Tier 1 (General) extension application processing timelines

faisalliaqat · Post by **faisalliaqat** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:13 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 30 July 2011
3. Date application posted: 25 June 2011
4. Date application received: 28 June 2011
5. Payment deducted: 4 July 2011 (Cheque)
6. Biometric letter received: 11 July 2011
7. Biometric Taken : 13 July 2011 (+ 1 Dependent) - Cardiff

The earliest date shown online for biometric booking was 26 July but when I called the given number, I got a slot after 2 days in Cardiff which was helpful.

RockON · Post by **RockON** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:52 am

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependant
2. Date of expiry of current leave: Oct 2011
3. Date application posted: 13 June 2011
4. Date application reached: 14 June 2011
5. Payment deducted: 15 June 2011(Credit Card)
6. Biometric email received: 17 June 2011
7. Acknowledgment letter received: 20 June 2011
8. Biometric letter received: 22 June 2011
9. Biometric Taken : 24 June 2011 - London Croydon
10. Date (new) leave to remain valid: July 2013 (2 Years)
11. Date passports received: 11 July 2011
12. Date BRP received: 12 July 2011

pradhaa · Post by **pradhaa** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:18 am

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependant
2. Date of expiry of current leave: Jul 2011
3. Date application posted: 17 May 2011
4. Date application reached: 18 May 2011
5. Payment deducted: 21 May 2011(Cheque)
6. Biometric email received: NA
7. Acknowledgment letter received: 25 May 2011
8. Biometric letter received: 27 May 2011
9. Biometric Taken : 09 June 2011 - London Croydon
10. Date (new) leave to remain valid: July 2013 (2 Years)
11. Date passports received: 14 July 2011
12. Date BRP received: 15 July 2011

zalexseo · Post by **zalexseo** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:44 am

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependant
2. Date of expiry of current leave: January 2012
3. Date application posted: 31 May 2011
4. Date application reached: 01 June 2011
5. Payment deducted: 02 June 2011 (debit card)
6. Biometric email received: 03 June 2011
7. Acknowledgment letter received: 08 June 2011
8. Biometric letter received: 06 June 2011
9. Biometric Taken : 08 July 2011 - London Croydon
10. Date (new) leave to remain valid: July 2013 (2 Years)
11. Date passports received: 18 July 2011
12. Date BRP received: 19 July 2011

pavan_fb · Post by **pavan_fb** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:10 am

1. Current vignette HSMP / Tier 1 : Tier 1 General + 1 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa) : 09-Sep -2011
3. Date application posted : 11-Jun-2011
4. Date payment debited : 13-Jun-2011
5. Payment mode Credit card
6. Ack letter with reference no received : 15-Jun-2011
7. Bio-Metric Letter received : waiting
6. Date (new) leave to remain valid from : NA
7. Date of biometrics enrolment : NA
8. Date passport / BRP received : NA

alinaqvi90 · Post by **alinaqvi90** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:44 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + No dependents
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 11/07/2011
3. Date application posted: 25/06/2011
4. Payment deducted: 29/06/2011 (debit card)
5. Bio-metric Taken: 07/07/2011
6. PP and Bio-metric card received on the same date: 20/07/2011
7. Date (new) leave to remain valid: July 2013 (2 Years)

tknayak · Post by **tknayak** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:24 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 2 Dependents
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 25 July 2011
3. Date application posted: 24th June 2011 (friday)
4. Date application reached: 27th June 2011 (monday)
5. Payment deducted: 28th June 2011
6. Biometric letter received (by email): 30th June 2011
7. Reference number letter: 1st July 2011
8. Biometric taken: 11th July 2011 (at Croydon, had to wait for four hours)
9. Approval letter received: 22nd July 2011 dated 21st July 2011
10. BRP Received: 25th July 2011

faisalliaqat · Post by **faisalliaqat** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:50 am

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 30 July 2011
3. Date application posted: 25 June 2011
4. Date application received: 28 June 2011
5. Payment deducted: 4 July 2011 (Cheque)
6. Biometric letter received: 11 July 2011
7. Biometric Taken : 13 July 2011 (+ 1 Dependent) - Cardiff
8. Approval letter received: 27 July 2011 (dated: 22 July 2011)
9. BRP received: 27 July 2011

RonJOHN · Post by **RonJOHN** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:39 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependents
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 2 Oct 2011
3. Date application posted: 24th June 2011
4. Date application reached: 25th June 2011
Payment mode : Credit card
5. Payment deducted: 28th June 2011(was not successful) again
resubmitted payment details and payment was taken on 20 th Aug 2011
6. Biometric letter received (by email): 1 st of Aug 2011
7. Reference number letter: 1st AUG 2011
8. Biometric taken: 10 Aug 2011
9. Approval letter received: 23 Aug 2011
10. BRP Received: 31 Aug 2011
11. Resident Permit valid Till 2 Oct 2013

( actually it came on 25 Aug but nobody was there to collect) They are using DX delivery and they work only Mon-Friday

kumarcvi · Post by **kumarcvi** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:07 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 2 Dec 2011
3. Date application posted: 22nd July 2011
4. Date application reached: 25th July 2011
Payment mode : Credit card
5. Payment deducted: 28th July 2011
6. Biometric letter received (by email): 28th July 2011
7. Reference number letter received: 1st Aug 2011
8. Biometric taken: 4th Aug 2011
9. Approval letter received: 22nd Aug 2011
10. BRP Received: 25th Aug 2011

pvj · Post by **pvj** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:14 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 2 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 15 Aug 2011
3. Date application posted: 23rd June 2011
4. Date application reached: 24th June 2011
Payment mode : Cheque
5. Payment deducted: 28th June 2011
6. Biometric letter received: 09th July 2011
7. Biometric taken: 20th July 2011
8. Approval letter received: 30th July 2011
9. BRP Received: 01st Aug 2011

Raghu1122 · Post by **Raghu1122** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:07 am

. Current vignette HSMP / Tier 1 : Tier 1 General
2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa) : 23-June -2011
3. Date application posted : 16-June-2011
4. Date payment debited : Debit card Payment rejected, application returned on 5 july
5. Re-applied same day by post, with Banker draft, new application upto date Bank statement, and sing as Out of time application. along with a covering letter for reason.
6. Ack letter with reference no received :12 July
7. Bio-Metric Letter received : 22 July
6. Date (new) leave to remain valid from : NA
7. Date of biometrics enrolment : NA
8. Date passport / BRP received : 10 august approval recieved.

Thanks to this fantastic Blog and all the contributors.

teir12011 · Post by **teir12011** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:30 pm

Application posted: 09/07/2011
date recieved: 11/07/2011
money taken from bank: 13/07/2011
BE letter: 15/07/2011
BE done: 22/07/2011
BRP recieved: 10/08/2011
Teir1 expiry: 21/08/2011
Extended till: 21/08/2013.

Approx one month from posting, glad.

GOOD_CHANCE · Post by **GOOD_CHANCE** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:31 pm

Application posted: 17/06/2011
date recieved: 18/06/2011
money taken from bank: 24/06/2011
BE letter: 02/07/2011
BE done: 27/07/2011
Approval letter received:wait
BRP recieved: wait

GOOD_CHANCE · Post by **GOOD_CHANCE** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:46 am

Application posted: 17/06/2011
date recieved: 18/06/2011
money taken from bank: 24/06/2011
BE letter: 02/07/2011
BE done: 27/07/2011
Approval letter received:09/08/2011
BRP recieved: 11/08/2011[/quote]
new visa expire 09/08/2013
possport not get yet? strange.

GALD

w55 · Post by **w55** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:43 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 6 Sep 2011
3. Date application posted: 05 Aug 2011
4. Date application reached: 8th Aug 2011
Payment mode : Credit card
5. Payment deducted: 10th Aug 2011
6. Biometric letter received (by email): 11th July 2011
7. Reference number letter received: 14th Aug 2011
8. Biometric taken: 16th Aug 2011
9. Approval letter received: tbc
10. BRP Received: tbc

raamkres · Post by **raamkres** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:41 am

1. Current vignette HSMP / Tier 1 : Tier 1 General + 2 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa) : 03-Sep -2011
3. Date application posted : 13-Jul-2011
4. Payment mode Debit card
5. Date payment debited : 15-Jul-2011
6. Ack letter with reference no received :18-Jul-2011
7. Bio-Metric Letter received : 18-Jul-2011
8. Date of biometrics enrolment : 25-Jul-2011
9. Date (new) leave to remain valid from : 10-Aug-2011
10. Date passport / BRP received : 12-Aug-2011 (BRP yet to receive for one dependant)

vinayb · Post by **vinayb** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:40 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: December 2011
3. Date application posted: 12/08/2011
4. Date application reached: 15/08/2011
5. Payment deducted: 16/08/2011
6. Biometric LETTER received: 19/08/2011
7. Acknowledgment letter received:18/08/2011

8. Biometric letter received: 19/08/2011 -- Name misspelled in the letter. Called BIA and now waiting for a new letter.

9. Biometric Taken : 27/08/2011
10. Date (new) leave to remain valid: -
11. Date passports received: 16/09/2011
12. Date BRP received:15/09/2011

neerajchain · Post by **neerajchain** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:36 am

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) Migrant
2. Date of expiry of current leave: Aug 2011
3. Date application posted: 12th July 2011
4. Date application reached: 13th July 2011
5. Payment deducted: 15th July 2011
6. Biometric email received: 22nd July 2011
7. Acknowledgment letter received:19th July 2011
8. Biometric letter received: 21st July 2011
9. Biometric Taken : 26th July 2011
10. Date (new) leave to remain valid: 28th Aug 2013
11. Date passports received: 12th Aug 2011
12. Date BRP received:12th August 2011

mayursha · Post by **mayursha** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:28 am

1. Current vignette Tier 1: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa): September 01, 2011
3. Date PEO Application : August 09, 2011
4. Date payment debited: August 09,2011
5. Payment mode: Bank Account Debit Card
6. Date (new) leave to remain valid from: September 01, 2011 - September 01 - 2013
7. Date passport received: August 09, 2011
8. Date BRP Cards Received: August 11, 2011

Same day application, approved in 3 hours.

dharma123 · Post by **dharma123** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:37 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) Migrant
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 21 Aug 2011
3. Date application posted: 17th Aug 2011
4. Date application reached: 18th Aug 2011
5. Payment deducted: 22nd Aug 2011
6. Biometric email received: 23rd Aug 2011
7. Acknowledgment letter received:23rd Aug 2011
8. Biometric letter received: 25th Aug 2011
9. Biometric Taken : 31st Aug 2011 (Croydon)
10. Date Approval letter received : 16th Sep 2011 (with supporting documents)
11.Date (new) leave to remain valid: 14th Sep 2013
12. Date passports received: 16th Sep 2011
13. Date BRP received:19th Sep 2013

Thanks All

sahmads · Post by **sahmads** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:50 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (general)
2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa) : 11/09/2011
3. Date application posted : 18/08/2011 (PEO)
4. Date payment debited : N.A.
5. Payment mode : Debit Card
6. Date (new) leave to remain valid from : 18/08/2011 to 11/09/2013
7. Date of biometrics enrolment
8. Date passport / BRP received: 24/08/2011

mtuckersa · Post by **mtuckersa** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:21 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (general)
2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa) : 27/08/2011
3. Date application posted : 22/08/2011 (PEO Cardiff)
4. Date payment debited : 23/08/2011
5. Payment mode : Debit Card
6. Date (new) leave to remain valid from : 24/08/2011(confirmed via phone)
7. Date of biometrics enrolment 22/08/2011
8. Date passport received: 26/08/2011
9. Date BRP received: 06/09/2011

prjose · Post by **prjose** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:50 pm

Just putting down my time-lines with as many details in case it helps

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) Migrant
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 05 Sep 2011
3. Date application posted: 01 Aug 2011 (Royal Mail Special Delivery)
4. Date application reached: 02 Aug 2011
5. Payment deducted: 05 Aug 2011 (used HSBC visa debit card)
6. Biometric email received:08 Aug 2011
7. Acknowledgment letter received for application with reference number:10 Aug 2011
8. Biometric letter received: 10 Aug 2011
9. Biometric Taken : 13 Aug 2011(in post office)
10. Approval letter and passport received: 26 Aug 2011
11. Biometric card received: 30 Aug 2011 (signature required) , valid till Sep 2013.

Many thanks to all who contributes to this forum. Its such a massive help.

kumarcvi · Post by **kumarcvi** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:02 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 2 Dec 2011
3. Date application posted: 22nd July 2011
4. Date application reached: 25th July 2011
Payment mode : Credit card
5. Payment deducted: 28th July 2011
6. Biometric letter received (by email): 28th July 2011
7. Reference number letter received: 1st Aug 2011
8. Biometric taken: 4th Aug 2011
9. Approval letter received: 22nd Aug 2011
10. BRP Received: 25th Aug 2011
11. New visa valid till: 18th Aug 2013

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