Tier 1 Entrepreneur Processing Time (Extension Applications ONLY)

[koonjparekh]

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extension
Application Sent to HO - 17th August 2017
Biometrics Done - 12th September 2017
Complex Letter Received - End of September 2017
Received letter from HO requesting for RTS of employees with breakdown of their tax paid - 18th April 2018
Received partial refund of IHS - 18th April 2018
Sent requested documents to HO - 25th April 2018
Since then there is no update. What could happen?
Hoping for the best!

[PhilTier1]

Hi Guys
My Tier 1 Entrepreneur Fresh application from Tier 2 General inside UK Timeline.

Initially applied FLR(O) Dec 2016 due to personal reasons.

FLR varied to Tier 1 Entre..with Partner(from Tier 2) and Depandant
Application posted March 2017
Biometrics given April 2017
Application varied letter and FLR fees refund June 2017
Exceptionally complex letter dated June 2017
Called UKVI contact centre 3 times Sep, Nov & Dec received a generic email saying application has not been decided yet.
MP 1st Letter Jan 2018
MP 2nd Letter Apr 2018

After a long wait and hard struggle finally received approval letter, biomteric cards and documents May 2018.
All the very best everyone.

[CR001]

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[AJE]

50k route - no interview

Timeline;
Applied - 2/Aug/2017
Biometrics - 12/Aug/2017
Complex Letter- 16/Aug/2017 (received 21/Aug/2017)
IHS refund - 4/April/2018
BRP - 30/5/2018 (missed dx delivery on 1/6/2018 but finally received on 5/6/2018)
Documents and passport - still waiting

[mig2015]

Tier 1 E Extension - Team 200K
Application posted: 14.04.2018
HO received: 16.04.2018
Bio-metrics done: 21.04.2018
No Interview
BRP received: 12.06.2018

[Hasslefree]

Hi

Here is my timeline:

Applied - July 2017
Received by HO: July 2017
Fees Deducted by HO: July 2017
Bio Letter - July 2017
Bio Done - July 2017
Complex Letter Rcvd - email received August 2017
IHS Refund: March 2018
Interview invitation May 2018
Video interview on 12 June 2018
Approved - 14 June 2018
BRP Received - awaiting

[Digitalmarketinguk]

Hi everyone,

Here's my timeline;

Application submitted: 15/07/2017
Payment deducted: 18/07/2017
Biometrics submitted: 05/08/2017
Long silence of nine months
MP letter sent: 16/05/2018
Visa issued: 03/06/2018
Letter of apology received: 10/06/2018
Passport received: 14/06/2018
BRP: Awaited.

Meanwhile when there was a long delay I genuinely lost few contracts and I kept writing to HO about them.
Hope it will be helpful for others.

[inringbp]

Hi this forum really helped me and thank you everyone for posting.

Here is my timeline: (Tier 1 Ext)

Applied - 22 Dec 2017
Received by HO: 24 Dec 2017
Fees Deducted by HO: 28 Dec 2017
Bio Letter - 5 Jan 2018
Bio Done - 6 Jan 2018
Complex e-mail received - 14 Feb 2018
Documents Received - 20 June 2018
BRP Received - 21 June 2018

Thank you again everyone and good luck !!!

[CR001]

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[9elizabeth]

Applied - 08 January 2018
Received by HO: 10 January 2018
Fees Deducted by HO: 14 January 2018
Bio Letter - I received within 10 days of submitting application
Bio Done - the very next day
Complex Letter Rcvd - Yes. After 3 days of submitting the biometrics.
Approved -27/6/2018
BRP Received - 27/06/2018
Approval Letter, Docs, Passports Rcvd - 27/06/2018
IHS Refunded - 27/06/2018
I received the approval letter, all documents, passport in One Post. Just after receiving the post, I received the BRP card by a courier when I checked my bank account, the IHS also received the same day!
I did not use any solicitors. I only followed the advise on this forum and used commonsense!

A big thank to all this forum members.

[CR001]

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[united1108]

Applied - 1st April 2017
Received by HO: April 2017
Fees Deducted by HO: April 2017
Bio Letter - April 2017
Bio Done - April 2017
Complex Letter Rcvd - email received August 2017
Interview invitation December 2017
Face to Face interview on 9 January 2018
Few more documents requested: Scanned Documents sent on 11th January
Acknowledgement of the documents: 13th January 2018
Approached Local MP - 22ND June 2018
Letter sent to HO by Local MP: 29th June 2018

Still awaiting response

[JRZ]

posted 15 may 2018
bio 26 may
complex letter 27 june
IHS partial refund 29 june
so far no news...

[zimba]

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[Khan51214]

Applied: 06-12-2017
Acknowledge: 12-12-2017
Biometrics: 13-12-2017
Requested addional docs: 5-02-2018
Sent documents: 15-02-2018
IHS PARTIAL received: 20-02-2018
Complex letter received:21-02-2018
Ask mp to write reminder : april 2018
Sent addional documents to home office: 05-06-2018
Received approval and brp : 23-07-2018

[m_g]

Hello guys,

Here is below my timeline for Tier 1 Ext. (200k) Entrepreneurial Team application:

Application sent to HO on 12 Oct. 17
Bio done on 19 Oct. 17
Complex Letter rcvd 31 Oct. 17
IHS partial refund rcvd 20 May 18

[Umair974]

Hello guys
Tier 1 200k
Applied feb 2018
Biometric done march 2018
Received interview call today 28 july

edited by moderator removing questions!!

[CR001]

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[united1108]

Applied - 1st April 2017
Received by HO: April 2017
Fees Deducted by HO: April 2017
Bio Letter - April 2017
Bio Done - April 2017
Complex Letter Rcvd - email received August 2017
Interview invitation December 2017
Face to Face interview on 9 January 2018
Few more documents requested: Scanned Documents sent on 11th January
Acknowledgement of the documents: 13th January 2018
Approached Local MP - 22ND June 2018
Letter sent to HO by Local MP: 29th June 2018

Still awaiting response

Still waiting no response even after the MP's letter.

[CR001]

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[india2626]

50k route -interview

Timeline
Applied - Aug/2017
Biometrics - 25/Aug/2017
Complex Letter- 29/Aug/2017
MP Send Letter : Mid June 2018
Interview: Last Week of July 2018
IHS refund - Aug/2018
BRP - Aug 2018


I did not use any solicitors. I only followed the advise on this forum and used commonsense!
A big thank to all this forum members.
Good luck !!!

[elahibilal]

200k route
applied through Solicitor
No interview

Timeline:
Applied- 07/Aug/2017
Biometrics- 19/Aug/2017
Complex Letter- 24/Aug/2017
Partial IHS refund- 11/April/2018
MP contacted HO- 10/Aug/2018
Received approval letter documents and passports- 14/Aug/2018
BRP- Awaiting

[waqas40581]

Dear All,

Alhamdulillah we have been granted Entrepreneur Extension 50k team today No interview .
i would like to thanks everybody on this forum who's posts help me a lot to understand the requirements and prepare my file properly.

Business Nature: Business Consultancy
Business address : Office
Applied : 28 March 2018
Bio Matrix: 19 April 2018
No interview
IHS refund : 23 May 2018
Complex letter : Received by one applicant 23 May 2018
Bio matrix Card Received : 14 Aug 2018
Documents : waiting

[JRZ]

posted 15 may 2018
bio 26 may
complex letter 27 june
IHS partial refund 29 june
got approval 18 august

[ssardar]

Hello Friends,

I want to thank all the members that helped me to prepare my case. Special thanks to Zimba and Dnf.
I did not use any solicitor but used the document list from this board. As an accountant myself i was able to compile a lot of documents myself.

Business type: Accounting Services
Date of Submission: 18/10/2017
Date of Bio metrics received: 25/10/2017
Fees deduction: 22/10/2017
Complex letter received: 6/11/2017
IHS Refund: 18/5/2018
Complex Letter 2: 30/5/2018
MP Letter sent: 2/8/2018
Visa letter and documents and BRP received on 23/8/18.

Many thanks to all the moderators of this board and keeping this up to date.

God bless you all!!