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ILR TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by JAGOO » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:21 pm

Just received the BRP card today.

Application: SET (M) 5 Year Route
Application sent: 13 July 2018
Received by HO: 16 July 2018
Payment Debited: 22 July 2018
Ack Letter/E-mail: N/A
Biometrics Letter: 05/08/2018
Biometrics Enrolled: 10/08/2018
Refusal/approval Letter: Still waiting to receive the documents
BRP received: 25/08/2018

Good luck to all who are still waiting.

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by arashali » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:47 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET(O)
Date application sent : 23/03/2018
Document received by HO :26/03/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) :13/04/2018
Biometric Letter received :14/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled :21/05/2018
Payment Debited :28/03/2018
Ack letter received : 11/05/2018, 11/06/2018, 13/07/2018
Approval/Refusal Received :waiting
BRP Card Received :waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by sky_rise » Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:15 am

sky_rise wrote:
Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:17 am
Applied for ILR : Tier 1 Entrepreneur 50 K route (no dependants)
Date of application : 31 May ( Online )
Payment Debited : 31 May ( Online )
Biometric Letter received ( online automatically ) : 31 May
Acknowledge Letter Received : Via email 4th June with application reference number
Biometric Enrolled : 4th June
Documents evidence sent to HO via post: 4th June
Documents received by Home Office : 5th June
Reminder email still under consideration: 2 July, 31 July, 31 August
Approval / Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Cards Received : Waiting
updated
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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by deedee44 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:07 pm

Applied for ILR Route :DLR, set o, main and 2 dependant.. 3+3 years
Date application sent : mar 13, 2018
Document received by HO : mar 15,2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) :26/03/2018, 23/04/2018, 23/05/2018, 25/06/2018, 23/07/2018, 24/08/2018
Biometric Letter received : 23/03/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled :25/03/2018
Payment Debited : 30/03/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : receive it 31/08/2018 dated 28/08/2018
BRP Card Received :receive one brp.. the rest is on its way...

Thanks be to god we have recieve our indifinate leave to remain, thank u guys so much for the updates, well appreciated... I can’t tell u guys not to worry bcuz u are human but just trust in god..

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by TCasbierd11 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:12 pm

Applied for ILR Route : Set M 5 year route
Date application sent : 02/07/2018
Document received by HO : 04/07/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) :19/07/2018
Biometric Letter received : 19/07/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 20/07/2018
Payment Debited : 27/07/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : 30/08/2018
BRP Card Received : 31/08/2018

Delay in taking payment as HO said it was declined, bank said they did not request payment,photocopy of original payment sheet sent and received by HO on 23/07/2018

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by nick0811 » Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:01 pm

Application: SET (M) 5 Year Route
Application sent: 15 Aug 2018
Received by HO: 16 Aug 2018
Payment Debited: 18 August 2018
Ack Letter/E-mail: None received
Biometrics Letter: 04 Sep 2018
Biometrics Enrolled: 05 Sep 2018
Refusal/approval Letter: (WAITING)
BRP received: (WAITING)
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Post by throwaway1234 » Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:24 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET(M) - 5 year
Date application sent : 23/07/2018 - Monday
Document received by HO : 24/07/2018 - Tuesday
Payment Processed (pending): 25/07/2018 - Wednesday
Payment Debited (cleared): 27/07/2018 - Friday
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 07/08/2018 – Tuesday
Biometric Letter received : 08/08/2018 - Wednesday
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 13/08/2018 – Monday
Approval/Refusal Received : 03/09/2018 - Monday
BRP Card Received : waiting

So much faster then expected! Very Grateful. Best wishes to everyone still waiting.

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by babymama » Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:16 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET (M) - 5 Year Route
Date application sent: Online 04/08/2018
Payment Debited (paid online): 04/08/2018
Biometric Letter received (online automatically) : 04/08/2018
Ack letter received email: 06/08/2018
Supporting Documents sent: 07/08/2018
Documents received by HO : 08/08/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 10/08/2018
Email Application still under consideration: 04/09/18
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by jilanivin » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:07 am

jilanivin wrote:
Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:32 pm
Applied for ILR Route : 23/05/2018 ( online ) - Tier 1 Entrepreneur 5 years route - 50k
Date application sent : 23/05/2018
Document received by HO : 24/05/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 24/05/2018 ( email )
Biometric Letter received : (Not Applicable ) - 23/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 23/05/2018
Payment Debited : 23/05/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : waiting
BRP Card Received : waiting
My turn to announce Good News ... got approval on 04/09/2018.

Thank you all

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by smandal » Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:42 am

Applied for ILR Route : SET(O) Tier 2 General
Date application sent : 26/04/2018
Document received by HO :27/04/2018
Payment Debited : 27/04/2018
Ack email received (if applicable) : 16/05/2018
Biometric Letter received : 15/05/2018
Date Biometric Enrolled : 16/05/2018
Email Reminder: 15/06/2018, 16/07/2018, 15/08/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by grenland7862 » Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:01 pm

grenland7862 wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 1:46 pm
Applied for ILR Route : SET (o) Tier 1 Entrepreneur 5 years Route

Date application sent : 16/04/2018
Document received by HO : 18/04/2018
Payment Debited : 20/04/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 01/05/2018
Biometric Letter received : 01/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : will be enrolled next day-02/05/2018
Complex letter-01 Sep 2018-

Approval/Refusal Received : Approval letter dated 20 July 2018 but received Today on 03/09/2018 strange-sent 5 weeks later
BRP Card Received : With in Next 10 days

Letter states:It may take up to six months to make a decision on your case. If we are unable to process your application within six months we will tell you as soon as possible.
Thanks Almighty Allah , finally i received our approval today. They approved our application on 20 July 2018 but sent approval after 5 weeks,strange, that shows how competent is the case worker.Also they sent complex letter that received on 1st Sep 2018 and after two days 03 Sep 2018 they sent approval. I will complain to home office

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by ilrent » Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:45 pm

Applied for ILR Route : Entrepreneur 50K 5 years
Date application sent : 01 Jun 18
Document received by HO : 4 Jun 18
Ack letter received (if applicable) :
Biometric Letter received : 12 Jun 18
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 15 Jun 18
Payment Debited : 11 Jun 18
Approval/Refusal Received : waiting
BRP Card Received : waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by grenland7862 » Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:35 pm

grenland7862 wrote:
Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:01 pm
grenland7862 wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 1:46 pm
Applied for ILR Route : SET (o) Tier 1 Entrepreneur 5 years Route

Date application sent : 16/04/2018
Document received by HO : 18/04/2018
Payment Debited : 20/04/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 01/05/2018
Biometric Letter received : 01/05/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : will be enrolled next day-02/05/2018
Complex letter-01 Sep 2018-

Approval/Refusal Received : Approval letter dated 20 July 2018 but received Today on 03/09/2018 strange-sent 5 weeks later
BRP Card Received : With in Next 10 days

Letter states:It may take up to six months to make a decision on your case. If we are unable to process your application within six months we will tell you as soon as possible.
Thanks Almighty Allah , finally i received our approval today. They approved our application on 20 July 2018 but sent approval after 5 weeks,strange, that shows how competent is the case worker.Also they sent complex letter that received on 1st Sep 2018 and after two days 03 Sep 2018 they sent approval. I will complain to home office
UPDATE: Received BRP Today, End of stressful journey-Best of luck for all other applicants

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by mannypk » Sun Sep 09, 2018 3:48 pm

mannypk wrote:
Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:15 am
mannypk wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:57 pm
Applied for ILR Route : SET(M) - 5 year
Date application sent : 11 June 2018
Document received by HO : 12 June 2018
Payment requested: 12 June 2018 (CC declined and HO wrote on 14 June requesting alternative payment)
Ack email received : 15 June 2018
Biometric Letter received : 16 June 2018 (letter dated 14 June)
Alternative payment sent: 18 June 2018
Biometrics registered: 18 June 2018
Consideration email received: 16 July 2018 (email stating my application is still under consideration)
Approval/Refusal Received : waiting
BRP Card Received : waiting

60 calender days 13 August 2018
Second considertation email recieved: 14 August 2018
BRP delivered on Friday 31 August and documents followed on 1 September (the approval letter was included in the documents, I didn't recieve it seperately). Total of 80 calender days from the HO receiving documents to me recieving the BRP.

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by Casa » Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:29 pm

CR001 wrote:
Sun May 21, 2017 7:11 pm

Please DO NOT post just for the sake of posting, i.e. posts with 'any updates anyone' or 'still waiting', etc will be removed.
@inkeshaf Your 4 duplicate posts tagged onto the end of other members' timelines have been removed. This is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY :!:
(Casa, not CR001)
Please don't send me PMs asking for immigration advice on posts that are on the open forum. If I haven't responded there, it's because I don't have the answer. I'm a moderator, not a legal professional.

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Post by bars1976 » Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:12 pm

My turn to announce the good news :D - see timeline below:
  • Applied for ILR Route: SET O, main applicant only, 3+3 years
  • Date application sent: 29/03/2018
  • Document received by HO: 04/04/2018
  • Ack letter received (if applicable): 09/04/2018, 08/05/2018, 06/06/2018, 09/07/2018, 06/08/2018
  • Biometric Letter received: 09/04/2018
  • Date Biometrics Enrolled: 16/04/2018
  • Payment Debited: 04/04/2018
  • Approval/Refusal Letter Received: Not yet received
  • BRP Card Received: 10/09/2018
Not gonna lie; it was incredibly stressful but my advice to you is, just trust in God and never lose hope!

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by Club69 » Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:16 pm

Hello everyone.


Applied for ILR Route : Set O Tier1 entrepreneur
Date application sent : 10th august 18
Document received by HO : 13th August
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 28th august
Biometric Letter received : 28th august
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 1 September
Payment Debited : 14th august
Approval/Refusal Received : 10 september 18
BRP Card Received : awaiting

I am a silent observer of this forum . Thank you everyone for all the help so far.

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by goodlk4u » Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:50 pm

Hello Everyone!

Applied for ILR Route : Set O Tier1 entrepreneur 50K
Date application sent : 28 June 2018
Document received by HO : 29 June 2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 9th July 2018
Biometric Letter received : 9th July 2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 10th July 2018
Payment Debited : 11th July 2018
Ack letter received : 09/07/2018, 06/08/2018, 05/08/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by NomiKaay » Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:14 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET M (5 year partner)
Date application sent : 13/09/18 (online submission), 14/09/18 (Documents sent)
Document received by HO :
Ack letter received (if applicable) :
Biometric Letter received : 13/09/18 (online submission so instant receipt of Biometric Enrolment Letter)
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 14/09/18
Payment Debited : 13/09/18 (online submission so instant confirmation)
Approval/Refusal Received :
BRP Card Received :

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Post by Dr Forest » Fri Sep 14, 2018 1:38 pm

Update: 14/09/18

Finally took almost 3 months. They asked for more information twice. My only advice for those that use the Council Checking Service (CSC) is that to check every page they photocopy, they do make mistakes.

Applied for ILR Route : SET (M) - 5 Year Route
Date application sent : 22/06/2018
Document received by HO
Ack letter received (if applicable) :
Biometric Letter received :
Date Biometrics Enrolled :
Payment Debited : 26/06/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : 14/09
BRP Card Received : Waiting

Thanks for this website and the useful info. I hope others find this useful.




Dr Forest wrote:
Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:27 am
Hi,

Applied using the council settlement checking service. Still waiting for confirmation even though they have taken the money.. :|

Applied for ILR Route : SET (M) - 5 Year Route
Date application sent : 22/06/2018
Document received by HO : Waiting :(
Ack letter received (if applicable) : Waiting
Biometric Letter received : Waiting
Date Biometrics Enrolled : Waiting
Payment Debited : 26/06/2018
Approval/Refusal Received : Waiting
BRP Card Received : Waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by regularuser » Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:50 pm

Its time to share good news.

Applied for ILR Route : SET (o) Tier 1 Entrepreneur 5 years Route

Date application sent : 05/04/2018
Document received by HO : 9/04/2018
Payment Debited : 10/04/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 26/04/2018 dated: 24/04/2018
Biometric Letter received : 26/04/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 28/04/2018

Approval/Refusal Received : 12/09 (Recd. 14/09)
BRP Card Received : waiting

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by Ashelbaya » Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:12 pm

Applied for ILR Route : SET (o) Tier 1 Entrepreneur 3 years accelerated route

Date application sent : 22/06/2018
Document received by HO : 2/07/2018
Payment Debited : 2/07/2018
Ack letter received (if applicable) : 2/8/2018 dated: 2/09/2018
Biometric Letter received : 10/07/2018
Date Biometrics Enrolled : 10/07/2018

Approval/Refusal Received : 14/09/2018
BRP Card Received : waiting
Just wanted to share some good news. It is a frustrating experience waiting for the HO reply and not knowing when to expect an answer. However, the process works and it helps to be patient and trust all will go well.

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by skreddy » Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:30 pm

Application: SET (O) PBS Dependant
Application sent: 30 July 2018
Received by HO: 31 July 2018
Payment Debited: 21 August 2018 (First time card declined and sent another card details)
Ack Letter/E-mail: 13 August 2018 (Acknowledgement Email)
Biometrics Letter: 10 August 2018
Biometrics Enrolled: 16 August 2018
Refusal/approval Letter: 14 September 2018 (Approval letter dated 12 September 2018)
BRP received: (WAITING)

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by sky_rise » Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:41 pm

sky_rise wrote:
Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:15 am
sky_rise wrote:
Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:17 am
Applied for ILR : Tier 1 Entrepreneur 50 K route (no dependants)
Date of application : 31 May ( Online )
Payment Debited : 31 May ( Online )
Biometric Letter received ( online automatically ) : 31 May
Acknowledge Letter Received : Via email 4th June with application reference number
Biometric Enrolled : 4th June
Documents evidence sent to HO via post: 4th June
Documents received by Home Office : 5th June
Reminder email still under consideration: 2 July, 31 July, 31 August
Approval Received : 15 September, letter dated 13 Sept.
BRP Cards Received : Waiting
updated. finally it took 3 months and 2 weeks form the date of online application submission. Still waiting for the BRP, called DX but they have no details of it as of today, Saturday morning.

Thank you all for your invaluable help - moderators, users who got their decisions and sharing best practice, and all those patiently waiting! Good luck with your applications!
"Ask me, and I shall provide it"

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Re: ILR Postal TIMELINES- SET(O) SET(F) SET(M) (not Set(LR) PLS)

Post by Ronnim » Sun Sep 16, 2018 7:04 pm

Application: SET (M) with 2 Dependents 5 year route
Application sent: 10 August 2018
Received by HO: 13 August 2018
Payment Debited: 12 September (Got a registered letter on 4 September that was dated 29 August to say my payment information was not included in the application, but there were actually 2 copies in the packet so that is confusing. Document filled out again and sent 1st class on 6 September 2018)
Ack Letter/E-mail: 30 August 2018 (Acknowledgement Email)
Biometrics Letter: 4 September 2018 (Registered letter)
Biometrics Enrolled: 7 September 2018
Refusal/approval Letter: (WAITING)
BRP received: (WAITING)

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