10 years long residence applications

[softmind82]

More then 4 months and still waiting.

Applied on. 10th july .... Any one from July applicant please update your response if successful

[Khall75]

Applied 11/5/12 and still waiting after 27 weeks. Is there anyone in HOME office who really cares. Playing with the people's feelings and give them more pain and stress is their main job. Plz show mercury to the people who can't sleep coz of ur mismanagement.

[sully]

I had applied on 28th June 2012 and my Biometric done on 31st Aug 12. I have not received my passport so far ( 15.11.12). Two days ago I had requested just my passport for ungent travel but the HO refused they said if I want the passport back than I have to withdraw my application and reapply again cause they have not made any decision so far ( application is still in process ) It is almost 21 weeks has been passed. So frustrating its equal to mental torture.

[let_koko]

Could this reason be why my biometric invitation is being delayed ?

Firstly, I came in to UK in Aug 29 2002 as a student and in 2003, i made an application to renew my visa, this was refused and i was given right to appeal, i did the appeal between the time frame given.

After 8 months into the appeal, i made another application to the HO and they acknowledged the application an then i withdrew the appeal from the tribunal and the new application was successful . would this count as a continuous stay in the UK for the purpose of Long residence ?

Secondly, my college was taking off the sponsor in June 2012, just 2 months before i qualify for my 10 years lawful residence. In HO website, it says you have to look for another college withing 60 days and re-apply for Tier 4 through the new college. I see this as rip off because within the 60 days, i had already qualify for 10 years i then made my application for Indefinite in Aug 6 2009

Has anyone had this same experience in the past, what was the outcome ?

I need to know all these please.
Thanks

[Damanisshallo]

You mean 6th of Aug 2012 and not 2009??????

[let_koko]

You mean 6th of Aug 2012 and not 2009??????

Yes, am sorry about the erro
Thanks Dam

[Damanisshallo]

Either ways...I personally think Biometric will be offered on the merits of valid Application form rather into the contents of the form...

[kafi]

10 years Long residence

ILR Applied: 08 October 2012

payment : 12 October 2012

Ack'd received : 23rd October 2012 (Dated 20th October)

Bio-metrics : still waiting

[khanjaan]

Can you guys please update us with your current situation please

Raj 2/9/2012 2/13/2012 Waiting 40
tinaysf 2/28/2012 3/2/2012 Waiting 37
anjum.zahra 2/29/2012 3/29/2012 4/12/2012 Waiting 31 37
locomore 3/1/2012 3/5/2012 3/23/2012 3/26/2012 Waiting 33 37
OttoMattik 3/8/2012 3/13/2012 8/14/2012 8/20/2012 Waiting 12 36
ONE-DAY 3/13/2012 3/15/2012 5/5/2012 5/9/2012 Waiting 27 35
Yasy 3/13/2012 3/16/2012 4/12/2012 4/23/2012 Waiting 29 35
FTW 3/13/2012 3/20/2012 4/8/2012 4/8/2012 Waiting 32 35
star17 3/27/2012 4/2/2012 5/11/2012 5/11/2012 Waiting 27 33
frog 3/28/2012 5/18/2012 5/26/2012 Waiting 25 33
lfc4ever 4/4/2012 6/9/2012 6/9/2012 Waiting 23 32
panda143 4/5/2012 4/19/2012 Waiting 32
ASIF 5/11/2012 5/23/2012 6/21/2012 6/21/2012 Waiting 21 27

[one-day1]

Can you guys please update us with your current situation please

Raj 2/9/2012 2/13/2012 Waiting 40
tinaysf 2/28/2012 3/2/2012 Waiting 37
anjum.zahra 2/29/2012 3/29/2012 4/12/2012 Waiting 31 37
locomore 3/1/2012 3/5/2012 3/23/2012 3/26/2012 Waiting 33 37
OttoMattik 3/8/2012 3/13/2012 8/14/2012 8/20/2012 Waiting 12 36
ONE-DAY 3/13/2012 3/15/2012 5/5/2012 5/9/2012 Waiting 27 35
Yasy 3/13/2012 3/16/2012 4/12/2012 4/23/2012 Waiting 29 35
FTW 3/13/2012 3/20/2012 4/8/2012 4/8/2012 Waiting 32 35
star17 3/27/2012 4/2/2012 5/11/2012 5/11/2012 Waiting 27 33
frog 3/28/2012 5/18/2012 5/26/2012 Waiting 25 33
lfc4ever 4/4/2012 6/9/2012 6/9/2012 Waiting 23 32
panda143 4/5/2012 4/19/2012 Waiting 32
ASIF 5/11/2012 5/23/2012 6/21/2012 6/21/2012 Waiting 21 27

Yes I am still waiting. I expected mine to be a bit longer as I only have 9yr on my side. And sorry for the late reply my accounts is not working for reasons I can't explain.

[smshad]

Hi,

I sent the email below to Home Office on 05.11.12 and shared the email next minute on forum requesting others to send the similar email but looks like not many of us have sent the email. I have still not received any reply from them but noticed few early August applicants have received their BMetric.

Everyone waiting for Biometric for this period please send email using details below.

Why do you want to send anonymous email ? I think that they wont deal with anonymous emails and included all my details as per email.

UKBACustomerComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Thanks.


Orig

To,

UKBA Complaints Allocation Hub
Lunar House
Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR9 2BY
Date: 12th November 2012

Dear Sir / Madam,


I understand from UKBA website that Home Office welcomes comments to resolves the complaints and improve the services. I would like to bring to your attention an issue related to service standards regarding ILR application process.

I find out that almost all applicants who applied on SET (O) 10 years stay in the UK category between mid July 2012 to mid August 2012 are still waiting for their Biometrics invitation letters from Home Office, whereas applicants who applied in late August 2012 (on and after 24/08/2012) have already received their Biometric invitation letters from Home Office in last week of October. I find out this information from various forums where applicants share their visa application time-lines.

I believe that Home Office deals with applications in the order they are received until there is any compelling circumstances. Because applications sent at later dates have received their Biometric invitation letters this has become a reason of concern for applicants who sent their applications earlier. Could you please investigate or raise it with relevant teams.

I would like to mention here that I am also an applicant under the same category but I do not intend to raise my individual case but as an issue faced by a group of applicants who applied for ILR on SET (O) between mid of July 2012 to mid of August 2012.

I will be grateful to you if you please raise this concern with relevant teams.

Kind regards,

Full Name: ....
Address: .....
Email:
TELE:

Home office reference number:
Application sent:
Acknowledgement letter received:
Biometric invitation letter: Not received until 11th November, 2012.


EMAIL ADDRESS: UKBACustomerComplaints@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Hi there,
I am also a 16th August applicant waiting for my biometrics letter. i also want to write to the Home Office and use this letter as a template.
When you wrote to them, did you include your full name, address, reference etc or did you send the email to them anonymous?
Thanks

[tinaysf]

Can you guys please update us with your current situation please

Raj 2/9/2012 2/13/2012 Waiting 40
tinaysf 2/28/2012 3/2/2012 Waiting 37
anjum.zahra 2/29/2012 3/29/2012 4/12/2012 Waiting 31 37
locomore 3/1/2012 3/5/2012 3/23/2012 3/26/2012 Waiting 33 37
OttoMattik 3/8/2012 3/13/2012 8/14/2012 8/20/2012 Waiting 12 36
ONE-DAY 3/13/2012 3/15/2012 5/5/2012 5/9/2012 Waiting 27 35
Yasy 3/13/2012 3/16/2012 4/12/2012 4/23/2012 Waiting 29 35
FTW 3/13/2012 3/20/2012 4/8/2012 4/8/2012 Waiting 32 35
star17 3/27/2012 4/2/2012 5/11/2012 5/11/2012 Waiting 27 33
frog 3/28/2012 5/18/2012 5/26/2012 Waiting 25 33
lfc4ever 4/4/2012 6/9/2012 6/9/2012 Waiting 23 32
panda143 4/5/2012 4/19/2012 Waiting 32
ASIF 5/11/2012 5/23/2012 6/21/2012 6/21/2012 Waiting 21 27

Hi still waiting for ilr ........... called UKBA they said no decision has been made yet application in process

[mbnarayn]

Can you guys please update us with your current situation please

Raj 2/9/2012 2/13/2012 Waiting 40
tinaysf 2/28/2012 3/2/2012 Waiting 37
anjum.zahra 2/29/2012 3/29/2012 4/12/2012 Waiting 31 37
locomore 3/1/2012 3/5/2012 3/23/2012 3/26/2012 Waiting 33 37
OttoMattik 3/8/2012 3/13/2012 8/14/2012 8/20/2012 Waiting 12 36
ONE-DAY 3/13/2012 3/15/2012 5/5/2012 5/9/2012 Waiting 27 35
Yasy 3/13/2012 3/16/2012 4/12/2012 4/23/2012 Waiting 29 35
FTW 3/13/2012 3/20/2012 4/8/2012 4/8/2012 Waiting 32 35
star17 3/27/2012 4/2/2012 5/11/2012 5/11/2012 Waiting 27 33
frog 3/28/2012 5/18/2012 5/26/2012 Waiting 25 33
lfc4ever 4/4/2012 6/9/2012 6/9/2012 Waiting 23 32
panda143 4/5/2012 4/19/2012 Waiting 32
ASIF 5/11/2012 5/23/2012 6/21/2012 6/21/2012 Waiting 21 27

Hi still waiting for ilr ........... called UKBA they said no decision has been made yet application in process

Guess Raj can be removed from this list. He has not responded in ages. I doubt he is still active.

[smshad]

Hi all,

Just came back home from office and Biometric letter was there. Took 3 months in total and 10 days since I sent complaint email to Home Office.

Applied:13 August.
Ack letter received: 21 August
Biometric invitation letter received: 15 November dated 12 November.

Hope others get soon.

Shad.

[dial2all]

Hi all,

Just came back home from office and Biometric letter was there. Took 3 months in total and 10 days since I sent complaint email to Home Office.

Applied:13 August.
Ack letter received: 21 August
Biometric invitation letter received: 15 November dated 12 November.

Hope others get soon.

Shad.

Wish you good luck mate,

I did apply 20th of August and still waiting for Biometric invitation Letter...
finger cross i might get it next week.
Hope for the best..

[saanju9]

Could this reason be why my biometric invitation is being delayed ?

Firstly, I came in to UK in Aug 29 2002 as a student and in 2003, i made an application to renew my visa, this was refused and i was given right to appeal, i did the appeal between the time frame given.

After 8 months into the appeal, i made another application to the HO and they acknowledged the application an then i withdrew the appeal from the tribunal and the new application was successful . would this count as a continuous stay in the UK for the purpose of Long residence ?

Secondly, my college was taking off the sponsor in June 2012, just 2 months before i qualify for my 10 years lawful residence. In HO website, it says you have to look for another college withing 60 days and re-apply for Tier 4 through the new college. I see this as rip off because within the 60 days, i had already qualify for 10 years i then made my application for Indefinite in Aug 6 2009

Has anyone had this same experience in the past, what was the outcome ?

I need to know all these please.
Thanks

Nope, this wouldn't be the case. We can see many applicants in that time frame has not received their Bio Invite. that includes me. However, they seem to be sending the invitations for the "Olympic Applicants" from last week. So fingers crossed ours is on the way tomorrow or day after.

And congrats Smshad. good luck for the rest of the wait

[t4tifa]

hi every one
congrats to those who recived there ilr .i can feel the pain who are still wating .... i write to ukba to update us ...... read as fallows

From:
15 November 2012
Dear UK Border Agency,

Please could I request the following under the FOI :

1. How many applications you have received under the SET-O long
residence 10 years rule in the months of June & July 2012?

2. How many SET-O long residence 10 years application you have
resolved, received in the month of June & July 2012?

3. How long is the the average processing time for the applications
to be resolved once the biometric has been done?

4. What is UKBA doing to accelerate the applications for the SET-O
long residence which are over 6 months old?

5. Where and who should applicants contact, if their application
has been made over 6 months and they are still waiting?

6. Average processing times in weeks for the SET-O long residence
10 years applications?

Yours faithfully,

remember me in your prays ....i need your prays thanks
t4tifa

[s4sam]

hi every one
congrats to those who recived there ilr .i can feel the pain who are still wating .... i write to ukba to update us ...... read as fallows

From:
15 November 2012
Dear UK Border Agency,

Please could I request the following under the FOI :

1. How many applications you have received under the SET-O long
residence 10 years rule in the months of June & July 2012?

2. How many SET-O long residence 10 years application you have
resolved, received in the month of June & July 2012?

3. How long is the the average processing time for the applications
to be resolved once the biometric has been done?

4. What is UKBA doing to accelerate the applications for the SET-O
long residence which are over 6 months old?

5. Where and who should applicants contact, if their application
has been made over 6 months and they are still waiting?

6. Average processing times in weeks for the SET-O long residence
10 years applications?

Yours faithfully,

remember me in your prays ....i need your prays thanks
t4tifa

THANKS T4TIFA - are there any June-12 applicants who got reply? Please inform ASAP to ease our pain!!!.......

Sam

[naqeeb]

Hi,

I am one of the applicants who applied in late august and expecting biometric appointment letter.

I am enclosing a link which is the reply from the home office under the freedom of information act. By the looks of the reply there seems to be some good news expected by end of november as they are unwilling to give out the details. Also you can pester them with emails under the freedom of information act from this website, i make it a point to send one email a week.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1 ... 7.pdf.html

Anyway keep calm and focus on other things as well to reduce the stress, easier said than done. I have decided i am going to wait till 1st week of february and if nothing happens then gonna withdraw my application as am getting married in march and cant delay any more.

[mat88]

Hi guys, got a call from UKBA today, which surprised the hell out of me initially, I thought they called me to reject my application or something. But no, they called me to clarify a few details and informed me that I should have received my BRP invitation today which I did. Anyways thought I share my rather strange experience with you. I am a September applicant.

what did you do to get them to call you?

[smshad]

Hi,

I don’t want to discourage anyone but there will be no good news. Home Office publish data at certain intervals and last time when they published the data they already mentioned that new figures will be published by the end of November 2012.

I am not sure what we will achieve sending FOI requests to Home Office because they will treat these types of requests as duplication and will give same answers as to the request in link below.

I would suggest that if anyone has a valid point/complaint then send complaints email to the Home Office complaint email address.

Thanks.

Hi,

I am one of the applicants who applied in late august and expecting biometric appointment letter.

I am enclosing a link which is the reply from the home office under the freedom of information act. By the looks of the reply there seems to be some good news expected by end of november as they are unwilling to give out the details. Also you can pester them with emails under the freedom of information act from this website, i make it a point to send one email a week.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1 ... 7.pdf.html

Anyway keep calm and focus on other things as well to reduce the stress, easier said than done. I have decided i am going to wait till 1st week of february and if nothing happens then gonna withdraw my application as am getting married in march and cant delay any more.

[Yulichka]

Guys,

I don't mean to be a party pooper, but it is waste of time to write them or request stats, especially prior to reaching your 6month mark. Does it really makes you feel better?

Home Office officers are following procedures and due to general UK cuts, they are most likely as most of the other state institutions, they are understaffed, as well as due to many external reasons, they are overwelmed with applications. As, I am sure they have focused their resourses on "Olympic Games" applications during the spring and summer and as you might be aware some legislations have changed during the summer, so there was increased number of appicants under the dependant applicants. They have indicated previously, they don't have a team that deals with one specific category, they work accross different visa types.

Don't get me wrong, I am in the same boat as every one else here. But just getting tired of so many you moaning about not getting their letters, mine came through after 2,5month too. So, I am also waiting and getting to the 6month point, but however frustraiting it is you just need to be patient and let them deal with applications.

Wishing all of you best of luck!!!!

[dd202]

Hi guys, got a call from UKBA today, which surprised the hell out of me initially, I thought they called me to reject my application or something. But no, they called me to clarify a few details and informed me that I should have received my BRP invitation today which I did. Anyways thought I share my rather strange experience with you. I am a September applicant.

what did you do to get them to call you?

In one of my previous post in this forum I explained the whole mess I was in. Anyways, long story short, I contacted my local mp a few weeks back and one of her assistants contacted the UKBA on my behalf to request my passport back. I needed my passport back as I recently got offered a job & my new employer needs to have a look at my passport and degree certificates. So a few days back a lady from the UKBA called me to ask me my home address where she could post my passport to and clarify the reason why I requested my documents back. She also informed me that my biometric invitation letter was dispatched. That is all really.

I must say that the lady didn't want to disclose/discuss any more information regarding my application. I was a little worried at first when she told me that she was calling from the UKBA. I know from past experience that the UKBA generally don't call the applicant unless it's a serious issue & they want to discuss things in person. I am afraid that requesting my passport back will further delay my application. But I had no choice really.

[kebl303]

Hi Guys,

Just received the Biometric Invite today and went to the post office to do the business. Giving them the digital signature was a bit awkward to do. Plus, you have to pay £19!

Applied: 10/08/2012
Acknowledged: 20/08/2012
Biometric Invite: 17/11/2012

K

[dupuytren]

I've also received my biometric invite today and enrolled today. Good thing the Post Office in Charing Cross opens till 5pm on Saturday and I live nearby.
I sent a complaint letter by email on the 14th but I think the invite was already sent out..woops...


Applied: 03/09/2012
Acknowledged: 10/09/2012
Biometric Invite: 17/11/2012 (letter dated 14/11/2012)

Good luck!