Tier 1 Entrepreneur Processing Time (Extension Applications ONLY)

[CR001]

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[united1108]

Applied - 1st April 2017
Received by HO: April 2017
Fees Deducted by HO: April 2017
Bio Letter - April 2017
Bio Done - April 2017
Complex Letter Rcvd - email received August 2017
Interview invitation December 2017
Face to Face interview on 9 January 2018
Few more documents requested: Scanned Documents sent on 11th January
Acknowledgement of the documents: 13th January 2018
Approached Local MP - 22ND June 2018
Letter sent to HO by Local MP: 29th June 2018

Still awaiting response

[JRZ]

posted 15 may 2018
bio 26 may
complex letter 27 june
IHS partial refund 29 june
so far no news...

[zimba]

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[Khan51214]

Applied: 06-12-2017
Acknowledge: 12-12-2017
Biometrics: 13-12-2017
Requested addional docs: 5-02-2018
Sent documents: 15-02-2018
IHS PARTIAL received: 20-02-2018
Complex letter received:21-02-2018
Ask mp to write reminder : april 2018
Sent addional documents to home office: 05-06-2018
Received approval and brp : 23-07-2018

[m_g]

Hello guys,

Here is below my timeline for Tier 1 Ext. (200k) Entrepreneurial Team application:

Application sent to HO on 12 Oct. 17
Bio done on 19 Oct. 17
Complex Letter rcvd 31 Oct. 17
IHS partial refund rcvd 20 May 18

[Umair974]

Hello guys
Tier 1 200k
Applied feb 2018
Biometric done march 2018
Received interview call today 28 july

edited by moderator removing questions!!

[CR001]

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[united1108]

Applied - 1st April 2017
Received by HO: April 2017
Fees Deducted by HO: April 2017
Bio Letter - April 2017
Bio Done - April 2017
Complex Letter Rcvd - email received August 2017
Interview invitation December 2017
Face to Face interview on 9 January 2018
Few more documents requested: Scanned Documents sent on 11th January
Acknowledgement of the documents: 13th January 2018
Approached Local MP - 22ND June 2018
Letter sent to HO by Local MP: 29th June 2018

Still awaiting response

Still waiting no response even after the MP's letter.

[CR001]

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[india2626]

50k route -interview

Timeline
Applied - Aug/2017
Biometrics - 25/Aug/2017
Complex Letter- 29/Aug/2017
MP Send Letter : Mid June 2018
Interview: Last Week of July 2018
IHS refund - Aug/2018
BRP - Aug 2018


I did not use any solicitors. I only followed the advise on this forum and used commonsense!
A big thank to all this forum members.
Good luck !!!

[elahibilal]

200k route
applied through Solicitor
No interview

Timeline:
Applied- 07/Aug/2017
Biometrics- 19/Aug/2017
Complex Letter- 24/Aug/2017
Partial IHS refund- 11/April/2018
MP contacted HO- 10/Aug/2018
Received approval letter documents and passports- 14/Aug/2018
BRP- Awaiting

[waqas40581]

Dear All,

Alhamdulillah we have been granted Entrepreneur Extension 50k team today No interview .
i would like to thanks everybody on this forum who's posts help me a lot to understand the requirements and prepare my file properly.

Business Nature: Business Consultancy
Business address : Office
Applied : 28 March 2018
Bio Matrix: 19 April 2018
No interview
IHS refund : 23 May 2018
Complex letter : Received by one applicant 23 May 2018
Bio matrix Card Received : 14 Aug 2018
Documents : waiting

[JRZ]

posted 15 may 2018
bio 26 may
complex letter 27 june
IHS partial refund 29 june
got approval 18 august

[ssardar]

Hello Friends,

I want to thank all the members that helped me to prepare my case. Special thanks to Zimba and Dnf.
I did not use any solicitor but used the document list from this board. As an accountant myself i was able to compile a lot of documents myself.

Business type: Accounting Services
Date of Submission: 18/10/2017
Date of Bio metrics received: 25/10/2017
Fees deduction: 22/10/2017
Complex letter received: 6/11/2017
IHS Refund: 18/5/2018
Complex Letter 2: 30/5/2018
MP Letter sent: 2/8/2018
Visa letter and documents and BRP received on 23/8/18.

Many thanks to all the moderators of this board and keeping this up to date.

God bless you all!!

[hsbits]

Tier 1 extension approved:
Team application (£50k)
No interview

Applied : 23rd April 2018
Fee deducted: 25th April 2018
Complex letter received: 20th May 2018
IHS refund: 12th July 2018
Approval letter & documents received: 18th August 2018
BRP received: 21st August 2018

I would like to thanks everyone on this forum specially Zimba, marcnath & croo1 for their consistent & valuable support.

[JOY999]

Applied August 2017.
complex letter: Aug 2017
Interviewed: June 2018
No update yet

does anyone know how long the maximum wait could be?
13 moths passed not sure how much longer it will take

[koonjparekh]

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Extension 50K Route
Application Sent to HO - 17th August 2017
Biometrics Done - 12th September 2017
Complex Letter Received - End of September 2017
Received letter from HO requesting for RTS of employees with breakdown of their tax paid - 18th April 2018
Received partial refund of IHS - 18th April 2018
Sent requested documents to HO - 25th April 2018
Call for interview - 23rd July 2018
Interview - 31st July 2018
Contacted HO over the phone but same response everytime that they are yet to make a decision.

[april8899]

Dear all,

Here is my timeline for T1 50k extension:

Application submitted 21 July 2017
Bio done 28 July 2017
Complex letter received 2 August 2017
Contacted MP in January and July with standard response
Letter invitation for interview 10 August 2018
Interview at VFS London 17 August 2018
Approval letter and documents received by Royal Mail signed post 31 August 2018
BRP received 1 September 2018

No solicitor involved and I just followed the advice on this forum. It's been a tough journey but finally I made it. Trust yourself and give the best of yours. Wish all the best for those who are still waiting.

[Ahmed835]

By the grace of ALLAH ALMIGHTY I have received my extension. Secondly this forum helped me lot preparing my case in right direction. My time line is as follows
Applied on 10 July 2018
Biometric done on 18 July 2018
Ihs partial refund on 31 Aug 2018
Biometric cards received 03 sep 2018.
Passports :awaiting
No solicitor
200 k

[dev1313]

Hi


Would like to say big thanks to Marcnath, Zimba and all members of this forum, for their great support,its really helpful and really appreciate to immigrationboard.com

50K Single Director
Application sent- Sep 2017
Biometric- Sep 2017
Complex Letter- Oct 2017
Involved MP- May 2018
IHS Refund- May 2018
UKVI reply to MP (Generic Email)- June 2018
MP Contacted again- Aug 2018
Approval Letter with Passports- 05/09/2018
BRP- waiting

[deeojay]

Applied Initial from Nigeria with dependents 23/07/18
Biometrics done 31/07/18
Interview done 15/08/18
Got email alerts to pick up passports 11/09/18
Collected passports with visas 12/09/18

Been a silent reader but thankful for all the tips and advise on this forum especially the interview questions.

[simranravv]

Hello all.

My tier 1 entrepreneur extension application timeline.

50K extension
Date of Submission: 03/08/2018
Date of Bio metrics received: 06/08/2018
Fees deduction: 06/08/2017
Bio metrics submitted: 22/08/2018
Complex letter received: 27/08/2018
No interview
IHS Refund: 27/09/2018
Visa letter and documents received on 08/10/18. Yet to receive BRP.

Good luck all who are waiting for the decision.

[CR001]

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[Itpkai]

Approved after 14 months

Initial Grant - May 2014
Extension submitted 9th Aug 2017,
Bio done 23rd Aug 2017.
Called UKVI call center on 03rd April 2018 got the standard (useless) response
1st letter from UKVI 11th April asking for additional PAYE documents
2nd letter from UKVI 02nd May asking pretty much the same details
Called UKVI call center on 26th July 2018
Call for interview on the 9th Aug. (CLOSE TO 6 HOURS)
Contacted MP and they wrote a letter to UKVI on 01st Oct (not sure if that helped)
All documents and BRP received 17 Oct 2018