They first take the money even without looking at the remaining application. They took the money off my card very next day they received the application. There is no initial checks on FLR(IED), it gets picked up by a case worker straight away. I guess instead of rejecting the application straight aw...
They have made another HUGE progress and now processing FLR applications received on the 24th of August. They'll have to either recruit more people or stop the HSMP scheme at all. They cannot hold the passports of the people for months, that is ridiculous. One short-term solution could be to increa...
HO is clever enough to understand the difference between urgency of cheap £20 ticket to europe and an expensive ticket to the countries in other continents. If you try to fool them with a cheap flight ticket to Europe, it may delay your application process further. And flight ticket alone is not eno...
I received my passport back today with 3 years extension :D. My application reached HO on 16Oct2004, payment was taken on 19Oct2004, urgent treatment form faxed on 12Nov2004, passport received on 20NOv 2004. That was very quick after I sent the urgent treatment application form. I also faxed my flig...
