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priccl wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:44 am

Hi,

I have noticed from the timeline thread that usually applications for ILR from SET(M) 5 years take around 4-9 weeks to be processed.

I applied online and it has now been 10 weeks since they received my supporting documents. Has anyone else noticed a longer processing time for online applications? I believe I meet all the criteria and they haven't contacted me for any extra documents.

Thanks,

priccl wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:24 am

@babymama - who did you email? I'll ask my employer to try and check mine too.

Minnie Me wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:01 pm

I'm trying urgently to find out if my husband qualifies or not for the 'Premium' service for ILR applications, even though he has already applied online for it about 5 weeks ago.....

I just learned (from a phone call with UK Immigration) about the 'Premium' service for ILR applications, where you can apply for a same-day ILR decision, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR ILR. But when I looked up 'Premium Service for ILR', it mentioned that you can apply for this Premier service IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPLIED BY POST.

So can someone please confirm: When one applies for ILR, are there TWO methods of applying for it - either a) by post or b) by online application?

Our visas are expiring in a few days, and as mentioned, my husband applied just over a month ago for ILR. At the time he applied, I did not know that his application could take up to 5 or 6 months. My dependant daughter and I are about to submit OUR applications for Tier 2 dependant visa extensions, and I just assumed that our visas would be issued within 6 to 8 weeks, as they were issued in that time period the FIRST time we applied 2 years ago. I had no idea that our visas cannot be issued until my husband's ILR comes through (my bad)! I was planning to go overseas for 2 weeks after our Tier 2 visa extensions come though, to finish up some very urgent business. And I thought I would be able to leave UK in approximately 8 weeks.

So... I just asked my husband how he had applied for his ILR, and he said he had applied online. So, If there are 2 ways to apply, either 'online' or 'by post', then does this mean that my husband CANNOT now apply for the Premier Service, because he did not apply by post? It doesn't specifically say that you CAN'T apply for Premium if you applied originally online , it just says that you can use the service "IF" you originally applied 'by post'.

If the answer is that NO, he CANNOT apply through Premium Service because he applied originally online - then WHY is that? What is the difference between applying online and applying by post, that makes only ONE of those choices able to apply for Premium service?

I cannot wait for up to 4 or 5 months to be able to leave the UK. And I understand from an Immigration advisor that that if my husband tried to cancel his current ILR application, he will never get his passport back (?? What??), and from someone I spoke to at UK immigration I was told that my husband WOULD get his passport back, but it could take a very very long time.

Please if anyone can answer any or all of my above questions, I would much appreciate it! If my husband IS eligible to apply for Premium service, we would need for him to do it right away, so that I can be free to fly out to finish up my urgent business. THANKS

Minnie Me wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:01 pm

I'm trying urgently to find out if my husband qualifies or not for the 'Premium' service for ILR applications, even though he has already applied online for it about 5 weeks ago.....

I just learned (from a phone call with UK Immigration) about the 'Premium' service for ILR applications, where you can apply for a same-day ILR decision, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR ILR. But when I looked up 'Premium Service for ILR', it mentioned that you can apply for this Premier service IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPLIED BY POST.

So can someone please confirm: When one applies for ILR, are there TWO methods of applying for it - either a) by post or b) by online application?

Our visas are expiring in a few days, and as mentioned, my husband applied just over a month ago for ILR. At the time he applied, I did not know that his application could take up to 5 or 6 months. My dependant daughter and I are about to submit OUR applications for Tier 2 dependant visa extensions, and I just assumed that our visas would be issued within 6 to 8 weeks, as they were issued in that time period the FIRST time we applied 2 years ago. I had no idea that our visas cannot be issued until my husband's ILR comes through (my bad)! I was planning to go overseas for 2 weeks after our Tier 2 visa extensions come though, to finish up some very urgent business. And I thought I would be able to leave UK in approximately 8 weeks.

So... I just asked my husband how he had applied for his ILR, and he said he had applied online. So, If there are 2 ways to apply, either 'online' or 'by post', then does this mean that my husband CANNOT now apply for the Premier Service, because he did not apply by post? It doesn't specifically say that you CAN'T apply for Premium if you applied originally online , it just says that you can use the service "IF" you originally applied 'by post'.

If the answer is that NO, he CANNOT apply through Premium Service because he applied originally online - then WHY is that? What is the difference between applying online and applying by post, that makes only ONE of those choices able to apply for Premium service?

I cannot wait for up to 4 or 5 months to be able to leave the UK. And I understand from an Immigration advisor that that if my husband tried to cancel his current ILR application, he will never get his passport back (?? What??), and from someone I spoke to at UK immigration I was told that my husband WOULD get his passport back, but it could take a very very long time.

Please if anyone can answer any or all of my above questions, I would much appreciate it! If my husband IS eligible to apply for Premium service, we would need for him to do it right away, so that I can be free to fly out to finish up my urgent business. THANKS

Minnie Me wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:01 pm

I'm trying urgently to find out if my husband qualifies or not for the 'Premium' service for ILR applications, even though he has already applied online for it about 5 weeks ago.....

I just learned (from a phone call with UK Immigration) about the 'Premium' service for ILR applications, where you can apply for a same-day ILR decision, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR ILR. But when I looked up 'Premium Service for ILR', it mentioned that you can apply for this Premier service IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPLIED BY POST.

So can someone please confirm: When one applies for ILR, are there TWO methods of applying for it - either a) by post or b) by online application?

Our visas are expiring in a few days, and as mentioned, my husband applied just over a month ago for ILR. At the time he applied, I did not know that his application could take up to 5 or 6 months. My dependant daughter and I are about to submit OUR applications for Tier 2 dependant visa extensions, and I just assumed that our visas would be issued within 6 to 8 weeks, as they were issued in that time period the FIRST time we applied 2 years ago. I had no idea that our visas cannot be issued until my husband's ILR comes through (my bad)! I was planning to go overseas for 2 weeks after our Tier 2 visa extensions come though, to finish up some very urgent business. And I thought I would be able to leave UK in approximately 8 weeks.

So... I just asked my husband how he had applied for his ILR, and he said he had applied online. So, If there are 2 ways to apply, either 'online' or 'by post', then does this mean that my husband CANNOT now apply for the Premier Service, because he did not apply by post? It doesn't specifically say that you CAN'T apply for Premium if you applied originally online , it just says that you can use the service "IF" you originally applied 'by post'.

If the answer is that NO, he CANNOT apply through Premium Service because he applied originally online - then WHY is that? What is the difference between applying online and applying by post, that makes only ONE of those choices able to apply for Premium service?

I cannot wait for up to 4 or 5 months to be able to leave the UK. And I understand from an Immigration advisor that that if my husband tried to cancel his current ILR application, he will never get his passport back (?? What??), and from someone I spoke to at UK immigration I was told that my husband WOULD get his passport back, but it could take a very very long time.

Please if anyone can answer any or all of my above questions, I would much appreciate it! If my husband IS eligible to apply for Premium service, we would need for him to do it right away, so that I can be free to fly out to finish up my urgent business. THANKS

priccl wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:44 am

Hi,

I have noticed from the timeline thread that usually applications for ILR from SET(M) 5 years take around 4-9 weeks to be processed.

I applied online and it has now been 10 weeks since they received my supporting documents. Has anyone else noticed a longer processing time for online applications? I believe I meet all the criteria and they haven't contacted me for any extra documents.

Thanks,

priccl wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:24 am

@babymama - who did you email? I'll ask my employer to try and check mine too.

Your employer is supposed to use the ECS process to check your status. A reply is to be expected within 5 days but my employer hasnt heard back from UKVI for over 2 months, that was why i emailed UKVI complaints team. See link: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisat ... -procedure

priccl wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 08, 2018 12:04 pm

Ok, we heard back today from the ECS. All good for me to keep working etc. I guess nothing to complain about and I just need to keep waiting.

nick0811 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:52 pm

I wish the time limit stated for postal applications was the 4-9 weeks stated.

We applied for SET M ILR on 15 Aug 2018, BRP completed 5 Sep 2018 and not even any acknowledgement since then. We cannot complain before the 3 month deadline and have just asked my wife's employer to chase via ECS based on this thread.

Is the lack of acknowledgement a good thing implying that there has been no need for further documentation or is it just that our file is somewhere in a pile gathering dust? It would be good to hear that we are not the only ones experiencing a wall of silence?

Naveedhussain786 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 20, 2018 4:08 pm

I need to go outside uk.how many day take home office indefinite reply helping anyone what can I do