Tier 1 Entrepreneur Processing Time (Extension Applications ONLY)

[innocent123]

i applied for entrepreneur visa psw route
application submitted 09 august 2012
acknowledgement received 14 august 2012
biometrics letter recieved 16 august 2012
biometrics done 18 august 2012
afer that no reply. [/b]

[ukvishal]

Friends, I applied on June 25th and did Biometrics on July 4th. I have showed funds in India. Nothing after that Anyone around the same time?? I know Milli got hers...

[shanky]

Applied in June 28 biometric 18 July nothing after that fund showed in India. Anyone u know who showed their funds india got their visa yet ?

[crazy_ram]

Applied in June 28 biometric 18 July nothing after that fund showed in India. Anyone u know who showed their funds india got their visa yet ?

I know one guy, who gave biometrics 6 weeks before you got his visa 3 weeks ago. I think u will have to wait another 2-3 weeks. However, it depends on so many things. I hope u will get it soon.

Regards,
RAM

[RizKCB]

It is really a matter of patience that everybody is waiting for so long. If we refer "Return of Documents" section at UKBA web, it states:
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You do not need to contact us to check the progress of your application.

We will contact you as soon as a decision has been made or if we require further information. Our staff cannot provide any information about your application if you applied less than 6 months ago.
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[crazy_ram]

It is really a matter of patience that everybody is waiting for so long. If we refer "Return of Documents" section at UKBA web, it states:
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You do not need to contact us to check the progress of your application.

We will contact you as soon as a decision has been made or if we require further information. Our staff cannot provide any information about your application if you applied less than 6 months ago.
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Thats ture bro. I think they have some time frame of 6 months. Thats the reason they slowed down the processing of Enterpreneur applications and sppded up the other category applications like T1 (Gen) & PSWs. Some of my frnds who got pending their visa of those categories got their visas after 5.5 months 5 months like that..
Some times even after 6 months, they will simply tell that the application is still under process. Thats so ridiculous of them man.. fedup with their delays.. they always want to increase the fee and make lumps of money... but never increases the service standards.... fee amount keep going up and service standards are keep coming down over the years mate..

[crazy_ram]

Friends, I applied on June 25th and did Biometrics on July 4th. I have showed funds in India. Nothing after that Anyone around the same time?? I know Milli got hers...

Hi,
Have u got any info from your bank in India whether there is any verification went from UKBA or HO. Please update.

Regards,
RAM

[shanky]

No nothing I checked with bank my uncle is the bank manager in India and he said nothing from UKba. I have got no clue WTF UKBA is sitting on our document and doing. I had to cancel my trip to Poland and Spain because had no passport. Seriously man UKBA is pissing me off. It has been 5 months now. I gave my Biometric on 18 July, nothing heard from them till date.

[sammi786]

i applied under PSW on 18/07/2012.
Biometric given= 31/07/2012.
No reply yet....i think they will take minium 4 and half months for every case but still there r few lucky ppl around so lets see what happens.....

[smehmood]

i am still waiting for my visa, i applied in august
biometrics date: 0n 18 2012.

but this house of parliament website is telling that ukba issued tier 1 visas in maximum 12 weeks time.
most of guys are waiting longer than that.


http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 1/7108.htm

Hi

This information is based on Case decided until MARCH 2012. Tier 1 has other routs as well. Current Tier 1 ENT which we are discussing here started in April 2012. 06/04/12

hope it helps

[ukvishal]

Friends, I applied on June 25th and did Biometrics on July 4th. I have showed funds in India. Nothing after that Anyone around the same time?? I know Milli got hers...

Hi,
Have u got any info from your bank in India whether there is any verification went from UKBA or HO. Please update.

Regards,
RAM

I have checked with my bank in India and they have not received anything from UKBA either...It's been 4 month since i submitted my application and can't believe they have not even done verification yet.

[nickb]

Friends, I applied on June 25th and did Biometrics on July 4th. I have showed funds in India. Nothing after that Anyone around the same time?? I know Milli got hers...

Hi,
Have u got any info from your bank in India whether there is any verification went from UKBA or HO. Please update.

Regards,
RAM

I have checked with my bank in India and they have not received anything from UKBA either...It's been 4 month since i submitted my application and can't believe they have not even done verification yet.

I don't think it is necessary for UKBA to check with the bank. They only do that when they have doubts about the authenticity of the documents.

[robertholdon]

Hi Guys,

I don't think that UKBA will essentially check every document that you have given. Therefore, if they don't know about the institution, then they would try to find out and contact the bank or anything. It's clear that if any financial institution will be regulated by international law or similar like FSA. So it is clear why and when and what they want to check if they have any doubt.

Another thing, i totally understand how frustrating we are now for the stress that we have now due to this application process, but it's really back to the UKBA. In the end, we cant do anything except really making our voices heard. Remember, we only want to know how they process and how long it would take. It's as simple as that, right?

Rob

[entreprenuer11]

Hi Guys,

I don't think that UKBA will essentially check every document that you have given. Therefore, if they don't know about the institution, then they would try to find out and contact the bank or anything. It's clear that if any financial institution will be regulated by international law or similar like FSA. So it is clear why and when and what they want to check if they have any doubt.

Another thing, i totally understand how frustrating we are now for the stress that we have now due to this application process, but it's really back to the UKBA. In the end, we cant do anything except really making our voices heard. Remember, we only want to know how they process and how long it would take. It's as simple as that, right?

Rob

Hi, what happened with your case? did you contact UKBA then.

[robertholdon]

[quote="entreprenuer11"][quote="robertholdon"]Hi Guys,

I don't think that UKBA will essentially check every document that you have given. Therefore, if they don't know about the institution, then they would try to find out and contact the bank or anything. It's clear that if any financial institution will be regulated by international law or similar like FSA. So it is clear why and when and what they want to check if they have any doubt.

Another thing, i totally understand how frustrating we are now for the stress that we have now due to this application process, but it's really back to the UKBA. In the end, we cant do anything except really making our voices heard. Remember, we only want to know how they process and how long it would take. It's as simple as that, right?

Rob[/quote]
Hi, what happened with your case? did you contact UKBA then.[/quote]


Hi,

They will not give any update if the application is less than 6 months old. So, you can either withdraw or wait which in that case, there isnt option for me AND others in this forum.

ROb

[gumsum]

Applied on: 20/10/2012
Category : D - £50,000 PSW route (Funds in UK)
Acknowledgement : Not received
Biometrics Letter: Not Received
Biometrics Given:
Approval letter: Awaiting
BRP: Awaiting

[la]

Applied on: 20-October-2012
Category : A - £200,000 Switching from student route (Funds in UK and funds in India)
Acknowledgement letter : Not received
Bio metric Letter: Not Received
Approval letter: Awaiting
BRP: Awaiting

[H-Cube]

Applied on: 22/10/2012
Category : D - £50,000 PSW route (Funds in UK)
Payment Taken: Not Yet
Acknowledgement: Not Received
Biometrics Letter: Not Received
Biometrics Given: Not Yet
Approval letter: Pending
BRP: Pending

[s123456]

Applied on: 20/08/2-12
Category : D - £50,000 PSW route (Funds in UK)

Biometrics Given: 30/08/12

Approval letter: Awaiting
BRP: Awaiting

[sagar2009]

Hi guys,
I applied on the following dates below and haven't got any response/ reply from the UKBA till today.

Applied on: 19/07/2012
Category : D - £50,000 PSW route (Funds Overseas)
Acknowledgement : 23/07/2012
Biometrics Letter: 24/07/2012
Biometrics Given: - 30/07/2012
Approval letter: - Awaiting
BRP: -Awaiting

I hope we get a reply soon from the UKBA.

[crazy_ram]

Hi Guys,
Be aware of scam phone calls to the applicants in the name of UKBA. If you get any phone call in the name of UKBA, don't get tensed and tell everything they ask. They may try to grab sensitive personal information or financial information like card numbers or something.
As far as I know UKBA contacts the applicants in written (post or email) if they need any further information to process the applications.

So, be aware of scams in the name of UKBA.

Regards,
RAM

[saeedusman]

Hi Guys,
Be aware of scam phone calls to the applicants in the name of UKBA. If you get any phone call in the name of UKBA, don't get tensed and tell everything they ask. They may try to grab sensitive personal information or financial information like card numbers or something.
As far as I know UKBA contacts the applicants in written (post or email) if they need any further information to process the applications.

So, be aware of scams in the name of UKBA.

Regards,
RAM

Thats very common now a days even homeoffice has outlined this thing in their news feed.

Be very carefull, tell your dependants not to share anything like bank information especially, the result might be a big loss of £££££££ from bank accounts for all of us struggling for £50K or £200K.

CAREFULL, CAREFULL, CAREFULL

[tier1enterpreneur]

I really cant believe... "We are currently considering applications where the applicant attended a biometric appointment on or before 31 August 2012."

I applied on 9th October. Only acknowledgement recvd... no bio metrics yet..... tht really sucks.....

[nickb]

I really cant believe... "We are currently considering applications where the applicant attended a biometric appointment on or before 31 August 2012."

I applied on 9th October. Only acknowledgement recvd... no bio metrics yet..... tht really sucks.....

It just shows that they are awfully slow at the moment because it's taking them over 3 weeks to send biometrics letter. We will just have to wait and hope for the best.

[crazy_ram]

UKBA is hopeless these days man. They are aproceesing student visas and tier-2 visas with in 4 weeks where there is no urgency for the applicants to get processed. But we are the people got to start business with in the 3 months before applying, get a project and keep running the business with out investing the money (50k/200k) for them to check with the bank during visa processing. Even though we are contributing more for the economy than other routes, they are pissing on Entrepreneur applicants. Its really frustrating man.