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Re: **** COVID19 and UKVCAS Biometrics Appointments **** (ONLY discuss here)

Post by CULLINAN » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:43 pm

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Post by ap1410 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:45 pm

gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:43 pm
CULLINAN wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:42 pm
cosmictbt wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:31 pm
appointments opened !!!
Are you able to view appointments now??
Omg! Yes! I booked one tomorrow 8am at Croydon! 135 pound!!!
I booked too at Lansdowne Road, Croydon for Saturday afternoon . It was £540 , but we are 4 of us ( so 135 each ) .

I havent received the email with the QR code yet , does it take time ?

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Re: **** COVID19 and UKVCAS Biometrics Appointments **** (ONLY discuss here)

Post by gc362952246 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:47 pm

ap1410 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:45 pm
gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:43 pm
CULLINAN wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:42 pm
cosmictbt wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:31 pm
appointments opened !!!
Are you able to view appointments now??
Omg! Yes! I booked one tomorrow 8am at Croydon! 135 pound!!!
I booked too at Lansdowne Road, Croydon for Saturday afternoon . It was £540 , but we are 4 of us ( so 135 each ) .

I havent received the email with the QR code yet , does it take time ?
Yes give it some time, I heard about delayed QR code for 3/4 hours but it will come

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Re: **** COVID19 and UKVCAS Biometrics Appointments **** (ONLY discuss here)

Post by masouds » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:48 pm

Not for me! I cannot book anything

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Re: **** COVID19 and UKVCAS Biometrics Appointments **** (ONLY discuss here)

Post by iamawonder » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:49 pm

gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:47 pm
ap1410 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:45 pm
gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:43 pm
CULLINAN wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:42 pm


Are you able to view appointments now??
Omg! Yes! I booked one tomorrow 8am at Croydon! 135 pound!!!
I booked too at Lansdowne Road, Croydon for Saturday afternoon . It was £540 , but we are 4 of us ( so 135 each ) .

I havent received the email with the QR code yet , does it take time ?
Yes give it some time, I heard about delayed QR code for 3/4 hours but it will come
Did you receive an email asking you to book or were you checking periodically and it just opened?

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Post by jafersadeq » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:49 pm

Did they open it for opt-out applicants ? or for July/August applicants?

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Post by CULLINAN » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:51 pm

jafersadeq wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:49 pm
Did they open it for opt-out applicants ? or for July/August applicants?
Seems like system has started pushing emails to book appointments for all those who opted out starting from March/April onwards.
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Post by gc362952246 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:51 pm

masouds wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:48 pm
Not for me! I cannot book anything
Are you March-June or July?
I am June opt out.
Also check more centres. For me the top ones (her majesty, Victoria,mark lane etc) doesn’t have much appointments. You need to go through all of them patiently

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Post by whdkfk » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:53 pm

I made a booking for tomorrow 4.30pm in Lansdowne Road in London!! £135. It was the earliest I could find. Other centers also had availability for late august and early september.

T2G applicant applied 27th July and opted out last week. I have not got any email that I can book
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Post by masouds » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:55 pm

I applied 15 July and opted out last week but cannot see any availability!

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Post by tbp » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:55 pm

I received the appointment email as well. I opted out as a March 29 applicant.

The central areas like Manchester, London and Birmingham did not have appointments for this week. The closest one was 18 August next week. Manchester especially was almost fully booked till 8 September. I couldn't look at every service point as I wanted to book my appointment as soon as possible and be done with this.

So, I booked an appointment at Glasgow for £110 tomorrow. There was 2 slots left even for tonight but I wouldn't be able to make it on time.

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Post by GondalUK » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:56 pm

Good news!

I can't see any appointments, I applied on 15th July and opted out on 7th August.

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Post by gc362952246 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:56 pm

I got no email. Just read the post hear and I logged in and found appointments.

I am June. But I opted out on 1st Aug immediately after receiving the opt out email.

my appointment is Tomorrow at Lansdowne Road at Croydon. I saw a lot of slots available there

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Post by whdkfk » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:59 pm

Does anybody know if we have to print the QR code or if we can show on the phone??

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Post by CULLINAN » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:00 pm

whdkfk wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:59 pm
Does anybody know if we have to print the QR code or if we can show on the phone??
Its best to print because they use it every time to log in to the system and upload documents etc. So if its on a paper its easier for them.
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Post by Raveena » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:01 pm

Even I booked for Tuesday,lansdown for £69.. so relieved after sleepless nights

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Post by jafersadeq » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:01 pm

Good news,

We booked on Saturday- £135, applied in April.
I hope all applicants get appointments

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Post by nbbr » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:02 pm

gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:47 pm
ap1410 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:45 pm
gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:43 pm
CULLINAN wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:42 pm


Are you able to view appointments now??
Omg! Yes! I booked one tomorrow 8am at Croydon! 135 pound!!!
I booked too at Lansdowne Road, Croydon for Saturday afternoon . It was £540 , but we are 4 of us ( so 135 each ) .

I havent received the email with the QR code yet , does it take time ?
Yes give it some time, I heard about delayed QR code for 3/4 hours but it will come
Did you guys receive an invite? and can I ask what month you applied and on what date you OPT'ed out? Emailed my solicitors and they haven't received anything yet.

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Post by iamawonder » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:02 pm

GondalUK wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:56 pm
Good news!

I can't see any appointments, I applied on 15th July and opted out on 7th August.
Since the opt-outs are being processed manually, so the appointment releases must be depending on the order in which your info was updated in the system

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Post by imma8080 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:04 pm

I applied for ILR in May and opted out. Received the email to book appointment 15 minutes back.

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Post by gc362952246 » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:05 pm

nbbr wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:02 pm
gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:47 pm
ap1410 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:45 pm
gc362952246 wrote:
Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:43 pm


Omg! Yes! I booked one tomorrow 8am at Croydon! 135 pound!!!
I booked too at Lansdowne Road, Croydon for Saturday afternoon . It was £540 , but we are 4 of us ( so 135 each ) .

I havent received the email with the QR code yet , does it take time ?
Yes give it some time, I heard about delayed QR code for 3/4 hours but it will come
Did you guys receive an invite? and can I ask what month you applied and on what date you OPT'ed out? Emailed my solicitors and they haven't received anything yet.
no invite received! Just log on and check. Also probably not opening to July applicants yet.

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Post by CULLINAN » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:07 pm

Some July applicants have reported receiving emails also.

Like, “GondalUK”
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Post by Nilang » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:08 pm

i applied in july begining and then i was selected to do biometric resuse however i opted out.
i was checking the appointments now and i can see some appointments are them seem in september so i fortunately found one in august 25th in Luton i rushed and booked it as i didnt want to lose that appointment.
keep typing differnt postcodes if you cant find any near your address.

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Post by seeweare » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:08 pm

Hi all,

Applied on 10th July. Opted out of IDV app. No email yet. However, I logged in and was able to book an appointment on 26th Aug (thats the earliest i could find) for £110. I have taken the document scanning service as well, though i have already uploaded the scanned documents.

Its a great relief that we are able to book appointments now.
Good luck all.

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Post by saliame » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:12 pm

No email whatsoever I logged and and managed to book one in Croydon for £69 for 18th Aug, there were few for tomorrow and Sat as well, they were for 135, now waiting for QR code email, applied 31st July.

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