Long Residence ILR TIMELINES - SET(LR) ONLY

[samtel_19]

Applied for ILR Route: SET LR, Main applicant only,

See timeline below:
Date application submitted by Priority Service (Croydon £100): 07/01/2019
Original Documents scanned and uploaded: 07/01/2019 ( was told I can travel anytime whilst application in process as current BRP valid until 20/03/2020
Correspondence with HO - 26/02/2019 - 06/03/2019 ( conflicting responses saga started whether I can travel or not)
Correspondence with Border Force - 26/02/2019 - 10/03/2019( HO suggested I check with Border Force regarding travelling whilst application in-flight. Conflicting responses received again)
Correspondence with Immigration Adivsors - 26/02/2019 - 10/03/2019( HO suggested I check with Immigration Advisors listed on gov.uk website. Conflicting responses received)
Correspondence with HO via MP - 13/03/2019 - 06/04/2019 ( Explained to MP how the new UKVCAS process doesn't accept original documents, the conflicting responses from HO, BF and IA. After multiple follow up from MP to Director Of Immigration, got informed can't do anything as the process has changed but the law(paragraph 35) still stands therefore, best not to travel)
Consideration Email by HO: None
DX Delivery Email: 25/04/2019
BRP Card Received: 26/04/2019
Approval Letter Received: 27/04/2019( Approval letter dated 20/04/2019 stated please find original documents, which I never submitted originally. Waste of special Saturday delivery and lack of paying attention to what is being posted. Waste of Tax Payers Money and Money on travel plans that I had for business trip in 1st week of April and Anniversary trip in 3rd week of April, thanks to the amazing Immigration laws and processes in place )

[arttijirs]

Date application (postal/online) : 03 Apr 2019 (Online Super Priority)
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) : 19 Apr 2019 @ 10.30am (Croydon)
I arrived at 9.00am done and left UKCVAS before 10.30am.
Acknowledgement letter/email received (if applicable) : None
Complex Letter received (if applicable) : None
Approval/Refusal Received : Approval letter received 25 Apr 2019 (dated 23 Apr 2019)
BRP Card Received : 26 Apr 2019 by DX

[rox2015]

Date application (postal) : 15/01/19
Document received by HO/Uploaded through UKCVAS : 16/01/19
Acknowledgement letter/email received (if applicable) :
Biometric Letter/email received (if applicable) :
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) :
Payment Debited :
Complex Letter received (if applicable) :
Approval/Refusal Received : 28/04/19 (dated 18/04/19)
BRP Card Received :29/04/19

Good luck!

[saeed123]

Date application (online) : 20/04/2019 varied from set O(tier 1 entrepreneur) to SET LR super priority
Document Uploaded through UKCVAS : documents uploaded my self on 21/04/2019
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) :Croydon 23/04/2019
Approval/Refusal Received : approval email received on 25/04/2019
Approval letter by post: received on 27/04/2019
BRP Card Received :waiting

[SD6789]

Applied for ILR Route: SET LR, Main applicant only,
See timeline below:
Date application (postal) : 26/10/18
Date application sent: 26/10/18
Payment Debited: 29/10/18
Ack letter by Email: 12/11/18
Biometric Letter Dated(Letter): 09/11/18
Biometric Letter received: 14/11/18
Date Biometrics Enrolled: 16/11/18
Consideration Email 1 by HO: 10/12/18
Consideration Email 2 by HO: 09/01/19
Consideration Email 3 by HO: 11/02/19
Consideration Email 4 by HO: 11/03/19
Approval Letter Received: 26/04/19
BRP Card Received: 01/05/19
Thank you very much for this Forum!

[heyaheya]

Applied for ILR Route: SET LR, Main applicant only,Varied from tier 1 Extension
See timeline below:
Date application (online) : 09/10/18
Payment Debited: 09/10/18
Ack letter by Email: 09/10/18
Biometric Letter Dated(Letter): 09/10/18
Biometric Letter received: 09/10/18
Date Biometrics Enrolled: 09/10/18
Consideration Email 1 by HO: 09/11/18
Consideration Email 2 by HO: 09/12/19
Consideration Email 3 by HO: 11/01/19
Consideration Email 4 by HO: 11/02/19
Consideration Email 4 by HO: 11/03/19
complex letter received 04 april 2018 dates 02 april. case is complex and will reply you until 09 july 2019.
documents received today with passport and all tier 1 and ilr documents.
BRP Card scheduled for tomrrow : 02/05/19. thanks to all members esp zimba , marchnath and cr001. ..

[wrongtime17]

Date application (online): 15/01/2019
Uploaded through UKCVAS: 10/01/2019
Acknowledgment letter/ received (if applicable): letter from the home office on 17th January 2019
Biometric Letter/email received (if applicable): biometrics did on the same day
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable): 15/01/2019 super priority service at Birmingham
Payment Debited: 11/01/2019
Complex Letter received (if applicable) :none
Approval Received: waiting
BRP Card Received: waiting

[Casa]

@Azizahmed Please respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any discussions/questions posts have been and will continue to be removed.

[kumar114]

ILR(10 years route): Main applicant only
Date application (online) : 06 Jan 2019
Acknowledgement letter/email received (if applicable) : None
Approval Received : 3 May 2019
BRP Card Received : 3 May 2019

Thanks and best of luck!

[dev1313]

ILR(10 years route): Main applicant only
Date application (online) : 17 Jan 2019
Online Application NO Priority Service
Biometric at UKVCAS Croydon- 29 Jan 2019 (Free Service)
Acknowledgement letter/email received (if applicable) : None
Approval Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : 13 May 2019

Please note no Letter of Concent uplaod online OR at appointment, called UKVI after biometric and they said case worker will inform you for any missing document. No one contacted after biometric and no letter regarding letter of concent.

[jonathan1981]

Applied for ILR Route: SET LR, Main applicant only,
See timeline below:
Date application (online/postal) : 20/12/2018
Date application sent: 20/12/2018
Document received by HO: 22/12/2018
Payment Debited: 21/12/2018
Ack letter by Post/Email: None
Biometric Letter Dated(Online): 20/12/2018
Biometric Letter received: 20/12/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled: 22/12/2018
Consideration Email 1 by HO: 21/01/2019
Consideration Email 2 by HO: 19/02/2019
Consideration Email 3 by HO: 19/03/2019
Consideration Email 4 by HO: 20/05/2019
Approval Letter Received: Waiting
BRP Card Received: Waiting

[Taz519]

SET LR 10 year, Main Applicant only

Date application (online/postal) : Applied online on 19th December 2018. Got biometrics done and posted supporting documents 23 December 2018.
Documents received by HO: 27 Dec 2018
Acknowledgement email received: 27 Dec 2018
Biometric email received: 19th December 2018
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) : n/a
Payment Debited : 19th December 2018
Complex Letter received (if applicable) : n/a
Approval Received : 28 May 2019 (letter dated 23 May 2019)
BRP Card Received : Waiting

[ADNANJUTT5]

Applied for ILR Route: SET LR, Main applicant only,
See timeline below:

Date application (online/postal) : 22/12/2018

Date application sent: 23/12/2018

Document received by HO: 24/12/2018

Payment Debited: 22/12/2018

Email: None
Biometric Letter Dated(Online): 22/12/2018
Biometric Letter received: 20/12/2018
Consideration Email 1 by HO: 21/01/2019
Consideration Email 2 by HO: 21/02/2019
Consideration Email 3 by HO: 21/03/2019
Consideration Email 4 by HO: 21/04/2019
Consideration Email 5 by HO: 21/05/2019

Approval / COMPLEX Letter Received: NONE

GOD KNOWS HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE MORE .

[tarun_shreeji]

Set LR
Online Application : 28/05/19
UKVCAS appointment- 29/05/19
ILR application approved/ILR granted -29/05/19
Decision Letter received- 31/05/19
BRP delivered - 31/05/19

[Lolakola]

Set LR
Online Application : 28/03/2019
Biometric done- 29/03/2019
Decision Letter received- 31/05/19
BRP delivered - waiting

[tabimia]

Set LR
Online Application : 31/05/19
UKVCAS appointment- 04/06/19 Super Priority Service at Croydon Core Centre
ILR application approved/ILR granted - 04/06/19 (same day within 3 hours)

Waiting for decision letter and BRP

[ADNANJUTT5]

Applied for ILR Route: SET LR, Main applicant only,
See timeline below:

Date application (online/postal) : 22/12/2018
Payment Debited: 22/12/2018
Biometric Letter Dated(Online): 22/12/2018
Biometric Done: 23/12/2018
Date application sent: 23/12/2018
Document received by HO: 24/12/2018


Email:

Consideration Email 1 by HO: 21/01/2019
Consideration Email 2 by HO: 21/02/2019
Consideration Email 3 by HO: 21/03/2019
Consideration Email 4 by HO: 21/04/2019
Consideration Email 5 by HO: 21/05/2019

ILR GRANTED LETTER RECEIVED ON 1st JUNE 2019

DOCUMENTS RECEIVED ON 3rd JUNE 2019

BRP RECEIVED ON 5th JUNE 2019.

THANK U SO MUCH FOR ALL THE FRIENDS ON IMMIGRATION BOARD PLATFORM IT HELPED ME ALOT , ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO ALL MEMBER OF THIS PLATFORM .

[abhi2703]

Date application (postal) : 02/11/2018
Document received by HO (Next Day Delivery) : 03/11/2018
Acknowledgement email received : 16/11/2018
Biometric Letter : 20/11/2018
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) : NA
Payment Debited : 06/11/2018
Complex Letter received (if applicable) : NA
Approval/Refusal Received : 10/04/2019
BRP Card Received : 20/04/2019.

Every month they were sending email saying under process.

Within 6 months received ILR.
All the best everyone!!

[cgesry]

SET(LR)
Date application (online) : 15/6/2019
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (super-priority) : 18/6/2019
Approval email received : 19/6/2019
Approval letter reveived in post : 20/6/2019
BRP Card Received : 21/6/2019

[wrongtime17]

Date application (online): 15/01/2019
Uploaded through UKCVAS: 10/01/2019
Acknowledgment letter/ received (if applicable): letter from the home office on 17th January 2019
Biometric Letter/email received (if applicable): biometrics did on the same day
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable): 15/01/2019 super priority service at Birmingham
Payment Debited: 11/01/2019
Complex Letter received (if applicable) :none
Approval Received: waiting
BRP Card Received: waiting

on 16 January 2019, they responded by a letter saying my application is exceptionally complex and again
on 19 June 2019, they responded by a letter saying my application is exceptionally complex and require more time to take a decision.

[talreh20]

Date application (online) : 26/06/2019
Documents Uploaded through UKCVAS : 26/06/2019
Acknowledgement letter/email received (if applicable) : N/A
Biometric Letter/email received (if applicable) : N/A
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) : 27/06/2019
Payment Debited :
Complex Letter received (if applicable) :Email received 27-06-2019
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

[Akth]

Hi,
SET LR
Online application: 19/06/19 (1am)
Biometric appointment same day 11 am at Sheffield
Email received : 20/06/19.
Decision letter received: 21/06/19
BRP Received: 27/06/19.

Thanks to everyone and all the best

[jsp1983]

Hi,

SET M varied SET LR
Super Priority Service

Online application: 21/06/19
Biometric appointment: 22/06/19
Email received : 25/06/19.
Decision letter received: 27/06/19
BRP: 01/07/19 1st delivery attempt by DX
04/07/19 Delivery scheduled
Refund of SET M application: 03/07/19

[talreh20]

Date application (online) : 26/06/2019
Documents Uploaded through UKCVAS : 26/06/2019
Acknowledgement letter/email received (if applicable) : N/A
Biometric Letter/email received (if applicable) : N/A
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) : 27/06/2019 08:00am Croydon
Payment Debited : N/A
Complex Letter received (if applicable) :Email received 27/06/2019
Approval/Refusal Received : Approval Letter 04/07/2019
BRP Card Received : 11/07/2019

[lh101]

Date application (online/postal) : 06/02/19 (Online)
Document received by HO/Uploaded through UKCVAS : 12/03/19
Acknowledgement letter/email received (if applicable) : None
Biometric Letter/email received (if applicable) : 06/03/19 (reminder)
Date of UKCVAS Appointment (if applicable) : 14/03/19
Payment Debited : 06/02/19
Complex Letter received (if applicable) : None
Approval Received : 20/07/19 (Dated 18/07/19)
BRP Card Received : Waiting (Expected 23/07/19)

The wait is finally over! After several months of anxiety and sleepless nights. Good luck to everyone else and thanks for all the help in this forum!