Bank blocked my payment for ILR - please help

[mrman]

hello all
hope ur doing well. I recently sent my application for ILR (10 years) on the 5/04/2017. however 2 days later i got a call from the bank saying "they thought someone was temparing with my account", when home office tried to take payment, so they blocked it!! I was very frantic to the lady on the phone and told her that blocking that payment may have just cost me a rejection in my application. She tried to re-assure me that the HO will probably try to take the payment again and it will be fine this time. Now im constantly checking my account every day and yet the money still has not been taken. tried calling a help number for the HO but its just automated with general immigration info. Is there anything that you guys think I should be doing instead? I appreciate it. thanks

in limbo

[sm12]

If HO cannot take payment, they sometimes retry or contact you regarding the non-payment. The worst case scenario is actually an invalid application, not rejection, where they send the application back without assessing it. When does your current leave expire?

[mrman]

Thank you @sm12

sound a little reassuring. my visa expires on 17/04/17 basically 7 days from now.

thanks

[jt897142]

hello all
hope ur doing well. I recently sent my application for ILR (10 years) on the 5/04/2017. however 2 days later i got a call from the bank saying "they thought someone was temparing with my account", when home office tried to take payment, so they blocked it!! I was very frantic to the lady on the phone and told her that blocking that payment may have just cost me a rejection in my application. She tried to re-assure me that the HO will probably try to take the payment again and it will be fine this time. Now im constantly checking my account every day and yet the money still has not been taken. tried calling a help number for the HO but its just automated with general immigration info. Is there anything that you guys think I should be doing instead? I appreciate it. thanks

in limbo

Hi,
Same thing happened with me in June 2016. Bank declined the payment (even if I informed them)and I was very cross with Bank.
In my case, in next 10 days HO sent me bio-metric letter. I gave bio-metric next day.
and In July 2016 i.e. almost 1 month after my application, HO sent me letter asking for payment information in 10 working days and make a payment as initial attempt was declined.
Than to be on safe side I paid with Banker's Draft.

All the best

[mrman]

Hi,
Same thing happened with me in June 2016. Bank declined the payment (even if I informed them)and I was very cross with Bank.
In my case, in next 10 days HO sent me bio-metric letter. I gave bio-metric next day.
and In July 2016 i.e. almost 1 month after my application, HO sent me letter asking for payment information in 10 working days and make a payment as initial attempt was declined.
Than to be on safe side I paid with Banker's Draft.

All the best

Thanks I think I will do the same if it comes to that. hopefully not though

[usama77]

Hi mrman
Home office normal give one chance