Applied for SET M ILR (5 year route) using the Super Priority Service online service.
04/04/2019: Application submitted
05/04/2019: Uploaded doc’s via website
08/04/2019 at 9.30am: Biometrics appointment attended in Croydon. We were expecting a decision within 24hr, no confirmation or generic email received. This is where the anxiety kicks in. We were constantly checking right to work website over 20 times a day as some of you had stated but still no indication whether ILR has been granted. The waiting game begins!
13/04/2019: Letter received by recorded delivery requesting for 6 letters of correspondence addressed to me and husband covering 2.5 years. My husband had these documents with him at his biometric appointment. The representative at Sopra Steria told my husband that he had taken too much documents and insisted that our application is straight forward, and as there was no change since his last FLR application, only the mandatory documents were needed. My husband explained that he was not able to upload all his documents, so it best she takes copies of everything. But my husband was again reassured that the only documents required were the mandatory documents.
15/04/2019: Posted all requested documents by special delivery.
16/04/2018 at 7.00am: Checked Royal Mail tracking service and our parcel was signed for by HO in Manchester.
16/04/2019 at 11am: Email received stating visa has been granted. You will receive your decision letter and biometric card in due course.
18/04/2019: BRP received by DX courier.
Still waiting for the decision letter but it is still nice to know that the waiting game is finally over.
I am thinking of requesting for a refund for the Super Priority fee (£810) as we had no communication from them until 6 days after our biometric appointment. Is it worth chasing for a refund as they did not meet their 24hr service standard?
Good luck to everyone still waiting!
