Tier 1 waiting times - hmmm

[andynags]

All,

Any one noticed anything suspicious on Tier1 waiting times mentioned on the UKBA site?

Week beginning Nov 15 - Applications received on or before October 4th

it was previously
Week Beginning Nov1 - Applications received on or before October 1st

prior to that no change to waiting times on the site for about couple of weeks or so !

BTW, Oct 2nd and 3rd were Saturday and Sunday.

Call to enquiry centre is not helpful either: One has to wait for 14 weeks (aaargh!) to know of individual application status.

Anyone has any insight into how reliable this waiting time is on UKBA website please advise.

Regards,
Andy.

[riteshgaur]

This waiting time is only for IN-COUNTRY application.

[geriatrix]

These are not waiting times, even though the header makes you believe so. If you read carefully you'll note that the information given only tells the reader that applications submitted on/before a given date are being considered (i.e.- perhaps assigned a caseworker and are under process). This is, in no way, a reflection of the time it may take a caseworker to decide on an application. e.g. - an application submitted in Jan'10 may still be undecided while another submitted on 30-Sep may already been approved.

UKBA does not give out processing times for in-country applications. And will not entertain any calls for status updates before 14 weeks.

Keep an eye on this topic for timelines regarding in-country applications, and this topic for timeline regarding applications from outside the UK. Statistical information for out-country applications is also available here.


regards