**** COVID19 and UKVCAS Appointments **** (ONLY discuss here)

[jivda]

Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this but it's somewhat relevant to COVID-19 and biometrics.

I'm waiting for UKVCAS to open appointments (applied just after they closed their centres), but I was wondering when I get ILR what date is it valid from? I'm wanting to get citizenship and a British passport and want to know if I have to wait a year from when I receive my BRP card or if it happens to start on the application date (ie I could apply for citizenship in April 2021).

Thanks

[CR001]

Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this but it's somewhat relevant to COVID-19 and biometrics.

I'm waiting for UKVCAS to open appointments (applied just after they closed their centres), but I was wondering when I get ILR what date is it valid from? I'm wanting to get citizenship and a British passport and want to know if I have to wait a year from when I receive my BRP card or if it happens to start on the application date (ie I could apply for citizenship in April 2021).

Thanks

Date if ilr is from the date of approval or ilr issue date. It is NOT from the application date.

[CULLINAN]

Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this but it's somewhat relevant to COVID-19 and biometrics.

I'm waiting for UKVCAS to open appointments (applied just after they closed their centres), but I was wondering when I get ILR what date is it valid from? I'm wanting to get citizenship and a British passport and want to know if I have to wait a year from when I receive my BRP card or if it happens to start on the application date (ie I could apply for citizenship in April 2021).

Thanks

You need full 12 months after ILR approval date/ILR BRP date if you have to apply in your own right and NOT married to a BC.

[Freetownean2]

Hi, can you explain this to us properly please ''if you have to apply in your own right and NOT married to a BC.''

Does this means after ILR one has to wait for another 12 months before applying for naturalisation? Does this refers to all ILR categories?

[CR001]

Hi, can you explain this to us properly please ''if you have to apply in your own right and NOT married to a BC.''

Does this means after ILR one has to wait for another 12 months before applying for naturalisation? Does this refers to all ILR categories?

If you are not married to a British citizen, you have to wait the full 12 months on ikr before you can apply for citizenship. This applies to all ILR routes.

[Freetownean2]

Thanks so much. Understood

[adatitan]

Hi
did anyone get email from UKVCAS to book appointement as they said they will send emails on 21st or 22nd ?
Thanks

Yes we received email today and we booked for 3rd July for free (we had registered and submitted our application on 26th March). There were lots of £220 appointments available from next week. Earliest free appointment was 2nd July, each day had one-two free appointment and so many £220 appointments.

[Paul99]

Hi
did anyone get email from UKVCAS to book appointement as they said they will send emails on 21st or 22nd ?
Thanks

Yes we received email today and we booked for 3rd July for free (we had registered and submitted our application on 26th March). There were lots of £220 appointments available from next week. Earliest free appointment was 2nd July, each day had one-two free appointment and so many £220 appointments.

hey ,What is £220 Appointment's means ? Each applicant has to pay £220 ?Which service this is pls ?

[CULLINAN]

Hi
did anyone get email from UKVCAS to book appointement as they said they will send emails on 21st or 22nd ?
Thanks

Yes we received email today and we booked for 3rd July for free (we had registered and submitted our application on 26th March). There were lots of £220 appointments available from next week. Earliest free appointment was 2nd July, each day had one-two free appointment and so many £220 appointments.

hey ,What is £220 Appointment's means ? Each applicant has to pay £220 ?Which service this is pls ?

UKVCAS offer both paid and free appointments. From 22nd June they will revert back to the normal paid appointments also. Most likely, paid appointments will be earlier dates. Note do not confuse UKVI super priority with UKVCAS paid appointments. UKVCAS paid appointments are just to submit biometrics for example more expensive appointments slots on weekends or next day slots etc.

[Paul99]

Hi
did anyone get email from UKVCAS to book appointement as they said they will send emails on 21st or 22nd ?
Thanks

Yes we received email today and we booked for 3rd July for free (we had registered and submitted our application on 26th March). There were lots of £220 appointments available from next week. Earliest free appointment was 2nd July, each day had one-two free appointment and so many £220 appointments.

hey ,What is £220 Appointment's means ? Each applicant has to pay £220 ?Which service this is pls ?

UKVCAS offer both paid and free appointments. From 22nd June they will revert back to the normal paid appointments also. Most likely, paid appointments will be earlier dates. Note do not confuse UKVI super priority with UKVCAS paid appointments. UKVCAS paid appointments are just to submit biometrics for example more expensive appointments slots on weekends or next day slots etc.

OKAY ..I see ,So if some is booking Super priority service they have to book £800 +£220 to get earlier slots ..However priority is not open yet but In normal days ..

Good to know this .

[CULLINAN]

Yes we received email today and we booked for 3rd July for free (we had registered and submitted our application on 26th March). There were lots of £220 appointments available from next week. Earliest free appointment was 2nd July, each day had one-two free appointment and so many £220 appointments.

hey ,What is £220 Appointment's means ? Each applicant has to pay £220 ?Which service this is pls ?

UKVCAS offer both paid and free appointments. From 22nd June they will revert back to the normal paid appointments also. Most likely, paid appointments will be earlier dates. Note do not confuse UKVI super priority with UKVCAS paid appointments. UKVCAS paid appointments are just to submit biometrics for example more expensive appointments slots on weekends or next day slots etc.

OKAY ..I see ,So if some is booking Super priority service they have to book £800 +£220 to get earlier slots ..However priority is not open yet but In normal days ..

Good to know this .

In normal days the price of paid appointments varied between different centres. For example more for premium lounge and lesser for enhanced centres.
Note UKVCAS has nothing to do with super priority. It is totally Home Office’s decision when to start offering that again.
Yes if things were normal and super priority (24 hr service by UKVI) was allowed, one would pay £800 plus for the paid UKVCAS appointment for biometrics (earlier appointments or weekend appointments etc).

[bmnikhil1]

FYI, all.

TIER 2 General 5 years + 2 dependents - Priority Service
Actual date Biometrics Enrolled: 16/06/2020 (original appointment 02/04/2020)
Approval Received: Email 18/06/2020



No emails from UKVI to company about reduced salary or furlough status.

Hi bmnikhil,
Congratulations on your approval.
I would like to know when you apply for settlement what category were you on and were you furloughed when you applied and does the payslip show correct amount or furloughed salary?
Thank you very much.

Thank you, Nilang.
I was on Tier 2 General visa, 5 year route for ILR. I applied on 27th March, right before all the covid related mess. My salary statements submitted are from Feb 2020. I'm now down to 80% (not furloughed), but that does not reflect in my application.

[CULLINAN]

Just to update: I have applied for my naturalisation application today 22/6. As expected, I am unable to book a biometrics appointment for now. Lets see when UKVCAS allows me to do that. The UKVCAS email received states they are giving preference to the ones before the suspension of the service. However, it allowed me to register the account on UKVCAS and upload documents as normal.
Will update once I will be able to book an appointment.

[zimba]

Just to update: I have applied for my naturalisation application today 22/6. As expected, I am unable to book a biometrics appointment for now. Lets see when UKVCAS allows me to do that. The UKVCAS email received states they are giving preference to the ones before the suspension of the service. However, it allowed me to register the account on UKVCAS and upload documents as normal.
Will update once I will be able to book an appointment.

As far as I know, UKVCAS has never limited account creation. Only appointments remain unavailable

[CULLINAN]

Just to update: I have applied for my naturalisation application today 22/6. As expected, I am unable to book a biometrics appointment for now. Lets see when UKVCAS allows me to do that. The UKVCAS email received states they are giving preference to the ones before the suspension of the service. However, it allowed me to register the account on UKVCAS and upload documents as normal.
Will update once I will be able to book an appointment.

As far as I know, UKVCAS has never limited account creation. Only appointments remain unavailable

Correct but mentioned that to give a clearer picture as some were unclear about it.

[VikasMandal]

Any idea how long ukvcas would take to give appointments for the people who registered in June considering 9 more centres opening on 6th July and 7 more till 20th July?

[pinku09]

i can only assume based on the order of registrations. You may have to wait until they give a chance for people that registered in the last week of March, entire month of April & May before they come to June. My assumption is this could take a month or two atleast before they clear all backlogs. By September / October things should get back to normal.

[Paul99]

i can only assume based on the order of registrations. You may have to wait until they give a chance for people that registered in the last week of March, entire month of April & May before they come to June. My assumption is this could take a month or two atleast before they clear all backlogs. By September / October things should get back to normal.

Again another 3 months backlog(june -sept) will Join -This will never end .

[VikasMandal]

Considering april and may appointments were cleared (atleast giving appointments) in 22 days starting from 1st June.
With more new centres opening in coming weeks I am assuming that by end of July atleast giving appointments backlog will be cleared.
By Mid Aug or Aug end things should be back to normal.

This is just based on my assumption considering the way they have worked since 1st June till 22nd June

[Paul99]

Considering april and may appointments were cleared (atleast giving appointments) in 22 days starting from 1st June.
With more new centres opening in coming weeks I am assuming that by end of July atleast giving appointments backlog will be cleared.
By Mid Aug or Aug end things should be back to normal.

This is just based on my assumption considering the way they have worked since 1st June till 22nd June

Have you submited or wating to resume normal like me ?

[pinku09]

From June 1st to 21st they opened appointments only for people that previously had appointment that were cancelled or rescheduled due to COVID. Now they are giving appointments for people that registered before they closed the centres (march 27th) but did not have appointments.

[VikasMandal]

I submitted application and registered in first week of June, waiting for appointment to be booked.

[rahulkumar0907]

I registered on 13th of April.
when did everyone else registered?

Register or submitted?

Registered
I think it is the registration date that matters. And I am here waiting for the reopening of priority/ super priority service

What about yourself?

same boat

Sorry how did you guys register with UKVCAS on april, did they not close the priority / super priority service by end of march i.e. when the lock-down started ? is it possible to register now ?

[gc362952246]

Register or submitted?

Registered
I think it is the registration date that matters. And I am here waiting for the reopening of priority/ super priority service

What about yourself?

same boat

Sorry how did you guys register with UKVCAS on april, did they not close the priority / super priority service by end of march i.e. when the lock-down started ? is it possible to register now ?

no there is no priority /sp services. just registered as normal standard services. you can register at anytime.

[chakings22]

Once you have submitted your UKVI application online, it will automatically register you to UKVCAS. You can't register separatley. Also, people were able to apply standard applications. That means they were also able to register on UKVCAS as well.