**** COVID19 and UKVCAS Appointments **** (ONLY discuss here)

[BKind]

Hi,

Please can someone help give me a postal address of the home office to write to? I want to write/contact the home office for medical grounds.

Thank you,

You may be best to contact your local MP and ask if they can escalate it on our behalf. You will need to provide evidence.

[Kumar555]

Any Oct/Nov applicant still waiting for Set (o) approval E-Mail?
I have applied on Nov 19 for in-person Biometrics and still waiting.

Applied 27/10/20 - Still Waiting.

Had a very straightforward case: SET (O), T2 one employer, no dependents, same address the last five years.

@BKind, @pshanbhag

Thanks for your response, Lets hope for the best

[Amy_R88]

Finally the day has arrived I can't believe!! It was long wait. Gladly its over.
Got the approval today.

How to track the BRP now?
How to check my RTW? My old brp expired last year..

I like to thank all admins who kept me sane during this wait. And for all the people who shared their stories. Its such a great support group. Good luck to everyone who's waiting for decisions.

[ktyagi]

Hi everyone, just got an email confirmation for my successful ILR application. Took a bit over 2 months from date of application, roughly 6 weeks from documents upload, roughly 1 month from biometrics. Not too bad!

Thank you for every one help, especially Cullinan, CR001, Zimba and many others. I can not describe in words how grateful I am for the help and support of this forum's members who give such valuable information and advice free of any cost! From 2010 when I arrived in the UK on Tier4 to now for ILR, and perhaps next for citizenship application, this forum has been the one stop for all my queries.
Cheers to you all.

Congratulations . May I ask if you applied under LR?

It was set O, tier2 gen 5 year route

[user5]

Finally received my approval for ILR LR today

Thank you to everyone who has helped me I really appreciate it and it have been very helpful. Especially; @CULLINAN thank you for your dedication to helping everyone. @ajitu92 thank you for your stats! Vivienne husky thank you for answering my questions! @CR001 thank you for all your help in answering my queries.

Hopefully see you all on the BC forum in a few months time!

I will keep everyone updated on the progress of my BRP. Good luck to everyone still waiting! Wishing all your approvals come through soon

[CULLINAN]

Congratulations @Amy_R88 and @user5!!

[Shahid00087]

Hi respected members I was try to upload my documents via UKVCAS then page open to upload optional documents
Firstly what documents could be optional?
The optional documents list contains
Others, proof of identity, proof of business, proof of application etc my question is I don't have many optional documents to upload and it doesn't give me option to upload mandatory documents i am quite confused anyone can quide me bit please I would be thankful.

[CULLINAN]

Hi respected members I was try to upload my documents via UKVCAS then page open to upload optional documents
Firstly what documents could be optional?
The optional documents list contains
Others, proof of identity, proof of business, proof of application etc my question is I don't have many optional documents to upload and it doesn't give me option to upload mandatory documents i am quite confused anyone can quide me bit please I would be thankful.

Do not bother with the “mandatory” and “optional” headings. All categories are generic and not necessarily apply in your case. The documents checklist will tell you which documents you need (generated after you submitted your application). Just upload the documents in any category you think it fits best. The website is designed in this way. Only passport is considered to be mandatory and specified to be uploaded in “proof of application.” However, all other documents as per your visa category application must be uploaded also.

indefinite-leave-to-remain/uploading-yo ... 96002.html

[Shahid00087]

Thank you so much @CULLINAN for your reply its really help me to understand that.

[poper]

Finally the day has arrived I can't believe!! It was long wait. Gladly its over.
Got the approval today.

How to track the BRP now?
How to check my RTW? My old brp expired last year..

I like to thank all admins who kept me sane during this wait. And for all the people who shared their stories. Its such a great support group. Good luck to everyone who's waiting for decisions.

Congratulations Amy_R88. Finally... You got it
Please update the timeline
5.5 months for you too I believe

[poper]

Finally received my approval for ILR LR today

Thank you to everyone who has helped me I really appreciate it and it have been very helpful. Especially; @CULLINAN thank you for your dedication to helping everyone. @ajitu92 thank you for your stats! Vivienne husky thank you for answering my questions! @CR001 thank you for all your help in answering my queries.

Hopefully see you all on the BC forum in a few months time!

I will keep everyone updated on the progress of my BRP. Good luck to everyone still waiting! Wishing all your approvals come through soon

Congrats user5

[grizza]

is there any update on where ILR set (m) is in the processing timeline? Still waiting on mine since 7th of September. Any info is appreciated.

[abhishekpatwa85]

Hi,

I applied for ILR - Set M via standard route on 10th Nov 2020. My biometrics were done in person at sopia steria center in mark lane, london on 30th Nov 2020.

I havent received any update or email regarding my application. Is there anyway to find out status of my application ?

This waiting is really frustrating....

[poper]

@grizza, abhishekpatwa85

You will need to find SET(M) approvals here:

indefinite-leave-to-remain/ilr-timeline ... -2060.html

I see some July & August applicants receiving decisions in the last 2 pages of this thread

[user5]

Congrats user5

Thank you @poper and goodluck with your application. I am sure you’ll receive an approval soon!

[Mr Muj M]

Good afternoon all,

Hope im posting in the right section.
Id like to know how long the turnaround time for a ILR decision takes to come through?

I had applied, paid and submitted all documents for my wife's ILR on 09.09.2020. We were invited to use the IDV app which we did and we also uploaded all documents through the app too.

Emails we received prior to the IDV app invitation said that we would not need to book an appointment to submit data if we used the IDV app, so we opted to use it.

After submission we did not received any form of confirmation. The app shows that we have submitted and as we can not add or remove to the submission we are guessing that it has submitted.

We made contact with UKVI on 15 December 2020 as we were concerned and had not heard anything back. The response we received was that it was taking upto six months to recieve a decision and our application had not reached that time yet so they are unable to say anything. Furthermore we requested an acknowledgement that they had received our application/documents/biometric data/live video data (IDV App) but they did not confirm any of these.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation?

Is this something to be concerned about? as its now January the 13th 2021 and we have not heard anything.

How long does it usually take for a decision when the applicant has used the IDV app?

Is it normal that we received no confirmation after submission of the application?

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you all in advance.

[poper]

@Mr Muj M

You have not specified your wife's ILR route. If it is SET(M), see below response:

indefinite-leave-to-remain/suspension-o ... l#p1981255

[luv_pocky]

Good afternoon all,

Hope im posting in the right section.
Id like to know how long the turnaround time for a ILR decision takes to come through?

I had applied, paid and submitted all documents for my wife's ILR on 09.09.2020. We were invited to use the IDV app which we did and we also uploaded all documents through the app too.

Emails we received prior to the IDV app invitation said that we would not need to book an appointment to submit data if we used the IDV app, so we opted to use it.

After submission we did not received any form of confirmation. The app shows that we have submitted and as we can not add or remove to the submission we are guessing that it has submitted.

We made contact with UKVI on 15 December 2020 as we were concerned and had not heard anything back. The response we received was that it was taking upto six months to recieve a decision and our application had not reached that time yet so they are unable to say anything. Furthermore we requested an acknowledgement that they had received our application/documents/biometric data/live video data (IDV App) but they did not confirm any of these.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation?

Is this something to be concerned about? as its now January the 13th 2021 and we have not heard anything.

How long does it usually take for a decision when the applicant has used the IDV app?

Is it normal that we received no confirmation after submission of the application?

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you all in advance.

Hi. If you would like to make sure whether your documents submitted on IDV app have been sent properly, you can contact UKVCAS on twitter. I made my IRL Set(M) application on 28th August and still waiting. Good luck.

[srsw]

UKVCAS today's flash message:

https://www.ukvcas.co.uk/flash-message- ... geId=74833

[typhoon476]

Hey guys, June applicant here, just received successful decision email yesterday after 7 months. I want to share my details to help anyone else in a similar position.

My application is Set O, Tier 2, 5 year route. 2 employers during 5 years, no dependents. I tried calling to escalate after 6 months but the call center guy said they don't do escalations anymore since November. So they just tell you to wait forever, even if there is a problem on their side, which I later learned.

I emailed my MP and she contacted Home Office on my behalf. Hostile Office said I need to send my biometrics even though I submitted it with IDV app in August and in person in September at Croydon. After they said this, it took another month for them to retrieve the biometrics. Finally, received email yesterday. Waiting for the BRP now. Thanks to everyone here.

[poper]

@typhoon476

Congratulations first... A long battle
Its indeed scary to know HO can just "forget" our £2.4K applications.
Did you contact your MP as 6 months lapsed or did you have any other compassionate reasons?

[ajitu92]

Congratulations @Amy_R88 and @user5!

[poper]

Congratulations @Amy_R88 and @user5!

After absconding for the whole day, you logged in the evening...

[ajitu92]

Congratulations @Amy_R88 and @user5!

After absconding for the whole day, you logged in the evening...

Not absconding, just being lazy My Set LR excel sheet is still up to date

[poper]

@ajitu92, was just kidding

Can you please post high level summary of August and September approvals