5-year address history

[Dancull]

Hi all,

I applied on 18th Nov 2023,

I received an email from home.office.atlas@notifications.service.gov.uk requesting a 5-year address history from 18-Nov-2018 to 18-Nov-2023, please include full postcodes. Can you please provide this in chronological order and without gaps? This includes any overseas address that might fall within this period. And I replied an hour after.

I am non-EU citizen and I disclosed all my UK addresses in the application. Although during the qualified period, I did spend 4 months in my home country to apply Tier 1 visa. Apart from that my 5 years of absences are less than 180 days.

Hope members can shed some light on me, should I be concerned in this case? is this indicating my case with the caseworker now?

Thanks!

[alterhase58]

One could only speculate. Caseworkers can and sometimes do ask for further information and/or documents, even if it was provided with the original application. Whether there's an issue is anybody's guess. Or they are just "dotting the i's and crossing the t's"?

[Dancull]

One could only speculate. Caseworkers can and sometimes do ask for further information and/or documents, even if it was provided with the original application. Whether there's an issue is anybody's guess. Or they are just "dotting the i's and crossing the t's"?

Thanks for the reply, It just came across as unusual to me, I understand the ILR application and naturalisation are under whole different processes, and my address history was the same as in the ILR application although no further information was requested at that time.

[contorted_svy]

Sometimes the caseworker requests additional information if they are not sure or if by mistake there was a time gap in your address history. You provided it now so they will keep processing the application.

[Dancull]

Sometimes the caseworker requests additional information if they are not sure or if by mistake there was a time gap in your address history. You provided it now so they will keep processing the application.

Thanks for the reply, I hope those 4 months spent in my home country won't raise any problems from their side.

[contorted_svy]

If you are below the overall absences limit in your qualifying period including those 4 months it shouldn't.

[Dancull]

If you are below the overall absences limit in your qualifying period including those 4 months it shouldn't.

Appreciate the advise!

[Dancull]

Just received a very confusing email from MMST Workflow, the email replies to the enquiry I sent on 4th March saying my application has not yet been allocated to a caseworker,
oddly the further information email from Home Office Atlas I received was on 6th March.

[neohk]

I had the same email, 12 months after I applied no less
It wasn't entirely clear but I suspect that they didn't do anything with the extra info they requested until I have once again chased them for answers
Got the results of my application about 6 months after that email

[Dancull]

I had the same email, 12 months after I applied no less
It wasn't entirely clear but I suspect that they didn't do anything with the extra info they requested until I have once again chased them for answers
Got the results of my application about 6 months after that email

oh god, that was so long, did HO inform you the application would take longer than 6 months at least? My ILR took very long without any communication. I'm a bit worried it will be a long wait again

[neohk]

I had the same email, 12 months after I applied no less
It wasn't entirely clear but I suspect that they didn't do anything with the extra info they requested until I have once again chased them for answers
Got the results of my application about 6 months after that email

oh god, that was so long, did HO inform you the application would take longer than 6 months at least? My ILR took very long without any communication. I'm a bit worried it will be a long wait again

No, they just keep saying they are still doing checks

[Dancull]

Hi All,

I have another question if you don't mind.

7 years ago I was refused to enter the UK at Heathrow airport border because I couldn't use my undergraduate visa (It was still valid at the time) to enter for master course in different university and extend it inside the UK (I thought I could ), although I didn't receive any ban or penalty, They just told me go back my orginal country and get a new visa for the master course, which I did and came back completed the course. Will this casue the problem for my naturlisation application? (I have obtained my ILR through a Tier 1 visa, the Tier 1 visa was obtained after this master's Tier 4) I disclosed this incident in my ILR and all other immigration applications.

Any suggestions are apperciated!

[AmazonianX]

Hi All,

I have another question if you don't mind.

7 years ago I was refused to enter the UK at Heathrow airport border because I couldn't use my undergraduate visa (It was still valid at the time) to enter for master course in different university and extend it inside the UK (I thought I could ), although I didn't receive any ban or penalty, They just told me go back my orginal country and get a new visa for the master course, which I did and came back completed the course. Will this casue the problem for my naturlisation application? (I have obtained my ILR through a Tier 1 visa, the Tier 1 visa was obtained after this master's Tier 4) I disclosed this incident in my ILR and all other immigration applications.

Any suggestions are apperciated!

No impact shall be on your naturalisation.

[Dancull]

Hi All,

I have another question if you don't mind.

7 years ago I was refused to enter the UK at Heathrow airport border because I couldn't use my undergraduate visa (It was still valid at the time) to enter for master course in different university and extend it inside the UK (I thought I could ), although I didn't receive any ban or penalty, They just told me go back my orginal country and get a new visa for the master course, which I did and came back completed the course. Will this casue the problem for my naturlisation application? (I have obtained my ILR through a Tier 1 visa, the Tier 1 visa was obtained after this master's Tier 4) I disclosed this incident in my ILR and all other immigration applications.

Any suggestions are apperciated!

No impact shall be on your naturalisation.

That's a relief to hear, thank you!

[Dancull]

Morning all,

It has been more than two weeks since I responded to HO's request, I'm wondering how long it takes usually for HO to reply. Was that further information email at least indicating my case is with a caseworker?

[contorted_svy]

Hard to know. If they queried your application I would imagine it is with the caseworking team.

[AmazonianX]

Morning all,

It has been more than two weeks since I responded to HO's request, I'm wondering how long it takes usually for HO to reply. Was that further information email at least indicating my case is with a caseworker? Most probably, no one can give an estimate of this as each application is unique and attended to as such.

[Dancull]

Many thanks for both replies!

It was just from Atlas it said they are considering, and the same day I received an email from MMST responding to my previous enquiry saying that my case has not yet been allocated to the caseworker. Quite an ambiguous signal from HO.

I guess the uncertainty made me read too much into every piece of information.

[contorted_svy]

Very often the replies they send are automated, and we don't really know their inner workings. It is a very stressful wait, but right now that is all you can do.

[Dancull]

Just received an email from Home Office Altas, sent by CT8 Nationality Technical Specialist Team. to confirm whether I have completed a change of name deed and the details from your application are correct. Hopefully, won't be long from now.

[Dancull]

Hi,

I have another question would like to ask if that's okay,

In 2016 I was holding a Tier 4 visa for my undergraduate study. I was working part-time in a takeaway shop for about 4 months probably less than that. I was scrolling through the old photos today and noticed one weekly shift timetable.
I saw my name was put down for 3 days and total working hours were 23.5 in that week. But I'm not sure and don't remember I worked that much in that week. I usually only worked 15 hours a week (Frankly It could be the person had the same name as me cos they don't put surname on that table).

The employer didn't ask me to get NI number or for bank details, I was paid weekly in cash.

Should I inform HO?

[contorted_svy]

I don't think it is necessary, as long as you were lawfully employed. maybe you exceeded your hours limit once in your whole student visa. I doubt this would make any difference.

[Dancull]

I don't think it is necessary, as long as you were lawfully employed. maybe you exceeded your hours limit once in your whole student visa. I doubt this would make any difference.

Thank you for your reply, I have also received my detailed SAR, but nothing regarding it. I'm probably just overthinking.

[AmazonianX]

I don't think it is necessary, as long as you were lawfully employed. maybe you exceeded your hours limit once in your whole student visa. I doubt this would make any difference.

Thank you for your reply, I have also received my detailed SAR, but nothing regarding it. I'm probably just overthinking.

The not knowing and waiting do take a toll.
Try reduce being worried as waiting is all we can do.

[Dancull]

I don't think it is necessary, as long as you were lawfully employed. maybe you exceeded your hours limit once in your whole student visa. I doubt this would make any difference.

Thank you for your reply, I have also received my detailed SAR, but nothing regarding it. I'm probably just overthinking.

The not knowing and waiting do take a toll.
Try reduce being worried as waiting is all we can do.

thank you for your reply !