about the status of my application and got a reply later that day saying the visa had been approved and the documents were currently in transit back to me.

All the best for those currently awaiting approval and I hope this post serves useful to some of you.

trucido

Eventually, I got my papers back with approval for 3 years!!!

The funnies thing is that I claimed 25 points for my previous earnings which are £27***.08. My family sent me £7000 in July 2008. The HO took this £7000 as part of my earning as well, so they awarded my earning points based on the total of £27***.08 + £7000. so they gave me 40 points.

My timeline is:
Application sent: 17/9/2008;
Application received by HO: 18/9/2008;
Fees collected: 19/9/2008;
Confirmation letter received: 22/9/2008;
Approval date: 13/10/2008;
Papers received: 20/10/2008;

Thanks for everyone's help and all the information published on the forum which has been a great encouragement during this period.

I will stilll be around here to share all my experience.

xiaowei wrote:Eventually, I got my papers back with approval for 3 years!!!

The funnies thing is that I claimed 25 points for my previous earnings which are £27***.08. My family sent me £7000 in July 2008. The HO took this £7000 as part of my earning as well, so they awarded my earning points based on the total of £27***.08 + £7000. so they gave me 40 points.

My timeline is:
Application sent: 17/9/2008;
Application received by HO: 18/9/2008;
Fees collected: 19/9/2008;
Confirmation letter received: 22/9/2008;
Approval date: 13/10/2008;
Papers received: 20/10/2008;

Thanks for everyone's help and all the information published on the forum which has been a great encouragement during this period.

I will stilll be around here to share all my experience.

Congratulations !!
I applied at the same time as many ppl here ... cld HO 2day .... my app is still under concideration ... no updates ...

here4tier1 wrote:

xiaowei wrote:Eventually, I got my papers back with approval for 3 years!!!

The funnies thing is that I claimed 25 points for my previous earnings which are £27***.08. My family sent me £7000 in July 2008. The HO took this £7000 as part of my earning as well, so they awarded my earning points based on the total of £27***.08 + £7000. so they gave me 40 points.

My timeline is:
Application sent: 17/9/2008;
Application received by HO: 18/9/2008;
Fees collected: 19/9/2008;
Confirmation letter received: 22/9/2008;
Approval date: 13/10/2008;
Papers received: 20/10/2008;

Thanks for everyone's help and all the information published on the forum which has been a great encouragement during this period.

I will stilll be around here to share all my experience.

Congratulations !!
I applied at the same time as many ppl here ... cld HO 2day .... my app is still under concideration ... no updates ...

I called HO last Friday, they told me my application was still under consideration and I would receive it in 2 weeks!! I called again this morning they told me my application was still under consideration again !!! After 5 mins I got my papers!!!

I would say don't take too seriously about what they tell you as they don't have idea.

xiaowei wrote:

here4tier1 wrote:

xiaowei wrote:Eventually, I got my papers back with approval for 3 years!!!

The funnies thing is that I claimed 25 points for my previous earnings which are £27***.08. My family sent me £7000 in July 2008. The HO took this £7000 as part of my earning as well, so they awarded my earning points based on the total of £27***.08 + £7000. so they gave me 40 points.

My timeline is:
Application sent: 17/9/2008;
Application received by HO: 18/9/2008;
Fees collected: 19/9/2008;
Confirmation letter received: 22/9/2008;
Approval date: 13/10/2008;
Papers received: 20/10/2008;

Thanks for everyone's help and all the information published on the forum which has been a great encouragement during this period.

I will stilll be around here to share all my experience.

Congratulations !!
I applied at the same time as many ppl here ... cld HO 2day .... my app is still under concideration ... no updates ...

I called HO last Friday, they told me my application was still under consideration and I would receive it in 2 weeks!! I called again this morning they told me my application was still under consideration again !!! After 5 mins I got my papers!!!

I would say don't take too seriously about what they tell you as they don't have idea.

Thnx xiaowei ..... tht's a bit encouraging ....

Congrats xiaowei and everyone!!

Guess what, the post just arrived and I got my visa!! I'm so happy I woke up all my housemates jumping around the house.

This forum has been really comforting in my moments of high anxiety. I was really worried bec my bank letter was signed NOT stamped and I had an online statement that was not signed or stamped bec ING Bank refused to do it for me.

I'm most excited because, after 2 and a half years on a work permit, I can finally tell my boss to kiss her mule. In fact I will email her directly after this post.

Thanks to everyone for all your advice and giving me confidence to apply by myself.

Hugs and kisses,
Sylvia xxx

JESSIES wrote:Congrats xiaowei and everyone!!

Guess what, the post just arrived and I got my visa!! I'm so happy I woke up all my housemates jumping around the house.

This forum has been really comforting in my moments of high anxiety. I was really worried bec my bank letter was signed NOT stamped and I had an online statement that was not signed or stamped bec ING Bank refused to do it for me.

I'm most excited because, after 2 and a half years on a work permit, I can finally tell my boss to kiss her mule. In fact I will email her directly after this post.

Thanks to everyone for all your advice and giving me confidence to apply by myself.

Hugs and kisses,
Sylvia xxx

Nice one, i like that.
That would be exactly the same thing I would do.

heya

I've also realised that you really can believe what the CC say too much. They told me on 2 occasions that my visa was completed on the 16th of October. Prior to that they had always said it was under consideration. But my visa was stamped on the 10th of Oct, the day I was informed that it was assigned to a case worker.

just sent my resignation email which I drafted and saved 1 year ago :)

JESSIES wrote:just sent my resignation email which I drafted and saved 1 year ago

Sent a UT this morning on 0114 207 5861 ... i hope it's the correct fax number ... have to go to india in mid november ..... feels like i've taken a big risk to hv applied wth jst 8 weeks time on my hand ....

here4tier1 wrote:

JESSIES wrote:just sent my resignation email which I drafted and saved 1 year ago

Sent a UT this morning on 0114 207 5861 ... i hope it's the correct fax number ... have to go to india in mid november ..... feels like i've taken a big risk to hv applied wth jst 8 weeks time on my hand ....

here4tier1,

I also sent a UTR on 16/10/2008 using this fax number 0114 207 5862 which I was given by CC on the same day. I hope both fax numbers are in operation.

pino700 wrote:

here4tier1 wrote:

JESSIES wrote:just sent my resignation email which I drafted and saved 1 year ago

Sent a UT this morning on 0114 207 5861 ... i hope it's the correct fax number ... have to go to india in mid november ..... feels like i've taken a big risk to hv applied wth jst 8 weeks time on my hand ....

here4tier1,

I also sent a UTR on 16/10/2008 using this fax number 0114 207 5862 which I was given by CC on the same day. I hope both fax numbers are in operation.

They would normally give UT if you already have a job offer.

xiaowei wrote:

pino700 wrote:

here4tier1 wrote:

JESSIES wrote:just sent my resignation email which I drafted and saved 1 year ago

Sent a UT this morning on 0114 207 5861 ... i hope it's the correct fax number ... have to go to india in mid november ..... feels like i've taken a big risk to hv applied wth jst 8 weeks time on my hand ....

here4tier1,

I also sent a UTR on 16/10/2008 using this fax number 0114 207 5862 which I was given by CC on the same day. I hope both fax numbers are in operation.

They would normally give UT if you already have a job offer.

Guys ... need urgent input ... just now i read smwhr tht HO tends to withdraw the application and send the docs back if you send them a UT !!!
m getting very worried now ..... as i said - i sent a UT this morning it self !

you should put in the line in your letter 'it would be greatly appreciated if you consider my request for urgent treatment, however, please do not withdraw my application if urgent treatment is not granted'.

here4tier1 wrote:

xiaowei wrote:

pino700 wrote:

here4tier1 wrote:
Sent a UT this morning on 0114 207 5861 ... i hope it's the correct fax number ... have to go to india in mid november ..... feels like i've taken a big risk to hv applied wth jst 8 weeks time on my hand ....

here4tier1,

I also sent a UTR on 16/10/2008 using this fax number 0114 207 5862 which I was given by CC on the same day. I hope both fax numbers are in operation.

They would normally give UT if you already have a job offer.

Guys ... need urgent input ... just now i read smwhr tht HO tends to withdraw the application and send the docs back if you send them a UT !!!
m getting very worried now ..... as i said - i sent a UT this morning it self !

As far as I know the way HO treats UT is like that they will pass the application onto their manager who will then be dedecated to work on the case, which is supposed to quicker and give more appropriate decision.

I would not think that UT is just to purely give your papers back without processing. If it was true, it would be called Urgent Withdraw or just simply Cancellation!