mozhi12 wrote:Hi mayak76,
All of your absences are personal or business leave.
mozhi

They were all personal, mainly weekend trips to Europe and a few longer trips back home.

Personal experience - I had 196 days out of UK, most of them weekend & day trips. That's the total not counting days going in/out of the country. The longest trip was back home for 33 days. Got my ILR approval letter today. If I didn't give them the list of all my travels, they wouldn't even ask...

I was also there the same day, 12 June! My appointment was quite late, at 2pm. At the end of it all the case worker gave me a letter that said "more enquiries needed" or something along these lines. She assured me that all my documents were in order and that it was only due to the biometr...

How would you go about applying for a refund? I assume you'd do it after you get your approval & biometrics card, is that right?

I'm in exactly the same situation. I had my appointment in Liverpool, and was told exactly the same thing. Sounds to me like it's a standard reply that they are told to use, no matter what the reason is behind it. What I don't understand is how some people get their approval straight away, while oth...

I had a similar issue in Liverpool on the 12th of June too. My documents were returned but they kept my passport and my wife's passport. I was told they would complete the work the following morning due to the biometrics IT issues and that my passports would be sent back on that day. I have not rec...