Please I need your advice

[Sholzy]

Thank you moderators and everyone for the insight you give all time. This forum has been very useful to me.

I need your advice here.

My wife applied for ILR (LR) on the 7th Sept 2021. She arrived in the UK as a PSW dependant on 3rd Oct 2011 and remain a legal resident as a Tier 2 dependant and now dependent on British children.
She had biometric done for ILR (LR)on the 15th Sept and paid for super priority. On the 16th Sept, case officer sent the below.

"Thank you for your client’s application for leave to remain in the United
Kingdom.
To help me consider the matter, please send me the following documents.
Documents required:
1. Evidence that your client has knowledge of life and language in the UK to
our required standard. For more information see our website at
www.gov.uk/uk-visas-immigration.
You have provided your client’s English lanaguge test certificate from
Trinity College London dated 25 June 2018. However, as this test was
undertaken more than 2 years prior to your client submitting her
application and has not been accepted , as evidence of English language,
during a previous application, your client will be required to undertake a
further test to confirm that she has achieved a Level B1 of the CEFR.
If your client is happy to take another test, I would advise that she book
this as soon as possible. Please advise us as soon as the test is booked.
Alternatively, if your client has achieved a Bacheor’s or Master’s degree
from a UK university, please provide a copy of the certificate.
2. To enable the application to be considered fully and promptly we need all
the above documents. It is, therefore, essential that you within 14 days
from the date of this letter. If you fail to provide the required documents,
the application will be considered on the basis of the documents that you
have already provided. This may result in your client’s application being
refused in accordance with paragraph 9.9.1 of the Immigration Rules, that
is the failure by an applicant to produce within reasonable time"

My wife had Level B1 test re-taken on 18th Sept.and passed with distinction. This was sent via email to the case officer as requested then autoemail said they were on leave and will not monitor any email until 27th Sept.

it is 1st Oct but no decision yet bearing in mind this was a super priority.
Please what should I do?
1) wait until a decision comes through
2.) write to complain about the delay in processing application despite the fact that my wife has submitted the required documents.

Infact I know someone who got their ILR using 2014 Level B1 on the 7th Sept.So what is the problem with the case officer.

[AmazonianX]

Thank you moderators and everyone for the insight you give all time. This forum has been very useful to me.

I need your advice here.

My wife applied for ILR (LR) on the 7th Sept 2021. She arrived in the UK as a PSW dependant on 3rd Oct 2011 and remain a legal resident as a Tier 2 dependant and now dependent on British children.
She had biometric done for ILR (LR)on the 15th Sept and paid for super priority. On the 16th Sept, case officer sent the below.

"Thank you for your client’s application for leave to remain in the United
Kingdom.
To help me consider the matter, please send me the following documents.
Documents required:
1. Evidence that your client has knowledge of life and language in the UK to
our required standard. For more information see our website at
www.gov.uk/uk-visas-immigration.
You have provided your client’s English lanaguge test certificate from
Trinity College London dated 25 June 2018. However, as this test was
undertaken more than 2 years prior to your client submitting her
application and has not been accepted , as evidence of English language,
during a previous application, your client will be required to undertake a
further test to confirm that she has achieved a Level B1 of the CEFR.
If your client is happy to take another test, I would advise that she book
this as soon as possible. Please advise us as soon as the test is booked.
Alternatively, if your client has achieved a Bacheor’s or Master’s degree
from a UK university, please provide a copy of the certificate.
2. To enable the application to be considered fully and promptly we need all
the above documents. It is, therefore, essential that you within 14 days
from the date of this letter. If you fail to provide the required documents,
the application will be considered on the basis of the documents that you
have already provided. This may result in your client’s application being
refused in accordance with paragraph 9.9.1 of the Immigration Rules, that
is the failure by an applicant to produce within reasonable time"

My wife had Level B1 test re-taken on 18th Sept.and passed with distinction. This was sent via email to the case officer as requested then autoemail said they were on leave and will not monitor any email until 27th Sept.

it is 1st Oct but no decision yet bearing in mind this was a super priority.
Please what should I do?
1) wait until a decision comes through Yes if .....see 2
2.) write to complain about the delay in processing application despite the fact that my wife has submitted the required documents. If the B1 presented that was from 2018 was not used for a successful application before now then it means your application was attended to promptly or in reasonably time however your not tendering a required key document is the cause of delay and therefore the premise of your super priority application is negated.

Infact I know someone who got their ILR using 2014 Level B1 on the 7th Sept.So what is the problem with the case officer. The B1 your wife did in 2018, was it used for any successful application before this current ILR LR application?

[CR001]

Tier 2 dependent visas and extension did not require an English test. A test from 2018 would not be accepted then for ilr

You can only use an expired English test if it was used in a previous successful visa application AND it is on the current list of approved tests and test providers.

The caseworker hasn't made a mistake.

All you can do now is wait as your spouse/you made the initial error not UKVI.

[Sholzy]

Tier 2 dependent visas and extension did not require an English test. A test from 2018 would not be accepted then for ilr

You can only use an expired English test if it was used in a previous successful visa application AND it is on the current list of approved tests and test providers.

The caseworker hasn't made a mistake.

All you can do now is wait as your spouse/you made the initial error not UKVI.

Thank you so much for your quick reply. I am grateful.
So does it mean the application joins standard queue and could take whenever to decide?

[Sholzy]

Thank you moderators and everyone for the insight you give all time. This forum has been very useful to me.

I need your advice here.

My wife applied for ILR (LR) on the 7th Sept 2021. She arrived in the UK as a PSW dependant on 3rd Oct 2011 and remain a legal resident as a Tier 2 dependant and now dependent on British children.
She had biometric done for ILR (LR)on the 15th Sept and paid for super priority. On the 16th Sept, case officer sent the below.

"Thank you for your client’s application for leave to remain in the United
Kingdom.
To help me consider the matter, please send me the following documents.
Documents required:
1. Evidence that your client has knowledge of life and language in the UK to
our required standard. For more information see our website at
www.gov.uk/uk-visas-immigration.
You have provided your client’s English lanaguge test certificate from
Trinity College London dated 25 June 2018. However, as this test was
undertaken more than 2 years prior to your client submitting her
application and has not been accepted , as evidence of English language,
during a previous application, your client will be required to undertake a
further test to confirm that she has achieved a Level B1 of the CEFR.
If your client is happy to take another test, I would advise that she book
this as soon as possible. Please advise us as soon as the test is booked.
Alternatively, if your client has achieved a Bacheor’s or Master’s degree
from a UK university, please provide a copy of the certificate.
2. To enable the application to be considered fully and promptly we need all
the above documents. It is, therefore, essential that you within 14 days
from the date of this letter. If you fail to provide the required documents,
the application will be considered on the basis of the documents that you
have already provided. This may result in your client’s application being
refused in accordance with paragraph 9.9.1 of the Immigration Rules, that
is the failure by an applicant to produce within reasonable time"

My wife had Level B1 test re-taken on 18th Sept.and passed with distinction. This was sent via email to the case officer as requested then autoemail said they were on leave and will not monitor any email until 27th Sept.

it is 1st Oct but no decision yet bearing in mind this was a super priority.
Please what should I do?
1) wait until a decision comes through Yes if .....see 2
2.) write to complain about the delay in processing application despite the fact that my wife has submitted the required documents. If the B1 presented that was from 2018 was not used for a successful application before now then it means your application was attended to promptly or in reasonably time however your not tendering a required key document is the cause of delay and therefore the premise of your super priority application is negated.

Infact I know someone who got their ILR using 2014 Level B1 on the 7th Sept.So what is the problem with the case officer. The B1 your wife did in 2018, was it used for any successful application before this current ILR LR application? Yes. It was used for a successful FLR(FP) in 2018.
Thank you for your candid reply. Appreciate.

[Sholzy]

Thank you guys for attending to me. My wife's ILR was approved today.

[AmazonianX]

Thank you guys for attending to me. My wife's ILR was approved today.

Congratulations

[Ahsaan20]

Hi,
Congratulations on your wife's ILR approval. Did you escalate this? Which email address did you use to contact your case worker.
I'm on the same boat, I applied using super priority service on the 1st November and they sent me an email on the 2nd saying there is a technical issue with my biometrics and this has been sent to the relevant department for escalation, decision will be made as soon as they get outcome of this investigation. Since I have paid super priorty service, they haven't told me whether my application will be concluded in standard time i.e 6 months and if I will get a refund.
Please can I ask expert board members to advice as to what should be my next course of action.
Thank you