Today i have the great pleasure to share with you the good news that my HSMP application has been APPROVED! I would like to say thanks to all those who contributed to the forum as the infomation here helped me prepare a good case.CC charged 15 September 2004
Sent Job offer: Monday 9 May 2005 (scanned and emailed as fax was not going thru)
Date on approval letter 16 May 2005
Recieved letter with docs 19 May 2005
waiting time once submitted job offer: just under 2 weeks (1 week for decision and 2 days for post)
Overall waiting time 8 Months about 35 weeks
on the job offer i tried unsuccessfully to fax to HSMP team on monday morning, so decided to scan urgent form together with job offer and sent via email on Monday 9th may, HSMP confirmed reciept of job offer first thiing Tuesday (10 May) morning (via email)
i then emailed them on Thursday 12 May asking for update and i recieved a reply the following day (Friday 13th) saying that my case was now under consideration and would be contacted once decision had been made. On Tuesday (17th May) morning called them (couldnt get thru on Monday)and spoke to this guy who on after confirming my details told me that it looked like the case had been completed and that a decision had been taken but he was not sure as the case file did not indicate that docs had been dispatched, anyway he tried to put me thru to the caseworker but he was not in yet but he promised to ask to send me an email to give me the update. the case worker did email a few minutes later confirming that 'a decision had been taken and had already been sent by airmail to my address here in Ireland'. anyway today i got the docs in the post with all my originals including my P60 which i sent later after the rest of the application had been recieved.
Again thank you to everyone who has been so kind as to share their knowledge and experiences. To all those form June to Nov 2004, dont lose hope the end is near, i wish you all the best of luck.
Now time for EC
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