The reason why I am so concerned is that I need passport as soon as possible for family emergency. I probably cannot wait for 6 weeks so I have already booked ticket to visit my home country on 2 May (knowing I might have to dump this ticket). I have already submitted urgent treatment request with m...

Hi chetanojha Thanks for your reply! Yes money has been deducted as soon as they received my application (they did it v.v.v quickly...) but not heard from UKBA at all since. They said my details are not even registered yet hence no ref. no has been produced. Usually ref. no. is produced within a wee...

submit application to switch from WP to Tier1 (G) on 30 March but have not received acknowledgement nor reference number yet. Has anyone applied around the same time received those? I called UKBA this morning but my details are not yet on their system, which I think a bit too late :( submitted urgen...