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Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier 1

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Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier 1

Post by Yasnabh » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:15 pm

Hi All

I have applied for my Tier 1 Entrepreneur-extension, summary is as below:
Application sent-22/02/2017
Application received by HO-23/02/2017
Payment deducted-24/02/2017
I have not received any acknowledgement letter/biometric letter yet, its been 5-8 working days today, depending on application receving date or payment deducted date. Can somebody please advise me how long does it usually take to receive initial acknowledgement letter and please share our own application processing timing if possible?

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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by sm12 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:27 pm

Usually both letters arrive together after successful payment.
Maybe wait for another day or two. Might be a postal delay.

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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by zimba » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:52 pm

The biometric letter could take 2 to 3 weeks to arrive. The processing could take from 8 weeks to 10 months depending on the complexity of your application
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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by inaam.cs » Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:03 pm

Yasnabh wrote:Hi All

I have applied for my Tier 1 Entrepreneur-extension, summary is as below:
Application sent-22/02/2017
Application received by HO-23/02/2017
Payment deducted-24/02/2017
I have not received any acknowledgement letter/biometric letter yet, its been 5-8 working days today, depending on application receving date or payment deducted date. Can somebody please advise me how long does it usually take to receive initial acknowledgement letter and please share our own application processing timing if possible?
I applied on 15/02/2017, payment was taken on 17th. And still I haven't received any acknowledgement or biometric letter. Please keep me posted when you receive any reply from HO.

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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by SK engineering » Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:19 pm

Yasnabh,
That's interesting, applied on same day as you fees deducted on 24th of Feb. Hope we both get everything sorted same time.

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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by rupi85 » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:22 am

Hi everyone
I applied on 10 Feb17 and have not received biometric letter.I am waiting from 3 weeks.

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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by inaam.cs » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:56 am

Reading on this forum the guys who applied last year are getting responses so it looks like HO is trying to sort out last year's applications first.

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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by tier1in2014 » Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:13 am

Not sure why there is delay . I have applied

6th FEB
7th Feb received
8th Feb Fee charged to card
11th Feb acknowledgement and biometric letter received
13th Feb Bio Submitted

Since then still waiting for further response from HO . As they said up to 8 weeks where some times it took almost year for some and some got approval in 4 weeks . I think if the fee has been taken then should not be any worry at least application will not return as invalid .
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Post by tarun_shreeji » Sat Mar 04, 2017 12:33 pm

Very good post, in 2 days we know , so many applicants applied in last 2-3 weeks,

we applied Tier 1 Entrepreneur extension as team,

Application Submitted : 23/02/2017
Application received HO : 24/02/2017
Fee Deducted : 28/02/2017
Biometric Letter : 03/03/2017 ( Dated : 02/03/2017)
Biometric enrolment : 04/03/2017
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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by tier1enterpreneur » Sat Mar 04, 2017 2:02 pm

Hello all
I am sailing in the same boat. My time Line

Applied: 24th Feb 2017
Application Received by HO: 27th Feb 2017
Money Deducted : 1st March 2017
Since then awaiting for acknowledgement letter along with Biometric confirmation.
Hopefully it is received by Monday.
Tier 1 Entrepreneur

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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by zimba » Sat Mar 04, 2017 3:26 pm

This IS NOT A TIMELINE thread ! :!:

Go here instead: http://www.immigrationboards.com/uk-tie ... -1740.html
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Re: Delay/Response time for acknowledgement letter for tier

Post by CR001 » Sat Mar 04, 2017 3:36 pm

Topic will be locked as it is turning into yet another timeline topic, which will inevitably end up being another 'any update'; 'no nothing and you...' topic.
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