Just to follow up on this. I just got my approval letter today (no acknowledgment of the letter I sent about the form being sent off too early). What a relief! Thanks for the advice
I had a phone call and an email exchange with them, plus an email confirmation of what the procedure would be. It's not like I was trying to bypass anything or deceive anybody; I just expected this to be a standard procedure: early checking by the NCS and my application sent off on the right date. A...
Hello all, Due to my travel arrangements, I had arranged for an NCS appointment a few weeks before my qualifying period was to begin. The NCS promised that they could hold on to my application and then forward it on at the appropriate date… except… just now I received a letter from the Home Office s...
Woo! No sooner do I create an account on this board and create my spreadsheet of misery than I get the UKBA approval phone call. I guess I'll update my approved date and hand the spreadsheet over to anyone who wants to maintain it. If you're in my shoes, know that an only 4wk wait is possible! (thou...