ILR postal applications (excluding 10/14 yr.)

[Susan1228]

Hi everyone

SET O ILR received today!! - Friday the 13th

Application sent – 08/12/2011
Acknowledgement letter received – 12/12/2011
Passport Stamped – 14/03/2012
Passport received – 13/04/2012
Total turnaround from send to receive - 18 weeks and 1 day

Once again my passport was stamped 4 weeks ago (starting to see a pattern) the passport was stamped 2 days before I sent my email and letter to HO and before I asked my MP to wade in. Does make you wonder on the validity of the date stamp.

I had actually given up as I had big travel plans for Easter (Lucky I did not commit to fares and hotels) and on the off chance I was working from home today I heard the door knock and knew immediately what it could be. It is truly a fantastic feeling and a huge relief and I hope you will all
All the best and good luck

Congratulations Antgod! Enjoy your stay!

[VN]

a small correction. Checked with my husband and apparently the visa was stamped on 12/03 rather than 19/03, as I thought.
The pre-paid special delivery enveloped I enclosed with my application was used. Even so, the postage took one month and one day! Brrrrilliant service!

[oct2011]

a small correction. Checked with my husband and apparently the visa was stamped on 12/03 rather than 19/03, as I thought.
The pre-paid special delivery enveloped I enclosed with my application was used. Even so, the postage took one month and one day! Brrrrilliant service!

Thanks for this piece of info VN. I was wondering whether they were using the enclosed envelopes. Good to know they are.

[the_onebd]

Got a text from my husband... with the picture of my visa attached!

Hurray!!!!!! We got the passport with visas!!!! As you can imagine, we are super happy )))

Summarising
Set (O) JR
applied with 1 dependent on 11/11/11
confirmation letter received and money taken shortly after that
asked my MP to send an expedite letter (most probably done on 2/03/12)
also my MP called them few times to get an update
finally the passport received today, 12/04/12
ILR stamped on 19/03/12

total waiting - 22 weeks

booking my tickets and planning to fly home soon and see the family!

Good luck to everyone waiting!

Congratulations VN ! Happy for you. Have a nice vacation and thank you for maintaining the waiting list all this time.
Anyone volunteering to continue with the list..possibly someone who has applied in January 2012 so that they can maintain it for some time? I would volunteer but I applied in October and hope to have our passports back any day now.

Thanks, oct2011! I hope you receive the good news very soon.

I would also appreciate if someone could volunteer and keep updating the list! Thank you!

Congrats VN!

[VN]

Got a text from my husband... with the picture of my visa attached!

Hurray!!!!!! We got the passport with visas!!!! As you can imagine, we are super happy )))

Summarising
Set (O) JR
applied with 1 dependent on 11/11/11
confirmation letter received and money taken shortly after that
asked my MP to send an expedite letter (most probably done on 2/03/12)
also my MP called them few times to get an update
finally the passport received today, 12/04/12
ILR stamped on 19/03/12

total waiting - 22 weeks

booking my tickets and planning to fly home soon and see the family!

Good luck to everyone waiting!

Congratulations VN ! Happy for you. Have a nice vacation and thank you for maintaining the waiting list all this time.
Anyone volunteering to continue with the list..possibly someone who has applied in January 2012 so that they can maintain it for some time? I would volunteer but I applied in October and hope to have our passports back any day now.

Thanks, oct2011! I hope you receive the good news very soon.

I would also appreciate if someone could volunteer and keep updating the list! Thank you!

Congrats VN!

Thank you !!

[moraa]

Congrats Susan1228.. Finally u got it

Hi, Guys

I received my Ilr Today with 2 dependents.
Timelines below:
Set(O)JR
07/10/2011 sent application

12/10/2011 acknowledgement letter, money taken at the same day
Ilr stamped at 19/03/2011
at Liverpool
it took 24 days for delivery

Mail sent from Liverpool, I cannot find which day the mail was sent.

hopefully all of the friends in waiting list will receive the ilr very soon!
Especially guys in Set(O) JR and Set (O)

The waiting is really hurt, however this forum is so good I am very happy for the experience in this board

[Susan1228]

Congrats Susan1228.. Finally u got it

Much appreciated Moraa, have a nice weekend!

Hi, Guys

I received my Ilr Today with 2 dependents.
Timelines below:
Set(O)JR
07/10/2011 sent application

12/10/2011 acknowledgement letter, money taken at the same day
Ilr stamped at 19/03/2011
at Liverpool
it took 24 days for delivery

Mail sent from Liverpool, I cannot find which day the mail was sent.

hopefully all of the friends in waiting list will receive the ilr very soon!
Especially guys in Set(O) JR and Set (O)

The waiting is really hurt, however this forum is so good I am very happy for the experience in this board

[Girtbysea]

Thanks all for the well wishes and congrats to everyone who's also got theirs in the last week. It's such a relief when it comes through. I had my first HSMP application rejected for a very dubious reason and after appealing they agreed they'd made a mistake. So even though everything was straightforward with this one I was still concerned.

I'm curious girtbysea. Can you please look at the postal stamp to see where it's been posted from? My guess is that all the documents from Liverpool are returned to the Croydon office which first received them. The Croydon office are then responsible for mailing them back. It must be this process that is consuming so much time, though I'm sure they can do better than 3-4 weeks.

My visa was sent to my agent do I don't know what the post stamp was sorry. So I actually didn't receive it in my hand for another day. I now need to renew my passport as it expired while it was with the HO, so have to send it off again!

[olguitha]

i'm a silent reader of this forum but got my ILR today so i wanted to tell you guys.
here are my stats: SET(M) acknowledgement letter dateted 31/1/12, passport got today 14/4/12 stamped 22/3/12

good luck to everyone!

[onlyifiknew]

a small correction. Checked with my husband and apparently the visa was stamped on 12/03 rather than 19/03, as I thought.
The pre-paid special delivery enveloped I enclosed with my application was used. Even so, the postage took one month and one day! Brrrrilliant service!

Thanks for this piece of info VN. I was wondering whether they were using the enclosed envelopes. Good to know they are.

I am happy to say we received our passports with ilr stamped today by second class to be signed for post.my time line is
Set o jr
Sent 14 oct 2011
Stamped 16 march 2012 at Liverpool
Received 14 April 2012

Pattern continues ,about our weeks from point of tamping to posting it.
Alo in my case have not used the spl delivery envelope which has been returned to me.
I would think we need to Strike when it's hot and raise the issue of inefficiency and incompetence of ukba.any petition /collective complaint would be duly supported.
All the best to all and those reading silently please put in your timeline as this would help others in this forum to guess application time and thank you.

[lakshtar]

I recently started following this forum. Very good platform to share the pains, experiences and successes. My time lines:

Type: Set (O)
Form sent: 14 Oct 2011
Acknowledgement dates: 18 Oct 2011

[VHAN]

Hi Guys,

I'm a silent viewer of this site. Please update my timeline as well.
Set (O) JR,
Applied on 10th Nov 2012,
Conformation & Money taken from my acc on 14th Nov.
Still Waiting.............

[RQI]

I recently started following this forum. Very good platform to share the pains, experiences and successes. My time lines:

Type: Set (O)
Form sent: 14 Oct 2011
Acknowledgement dates: 18 Oct 2011

Lakshtar, my Set (O) application was acknowledged on the same day as yours and I still have not received mine back yet. I hope it will come through next week. From what everyone else has been saying on this forum, ours is probably already approved and stamped, just waiting to be posted.

[lakshtar]

I recently started following this forum. Very good platform to share the pains, experiences and successes. My time lines:

Type: Set (O)
Form sent: 14 Oct 2011
Acknowledgement dates: 18 Oct 2011

Lakshtar, my Set (O) application was acknowledged on the same day as yours and I still have not received mine back yet. I hope it will come through next week. From what everyone else has been saying on this forum, ours is probably already approved and stamped, just waiting to be posted.

Cross the fingers!!

[ShortWait]

I'm volunteering to be the next list admin after VN. Thanks VN and others who have been managing the list till now.

I've added a couple after VN's last update on Friday. Please shout if you don't see your name. Dates will be updated later this week.

SUCCESSFUL
Set M
luke79 - applied on 15/09/2011 - 16 weeks
invincible27 -applied on 20/10/2011 - 13 weeks
bazzy_1 applied on 03/11/2011 - 11 weeks
simbal applied on 18/11/2011 - 11 weeks
smz applied on 23/11/2011 - 11 weeks
doggles applied on 10/10/2011 - 17 weeks
kayaniii applied on 07/01/2012 – 6 weeks
Unfair applied on 28/11/2011 - 11 weeks
mai12 applied on 30/10/2011 - 16 weeks
ruthmac applied on 22/10/2011 - 19 weeks
jinky applied 19/10/2011 - 19 weeks
pymapp applied on 06/12/2011 - 12 weeks
thiru123 applied on 24/10/2011 - 18 weeks
Skymoon applied 08/12/2011 - 12 weeks
amsidk applied on 11/10/2011 - 21 weeks (passport received on 06/03/12, ILR stamped on 22/02/12)
chrisrich applied on 19/12/2011 - 11 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 25/02/12)
zari83 applied 19/10/2011 - 20 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 25/02/12)
Paperclip101 applied on 05/12/2011 - 13 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 19/02/12)
gregos applied on 03/02/2012 VIA PEO - 5 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 06/03/12)
polly_s applied on 22/12/2011 - 11 weeks (passport received on 09/03/12, ILR stamped on 25/02/12)
gid1818 applied on 21/11/2011 - 15 weeks (passport received on 10/03/12, ILR stamped on 24/02/12)
spot applied on 11/10/2011 - 21 weeks (passport received on 12/03/12, ILR stamped on 29/02/12)
bob-russell applied on 19/10/2011 - 20 weeks (passport received on 13/03/12, ILR stamped on 29/02/12)
boniface applied on 02/11/2011 - 19 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 18/02/12)
gaku applied on 06/09/11 - 27 weeks
ShahG applied on 19/12/11 - 12 weeks (passport received on 15/03/12, ILR stamped on 11/02/12)
januaryilr applied on 19/01/12 – 8 weeks (passport received on 16/03/12, ILR stamped on 05/03/12)
tyro520 applied on 13/12/11 (Tu) - 14 weeks (passport received on 21/03/12, ILR stamped on 11/03/12)
SetMyasin applied 13/12/11 (Tu) - 14 weeks (passport picked up on 21/03/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
sdwaitingidr on 02/12/11 (Fr) - 15 weeks (passport received on 22/03/12, ILR stamped on 04/03/12)
hiphop applied on 04/11/11 (Fr) - 20 weeks (passport received on 24/03/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
olguitha applied on 31/01/2012 (Tu) - 11 weeks (passport received on 14/04/2012, ILR stamped on 22/03/2012)

Set O
lifeonhold applied on 08/08/2011 - 22 weeks
Rennie applied on 25/08/2011 - 19 weeks
totallylegit applied on 07/9/2011 - 19 weeks
victorlcb applied on 12/9/2011 - 18 weeks
SETO25Oct2011applied on 20/10/2011 - 12 weeks (after letter of expedite)
GSOTodd applied on 05/09/2011 - 19 weeks
albert11 applied on 10/09/2011 - 21 weeks
shuklap applied on 24/11/2011 - 11 weeks
2011ILR-2012 applied on 05/12/2011 - 9 weeks
ratish123 applied on 12/09/2011 - 22 weeks (sent expedite)
rjn360 applied 21/09/2011 - 22 weeks
cuncfbrk applied on 31/10/2011 - 16 weeks
mazuv applied on 28/09/2011 - 21 weeks
Money123 applied on 26/08/2011 - 25 weeks (ILR stamped Nov 2011, but went to old address, hence delay)
humtum76 applied on 14/11/2011 - 15 weeks
Dondanell applied on 25/10/2011 - 19 weeks
Shuklac78 applied on 15/09/11 (Th) - 20 weeks (received on 20/02/2012)
septILR applied on 24/09/2011 - 24 weeks
kumar81 applied on 12/12/2011 - 13 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 02/03/12)
Saleeem applied on 6/01/2012 – 10 weeks (passport received on 21/03/12)
Rithi applied on 15/11/11 - 19 weeks (passport picked up on 24/03/12, ILR stamped on 08/03/12)
manishchaudhry applied on 16/11/11 - 18 weeks (passport received on 22/03/12, ILR stamped on 05/03/12)
teluguabbayi applied on 13/10/11 - 23 weeks (passport received on 02/04/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
talal22 applied on 14/10/11 - 25 weeks (passport received on 07/04/12, ILR stamped on 13/03/12)
AshMad applied on 13/10/11 – 25 weeks (passport received on 07/04/12, ILR stamped on 02/04/12)
antgod applied on 08/12/11 (Th) - 18 weeks (passport received on 13/04/12, ILR stamped on 14/03/12)

Set O JR
uyi.controller applied on 30/07/2011 - 23 weeks
p5004 appliedon 16/08/2011 - 19 weeks
TEDDY61 applied 19/08/2011 - 21 weeks
mollymaik applied on 20/08/2011 - 19 weeks
a-s applied on 22/08/2011 - 21 weeks
kollexy applied on 28/08/2011 - 17 weeks
Nemo2011 applied on 30/08/2011 - 19 weeks
I-L-R-2011 applied on 31/08/2011 - 20 weeks
Doubletrouble applied on 06/09/2011 - 20 weeks
abdul23 applied on 25/08/2011 - 22 weeks
kamicool applied on 18/08/2011 - 24 weeks
ishareef17 applied on 09/09/2011 - 21 weeks
liner2011 applied on 21/09/2011 - 21 weeks
superman555 applied on 23/09/2011 - 22 weeks
Waiting2011 applied on 24/10/2011 - 18 weeks
pirzadaz applied on 03/10/2011 - 22 weeks (passport received on 07/03/2012, ILR stamped on 22/02/2012)
drsk applied on 20/09/2011 - 24 weeks (passport received on 10/03/12, ILR stamped on 29/02/12)
skywalka applied on 04/10/11 - 23 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 01/03/12)
gj6ab5657 applied on 28/09/2011 - 24 weeks (passport received on 14/03/12, ILR stamped on 28/02/12)
moraa applied on 14/10/11 (Fr) - 25 weeks (passport received on 07/04/12, ILR stamped on 13/03/12)
Girtbysea applied on 06/10/11 (Th) - 26 weeks (passport received on 11/04/12, ILR stamped on 13/03/12)
susan1228 applied on 07/10/11 (Fr) - 27 weeks (passport received on 13/04/12, ILR stamped on 19/03/12
VN applied on 11/11/11 (Fr) – 22 weeks (passport received on 13/04/12, ILR stamped on 12/03/12)
onlyifiknew applied on 14/10/11 (Fr) - 26 weeks (passport received on 14/04/12, ILR stamped on 16/03/12)

WAITING
SET M
speed120 applied on 04/08/11 (Th) - 36 weeks
Max applied on 12/12/11 (Mo) - 17 weeks
cmcmahon applied on 18/12/11 (Su) – 16 weeks
muzy applied on 23/12/11 (Fr) - 16 weeks
Zhimin applied on 24/12/11 (Sa) - 15 weeks
ineedhelpurgent applied 18/01/12 (We) – 12 weeks
ted7913 applied on 27/01/12 (Fr) - 11 weeks
Raja1900 applied on 07/02/12 (Tu) – 9 weeks
R&F applied on 20/02/12 (Mo) - 7 weeks
planetman123 applied on 22/02/12 (We) – 7 weeks
Skirty applied 27/02/12 (Mo) – 6 weeks
Sara2012 applied on 05/03/12 (Mo) – 5 weeks

SET O
MiraclePrayer applied on 06/09/11 (Tu) - 31 weeks
mann2000 applied on 10/10/11 (Mo) - 26 weeks
lakshtar applied on 14/10/2011 (Fr) 26 weeks
RQI applied on 17/10/11 (Mo) – 25 weeks
Preacher applied on 31/10/11 (Mo) - 23 weeks
tushars applied on 01/11/11 (Tu) - 23 weeks
gvijaygadde applied on 11/11/11 (Fr) - 22 weeks
balu114 applied on 11/11/11 (Fr) – 22 weeks
KVP51 applied on 21/11/11 (Mo) - 20 weeks
haidder applied on 26/11/11 (Sa) – 19 weeks
shortwait applied on 29/11/11 (Tu) - 19 weeks
aharar applied on 29/11/11 (Tu) - 19 weeks
tannipartner applied on 27/12/11 (Tu) - 12 weeks
bump applied on 05/01/12 (Th) - 14 weeks
chikalo2006 applied on 14/01/12 (Sa) - 12 weeks
vik_2012 applied on 18/01/12 (We) – 12 weeks
youoz applied on 21/02/12 (Tu) – 7 weeks
oliverjohnson applied on 23/02/12 (Th) - 7 weeks
sekhar applied on 14/03/12 (We) – 4 weeks
mustang390 applied on 20/03/12 (Tu) – 3 weeks
RajuT applied on 22/03/12 (Th) - 3 weeks
Annie1989 applied on 27/03/12 (Tu) – 2 weeks

SET O JR
SET(O)ILR_JR applied on 15/09/11 (Th) - 30 weeks
cagedhorse applied on 14/10/11 (Fr) - 26 weeks
oct2011 applied on 20/10/11 (Th) - 25 weeks
saiprabu111 applied on 24/10/11 (Mo) - 24 weeks
hsmpjr2011 applied on 04/11/11 (Fr) - 23 weeks
VHAN applied on 10/11/11 (Th) - 22 weeks
the_onebd applied on 14/11/11 (Mo) - 21 weeks
kalpulli applied on 22/11/11 (Tu) - 20 weeks
khan42 applied on 24/11/11 (Th) - 20 weeks
waitingandwaiting applied on 01/12/11 (Th) – 19 weeks
BRP applied on 16/01/12 (Mo) - 12 weeks
hsmp2010 applied on 30/01/12 (Mo) - 10 weeks
msimran1 applied on 18/01/12, docs reached 3/2/12 (Fr) - 10 weeks


Successful for w/c 03/01/2012 - rennie, p5004, luke79, lifeonhold, kollexy
Successful for w/c 09/01/2012 - uyi.controller, mollymaik, teddy61,nemo2011
Successful for w/c 16/01/2012- totallylegit, victorlcb, a-s, SETO25Oct2011, invicible27
Successful for w/c 23/01/2012- I-L-R-2011, bazzy_1, GSTodd, doubletrouble,abdul23
Successful for w/c 30/01/2012 - kamicool, ishareef17.
Successful for w/c 06/02/2012 - simbal, smz, albert11, Shuklap, 2011ILR-2012
Successful for w/c 13/02/2012 -liner2011,doggles, Ratish123, kayanii, Unfair
Successful for w/c 20/02/2012- mai12, rjn360,cuncfbrk, mazuv, Shuklac78
Successful for w/c 27/02/2012- Money123, superman555, Waiting2011, ruthmac, humtum76, Dondanell, jinky, pymapp, thiru123, Skymoon.
Successful for w/c 05/03/2012 - pirzadaz, amsidk, chrisrich, Paperclip101, gregos, septILR , zari83, polly_s, drsk, gid1818
Successful for w/c 12/03/2012 - spot, bob-russell, skywalka, Kumar81, boniface, gj6ab5657, gaku, ShahG, januaryilr
Successful for w/c 19/03/2012 - tyro520, Saleeem, SetMyasin, sdwaitingidr, Rithi, manishchaudhry, hiphop
Successful for w/c 26/03/2012 -
Successful for w/c 02/04/2012 - teluguabbayi, moraa, talal22, AshMad
Successful for w/c 09/04/2012 – Girtbysea, susan1228, VN , antgod, olguitha, onlyifiknew

[oct2011]

I am happy to say we received our passports with ilr stamped today by second class to be signed for post.my time line is
Set o jr
Sent 14 oct 2011
Stamped 16 march 2012 at Liverpool
Received 14 April 2012

Pattern continues ,about our weeks from point of tamping to posting it.
Alo in my case have not used the spl delivery envelope which has been returned to me.
I would think we need to Strike when it's hot and raise the issue of inefficiency and incompetence of ukba.any petition /collective complaint would be duly supported.
All the best to all and those reading silently please put in your timeline as this would help others in this forum to guess application time and thank you.

Congratulations onlyifIknew. Oct set really moving along now. Now if mine would only come soon ..
You're right..I think we should complain about the incompetency before we forget our pain. Would an e-petition be a good way?

[oct2011]

hi my name is abdul and im from leeds...i just applied for set m ilr after two years spouse visa.

document sent=8march 2012
acknowledgement letter receive.13 march,2012
payment was taken= 14 march,2012
still waiting for any biometric appointment or any other letter.

please can anyone write here when i,ll receive it. i,ve two kids and im paying tax. can my wife call and converts it in extention type visa every certain time or cancel my application as we have big fight these days.

Thanks for taking on the responsibility of maintaining the waiting times ShortWait. Here's one more that was sent a few days ago.

[oct2011]

Hi all, I discovered this forum too late for myself, but am posting my experience:

Applied ILR 3/11/11 FLR(O) for myself and family . Confirmation letter received a week later.

Received passports back today 13/04/12 - almost exactly 20 weeks later, stamped 19/03/12 ( just under a month ago?)

I had a very straightforward application. When I applied by post I foolishly thought it would take two or three months because of this. Since then I discovered this thread, and have also had to reschedule easter holidays and flights at some considerable expense; far outweighing the cost of a appointment in person.

So it seems if you cannot get, or afford, an appointment in person; then be prepared to wait 5-6 months for your ILR.

One more for the successful list ShortWait. Thanks again for maintaining the list.

[lakshtar]

On completion of six months, I called UKBA this morning to make inquiry on the progress of my application. The reply 'The application is in progress and decision is yet to be made'.

Did others on the forum received similar response on their inquiry after six months?

I was told that my application is being processed by Liverpool office

[lakshtar]

To add acknowledgement to my application came from Croydon office.

[RQI]

On completion of six months, I called UKBA this morning to make inquiry on the progress of my application. The reply 'The application is in progress and decision is yet to be made'.

Did others on the forum received similar response on their inquiry after six months?

I was told that my application is being processed by Liverpool office

This just confirms that no matter who calls and how many calls you make at any time, even if it's after 6 months, it will not influence the speed of your application. Just have to stick to Border Agency Mean Time (BAMT)

[oct2011]

On completion of six months, I called UKBA this morning to make inquiry on the progress of my application. The reply 'The application is in progress and decision is yet to be made'.

Did others on the forum received similar response on their inquiry after six months?

I was told that my application is being processed by Liverpool office

I can't believe that after 6months of waiting that is the status update you are given. That is just ridiculous!! They should tell you how much longer you will need to wait for a decision.

[lakshtar]

On completion of six months, I called UKBA this morning to make inquiry on the progress of my application. The reply 'The application is in progress and decision is yet to be made'.

Did others on the forum received similar response on their inquiry after six months?

I was told that my application is being processed by Liverpool office

I can't believe that after 6months of waiting that is the status update you are given. That is just ridiculous!! They should tell you how much longer you will need to wait for a decision.

It was frustrating to listen. More so when I was told - 'We can provide you the update as mentioned in our system'. A typical call centre response rather than helpline response.

[mann2000]

Hello lakshtar,

I finished six months on 10th April 2012.
I am calling UKBA everyday, same response everyday " application is in progress and decision is yet to be made and NO target date can be given.

I Have written two letters to UKBA asking for status, mailied on the settlement policy eamil twice, emailed my MP once till now, hoping to get some answer,

All the best

[bump]

I am inclined to write about this ridiculous waiting time to Dominic Littlewood on BBC or BBC watchdog. We are supposed to be the customers of HO and the service is pathetic. any ideas? media is the most effective medium to get anything done faster in this country. don't even like to talk about court cases.