bex654 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:25 am
azLondon2020 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:20 am
Hi All,
I was told by my solicitor that it doesn’t really matter the day of your online application submission but rather the real timeline and countdown begins from the day you submit biometrics.
Have you guys found this to be true?
It’s been a month since my online submission but only a few weeks since my biometrics. Does this mean my countdown is only a few weeks?
When applications come in, I think they allocate them to case workers. So I guess how an application progresses really depends on the case worker. If UKVI have approached each case on the basis of the date submitted and there was only one queue for each category, there should not be cases that late submitters get earlier decisions, which is common, unless there is an issue with others' application, which I don't think to be the case.
To your question, my understanding was, a case worker can review your application, but cannot make a decision until they have validated the biometrics.
However, my application was submitted in early October by a solicitor and biometrics were submitted in early Nov and I am still waiting. Others mentioned that applications submitted in Oct had quick turn around. If this was the case, I should have heard from them by now. So based on my experience, I feel like they only start reviewing your application once they have all information, including biometrics - unless my case worker is too lazy.
I am with you, I don't think Case workers are so free to start reviewing an application without all the relevant information (Biometric Fingerprints). I think the waiting clock for applicant would start ticking after the Biometric is given, that's what my solicitor informed me as well.
But I am not sure how the allocation of cases happens internally; From the timeline I can see that there are people from Oct who are still waiting for their approval E-Mail and there are some who received the decision after submitting their application in Nov. Also, there is no guarantee that everyone here is updating the timeline thread after receiving their approval E-Mail.
Hope and prayers are the only thing which will keep us going.
fyi, I submitted my appl on 26th Oct and given Biometric in person on 19th Nov. Just saw someone who gave biometric on 12th Nov has received Approval E-Mail.