application fee

noush · Post by **noush** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:52 pm

Hi was just wondering if it was a good sign that the HO have debited my card with the postal fee application.

If the application was invalid surely they would not take the money right?

their notes say that if the application is invalid they "will return your papers together with your fee".

is that right? Is it a good sign?

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:47 pm

Means nothing really - just that you not done anything obvious like not included your passport or filled the form in totally wrongly.

I would imagine now they've got your money they can allocate it to a caseworker for the real work.

sakura · Post by **sakura** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:03 pm

Debiting your account doesn't mean anything. It simply means they will look at your application and get back to you with a decision.

Post by **John** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:33 pm

noush, you posted the application to Durham. All they do there is ensure that payment has been made successfully, before passing all the papers off to a "real office" for processing.

Indeed, if payment is not processed successfully the papers will never get near a "real office" at all. Or put it another way, the staff in the various "real offices" can look at an application in the full knowledge that the application has been paid for.

So noush, the payment through your debit card merely means that you have successfully paid for the application .... no more, no less.

noush · Post by **noush** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:14 pm

oh ok John..thanks for your quick reply.

i got a acknowledgement letter from HO today. they say that it has been passed to a caseworker and they will be in touch if they need more documents or anything. can i take this that the application is valid then?

Thanks.

Noush

Post by **John** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:25 pm

No, I think it merely means that the application has been paid for! No more, no less.

noush · Post by **noush** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:34 pm

John wrote:No, I think it merely means that the application has been paid for! No more, no less.

oh ok. Thanks.

Christophe · Post by **Christophe** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:21 pm

noush wrote:oh ok John..thanks for your quick reply.

i got a acknowledgement letter from HO today. they say that it has been passed to a caseworker and they will be in touch if they need more documents or anything. can i take this that the application is valid then?

Thanks.

Noush

Well, it's "valid" in the sense that it has been validly made. It doesn't guarantee a successful outcome, however. But on the bright side, at least you know that it hasn't got lost somewhere in the system and that, to some extent at least, it is being worked on.

All the best with it!

noush · Post by **noush** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:52 pm

Thanks a lot Christophe....it means a lot.

Will keep you all posted.

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