ILR postal applications (excluding 10/14 yr.)

[iamusmanghani]

SET M APPLICATION:

APPLIED 07 MARCH 2014
Biometrics Done: 20 MARCH 2014
STILL WAITING ....... NO RESULT YET

[nativedancer]

Hello,

I am a silent reader of this forum and this has been my saviour during my tensed moments. I would like to share my timeline to you guys:

Type: ILR SET (M)
March 08 - Documents Posted
March 14 - Confirmation Letter received
March 19 - Biometrics request received
March 20 - Biometrics enrolled at PostOffice

March 21-July 01 - Lurking on this forum stalking people's timeline!

July 02 - Confirmation Letter and documents returned
July 04 - BRP arrived

Good luck to everyone waiting for their application.

[longwait2]

Hi Everyone!

So this morning received my folder and papers which were sent back! ILR has been approved!!! So very happy!

SO timeline was:

Applied on 6 March 2014
Approval letter recived on 7 July 2014!!!

Now just waiting for Biometrics to come!!!

Good luck everyone and thank you for all the help!!!!

[iamusmanghani]

congratulations to all march applicants who have received. and good luck to those including myself who are still waiting.

Applied via settlement checking service: ILR SET M 07 March 2014
Biometrics: 20 March 2014
STILL WAITING

[askim]

I'm super excited to go home, open the door and see if there is an exciting brown envelope on the mat! Now I've posted about it there probably won't. But here is hoping that this week will bring good news for all of us early March applicants
We were March the 5th, but didn't get invited for biometrics for ages. I will post the full timeline when I get home

[askim]

Nothing today Anyone else?

[askim]

Just another thought... We got our invite to do biometrics later than some people who applied later than us. We payed by cheque. I wonder if this delayed us? We were told they don't even put your application in the pile to be looked at until first your payment is cleared. This then triggers the biometrics. Once this is done you then can go in the decision pile.

So a debit card payment would be instant, which is why those who applied just after us would jump ahead of us as we had to wait for our cheque to clear.

Just a thought?

[iamusmanghani]

askim @@@@ askim

yes that is understandable that the application will only be come under consideration after when the payment is cleared. A cheque does slow the process for up to atleast 2 weeks unfortunately. I am talking from personal experience regarding my past student visa applications. I hope its not the delay in your case. But generally everyone would advise to pay by postal order to UKBA and second preference they say is to pay by debit card but then with debit card you have to go through the risk of getting the card declined etc as banks are funny the way they do their security checks etc.
wish you best of luck

I am also waiting...
applied via checking service.

on 07 March..

Still waiting

[pa2204]

Hello,

I applied for my ILR. Myself and my wife in one application and my 21 years old son on a seperate application but applied together. I was under PBS Tier 1 General visa and came to UK on Sept. 2009

Type: ILR SET (O)
Current visa expiring on 03/07/2014 (I have completed 4 yrs,9 mhs and 3 days on 30/06/2014)
Documents Posted -June 30
Fees taken - 02 July from my credit card for both applications
Acknowledgement Letters received -July 07 (dated 02/07/2014, one for me and one for my son)
Biometrics request letter- Waiting
Biometrics enrolled -
ILR approval Letter and documents -
BRP arrived-

Good luck to everyone waiting for their application.

[SandyPosy]

Re paying with cheque, I did this and I don't think it delayed anything; application sent Feb 28 (SET M), Documents back July 3, BRP received July 7.

Hope that helps and wishing everyone the best of luck.

[askim]

Re paying with cheque, I did this and I don't think it delayed anything; application sent Feb 28 (SET M), Documents back July 3, BRP received July 7.

Hope that helps and wishing everyone the best of luck.

It's just that people who applied after us got invited for their biometrics 8 days before. I know the payment was ok, so why the delay? It's the only reason I can think of? In possibly trying to be too logical about a system that sometimes defies logic!

Congrats to everyone who had got their ILR. Fingers crossed for the rest of us that it comes soon!!!

[ksbindian]

Type: ILR SET (M) for my wife
March 19 - Documents Posted via Bracknell SCS
March 31 - Biometrics enrolled at PostOffice

Been a silent reader in the forum tracing the updates of other applicants for the past 3 months!

July 09 (today morning) - BRP arrived date 07/07 (before the approval letter)

Waiting (not really!) for the approval letter now.

All the very best to everyone waiting for their application!

[tcbrasil]

Finally the payment for my application was taken. Of course, after I paid by cheque! I will never trust Nationwide Credit Card ever again.
I've been this morning to Citizen Advice Bureau and they were really helpful in regards to my credit card injustice with me. Now Ive contacted the Financial Ombusdman.

[askim]

Still no news for us again

[Anjelika]

hi everyome

me and dependent
send 17.03
payments 19.03
my biometric letter 23.03
done 28.03
dependent biometric letter 24.04
done next day.
today 09.07 still waiting .................

[askim]

Will the strike today slow things down again?
18 weeks in and I really had hoped for a decision by now. I'm 16 weeks pregnant and the stress with the waiting can't be good for me.

[askim]

I just phoned and got through, so they must be working as normal. Our application is STILL being processed! I asked her if there was any problem and she said "no it's just being processed. They will contact you if there is a problem"

[Anjelika]

Im also veeeeeery tired to wait:((((

[Seeker26]

SET M

Applied on 13th of March Via Settlment Checking services. The lady said your case is very straight forward and you'll hear back really soon...! Its been 17 weeks now...!!

Wait is almost excruciating cause you have put on hold almost everything...! Hope they speed up their process and make it around 1 to 2 months for future applicants..!

Good luck everyone!

[Rahel1984]

SET M

Applied on 13th of March Via Settlment Checking services. The lady said your case is very straight forward and you'll hear back really soon...! Its been 17 months now...!!

Wait is almost excruciating cause you have put on hold almost everything...! Hope they speed up their process and make it around 1 to 2 months for future applicants..!

Good luck everyone!

You mean 17 weeks?

[askim]

@seeker26

We were told the same thing by the checking service and we are now over 18 weeks (they told us it would be three months max!)

It's so frustrating. If they just gave us a date or a way to track our applications?!

[Seeker26]

SET M

Applied on 13th of March Via Settlment Checking services. The lady said your case is very straight forward and you'll hear back really soon...! Its been 17 months now...!!

Wait is almost excruciating cause you have put on hold almost everything...! Hope they speed up their process and make it around 1 to 2 months for future applicants..!

Good luck everyone!

You mean 17 weeks?

Yes thats what I mean.. Apologies.. 17 Months lol..!

[Seeker26]

@seeker26

We were told the same thing by the checking service and we are now over 18 weeks (they told us it would be three months max!)

It's so frustrating. If they just gave us a date or a way to track our applications?!

HI Askim

Hopefully we'll get by the end of this week or certainly in next week...!! You applied a week earlier, your might just be on its way..!
I have a feeling that I'll hear something next week...!

Good luck..!

[iamusmanghani]

SET M ILR APPLIED 07 March 2014 via SCS
BIOMETRICS COMPLETED: 25 March 2014
WAITING WAITING WAIITING

[Anjelika]

No news for us as well(((( looking forward for the next week.... I'm agree that we need to wait just 1 or 2 weeks more. That will be 4-4,5 months for us who applied in March.