Application Acknowledgement receipt

[sahaz]

Hello,

My solicitor submitted on my behalf my ILR application on the basis of 14 years long residence about 20 days ago.

To this date, I still haven't received any acknowledgement letter and I also noticed while checking my bank statement that they have not cashed the cheque for the application fees (£750.)

The Application was sent via Royal Mail recorded delivery and also when tracking it shows that it was delivered.

My question is this normal or should I have had an acknowledgent letter and also the cheque cashed by now?

I'm aware that the 14 years application might take a long time but what about acknowledgement letter and taking the fees does these also takes a long time? Does anybody know?


Thanks in advance.

[dnicky]

BIA is normally quick in taking money off your account and once that is done you should receive an acknowldgement letter fairly quickly. I can say that from my experience last year.
The fact that it is taking time now means that there could be a lot of backlog of applications. Did you check the BIA website for current processing times?

[sahaz]

Hello dnicky,

Thank you for replying. I had a look at my bank statement they have taken my money now.