ILR - Premium service - No slots available for next 45 days! HELP PLEASE!!!!!

[omarwan]

Hi all,
I have been able to book the appointment now. Thanks for all the tips shared in this forum. For anyone facing similar issue, I would reiterate the following advices-
1. Be flexible for any premium service center (as postal service might take as long as 1.5 years and you cannot leave the country during that period. One of my friend has been waiting for 11 months and still waiting...)
2. Try booking at 12 midnight (not sure about 12 noon, as i haven't tried). At this time the website performance is really slow which might be due to many people try to access at the same time. You will get this message several times- "Page cannot be displayed" and it will take you back to the login screen. But be patient and keep trying. It took me around 30 mins
3. Try to book the first available date. In my case, I had Tuesday to Saturday all days available in a week (25-29 Sept) but it was not showing me any available time slots for Saturday which I wanted to. I had to book on Tuesday, the first available day. What I am trying to say is they may open the slots per day basis starting from the first available date. If not Tuesday then try Wednesday and so on.
4. If you select a date but 'save and continue' without any time slot selected then you will get the error saying "Question not answered" something like that. This is for most of the cases nothing to do with your answers, it is just because you haven't selected any time slot. So follow my step 3

Hope this helps. I can understand how frustrating it is when you know your visa is expiring and you are not getting an appointment booked! hence, wanted to post my experience if that helps you.

I am trying to book any time and any location, but when I select any location, the message appears (No slots available for the nest 45 days) Do you think this is a glitch?

[ibimalik]

Same here no luck been trying all location all day no luck.

[vana]

I am in the same situation. I need to book an appointment for mid-Oct but unable to find any appointments.

[Lynz1988]

Hi all,
I have been able to book the appointment now. Thanks for all the tips shared in this forum. For anyone facing similar issue, I would reiterate the following advices-
1. Be flexible for any premium service center (as postal service might take as long as 1.5 years and you cannot leave the country during that period. One of my friend has been waiting for 11 months and still waiting...)
2. Try booking at 12 midnight (not sure about 12 noon, as i haven't tried). At this time the website performance is really slow which might be due to many people try to access at the same time. You will get this message several times- "Page cannot be displayed" and it will take you back to the login screen. But be patient and keep trying. It took me around 30 mins
3. Try to book the first available date. In my case, I had Tuesday to Saturday all days available in a week (25-29 Sept) but it was not showing me any available time slots for Saturday which I wanted to. I had to book on Tuesday, the first available day. What I am trying to say is they may open the slots per day basis starting from the first available date. If not Tuesday then try Wednesday and so on.
4. If you select a date but 'save and continue' without any time slot selected then you will get the error saying "Question not answered" something like that. This is for most of the cases nothing to do with your answers, it is just because you haven't selected any time slot. So follow my step 3

Hope this helps. I can understand how frustrating it is when you know your visa is expiring and you are not getting an appointment booked! hence, wanted to post my experience if that helps you.

This is helpful. I've now joined the queue for trying to get an October date. Ive seen them come up yesterday for Glasgow for Oct 20th and saw some appointments for Croydon on Oct 5th; too early for me (can do mine starting Oct 21st). So far, I've had my tablet, phone, and laptop all going as well as Chrome, Samsung's browser, and IE all and no luck so far (it will show me that appointments are available on the dates that I need but when I click to see "more than 10 appointments available" nothing happens). To equitydealer; I said the same thing to my yard owner today that I'm TRYING TO GIVE THEM A BOATLOAD OF MONEY - I don't understand why they make it so difficult lol. I've started playing the game of constant refresh when I get a chance instead of wasting my time playing Candy Crush hahahaha (it's only funny because this just doesn't feel like something that should be this difficult)

[Lynz1988]

Woo hoo!! Managed to get a booking in Croydon for Oct 22nd. There were tons that have opened up! A tip for people struggling: use BOTH a laptop AND your mobile. My mobile loaded A LOT faster than my laptop but I thought if I could tag-team it, then I might have more success. Was a bit hairy there for a little while as it kept saying "appointments are available" but couldn't select any slots - I randomly went back a week and showed nothing then went forward another week (I can do my ILR at the earliest on Oct 21) which showed nothing, then went back to the 19th and for some reason that was suddenly available but listed dates for that day, the Saturday and the following Monday (the 19th, 20th, and 22nd) so I chose the Monday.

Another trick: have the pages open already so all you have to do is hit back and/or refresh. I had them open since 9pm and every 20 mins have been hitting refresh with no luck (actually since earlier than that). As soon as midnight hit, I used my mobile and laptop to refresh. I did the booking via my mobile; sssooooo much faster!

[Rabs]

Lucky you, Congrats!

Have been trying for over 2 weeks endlessly....See dates available almost everyday @ 12am, but havent been able to proceed after choosing dates. No time slots come up for some reason after it finishes loading. It only displays "you must answer this question to continue" after i save and continue.

Have tried all sorts of browser tricks without success. I am beginning to give up honestly.

I desperately need some help from members please!!!!!!!!

[vslaser]

I got my appointment for 15 Nov Glasgow. I was on the web page constantly refreshing it from 10:30 pm last night till just after 0:00 hours and the appointment showed up. I was pretty quick from there at completing the booking. Fingers crossed for the application

[baray7]

Lucky you, Congrats!

Have been trying for over 2 weeks endlessly....See dates available almost everyday @ 12am, but havent been able to proceed after choosing dates. No time slots come up for some reason after it finishes loading. It only displays "you must answer this question to continue" after i save and continue.

Have tried all sorts of browser tricks without success. I am beginning to give up honestly.

I desperately need some help from members please!!!!!!!!

Hello,

I have been on the same boat as you for lat month or so until finally i managed to book a slot last night around 00.13

Please dont give up checking all the available dates that shows up at midnight and also keep refreshing browser button constantly from 00.00 to 00.20 for all different centres. Another aspect I noticed is that it works faster on mobile phones and tablet devices.

Good Luck

[Chanti1211]

Try using Google Chrome auto refresh extension.

I have 4 screens at the office so it was easy for me to watch and pick the date as soon as soon they are available.

1st appointment booked for Nov 12 at Croydon
Changed to 23rd Oct at Croydon on Tuesday
Changed to 12th Oct this morning

[Smiggy]

Wagwaanin'.

I had a question. My wife's visa expires on the 11th of November.

Is it too late to book a Premium appointment since the date (if available) would be after the date of expiry of the Visa?

[Rabs]

U could get a date before the 11th of November-released by cancellation. But you'd need to be be constantly as stated by @Chanti1211

[Rabs]

Wagwaanin'.

I had a question. My wife's visa expires on the 11th of November.

Is it too late to book a Premium appointment since the date (if available) would be after the date of expiry of the Visa?

U could get a date before the 11th of November-released by cancellation. But you'd need to be be constantly as stated by @Chanti1211

[NityaV]

U could get a date before the 11th of November-released by cancellation. But you'd need to be be constantly as stated by @Chanti1211

IS the window at midnight very short? I overslept and have been trying since 1230 - but nothing.

[Rabs]

It's literally 12.00am and not later..

[equitydealer]

Correct, slots go quickly after midnight

[RPN]

I have been up almost all night from midnight to 6:15am, kept changing the centre and trying and no slots popped up. Any advice please ? I am really worried.

[saket512]

Have been on the same boat for past 3 weeks now. I start trying at 11:57pm at night everyday till 12:15am at all possible PSCs... Wake up several times during night and also around 5:55am-6:10am in the morning... No luck... Then also try several times during the day and no luck... Choosing this pattern has made me nocturnal and still wake up at night during weekends (even though I know that no slots will be released at night )

Some occasional ones do pop up here and there during the day but are gone by the time I try to book, but not sure why the slots are not released like they used to be at midnight? Still have 6 months to go on my visa so will keep trying till I am lucky

[allyf]

Has anyone been successful with getting any dates in early December? I know we’re only up to December 3 (42 days) but haven’t seen anything with any office. Loads coming up for next week though

[Lynz1988]

I got my appointment for 15 Nov Glasgow. I was on the web page constantly refreshing it from 10:30 pm last night till just after 0:00 hours and the appointment showed up. I was pretty quick from there at completing the booking. Fingers crossed for the application

The constant refreshing from 10:30pm onwards was exactly what I did when I managed to book my appointment. Fingers crossed for you!! Only a few weeks to go now! I still stand by using a mobile device instead but have multiple devices constantly refreshing (instead of playing candy crush while watching TV). Back in Sept I booked mine at about 00:10 on a Monday - (well, Sunday Eve) - also play around with the weeks as it took me flipping between weeks (back and forth) before appointments showed up.

[allyf]

’ve noticed there are no appointments available for December. 42 day or 45 days..whatever. I noticed all last week November dates showing every night for the LAST week of November ..now absolutely nothing showing the start of December. Just a hunch, but isnt coincidental that all the settlement checking offices are stopping service at the end of November ? Maybe PSC doing the same?Anyone who can see December appointments please advise.

[allyf]

I have been up almost all night from midnight to 6:15am, kept changing the centre and trying and no slots popped up. Any advice please ? I am really worried.

Hi RPN when do you need to book by? I too am losing sleep and ready to throw in the towel and do postal application. This is getting ridiculous!

[matrix123]

guys install Distill on your browser

it works

i finally managed to get an alert just few minutes past midnight and booked successfully for next month

[matrix123]

have you tried distill in your chrome browser ?
it worked a treat for me

Lucky you, Congrats!

Have been trying for over 2 weeks endlessly....See dates available almost everyday @ 12am, but havent been able to proceed after choosing dates. No time slots come up for some reason after it finishes loading. It only displays "you must answer this question to continue" after i save and continue.

Have tried all sorts of browser tricks without success. I am beginning to give up honestly.

I desperately need some help from members please!!!!!!!!

[kartikannamalai]

Hai Martix 123,

Did you get an appointment in Dec 2018!

How do you setup the Distill web monitor, as the session signs out after 25 minutes inactivity?

Looking forward to your reply

Kartik

[allyf]

Yes please let us know if it was December?