ATAS application

[anilmech]

hi
i got a admission to PhD in mechanical engg and i applied ATAS on 10th august and got one quiery of more details of referee name... so replied it back on same day...
But i not got any information whether they recieved my replied mail or not.. i put one more mail also but no reply...
My project is sponsored by one of govt company..
Can any one let me know ..how much time it may take in average...

[ice_breaker]

normally 2-3 weeks, in my case they took lil longer as they asked for further reference details that took almost a month

[dipu_s4u]

hello,

cant say anything as i applied on 6th july n still waiting, some who applied end of june are also still waiting. but few got theirs within 3 weeks. dont know whats taking them so long. you might be lucky and get yours soon. good luck

[ice_breaker]

well its a peak time coz all the session starts by sept/oct so you should expect 2-3 weeks extra in processing

[dipu_s4u]

I got my atas approved today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anilmech]

I applied on 10th aug for ATAS and next day they asked me reg some more details about referre's... On 10th sep they send me a acknowledgement saying all ur refree details r updated and processing may take 10 days..On 18th sep they send me the ATAS approval mail..

Thanks a lot for all memebers for the help and advice

[Onlyravian]

Hi there! I had a great relief when I saw this useful forum. I started my engineering in my home country and after completing first two years I transfered my credits to university of Leicester and studies final two years here. Recently I have completed my degree and now want to join Loughborough uni for postgraduate studies. I have applied for atas certificate on 18th of august and got an email on same day from atas team saying "We would like to see more information before we process this.  For your referees we would like to see details of two people who have known you academically (a tutor or supervisor) or professionally (a manager from a place of work) for longer than 3 years.  At least one of these referees needs to be an academic from your country of origin" I responded on same day as I have not spent continuous three years in any uni and I have explained this thing several times. I didn't get any response from them and I am really worried and want to ask whether providing referees who have be known for less than three years will have any effect? Can it lead to refusal of atas application? Please help me if anybody has any information and moreover, how much they taking to process the applications now a days as in next week my course is starting.

[taneja.deepyanti]

Hello everyone!

I got my ATAS certificate on 23 sept. Had applied on 9 aug.
For all those who are waiting for the certificate, the only advice that I'd like to give is to be patient.
Waiting is the only thing that one could do.

Meanwhile ask the univ to extend your arrival date(in case its required).

Thanks to everyone in this forum for helping me out.

-Deepyanti