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Syk2018
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by Syk2018 » Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:34 pm
Further checks are usually done within 6-8 weeks and 3 months max. So you should be nearing to the point where your application will be decided soon. So finger crossed. you should get your ILR.
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by Syk2018 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:23 pm
Hi Ashish,
Did you get any update. Have you tried writing letter to the UKVI asking for the status and requesting them to process as soon as possible.
Even I haven't got any update so far. Still waiting. Never realized how painful it is to wait anxiously.
Regards,
Syk
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by uniquechoice » Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:29 am
Hi,
any updates? Is there anyway to sort this issue as do not know why they hold application for so long?
I have been told that if we apply for SAR, then it be possible the reason of application hold but it will also take around 40 days.
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by Patt2018 » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:35 pm
krishi572000 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:33 pm
Hi
Succesfully Approved ILR received by BRP today
Applied : 29th Jan 2015
letter given further checks
Granted Ilr :24.02.15
BRP received :03.03.15
Many thanks for the forum
Hi Krishi,
Did they inform you what was the check regarding?
Thanks
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by Patt2018 » Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:20 pm
raghu1043 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:05 pm
HI all,
Received ilr approval letter today.
20th-dec-2017:Applied ILR PEO
Given further checks letter
15th-jan-2018:home office audit
08-02-2018:received approval letter
This forum is my only hope and given immense emotional support during tough waiting times.
Good luck to everyone and hope you all will receive positive results soon.
Hi Raghu,
Congratulations on the good news.
Did Home office informed you about the date of audit visit before hand?. Or was it a surprise visit?
Thanks and Regards
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by mokhal » Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:19 pm
Hi All,
Details about my case
- Applied for ILR using Same-day service in Cardiff at 20/2/2018
- I was on Tier 1 General the expired end of March 2018.
- I'm a director of my own company.
- My application was put on hold pending further enquiries and checks.
- Case worker said that my application will be held to carry out a standard procedure, and I should expect a response 2 weeks later. She refused to explain.
- I thought that the issues with my tax record have got me.
- 2 weeks was a lie just to get you out of the door.
- To my surprise I got the approval today 26/04.
- My tax issues were :
Started my ltd company in May 2014.
Filed Self-assessment for year 2014\2015 at Nov 2017. yes Nov 2017. nearly £3500 Tax liability ( three thousand and five hundreds)
Made the rest of the SA in Dec 2017 and Jan 2018. ( 2 years 0 tax liabilty 2015\2016 and 2016\2017, and nearly £1500 for 2017\2018 for 39K income)
I have never filed SA before that date, simply because I didn't understand the Tax shit properly.
Had unpaid personal and company tax.
Nonetheless , because I've never tried to cheat and made all my records correct and up to date, HO didn't find anything to reject my case.
Best of luck for you all. I hope it worth the waiting.
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by Ashish78 » Tue May 01, 2018 8:54 pm
Syk2018 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:23 pm
Hi Ashish,
Did you get any update. Have you tried writing letter to the UKVI asking for the status and requesting them to process as soon as possible.
Even I haven't got any update so far. Still waiting. Never realized how painful it is to wait anxiously.
Regards,
Syk
Hi,
I have not received any update yet, hope to get things sorted out soon.
Good Luck.
Ashish
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by Syk2018 » Thu May 03, 2018 7:55 pm
Hi,
My ILR got approved and am so relieved.
I received my approval letter and bio metric card, but my document including passport and original documents still not received.
Hoping I should receive it soon.
I tried writing letter to home office including the Sheffield, Croydon and Liverpool. Not sure if this helped in getting the processing faster but Ashish you can try writing them.
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by aneetsairam » Thu May 03, 2018 11:38 pm
agree with skyx, follow up does wonders..
Just a brief and clear follow up will help
All. The best
Cheers
Aj
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Syk2018 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:23 pm
Hi Ashish,
Did you get any update. Have you tried writing letter to the UKVI asking for the status and requesting them to process as soon as possible.
Even I haven't got any update so far. Still waiting. Never realized how painful it is to wait anxiously.
Regards,
Syk
Hi,
I have not received any update yet, hope to get things sorted out soon.
Good Luck.
Ashish
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by Ashish78 » Sat May 05, 2018 6:51 pm
Syk2018 wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 7:55 pm
Hi,
My ILR got approved and am so relieved.
I received my approval letter and bio metric card, but my document including passport and original documents still not received.
Hoping I should receive it soon.
I tried writing letter to home office including the Sheffield, Croydon and Liverpool. Not sure if this helped in getting the processing faster but Ashish you can try writing them.
Hi,
Congratulations for your approval, My everything in terms of returns and tax is absolutely clear then also i have not received any reply yet since 3 months. When you pay for premium service, it pains more because of inefficiency of Home Office. Good Luck to all and don't worry when you are right.
Regards,
Ashish
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by Syk2018 » Tue May 08, 2018 5:43 pm
Hi Ashish,
Trust me writing letter to them helps sometimes. Brief detail about your immigration history and tell them that there is pressing need for you to travel thats why you applied for same day service. Am sure you must have planned to travel after ILR. Since all the tax and required document is all provided with proper supporting document kindly approve my application for ILR. Something around this to explain them your situation.
Send the letter to croydon, Sheffield and Liverpool.
Trust me it may help in getting your application process faster. If all the documentation is correct and straight forward still send them the letter. Write to them explian your situation and complexity with the ILR decision getting delayed.
Good Luck.
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by Ashish78 » Wed May 16, 2018 2:20 pm
Syk2018 wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 5:43 pm
Hi Ashish,
Trust me writing letter to them helps sometimes. Brief detail about your immigration history and tell them that there is pressing need for you to travel thats why you applied for same day service. Am sure you must have planned to travel after ILR. Since all the tax and required document is all provided with proper supporting document kindly approve my application for ILR. Something around this to explain them your situation.
Send the letter to croydon, Sheffield and Liverpool.
Trust me it may help in getting your application process faster. If all the documentation is correct and straight forward still send them the letter. Write to them explian your situation and complexity with the ILR decision getting delayed.
Good Luck.
Hi,
Can you tell me something, when you got approval from home office how do they communicate with you?
They send you letter in post?
Normal post or recorded delivery?
What you receive first? All documents with their letter? or something else?
Thanks,
Ashish
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by mrsabih » Thu May 17, 2018 11:19 am
Just to update here i send letter to my case worker and also today i involve my MP
Its more than 2 months i am waiting
I paid for premium fees and also attended interview so will update u all if any impact
Do good and get reward
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by bcilr18 » Wed May 23, 2018 11:33 am
Premium appt: 17.5.18
Further enquiries letter given
Tier 2G to ILR
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by pauljohnson » Wed May 23, 2018 5:36 pm
bcilr18 wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 11:33 am
Premium appt: 17.5.18
Further enquiries letter given
Tier 2G to ILR
Hi,
At Which Center ?
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by bcilr18 » Thu May 24, 2018 9:08 am
Sheffield
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by tier21419 » Sun Jun 03, 2018 10:36 am
bcilr18 wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 11:33 am
Premium appt: 17.5.18
Further enquiries letter given
Tier 2G to ILR
Any reason?
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by Ashish78 » Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:23 pm
I went for Premium Service on 07/02/2018 at Glasgow under Tier - 1 General for my ILR and got letter for further checks.
4 months complete and I am still awaiting and there are no tax amendments in my case ever happened.
Anyone else in my category who is waiting?
Can i ask home office to refund me money extra charged for premium service?
Thanks,
Ashish
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by shaiderrn » Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:22 pm
Applied today at croydon
T2 to ILR
Application deferred, initially they said they are happy and its almost granted its just caseworkers are new and thats why taking time.
Later on after 2 hours of waiting they said they couldnt make a decision today, they dont need any interview or documents its just they need some inquiries and did not tel me what kind of inquiries.... i have seen people have been waiting up to 6 months after deferring.
I am so much worried now, why gave me fake hopes by saying its almost granted so i could relax and leave the premises while my solicitor take over. Could anyone tell what to expect in my case ? Anyone with such experience ?
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by uniquechoice » Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:15 pm
Ashish78 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:23 pm
I went for Premium Service on 07/02/2018 at Glasgow under Tier - 1 General for my ILR and got letter for further checks.
4 months complete and I am still awaiting and there are no tax amendments in my case ever happened.
Anyone else in my category who is waiting?
Can i ask home office to refund me money extra charged for premium service?
Thanks,
Ashish
Hi, I am in the same boat. I applied at glasgow on 14 feb 2018 from tier1 general to ILR with no tax amendments and still waiting. I am really stressed. Dun know what will happen. Please do inform us once you get any info back from HO.
Regards,
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by shaiderrn » Sat Jun 09, 2018 11:48 am
Is there any difference between these words in PEO letter mentioning application is valid.
Further checks vs Further enquiries ?
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by shaiderrn » Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:21 pm
T2G TO ILR
PSC CROYDON
8TH JUNE 2018
The letter i got says
" Your application is valid but there are further enquiries to be made on your case and as such your application has been passed to a team where these enquiries can be made. In light of this we are returning your sponsor's passport with this letter But all of the other documents submitted with original application will be held until a final decision is made "
What kind of enquiries they are looking for and when they return the passports is that a good sign that the enquiry could be a minor ? or is that a complex case need a compliance visit or interview ? but i was told before this letter that its almost granted and an hour later i got this letter from them. i was so furious and upset

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by GMO » Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:08 am
shaiderrn wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:21 pm
T2G TO ILR
PSC CROYDON
8TH JUNE 2018
The letter i got says
" Your application is valid but there are further enquiries to be made on your case and as such your application has been passed to a team where these enquiries can be made. In light of this we are returning your sponsor's passport with this letter But all of the other documents submitted with original application will be held until a final decision is made "
What kind of enquiries they are looking for and when they return the passports is that a good sign that the enquiry could be a minor ? or is that a complex case need a compliance visit or interview ? but i was told before this letter that its almost granted and an hour later i got this letter from them. i was so furious and upset
Well...When you last salary increased and what was the percentage actually?
To be honest a lot depends on this factor!
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by shaiderrn » Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:04 am
3 months ago it increased from 30K to 36K
But with my previous employer
From year 1 to year 3 i was on 33K
Then with extension changed to 35.5K but then license revoked so i moved to another employer who offered me 30K and promised a payrise in a year time so hence 36K after 1.5 years with new employer.
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by shaiderrn » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:09 pm
We had a ukvi audit team visited this morning and a compliance team will visit later on this week, hopefully everything will be fine and i can get my applicaion processed quicker. Though my director said it was nothing related to your application not anyone calld for interviews.