ILR postal applications (excluding 10/14 yr.)

ILRstress · Post by **ILRstress** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:17 pm

I wonder why the difference in time taken on the spreadsheet that was posted? Some are 11 weeks, some 13, some a lot more than that. Has none of the July applicant have any luck yet?

amara.naveed · Post by **amara.naveed** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:06 pm

my biometric done on 9th Aug. Still waiting

Hua Ling · Post by **Hua Ling** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:58 pm

ILRstress wrote:I wonder why the difference in time taken on the spreadsheet that was posted? Some are 11 weeks, some 13, some a lot more than that. Has none of the July applicant have any luck yet?

My wife's application arrived at UKBA 16th June,Biometrics done 15th August- nothing.

The majority of June's applications havent been processed yet. so July is somewhat longer.

insideoutsider · Post by **insideoutsider** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:16 pm

Hi people,
I just thought I'd post my timeline to help anyone:

1. Previous visa: Tier 1
2. Date of expiry: 28-06-2012
3. Application form used for ILR: SET (O)
4. Number of dependants applying at same time: 2
First issue: I applied on the 6th of June using the premium service. Something went wrong with my Life in UK test number - they sent me off to apply by post.
I posted details on the main page here:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=114653

5. Date application posted (after taking another test!): 13-06-2012
6. Date application received at UKBA: 15-06-2012
7. Date payment debited: 15-06-2012
8. Payment mode : DEBIT CARD
9. Acknowledgement letter received: 18-06-2012
10. Biometric letter received: 07-08-2012
11. Date of biometrics Enrollment: 08-08-2012

27-09-2012: Phone call from my caseworker in UKBA to ask about my families details and request for further documents and explanation - replied him by email while waiting for the letter he sent by post (ended up not needing that)

12. Date of receipt of BRP for myself and my kids:
02.10.12! Dated 28-09-12! ILR approved!
13. Date of return of passport and other documents: Waiting

I'm overjoyed! I thank God!!!

All the best!

ima2012 · Post by **ima2012** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:59 pm

insideoutsider wrote:Hi people,
I just thought I'd post my timeline to help anyone:

1. Previous visa: Tier 1
2. Date of expiry: 28-06-2012
3. Application form used for ILR: SET (O)
4. Number of dependants applying at same time: 2
First issue: I applied on the 6th of June using the premium service. Something went wrong with my Life in UK test number - they sent me off to apply by post.
I posted details on the main page here:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=114653

5. Date application posted (after taking another test!): 13-06-2012
6. Date application received at UKBA: 15-06-2012
7. Date payment debited: 15-06-2012
8. Payment mode : DEBIT CARD
9. Acknowledgement letter received: 18-06-2012
10. Biometric letter received: 07-08-2012
11. Date of biometrics Enrollment: 08-08-2012

27-09-2012: Phone call from my caseworker in UKBA to ask about my families details and request for further documents and explanation - replied him by email while waiting for the letter he sent by post (ended up not needing that)

12. Date of receipt of BRP for myself and my kids:
02.10.12! Dated 28-09-12! ILR approved!
13. Date of return of passport and other documents: Waiting

I'm overjoyed! I thank God!!!

All the best!

cograts to you, I think june application is coming soon,
I applied on 19 june set(m), biometric done on 10 august,
may god help us.

Roodal · Post by **Roodal** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:52 am

Hi

Has anyone themselves, or do you know of anyone, who may have tried to get a replacement passport from their consulate whilst waiting . . . not sure what the ramifications might be, whether to indicate it is simply lost, or whether any systems might actually be joined up enough to alert the Home Office that it was reported lost?

Thanks

ILRsetO123 · Post by **ILRsetO123** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:57 am

1. Previouse visa: Tier 1 General
2. Date of expiry: 08-09-2012
3. Application form used for ILR: SET (O) ; FLR(M) for my wife
4. Number of dependants applying at same time: 1; was Tier 1 General partner. Applied under category FLR (M)
5. Date application posted: 30-03-2012
6. Date application received at UKBA: 02-04-2012
7. Date payment debited: 13-04-2012
8. Payment mode : Card payment
9. Acknowledgement letter received: 10-04-12
10. Biometric letter received: 28/05/2012 - for my set O application.
13/04/2012 for my Wife's FLR application
11. Date of biometrics Enrollment:
28/05/2012 - for my application
19/04/2012 - for my wife FLR application
12. Date of approval: 13/09/2012 for my application
No news of my Wife's FLR application
13. Date of return of my passport and other documents: 18/09/2012

JeanR · Post by **JeanR** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:12 am

For what it's worth, here is a letter from the UKBA about May applications -- a very discouraging one -- that was posted on the internet:

Customer Services
Improvement Directorate.
North West Correspondence Team
UK Border Agency
PO Box 306
Liverpool
L2 0QN

Mr. Khan

[FOI #123969 email]

02 October 2012
Our reference: FOI 24122
Dear Mr. Khan,

Thank you for your e-mail of 4th September 2012, in which you ask for information on the current
processing times of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) SET (M) applications.

Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

I am able to inform you that the centre for applications for ILR in the UK Border Agency is based in the
North West and therefore the information released to you has been taken from the team responsible
within this area.

I am able to disclose the following information, and for ease of reference I have listed each question
separately, with the answer beneath.

1. How many applications were received in the week commencing 21st May 2012?

A total of 607 SET(M) applications were received between 21 and 27 May 2012.

Notes
(1) All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
(2) Figures relate to postal applications only.
(3) Figures relate to applications created on UKBA’s Case Information Database between 21 and 27 May 2012.

2. How many applications have been processed successfully?

Of the 607 applications received, 81 have been processed with a decision sent to the
applicant.

Notes
(1) All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
(2) Figures relate to postal applications only.
(3) Figures relate to applications created on UKBA’s Case Information Database between 21 and 27 June 2012.

3. If an application is made in May 2012 based on your current processing time when can
the applicant expect to hear from UKBA with a decision?

The average processing time for applications received between 21 and 27 May 2012, where a
decision was reached, was 17 working days. It is not possible to state when a decision will be
made on outstanding applications as each case is considered on the individual circumstances
of the case.

Notes
(1) All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
(2) Figures relate to postal applications only.
(3) Figures relate to applications created on UKBA’s Case Information Database between 21 and 27 May 2012.

4. If the applicant has already enrolled their biometrics as part a previous visa application
do they need to enrol their biometrics again if their application is successful?

Yes. Biometrics must be enrolled each time an application is made.

In keeping with the Freedom of Information Act, we assume that all information can be released to the
public unless it is exempt. In line with normal practice we are therefore releasing the information which
you requested via the Home Office website.

I hope that this information meets your requirements. I would like to assure you that we have provided
you with all relevant information that the Home Office holds.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our
handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below, quoting
reference FOI 24122. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are
dissatisfied with the response.

Information Access Team
Home Office
Ground Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
e-mail: [email address]

As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information request will be
reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. If you remain
dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information
Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours sincerely

Paul Dickie
North West Correspondence Team

mattd0rg · Post by **mattd0rg** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:39 am

been 2.5 weeks now I've been waiting for my BRP card to arrive, should have arrived a day or 2 after my passport, I've contacted the government they most likely forgot to print it.

now I've missed another pre paid flight and accomodation

VASEY · Post by **VASEY** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:31 pm

Hi Guys,

Havent been on here for some time as had no news to put on.

Applied on 01/03/2012 using Government settlement checking service
Money taken out on 04/03/2012
Biometrics letter received in July 2012, completed and sent sameday
4x phone calls nothing to update
Letter from MP 07/09/2012
Phonecall no update
UKBA letter received 03/10/12 stating that ILR SET M Application approved

Thankfully after over 7 months of waiting innumerable stressful moments the application was finally approved. I now await the Biometrics card.

I would like to thank the moderators on the site and all other people who keep the faith going as not being able to share would be unbareable.

Thanks alot.

sahdi · Post by **sahdi** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:11 pm

My hubby received his residence permit today hooray!!! It took 7 months!!.

Here's his timeline

Applied for set m via Stockport settlement checking service 1/3/12
Biometrics 2/8/12
Letter sent from mp to HO mid August
Letter received from HO 27/9/12 to confirm expediate application
Biometric card received today...3/10/12
Awaiting passport!!

sohail_mr · Post by **sohail_mr** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:00 pm

Applied for ILR SET(0) with two dependants
Document send 19th July
Document recieved by HO 20th july
Ack letter recieved 7th August
Payment gone through 7th August

Still waiting for Biometric letter !!

Does anyone know if it takes more than two months to get the biometric letter ?

Thanks

hernandez · Post by **hernandez** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:14 pm

Applied 15th June (SET M)
Biometrics 10th August
Picking up a parcel from DX delivery tomorrow and keeping everything crossed that it is our passports!!

I will update tomorrow

Hua Ling · Post by **Hua Ling** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:29 am

hernandez wrote:Applied 15th June (SET M)
Biometrics 10th August
Picking up a parcel from DX delivery tomorrow and keeping everything crossed that it is our passports!!

I will update tomorrow

Great news, hopefully remainder of June's applicants will start to stream through.

ILRstress · Post by **ILRstress** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:26 am

Hi guys, I am still waiting desperately for my application. Has anyone from July has any news yet? Also, has anyone who submitted for ILR Set M had the Leave To Remain Pending KOL in the first place? My only hope is that this kind of Visa will be quicker to process... Thanks!

mattd0rg · Post by **mattd0rg** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:01 am

got a letter back yesty saying my BRP hadn't arrived yet (after 15 days of receiving my passport) because they're busy lol and it should arrive in 3 - 5 more days lol.
I've now missed 2 business trips, an interview with a possible new client, 2 holidays and as of today a funeral.

ima2012 · Post by **ima2012** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:06 am

ILRstress wrote:Hi guys, I am still waiting desperately for my application. Has anyone from July has any news yet? Also, has anyone who submitted for ILR Set M had the Leave To Remain Pending KOL in the first place? My only hope is that this kind of Visa will be quicker to process... Thanks!

we applied on June and we enroled our biometric on earlier august and we are stiiiiiiiiiiiiil waiiiting!

VASEY · Post by **VASEY** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:00 pm

Hooray

received letter with post at 11am

by 2pm courier delivered card

It took 7 months but glad the wait is over.

SETO4April · Post by **SETO4April** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:03 pm

Hi all,

I finally received my documents back today, 6 months to the day! Here is my timeline:

3 April SET (O) application posted
4 April application received
25 June biometrics letter dated 14 June received
25 June biometrics completed
4 October received passport and documents back
Still waiting for the BRP

What a relief. Good luck to everyone still waiting.

guideme123 · Post by **guideme123** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:43 pm

Hi Guys,

I applied in april 24th SET(o) JR + 2 Dependents

any one still waiting april application or just me?

here is my time line..
posted on 24th april 2012
Payment deducted on 03/05/2012
Acknowledge received on 04/05/2012
BR done on 04/07/2012
Now waiting ?

Contacted by phone advise to wait until 6 months finished.
sent email two weeks back no reply yet.
Should i contact my MP? any advise would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

christieset0 · Post by **christieset0** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:51 pm

Hello everyone!

My husband applied for Set(O) and myself for FLR(M) (US Citizen)

Here is our timeline
posted on 4th Aug 2012
App received by HO on 6th Aug 2012
Payment deducted on 13th Aug 2012
Acknowledge received on 18th Aug 2012 dated as of 15th Aug 2012
Biometric Letter.. Waiting

I called up UKBA where in I spoke with an ill mannered associate fr 45 secs after waiting for 30 mins and she said she couldn't confirm if a Biometric letter was sent out for our application. I mean is this even possible that there is no data for our app after 2 months of sending it??What do I do? any help is welcomed! I am so exhausted already!

02augILR · Post by **02augILR** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:14 pm

christieset0 wrote:Hello everyone!

My husband applied for Set(O) and myself for FLR(M) (US Citizen)

Here is our timeline
posted on 4th Aug 2012
App received by HO on 6th Aug 2012
Payment deducted on 13th Aug 2012
Acknowledge received on 18th Aug 2012 dated as of 15th Aug 2012
Biometric Letter.. Waiting

I called up UKBA where in I spoke with an ill mannered associate fr 45 secs after waiting for 30 mins and she said she couldn't confirm if a Biometric letter was sent out for our application. I mean is this even possible that there is no data for our app after 2 months of sending it??What do I do? any help is welcomed! I am so exhausted already!

I too applied on 02nd August and still no biometric letter. Only thing one can do is just wait. I was looking at “http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=113347” and it seems everybody applied in July are also waiting , so there is a big queue ahead of us

christieset0 · Post by **christieset0** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:20 pm

02augILR wrote:
christieset0 wrote:Hello everyone!

My husband applied for Set(O) and myself for FLR(M) (US Citizen)

Here is our timeline
posted on 4th Aug 2012
App received by HO on 6th Aug 2012
Payment deducted on 13th Aug 2012
Acknowledge received on 18th Aug 2012 dated as of 15th Aug 2012
Biometric Letter.. Waiting

I called up UKBA where in I spoke with an ill mannered associate fr 45 secs after waiting for 30 mins and she said she couldn't confirm if a Biometric letter was sent out for our application. I mean is this even possible that there is no data for our app after 2 months of sending it??What do I do? any help is welcomed! I am so exhausted already!
I too applied on 02nd August and still no biometric letter. Only thing one can do is just wait. I was looking at “http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=113347” and it seems everybody applied in July are also waiting , so there is a big queue ahead of us

Aww no.. I have a job offer pending and my employer can't give me start date since my employer check comes back negative.. This is just plain sad..

sohail_mr · Post by **sohail_mr** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:09 pm

02augILR wrote:
christieset0 wrote:Hello everyone!

My husband applied for Set(O) and myself for FLR(M) (US Citizen)

Here is our timeline
posted on 4th Aug 2012
App received by HO on 6th Aug 2012
Payment deducted on 13th Aug 2012
Acknowledge received on 18th Aug 2012 dated as of 15th Aug 2012
Biometric Letter.. Waiting

I called up UKBA where in I spoke with an ill mannered associate fr 45 secs after waiting for 30 mins and she said she couldn't confirm if a Biometric letter was sent out for our application. I mean is this even possible that there is no data for our app after 2 months of sending it??What do I do? any help is welcomed! I am so exhausted already!
I too applied on 02nd August and still no biometric letter. Only thing one can do is just wait. I was looking at “http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=113347” and it seems everybody applied in July are also waiting , so there is a big queue ahead of us

Applied 19-July-2012 and still waiting for the Biometric letter !!

Baxx · Post by **Baxx** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:24 pm

Same here, applied on 1/8/12 (via agency), they took well over 2 weeks before taking the payment! Am guessing I'll wait around for 7 - 8 months, really (can)not planning any holiday/job change/house move at all, feels like life is on hold, but still grateful I can keep working in the mean time...

Good luck everyone!!

02augILR wrote:
christieset0 wrote:Hello everyone!

My husband applied for Set(O) and myself for FLR(M) (US Citizen)

Here is our timeline
posted on 4th Aug 2012
App received by HO on 6th Aug 2012
Payment deducted on 13th Aug 2012
Acknowledge received on 18th Aug 2012 dated as of 15th Aug 2012
Biometric Letter.. Waiting

I too applied on 02nd August and still no biometric letter. Only thing one can do is just wait. I was looking at “http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=113347” and it seems everybody applied in July are also waiting , so there is a big queue ahead of us

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