Time lines for Tier 4 extension and new app. here please

[aimylee]

Service used: Postal
Date of submission: 22/08/2012
Date received by HO: 23/08/2012
Date of acknowledgement: 23/08/2012
Further documents asked or not: Nope
Date of biometrics letter: 11/09/2012
Date of biometrics done: 17/09/2012
Date of receipt of documents: 16/10/2012
Date of receipt of biometrics card: Soon!

[donniebrasco]

Service used : In person at the Visa center in Algiers
Date of submission : 23 Sep, 2012
Date recieved by HO :25 Sep ,2012
Further documents asked or not :no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter :
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 23 Sep 2012
Date of receipt of documents :14/10/2012

[cooldragon]

Service used : University Batch system( through university)
Date of submission : 08/10/2012
Date recieved by HO :
Date of acknowledgement :
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 24/11/2012
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 25/11/2012
Date of receipt of documents : Waiting
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : Waiting

[sweetgirl]

I had submitted visa application for extension along with one dependent application on 12.11.2012. I did received an acknowledgement letter within a week but till date haven't received my bio-metric letter. I am really worried now . I am just wondering that did anyone applied for visa during the same time frame and have they received their visa or not.

[nkrsuic]

Service used: Postal
Date of submission: 30/07/2012
Date received by HO: 02/08/2012
Date of acknowledgement: 06/08/2012
Date of biometrics letter: 28/09/2012
Date of biometrics done: 08/10/2012
Further documents asked or not: Yes- 09/11/2012, delivered on 20/11/2012
Date of receipt of documents: ????
Date of receipt of biometrics card: ???
19 weeks, still no receipt, any idea how much longer?

[Tiffany.k]

Service used : University Batch system( through university)
Date of submission : 25/11/2012
Date recieved by HO :
Date of acknowledgement :
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 17/12/2012
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 18/12/2012
Date of receipt of documents : Waiting
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : Waiting

[hassan5805]

my cousin applied on 9ht october 2012 and he got pastport and brp card today .. finger prints given on 12th december..college lsbf..

[rzmi]

Applied on 27 oct. Biometrics submitted on 17 dec. no reply yet. anyone applied in oct got their documents back or have heard from ukba after submitting biometrics ?

[jacquelinart]

Applied on 27 oct. Biometrics submitted on 17 dec. no reply yet. anyone applied in oct got their documents back or have heard from ukba after submitting biometrics ?

We are on the same boat.

Service used : Next day secure delivery
Date of submission : 6/11/2012
Date recieved by HO : 7/11/2012
Date of acknowledgement : 15/11/2012
Further documents asked or not : yes letter dated 09/02/2013
If yes, then what : Birth Certificate (Low risk applicant, wasn't required in the initial application)
Date documents Sent : 18/02/2013
Date of Bio Matric letter : 14/12/2012
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 17/12/2012
Date of receipt of documents : 22/02/2013
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : Waiting

Normally I wouldn't mind waiting for the documents patiently but I got invited to perform a solo concert in a very prestigious venue in helsinki on the 15th of february. I don't want to miss it and the opportunity is rare. I am very depressed at the moment. Also according to the UKBA 'helpline', being a dual passport holder doesn't help.

With my experience, the backlog is the problem. Once they get to look at your application, the process is actually pretty fast.

[alpha2013]

Service used : Special Delivery For Tier 4 Visa
Date of submission : 11 jan 2013
Date recieved by HO :
Date of acknowledgement : no acknowledgement letter was sent
Further documents asked or not : not yet
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 6 Feb 2013
Date of Bio Matrics Done : not yet
Date of receipt of documents :
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card :

[adamski2010]

Service used : Next day delivery
Date of submission : 07 November 2012
Date recieved by HO :08 November 2012
Date of acknowledgement : 14 November 2012
Further documents asked or not : No
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 14 December 2012
Date of Bio Matrics Done :15 December 2012
Date of receipt of documents : 09 February 2013 (dated 06 february)
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 21 February 2013

[elliottuk]

Service used : University Batch system( through university)
Date of submission : 15/11/2012
Date recieved by HO :
Date of acknowledgement :
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 12/12/2012
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 14/12/2012 (date of letter arrived)
Date of receipt of documents : 18/02/2013
Date of receipt of Biometric Card : 18/02/2013
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School sent me a mail said they had received my VISA and passport.

[rzmi]

Date of submission : 27/10/2012
Date Bio Matrics Done : 17/12/2012
Date of receipt of documents : 12/02/2013
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : Waiting

[rzmi]

Applied on 27 oct. Biometrics submitted on 17 dec. no reply yet. anyone applied in oct got their documents back or have heard from ukba after submitting biometrics ?

We are on the same boat.

Service used : Next day secure delivery
Date of submission : 6/11/2012
Date recieved by HO : 7/11/2012
Date of acknowledgement : 15/11/2012
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 14/12/2012
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 17/12/2012
Date of receipt of documents : Waiting
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : Waiting

Normally I wouldn't mind waiting for the documents patiently but I got invited to perform a solo concert in a very prestigious venue in helsinki on the 15th of february. I don't want to miss it and the opportunity is rare. I am very depressed at the moment. Also according to the UKBA 'helpline', being a dual passport holder doesn't help.

Got my documents back today so u wil get urs hopefully in this week
Gud luck

[jacquelinart]

Applied on 27 oct. Biometrics submitted on 17 dec. no reply yet. anyone applied in oct got their documents back or have heard from ukba after submitting biometrics ?

We are on the same boat.

Service used : Next day secure delivery
Date of submission : 6/11/2012
Date recieved by HO : 7/11/2012
Date of acknowledgement : 15/11/2012
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 14/12/2012
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 17/12/2012
Date of receipt of documents : Waiting
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : Waiting

Normally I wouldn't mind waiting for the documents patiently but I got invited to perform a solo concert in a very prestigious venue in helsinki on the 15th of february. I don't want to miss it and the opportunity is rare. I am very depressed at the moment. Also according to the UKBA 'helpline', being a dual passport holder doesn't help.

Got my documents back today so u wil get urs hopefully in this week
Gud luck

I am happy for you. I wrote them a letter last week explaining my situation and asked if they could expedite my application. today I received a letter dated 9th february asking for more documents. So I guess they didn't even touch my application until after I have poked them.

[brewing]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 26 Oct 2012
Date of acknowledgement : 30 Oct 2012
Date of Biometric letter : 17 Jan 2013
Date of Biometric Done : 18 Jan 2013
Date of receipt of documents : waiting
Date of receipt of Biometric Card : waiting

Some background:

I had actually sent in a first application (Sep 2012) which was rejected because I (stupidly) put all my funds in my savings account instead of current account. It took them 5 weeks to reject my application, and they did not contact me at all to ask why the funds weren't received prior to rejection. Surely it would save them effort and time if they had done just that.

So, did another one immediately and got it sent off (26 Oct 2012). Because I did it in a hurry, I hadn't realised that in those five weeks they took to reject my application, there were NEW application forms, and apparently they were in the middle of rejecting my application (10 Jan 2013)! Found out because went to immigration advisory unit in university with my worries. Luckily, an immigration advisor from my university intervened and got in my application using the new forms (sent in 11 Jan 2013). Received my biometrics letter and did biometrics at post office as dates above.

Now, still waiting for my documents to come back.

I'm due to travel on 19 Mar. I can't believe the application was going to be this complicated and UKBA to be utterly inefficient. Feeling absolutely hopeless about the whole situation. I know all I can do is wait really, but thought I'd share my misery.

[bf42rq]

Service used : Next day secure delivery
Date of submission : 13/01/2013
Date received by HO :14/01/2012
Date of acknowledgement : 15/01/2013
Further documents asked or not : No
If yes, then what : Low risk applicant, wasn't required in the initial application
Date documents Sent : -
Date of Bio Metric letter : 05/02/2013
Date of Bio Metrics Done : 07/02/2013
Date of receipt of documents : 06/03/2013
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card : 06/03/2013

Finally has received my documents and my biometric card. I am a bit surprised with the efficiency/speed by the HO.

Good luck guys

[aiden.matt]

Service used : Postal (Next day delivery)
Date of submission : 06 February 2013
Date recieved by HO : 07 February 2013
Date of acknowledgement : 10 February 2013
Further documents asked or not : No
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Metric letter : 16 February 2013
Date of Bio Metrics Done :18 February 2013
Date of receipt of documents : 24 March 2013
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card : 30 March 2013

[Kaiser]

Service used : Postal (Next day delivery)
Date of submission : 27 Feb 2013
Date recieved by HO : 28 February 2013
Date of acknowledgement : 3 March 2013
Further documents asked or not : No
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Metric letter : 16 March 2013
Date of Bio Metrics Done :18 March 2013
Date of receipt of documents : 4 April2013
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card : waiting

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[amason]

pls good people could you update us your visa application timelines.

cheers

[jkeerthan]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 26 Oct 2012
Date of acknowledgement : 30 Oct 2012
Date of Biometric letter : 17 Jan 2013
Date of Biometric Done : 18 Jan 2013
Date of receipt of documents : waiting
Date of receipt of Biometric Card : waiting

Some background:

I had actually sent in a first application (Sep 2012) which was rejected because I (stupidly) put all my funds in my savings account instead of current account. It took them 5 weeks to reject my application, and they did not contact me at all to ask why the funds weren't received prior to rejection. Surely it would save them effort and time if they had done just that.

So, did another one immediately and got it sent off (26 Oct 2012). Because I did it in a hurry, I hadn't realised that in those five weeks they took to reject my application, there were NEW application forms, and apparently they were in the middle of rejecting my application (10 Jan 2013)! Found out because went to immigration advisory unit in university with my worries. Luckily, an immigration advisor from my university intervened and got in my application using the new forms (sent in 11 Jan 2013). Received my biometrics letter and did biometrics at post office as dates above.

Now, still waiting for my documents to come back.

I'm due to travel on 19 Mar. I can't believe the application was going to be this complicated and UKBA to be utterly inefficient. Feeling absolutely hopeless about the whole situation. I know all I can do is wait really, but thought I'd share my misery.

I don't understand...what's wrong with savings account .......I made my application today...I used the Barclay's everyday saver(savings) to show my funds......

[amason]

Hi brewing as per the info below, there's nothing wrong with showing money in savings account. I'm sure you are fine.



175. You can use money held in an account owned by you or by your parents. If you are using funds held by your parent(s)/legal guardian(s), you will need to show us evidence that you are related to your parent(s)/legal guardian(s) and that you have their permission to use this money.
176. The evidence of money that you use must be of cash funds in the bank (this includes savings accounts and current accounts even when notice must be given), as a loan letter or official financial or government sponsorship available to you. Other accounts or financial instruments such as shares, bonds, overdrafts, credit cards and pension funds are not acceptable, regardless of notice period.
177. The money you show us must be for your use for studying and living in the UK. The full amount of this money – which should be held in the manner specified in this guidance - must continue to be available to you after your application is made, except for any money you
Tier 4 Policy Guidance version 07/2013 page 29 of 77

[amason]

Service used : Postal (Next day delivery)
Date of submission : 27 Feb 2013
Date recieved by HO : 28 February 2013
Date of acknowledgement : 3 March 2013
Further documents asked or not : No
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Metric letter : 16 March 2013
Date of Bio Metrics Done :18 March 2013
Date of receipt of documents : 4 April2013
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card : waiting

Hi are u till awaiting card? If not congrats lol

[amason]

Service used : Postal (Next day delivery)
Date of submission : 27 Feb 2013
Date recieved by HO : 28 February 2013
Date of acknowledgement : 3 March 2013
Further documents asked or not : No
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Metric letter : 16 March 2013
Date of Bio Metrics Done :18 March 2013
Date of receipt of documents : 4 April2013
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card : waiting

Hi are u till awaiting card? If not congrats lol