Hi are you expecting to get a longer term visa, such as a 2 year for instance? Does anyone have experience of how long schgen visas for EU spouses are given our for? I heard about a 2 year visa being issued, but not sure. Are there any embassies which are more likely to give a longer term Schengen t...
Hello again everyone, I have a quick question regarding process / flow of documents. After you have enrolled your biometrics are the documents and the biometric card the only things that we are waiting for? To be precise, are there any more application forms (another application for the actual biom...
Phoned UKBA about the request for return of sponsor's passport which I sent in mid-July requesting my passport back. They never sent it by the date I needed it and I had to miss my business trip. I now have another trip coming up at the end of august. They have received my request, but have not done...
So our biometrics letter arrived today and we have already enrolled our biometrics! Our new timeline is: Application submitted: 26 June 2012 Acknowledgement received: 3 July 2012 (dated 29 June 2012) Biometrics letter received: 8 August 2012 (dated 3 August 2012) Biometrics enrolled: 8 August 2012 D...
Hello again everyone, I have a quick question regarding process / flow of documents. After you have enrolled your biometrics are the documents and the biometric card the only things that we are waiting for? To be precise, are there any more application forms (another application for the actual biome...
So I did spend my hour with Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik and had a response that our biometric request letter was sent out on 3rd of August! One step in the positive direction! The person I spoke to also said that 75% of applications are decided within 4 weeks after biometrics are enrolled - hopefully t...
thank you for your replies - very helpful. We faxed our request for return of sponsor's passport to 02081963248. Is this the fax number that others have also used for their requests?
We also posted our request to the address on the acknowledgement letter - Sheffield PO box 3468.
Hi mrsclc78, Thank you for your reply. Can I ask which number you called to request the sponsor's passport back? Were you successful? We mailed two letters requesting my (sponsor) documents back asap as I needed to go to a business trip on 30 July. We received no response whatsoever and I had to mi...
[quote="mrsclc78"][quote="highly skilled"] Hi Dsin - thank you for your update! Yes, indeed hopefully this means that ours is on its way. It seems however that the real wait can come after the biometrics are enrolled? Based on the posts in this thread they can go into months?! We...
[quote="Dsin"][quote="highly skilled"]Hello everyone, Joining You all in anxious waiting! My wife has submitted her application for FLR (M) based on my ILR on 26th June and we have received our aknowledgement letter on the 3rd of July (dated the 29th June). Nothing since then! Al...
Hello everyone, Joining You all in anxious waiting! My wife has submitted her application for FLR (M) based on my ILR on 26th June and we have received our aknowledgement letter on the 3rd of July (dated the 29th June). Nothing since then! Although we were told that biometrics letter arrives within ...
Paragraph 67 is clear - HSMP application are applying under the extension requirements. This ties in with everything we have heard to or received in writing to date. I agree that it is unclear from the table upfront, but this mistake has always been there. No more doubts and no more speculation need...
So judging by what I have read on this forum we now wait till the bill goes to parliament on March 9th? Very ambiguous situation with regard to who is going to be affected.
[quote="jimmymcad"]Bitter web : To apply early is something that has always been made sceptical by them. I emailed many times to HO and their replies conflicted everytime. Once they told me you could do, but your current leave to remain will be superceded. Then they also replied me stating...
Believe it or not, they said weeks! I do find their answers to be inconsistent at times, but I have heard this suggested time of applying several weeks before leave expiry on several occasions.
I spoke to someone in work permits a couple of weeks back and they suggested that I can request to have my tier 1 start from the expiration date of my current leave, but that they cannot guarantee granting it from that date and that this is subject to their review. despite the fact, i was told that ...
