I DON'T KNOW.. How many people will feel this is funny or hilarious or some people might learn a lesson... but I thought it is worth while sharing my experience with the wider community who might encounter a similar problem or be in a similar situation... After 4 years of being in the UK I today go...

the forum has been quiet for some time. I guess everyone from february has got his/her case sorted. Well done all of us and thank god!

I am still waiting for my papers, applied in Feb and have been told by the cus contact center that it will take some more time? Try pestering them with an urgent treatment form. refer to an earlier post here. I was advised (indirectly) by the customer service staff to do that despite the fact their...

Good morning everyone, Finally got my documents back as well. Visa extended till Jul 2011. July 2008 is my current visa validity. Timeline: Posted 23rd Feb Money deducted: 27th Feb Reference number received: 3rd Mar Visa received: 23rd Apr Wed Thanks everyone for their experiences and support. By th...

got a phone call back from the home office call centre (a pleasant surprise!) as promised. not very encouraging news - once application has been loaded into their database it could take anything between 5 and 14 weeks to be processed. Now that my application has not been loaded into the database du...

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got a phone call back from the home office call centre (a pleasant surprise!) as promised. not very encouraging news - once application has been loaded into their database it could take anything between 5 and 14 weeks to be processed. Now that my application has not been loaded into the database due...

just called up Home Office and got to speak to a very helpful lady who not only told me that my application is not on their database (she also mentioned that once payment is taken it should show up on their database pretty quickly) but also took my phone number and has promised to call me back after...

Hopefully this Friday and weekend brings luck to us, I also wish all of you guys for sharing your ideas. I called home office and they told me that they received around 4000 applications between 20 -28 Feb..... and we are amongst them. Thanks for sharing this. Did they also tell you how many do the...

I hear what you are saying mate. Exactly the same experience yesterday. just spoke to someone again and got the standard response of 9 weeks waiting time. She also did confirm that my application has not yet been allocated. Doesn't help but there isn't a choice. I am glad that it is once in three y...

Reliable-mate, how far? Me and my friend 1+3+3 sent ours 19th February and received in HO on 20th. Hope this is our week :D Hi there, Sorry, I failed to sound sarcastic in my comments about Home office. Yes, I agree that it is high time now. I am not even able to plan my holidays and I badly need a...

Reliable-mate, how far? Me and my friend 1+3+3 sent ours 19th February and received in HO on 20th. Hope this is our week :D Hi there, Sorry, I failed to sound sarcastic in my comments about Home office. Yes, I agree that it is high time now. I am not even able to plan my holidays and I badly need a...

well written. I cannot agree any more. Hello AshishaShah - Few points to consider when working in uk. 1. With family you cannot save much in UK. So your goals should be set straight from a monetory perspective and the compromises associated with it. Moreover, you need to enhance your skills to the a...

Well said. You beat me to it. I was about to write precisely along the same lines. Having worked in India for a few years myself, I took a career break to do an MBA from a very respectable business school in Europe and moved to UK in latter 2004. It was indeed very challenging to get first position ...

HSMP111 wrote:Hi Everyone,

Finally i received my Documents back with 3 years of Visa extension till april 2011.

Thanks everybody and good luck to everyone who is waiting for visa extension.

Good stuff. congrats! So, things are definitely happening in the background. Home Office hasn't forgotten us. Cheers!

But yesterday when I called them they said that all applications that were against the old rule.... i.e. those are HSMP (not tier 1) have been given to case workers. It seems there is bunch of Liars sitting as advisors in homeoffice and giving us wrong infomration. Anyway Good luck to all of us wit...

just spoke to someone in the home office and have been told to wait for 9 weeks. On being persistent about 28 working days follow up time as mentioned in the home office letter, I was told the same thing all over again. Very irritating as the conversation was not going anywhere. Anyway, I hung up an...

I think HO received lots of HSMP extension applciation in the last 15 days of Feb because lots of people may have applied well in advance (to be on safe side) before the expiry of their current leave coz the rules were due to change on 29 Feb 2008. This imp reason could leave the bigger backlog of ...

HSMP111 wrote:I SPOKE TO HOMEOFFICE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT Your application has not yet been allocated to a team for consideration.

Really Of course, you would have quoted your application reference number?

I sent application on 26th Feb and it was received on 27th still no response.... today I called there again at option 4 and then Option 2 advisor told me that they have started allocating applications received on 7th March to case workers but that does not mean all applications received before that...

Just spoke to someone in the home office and have been told that they are dealing with applications received on 26th Feb for HSMp FLR. So, fingers crossed for late Feb applicants.

APPLICATION SENT ON 22 OF FEBRUARY 2008 RECEIVED BY HOME OFFICE ON 25/02/2008 PAYMENT CLEARED ON 25/02/08 RECEIVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER ON 03/03/2008 STILL WAITING FOR DECESION... CALLED SEVERAL TIMES FOR PROGRESS CHECK BUT ALL THE TIME GOT SAME ANSWER THAT IS WITHIN THEIR SERVICE STANDARD AND TH...

Any news for anyone ???? It seems like after the amount is charged they keep the applicants in limbo.... atleast they should tell us on the phone when we *FINALLY* make it to the advisor through phone calls :( I agree with you but won't hold my breath for that. It will be great if they can just mee...

I got HSMP for 1 year in May 2004 and for another 3 years till May 2008. Now I understand that I need extension for another 1 year but do I again need HSMP approval or can I apply straightaway under TIER-1 by paying £750 as I can manage to score more than 75 points The latter is applicable in your...

ATBPLC wrote:We hope this week will bring good news to all 1+3+3 extension applicants that applied in Feb.

Let's tension and anxiety be over

Amen! Thanks matie. Fingers crossed.