Eventually, I received my approval this morning. Here are my details for statistics: CRITERIA - HSMP 4yr + ILR 1yr Type - NCS (RBKC) Date of submission - 14/03/2011 Date reached HO - 15/03/2011 Date of debit of credit card - 18/03/2011 Date of receipt of acknowledgement - 16/04/2011 (dated 12/04/201...

dsk, I applied on 14th March NCS, HO received it on 16th March and money taken on 22nd March Surprisingly, I applied exactly the same day through NCS RBKC in London—timeframe is nearly identical, and I've been waiting that my 'case to be allocated' until now. I called them several times, first ti...

sworld wrote:... Anyone else had such an experience?

Yes, NCS seems to take only very necessary docs to support this kind of application. I submitted my AN through Kensington and Chelsea NCS, and they refused to attach a number of documents which, I believe, could speed them up...