Hi I coundnt find the documents when I applied in NCS., but I found the letter a of acknowledgment of payment on 27th April 2015 and payment was 906. If it helps, best of luck to all of you guys, Everything will be fine. probably a fke poster, he/she didn't realise 6th April was a bank holiday, the...

In the past, they provided it without objections, as far as I remember. No they haven't. FOI request will most likely only be successful if you are asking for stats which have already been published in public domain. You can see the migration statistics currently available here - https://www.gov.uk...

end of May/ June applicants will probably see approvals in a couple weeks, home office will try and skew the statistics so the "Average" processing time is under 6 months. End of March/April/Early May applicants have most likely been moved to the TODO stack i.e straight to the backlog stac...

Though this might be of interest to all April folks: The March people have put all their stats into a spreadsheet. Here it is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Aa41XKNlNoZxZdovMZMm-B5BAMoSrU9gZiWu8SpQxaY/edit#gid=1318850179 For reference, here's a link to the April spreadsheet: https://goo.g...

Hi wondering if anyone can help me on this, I'm travelling to paris in a few weeks. My passport is currently at the UK home office where i've applied for naturalisation. I plan to receive the result shortly. However the timeframe will be to short to apply for a British passport and i'll have to use ...

nvijay wrote:Latest stats for Q1 2015

No of Applications reeived :39,441
Decision Taken to grant :36,658
Refused : :2,425

Home office might be being sly here. Yes they received 39411 Applications but the applications granted could have been from july last year.

i applied 31st March (received 1st April) , my timeline is a few pages back. Haven't heard nada since i got my acknowledgement on the 25th April (dated 21st). Its unusually long, seeing as a couple friend who applied two weeks before me got their Approvals in mid April.

Just to add that counting from the Tuesday 26th May after the bank holiday, I'll be gone for 22 working days, about a month of normal days in total. It'll be fine, the biometrics letter is sent by second hand post. Post that is not secured can get "Lost", so you could actually contact the...

Thanks both for your replies, but Sanky, I can't "plan my travel accordingly", my father has just died and I am going home to be with my family, letter or no letter. I will err on the side of caution and send UKVI an e-mail and try to call them, just to cover myself. I'll also have proof ...

they will most likely send you another biometrics letter if you haven't done your biometrics within a certain time limit. The Biometrics limitation they set out in the letter of 15 days is just to scare people to do it as quick as possible so they dont have a pile of applications on their desk

I applied under new rule 14th aprail so hope so one off my friend she applied with her family husband two kids on 02aprail yesterday she got approvel latter Please, for the sake of the forum, could you inquire with your friend, and get details about her timeline? I know some of the early April appl...

To all those who are worried about the "15 working days limit" on the biometrics i wouldn't worry at all. They had this for ilr as well. There is in fact no real limit (actually i think its 8 months) as to when you can submit your biometrics, this is because your biometrics letter could be...

I'll keep this brief. Profit form ukba/home office applications goes towards paying extra staff to clear out backlogs, and probably to the ukba police to carry out their operations. Although i still reckon they have very little justification for charging absurd prices

applied nationality 2nd December 2014. Application refused. Reason given below. As u applied 3rd Dec so the qualifying period runs from the 4th December 2009 up until the 3 Dec 2014. As u were in the uk in breach of immigration law from the 8th of April 2010 when application rejected (reason was no...

Hi guys, Just had a sneaky look at how the April applicants doing and did not find any post with approval... Looks like the first 3 months of this year were the quickest.... just 1 applicant from April got approval so far. I saw that person timeline in general naturalisation timelines thread. If we...

Just a quick update I have received my acknowledgement letter today, I did not have a chance to see what else is in letter, but will check it once back from work. My husband just told me. Hopefully anyone who have applied same time as me on 27th March will start to have their approvals soon.. Thank...

You could have applied on 7th January this year....To your questions 1. Yes its very possible you can get it before December, but the UKVI can be unpredictable in their processing. I would go through NCS , so you can keep your passport in case of any unforeseen delays. Some people from May last year...

not to worry, i applied on the same day and only had fees deducted yesterday, i have also not received an acknowledgement yet. Your fees should probably be deducted as well in the next couple of days

The reason why more recent applications are taking weeks, and older applications are taking months is so UKVI can skew the statistics in their favour to reach their "6 month" target. Im sure you can do the relevant maths to workout how this can benefit them, but for example if someone were...

Eligibility criteria: 10years + 1 year ILR Language criteria met: UK Degree + Life in the UK Current nationality: Nigerian Method of application: Post Date of application: 31-MAR-2015 Payment method: Debit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: 01-APR-2015 Date of debit or clearance of fees: 21-APR-2015 Date...

khurrum_khan123 wrote: does Home Office really work on weekends?

Probably general processing such as sorting mail, which can be done by weekend staff. I doubt your caseworker works on weekends, they have lives and have to go home to their families just like the rest of us.

I was a silent reader and when i was applying, 6 months atleast waiting time was in mind. I still thinking what is this? Am i dreaming? I got approval with in days not even month. I wish good luck to all who are waiting, thanks Eligibility criteria: 10 yrs + 1 Year ILR, UK Master's Degree, Method o...

Guys, anyone who applied (application received by the HO) around the 30th of March and got the payment processed? I spoke with my solicitor and looks like that due to fee increase, there has been a spike in applications to submit them before the April date and now there is a huge backlog. Let me kn...

i had my question answered by someone at vfs "once you have used up the number of total number ofentries your schengen visa becomes invalid" so if you have a single entry visa and use it, then it becomes valid and re-apply for a new one even if the expiry on the visa is days/weeks/months l...

Imshzd wrote:No problem.

Thank you for your quick response. just another quick question. Why will this not be a problem? will they be able to cancel it and then re-issue the new schengen visa? Thanks