Tier 1 Entrepreneur Processing Time (Extension Applications ONLY)

[rupi85]

Applied : 10 Feb 2017
Biometric Given: 10 march 2017
Complex Letter received: 4 April
Status Update: 24 July ( Decided)
Received approval Letter and documents: 2 Aug 2017
IHS refund: 3 Aug 2017
Brp : Waiting

[CR001]

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[zimba]

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[Jitendra thumar]

Applied 6 june 2017
Biometric Given: 19 june 2017
Complex Letter received: 20 june
decision waiting

[lolyloly]

Applied 14 Feb 2017
Biometric Given: 20 Feb 2017
Nothing happen , wait.... till
Decide: 5 Aug 2017
IHS refund: 8 Aug 2017
BRP and Passport and Documents: 10 Aug 2017

[Manu_cal]

Applied on 29th March ( Visa Expiry 3/04/2017 )
Fees Deducted 30th March
My Immigration Advisor received the Biometrics letter on 3rd May ( Some how I didnt receive it , my fault )
Received a second letter from HO dated 22nd May ( posted to me ) with a letter saying Processing time will be more tha 8 weeks due to excessive applicants.
Biometrics done on 27th May
Now awaiting .
Last update on the website checked was 10Aug, since then It is showing Reference Number Unrecognised. I have been using my Royal mail Special Delivery and It was working fine. Anyone else having the same issue. Also tried the HO Ref without 0 but stll the same Unrecognised.

[omoba911]

Applied 29 July 2017
Application received 31 July 2017
Biometric letter dated 2 Aug 2017 and received 4 Aug 2017
Biometric Given: 5 Aug 2017
Online status decided update 13 Aug 2017
IHS Received 18 Aug 2017
Approval letter dated 14 Aug 2017 and received 18 Aug 2017
Document and passport received 18 Aug 2017
BRP...waiting

[gt23]

Team extension successful

Applied mid January 2017
Biometric letter and Biometric given last week Jan 2017
No complex letter received
Interview 2nd week of June 2017 (no interview letter, surprise interview in our office without any notice. 2 HO officers came to our office and interviewed us separately). Also, additional documents given to them. Lot of additional documents.
Visa approved: End of July 2017
BR received: first week of August 2017 and partial IHS refund received same week.

Good luck everyone.

[Scoutch007]

We applied as a Tier-1 Entrepreneur Team for Extension and our decision is also pending.

Our timeline follows:

19-Feb-17 Appication mailed througy RM Special Delivery
21-Feb-17 Application delivered at HO Durham
03-Mar-17 Bio letter date
07-Mar-17 Bio letter received
09-Mar-17 Bio submitted
16-Mar-17 Complex issue letter date
20-Mar-17 Complex issue letter recevied
11-Apr-17 Online status updated - Awaiting a decision

Still waiting for an update on our visa application. We are eagerly waiting for the decision now which is taking too long.

[Shaekakarim]

Dear everyone
By the grace of allah Finally after 16 month i got my
Visa.it was my fresh application after my 1st one got rejected.
My time line
Visa expired: 28 august 2015
Applied: 20 .8.15
Got refusal: 12 .2.2016
Admin review result came : 15.04.2016
Applied for fresh application : 20.04.2016
Biometric letter got nd given: 10.3.2016
Interview : 10.08.2016
Ihs refund: 10.03.2017
Application status awaiting to decidec: 19.8.2017
Approval letter : 24.08.17
Waiting for passport

Thank u everyone in the forum for all the information. Will be grateful always.

[farhan2304]

We applied as a Tier-1 Entrepreneur Team for Fresh Visa and our decision is pending.

Our timeline follows:

31-July-17 Application applied online
02-Aug-17 Documents Submission at VFS india along with biometric
16-Aug-17 Application Received mail by visa processing office

[CR001]

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[NButt]

Hi gt23
Can i have your contact please. Im in same senario. HO coming for an interview on 8th september in my office. So i need information.
would be highly grateful.


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Team extension successful

Applied mid January 2017
Biometric letter and Biometric given last week Jan 2017
No complex letter received
Interview 2nd week of June 2017 (no interview letter, surprise interview in our office without any notice. 2 HO officers came to our office and interviewed us separately). Also, additional documents given to them. Lot of additional documents.
Visa approved: End of July 2017
BR received: first week of August 2017 and partial IHS refund received same week.

Good luck everyone.
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[CR001]

Hi gt23
Can i have your contact please. Im in same senario. HO coming for an interview on 8th september in my office. So i need information.
would be highly grateful.

Did you miss the BIG RED POST above your post???

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[profusion]

Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) to Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) switch

1 August - Application sent
2 August - Application received
3 August - Payment blocked by bank
7 August - Biometrics letter sent
7 August - Acknowledgment letter sent
7 August - Letter of invalid application sent
9 August - Multiple payment forms sent to Durham
7 August - Letter of invalid application received
10 August - Biometrics letter received
10 August - Biometrics done
10 August - Multiple payment forms sent to Sheffield
15 August - Payment taken (therefore validating the application)
25 August - Online status set to Decided
26 August - Letter of acceptance sent
2 September - Letter of acceptance received
2 September - All documents, including passport and BRP, received

This makes 14 days between completion of biometrics and the decision being made and 32 days between submission of application and receipt of documents. I did not expect the processing time to be this fast, especially considering my card bounced initially. What probably contributed to fast time was that I had, in a sense, been vetted for two years by a top university (Oxbridge) for the TIer 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa, so less due diligence would have been required. The application was checked through by an immigration solicitor but I did not use a full service and applied without a legal representative. I made the application as effortless as possible for the caseworker by 1) typing up the application with Adobe Acrobat instead of handwriting and 2) splitting the various components of the application each into its own file, with labelled stickers indicating what was in each file. I do not know whether this would make a difference, but I have lived in the UK for 8 years without problems and am a national of a "low-risk" (for a lack of better word) country, being American. Finally, I would advise reading the guidelines multiple times (there is more than one version online, so read all of them), writing a cover letter, and if you are unsure about your application and cannot get adequate advice here, consult a solicitor. Having the solicitor do the full application for you would probably be bad value for money unless your application is relatively weak and you have the ££££.

Good luck!

[pand0ra]

Hi Everyone
Timelines:
I applied Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extension - 25 Feb 2017
Bio metric letter received-14 Mar 2017 dated 12 Mar 2017
Bio metric done- 14 Mar 2017
1st Complex Letter received- 06 Apr 2017 dated 04 Apr 2017
UKBA status online states "Awaiting a decision" with last update 11 Apr 2017

Can everyone share their timelines who applied in Feb 2017

[st1e]

Posted on 15/02/17
Received at HO 16/02/17
Fee deducted 17/02/17 with pending status
Fee deducted with completed status 20/02/2017
Bio metric Letter Received 23/02/2017
Biometrics given 25/02/2017
Complex letter came 13/03/2017
Still Awaiting Decision 11 April

[tarun_shreeji]

Extantion application
Application : 23/02/2017
Fee Dabited : 28/02/2017
Bio Metric letter 02/03/2017
Bio metric submit : 04/03/2017
Complex issue letter recived : 01/04/2017
Online status : Awaiting dicision 11/04/2017

[StrageEyes]

Hi
Applied in Feb
Complex letter March

Still waiting decision
Anyone got any response as of yet?

[CR001]

Hi
Applied in Feb
Complex letter March

Still waiting decision
Anyone got any response as of yet?

Please post your timeline in the correct timeline topic format and please refrain from asking questions in this topic.

[blueblueblue]

Tier1 Entrepreneur Extension application 200k, no dependent.
Application sent off: 21/03/2017
Fee Deducted : 23/03/2017
1st Company letter explaining urgency 27/3/2017
Bio Metric letter 17/04/2017
Bio metric submit : 21/04/2017
Complex issue letter recived : 10/05/2017
1st MP letter : 15/6/2017
2nd MP(different MP) letter: 13/7/2017
HO letter requesting Full Payment Systems and Accountants compilation letter, says to send back within 10 working days of letter. 1/8/2017
Sent back FPS and a letter by accountant saying they can't produce such letter 10/8/2017
HO letter requesting Compilation report again, says to send back within 10 days of letter. 17/8/2017
Sent back other supporting documents (accountant still refused to give Compilation report) 27/8/2017
Passport and all docs back : 2/9/2017 , approval letter dated 1/9/2017
BRP still waiting.

[CR001]

Can members please refrain from asking ANY questions in this topic and post your timelines in the correct timeline format.

[Rashiadnan]

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extension Application 200K Approved

Application sent off: 14/08/2017
Application received by UKVI 15/08/2017
Fee Deducted : 16/08/2017
Bio Metric letter received: 22/08/2017
Bio Metric submitted : 22/08/2017
Approval letter received: 06/09/2017
IHS refunded: 07/09/2017
Awaiting BRP

[schahzeb]

Application: 16/03/2017
Bio Metric letter dated: 07/04/2017
Complex issue letter dated: 23/04/2017
Online status: decided: 06/09/2017
Approval letter dated: 07/09/2017
IHS Refund: pending
BRP card: pending

[CR001]

Tier 1 Enterpreneur ILR 5 Years

Date Applied 10 May 2017
Biometric Letter 24 may 2017
Biometric Submitted 25 May 2017
Awaiting Decision

This is NOT an ILR timeline topic. Please post your ILR timeline in the ILR sub forum where there is a topic for Postal ILR applications.