Timeline after WP submission recently?

[Minhua Ma]

Is there anybody who received WP approval letter from Work Permit UK recently?

My WP application has been sent by my employer for 4 weeks and I still haven't heard anything yet. I am restless now. If anybody on this forum had received wp recently (in June or July), could you tell me the timeline please? e.g. what date the wp application was sent, and what date the approval was received ...

Thanks a million!

[13436]

I had mine wp extended within a week. sent i last week of june and received on 4th july. though I already have spent a 5 years work permit period with the same employer (got it extended to apply for ILR in november). there was a difference in work permit approval date and FLR stamp date back in 2002.

[VictoriaS]

Work Permits can take longer if it was not a straight forward application or if some documents were missing, but unlike the HSMP the Home Office will come back to the employer if there are further questions. You shouldn't worry - 4 weeks does not mean that it won't get approved, and it is still a reasonable amount of time.

Victoria

[klmacko]

Definately let us know what happens. My employer send my application in 1 week ago and we haven't heard back yet. I've heard everything from 5 business days to 2 months.