May I ask you when did you email them? And what was for? I've e-mailed them for the first time when the waiting exceeded the 2.5 months "average" time of waiting - according to some internet forums, and when I heard that two people who applied about the same time as I had received their a...

sunil.suneel wrote:
Congrats Ceilid ...

Thanks a lot Sunil.suneel!

Nationality: Russian Eligibility criteria: student, 2 years Post-Study Work, 2.5 years Spouse of BC; 2.5 months ILR Date of application: 9 May 2013 Method of application: NCS South Lanarkshire Date of acknowledgement letter: 16 May 2013, received several days later. Date the invitation to the ceremo...

Application Timeline Eligibility criteria: 12 Years , 3 Years ILR Method of application: NCS Surrey Date of receipt by UKBA: 03 / 07 / 2013 Date of debit of fees: 04 / 07 /2013 Date of receipt of acknowledgement: 05 / 07 /2013 Date of receipt of approval: 12 / 07 / 2013 Date of Ceremony: Been waiti...

Which HO email address did you send them emails to? NationalityProgress@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk PS: Good people, would you PLEASE STOP QUOTING WHOLE CONVERSATIONS in your replies? ;) It's very easy to delete the bits you actually do not want to quote! With highlighting the unwanted bits and pressing ...

United4life wrote:... It only took 2 weeks to get the approval.

Don't put peoples' hopes too high It seems like a lottery.

saadmushtaq wrote:Is there any one here who applied with in a month of ILR under 3 years residence BC spouse rule and applied for Application AN?

I've applied with 2.5 months of ILR (and with the overall residence of approx 5.5 years, 2.5 of them as a spouse of a BC).

Vinniebaby33 wrote: Fees havent been deducted and I havent heard anything..
Shall I worry? or just be patient?

I'd say wait until the end of next week and then start worrying
I remember that in my case it took them some 10-14 days to deduct the money from my account from the date of applications (via NCS).

An invitation letter was sent to you on the 17th July. If you have not received this by the 9th August please advise and we will ask the team to reprint and send the letter again. Same thing with me, as I've just figured out: I e-mailed the HO yesterday and have received a response today (well, at ...

Sorry but guys what are your respective nationalities? And are your cases straight forward or need discretion? I am Russian with a straight forward case (at least I can't think of any complications). I'm starting to think that they've accidentally lost my documents somewhere in their office :lol: A...

Hi all, I've applied on 9th May via NCS and still haven't received an approval/decision. A couple of days ago I've e-mailed to that generic address (NationalityEnquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk) and got an automated answer starting with: 'IMPORTANT PLEASE READ AS YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANOTHER RESPONSE ...