Time lines for Tier 4 extension and new app. here please

[keshgrover]

Guys could you kindly post all Tier 4 timelines (only) here please.

Service used : Premium or Postal
Date of submission :
Date recieved by HO :
Date of acknowledgement :
Further documents asked or not :
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter :
Date of Bio Matrics Done :
Date of receipt of documents :
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card :

Could Moderators please make this thread sticky as it will be very usefull for others.

[joh118]

Guys could you kindly post all Tier 4 timelines (only) here please.

Service used : Premium or Postal
Date of submission :
Date recieved by HO :
Date of acknowledgement :
Further documents asked or not :
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter :
Date of Bio Matrics Done :
Date of receipt of documents :
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card :

Could Moderators please make this thread sticky as it will be very usefull for others.

application submitted: 1st October 2009
Confirmation recieved: 8th October 2009
Biometric Letter arrived: 21th October 2009
Biometrics Recorded at Croydon PEO: 26th October 2009
Approved & Passport(s) returned: 5th November 2009 (Dated 03/11/09)
ID Card recieved: 27 November 2009

[uklatino]

Service used : Premium or Postal : Postal
Date of submission : 8 October 2009
Date of acknowledgement : Don't have exact date but about 2 weeks later
Further documents asked or not : No
Date of Bio Matric letter : 28 October 2009
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 24 November 2009
Date of receipt of documents : 21 December 2009

Have not yet received biometric card yet as I received documents back today with approval but all in all, took about 2.5 months. I am PhD student at a large university and retained a solicitor to help with the application.

[agonabazi]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 29/12/2009
Date recieved by HO : 30/12/2009
Date of acknowledgement :05/01/2010
Further documents asked or not : NO
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 22/01/2010
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 28/01/2010
Date of receipt of documents :17/02/2010
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card: not yet (expected this week)

[sanzlovz]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 05/01/2010
Date recieved by HO : 06/01/2010
Date of acknowledgement :11/01/2010
Further documents asked or not : NO
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent : N/A
Date of Bio Matric letter : 22/01/2010
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 25/01/2010
Date of receipt of documents :20/02/2010
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card: not yet (expected this week)

[sorcer]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 23/12/2009
Date recieved by HO : 24/12/2009
Date of acknowledgement : 29/12/2009
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 14/01/2010
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 15/02/2010
Date of receipt of documents : 06/03/2010
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 17/03/2010

[sooluvbi]

Date of sending the application : 19/04/10.
Acknowledgement letter date : 21/04/10.
Date of biometric taken : 30/04/10.
Date of receiving HO decision : 24/05/10.
Date of receiving ID card : expecting next week.

Thank you very much about your guys' helps. This is my 2nd application and I have been successful. Actually I have just finished my 6-month-overstaying. Thanks to the case worker who judged my application.

Cheers and good luck to all of you.

[charlie123]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 2/7/2010
Date recieved by HO : 5/7/2010
Date of acknowledgement : 5/7/2010
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 8/07/2010
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 13/07/2010
Date of receipt of documents : 27/07/2010
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 27/07/2010

[accastudent]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 27/7/2010
Date recieved by HO : 28/7/2010
Date of acknowledgement : 28/7/2010
Further documents asked or not : no
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter : 29/07/2010
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 04/08/2010
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 13/08/2010

[ice_breaker]

Service used : Premium (In-person in Liverpool)

Date of submission : 26th Nov 2010
Date recieved by HO : 26th Nov 2010
Date of acknowledgement : 26th Nov 2010
Date of Bio Matric letter : 26th Nov 2010
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 26th Nov 2010

Further documents asked or not : NO
If yes, then what : Not Applicable

On 14 December 2010 Received a call from Homeoffice Liverpool saying Visa has been granted.

Date documents Sent (biometric Card) : 16 Dec 2010
Its 18 Dec now and still waiting for passport

[sehmett]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 24 January 2011
Date recieved by HO : 25 January 2011
Date of acknowledgement : 31 January 2011
Further documents asked or not : No
Date of Bio Matric letter : 22 February 2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 28 February 2011
Date of receipt of documents : 2 March 2011
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 8 March 2011

[Rubablu]

Date of submission : 18 April 2011
Date recieved by HO : 19 April 2011
Date of acknowledgement : 3rd May ( letter Dt 26 April 2011)
Application returned as INVALID APPLICATION : 16th May(Letter dt 10 May)

[armleys]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 20 April 2011
Date recieved by HO : 21 April 2011
Date of acknowledgement : 07 May 2011
Further documents asked or not : No
Date of Bio Matric letter : 07 May 2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 10 May 2011
Date of receipt of documents : 27 May 2011
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 10 June 2011

[N Patel]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 21 APR 2011
Date recieved by HO : 26 APR 2011
Date of acknowledgement : 08 MAY 2011
Further documents asked or not : NO
If yes, then what :
Date documents Sent :
Date of Bio Matric letter :27 MAY 2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done :14 JUN 2011
Date of receipt of documents :18 JUN 2011
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 22 JUN 2011

[Blackwater1]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 18 April 2011
Date recieved by HO : 19 April 2011
Date of acknowledgement : 21 April 2011
Further documents asked or not : No
Date of Bio Matric letter : 4 May 2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 12 May 2011
Date of receipt of documents : 3 June 2011

[ansafrahim]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 7th june 2011
Date recieved by HO : 14th june 2011
Date of acknowledgement : 14th june 2011
Further documents asked or not : No
Date of Bio Matric letter : 7th june 2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done: 7th june 2011

[sehmett]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 1 June 2011
Date recieved by HO : 2 June 2011
Date of acknowledgement : 6 June 2011
Further documents asked or not : No

Date of Bio Matric letter : 13 June 2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 23 June 2011
Date of receipt of documents : 30 June 2011

[agvora11]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission : 14-03-11
Date of acknowledgement :
Further documents asked or not : no
Date of Bio Matric letter : 25-03-11
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 15-05-11
Date of receipt of documents : not yet
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 11-08-11

got 3 year visa thnks god. waiting for document.

Date of receipt of documents : 16-08-11

[USER100]

Dear All

This is my timeline

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 22-08-2011
Date of acknowledgement : 24-08-2011
Further documents asked or not :
Date of Bio Metric letter : 25-08-2011
Date of Bio Metrics Done : 06-09-2011
Date of receipt of documents :
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card :

[sailesh]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 27-08-2011
Date of acknowledgement : 31-08-2011
Further documents asked or not : n/a
Date of Bio Metric letter : 5-09-2011
Date of Bio Metrics Done : 15-09-2011
Date of receipt of documents : 22-09-2011
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card :23-09-2011

[chetka]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 18-08-2011
Date of acknowledgement : 26-08-2011
Further documents asked or not : n/a
Date of Bio Metric letter : 10-09-2011
Date of Bio Metrics Done : 16-09-2011 Croydon
Date of receipt of documents : not yet
Date of receipt of Bio Metric Card : not yet

[ithilwen]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 24/08/2011
Date recieved by HO : 25/08/2011
Date of acknowledgement : n/a
Further documents asked or not : n/a
Date of Bio Matric letter : 29/09/2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 5/10/2011
Date of receipt of documents : 24/10/2011
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 19/10/2011

[dadeal001]

Service used : Special Delivery
Date of submission : 0709/2011
Date of acknowledgement : n/a
Further documents asked or not : n/a
Date of Bio Matric letter : 10/10/2011
Date of Bio Matrics Done : 10/10/2011
Date of receipt of documents : 31/10/2011
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 31/10/2011 (Issued 26th of October).

Amazing thing is this was my third application (refused due to silly mistakes) and my course officially ended on the 31st. So if you're feeling dishearted just keep trying as long as your documents are authentic and you know you've fulfilled all their requirements.

[ashfy]

One of my friends timeline
Application sent on oct 10
Confirmation received oct 13
Biometric invitation received oct 18
Biometric done 28 oct
Further doc asked for birth certificate
Brp card received 25nov dated 22 nov

[pradeep21]

Service used : Postal
Date of submission :26/09/11
Date recieved by HO :26/09/11
Date of acknowledgement :03/10/11
Further documents asked or not :No
If yes, then what :N/A
Date documents Sent :N/A
Date of Bio Matric letter :07/10/11
Date of Bio Matrics Done :11/10/11
Date of receipt of documents :05/12/11
Date of receipt of Bio Matric Card : 06/12/11