Fee not yet deducted!!!

[shughal]

Hi All,

Type: Tier 1 (G)
Application Sent: 27-01-10 (Royal Mail Special Delivery)
Application Received: 28-01-10 (Royal Mail online Tracker service)
Payment Method: Barclays Visa Debit Card (Business)
Payment Deducted: Not yet

I even called to Home Office, the lady on the fone said " Our system can tell you about any status of your application only if it has elpased more than 14 weeks of your application,otherwise we cannot tell you anything abt it. There is no set time scale for the deduction of payments.Just make sure by Royal Mail that your application has reached to us before your visa get expired."

Many regards

[Saurabh_my]

Hi Guys,

did your fees got deducted now?
mine is still pending, its been 8 working days now since i post my application.

thanks
Saurabh

[avatar2010]

Hi Guys,

did your fees got deducted now?
mine is still pending, its been 8 working days now since i post my application.

thanks
Saurabh

Nothing for me as well. it has been 8 days for me too. Posted my application on 28th Jan. Checked with bank, but they do not see any pending transaction. I think (as others are also experiencing the same delay), Home office guys are taking their own sweet time to process application even in lack of application backlogs ! What is more frustrating is that that they leave us with no choice but to wait for whooping 14 weeks before even tracking your application. Well that's called efficiency !!!!!!!!

[xeel]

hold your horses friends, mine was deducted in 10 days .. so you should expect yours to be soon ..

Now, am counting days yet again to receive my reference number :/
i hope that is not another 10 day job!..

[xeel]

quoting from the HO website..

During the week commencing 8 February 2010, we expect to be considering applications that were received on or before 15 January 2010. Please note that this timescale is a guideline only, and some cases may take longer to consider.

However, last weekend it said:

During the week commencing 1 February 2010, we expect to be considering applications that were received on or before 29 January 2010. Please note that this timescale is a guideline only, and some cases may take longer to consider.

so you can imagine, they are having a perfect travel back in time

[vhsmpuk]

hi xeel,

can you let us know when you posted your application?

[xeel]

hi xeel,

can you let us know when you posted your application?

my application was received at visa office on the 26th of Jan..

[akb]

quoting from the HO website..

During the week commencing 8 February 2010, we expect to be considering applications that were received on or before 15 January 2010. Please note that this timescale is a guideline only, and some cases may take longer to consider.

However, last weekend it said:

During the week commencing 1 February 2010, we expect to be considering applications that were received on or before 29 January 2010. Please note that this timescale is a guideline only, and some cases may take longer to consider.

so you can imagine, they are having a perfect travel back in time

Was this quoted from HO or from this thread on ???
http://www.immigrationboards.com/postin ... e&p=337129

I am not sure whether this is correct info. Normally it shows one month old dates for processing.

Cheers,
akb.

That is your only source of timeline updates from UKBA.. we have to take it or leave it..

Untill one week back, it was showing processing applications received upto Dec29th. I really doubt that HO processed all those applications received in Jan10 in one week (or that the number of applications went down so much in Jan10). So just want to inform to the group (especially those who are awaiting visa like me) to not get excited about this date. Most probably the date will be corrected some time later in this week.

Cheers,
akb.

Just to update you guys..
HO has corrected their mistake now.

Waiting times

This page gives details of the processing time for applications made under Tier 1 (General) of the points-based system.

During the week commencing 8 February 2010, we expect to be considering applications that were received on or before 15 January 2010. Please note that this timescale is a guideline only, and some cases may take longer to consider.

Please be aware that the customer contact centre is currently experiencing very high call demand and therefore you may experience difficulties in contacting us. We apologise for this and for any inconvenience it may cause you.

[xeel]

During the week commencing 8 February 2010, we expect to be considering applications that were received on or before 15 January 2010. Please note that this timescale is a guideline only, and some cases may take longer to consider.

This was certainly quoted from the HO website

[avatar2010]

Dear All,

Applied for Tier 1 extension on 28th Jan from UK. Royal mail confirms delivery for 29th Jan.

Fees not yet deducted. After checking this forum, I am bit relaxed. However I am not sure if Visa Debit Card could be used for payment as I did not see that option on the form. Unfortunately I saw that after sending my Visa debit card details in the application. Fingers crossed !

Thanks

Friends,

I can see the payment deducted from my bank account. Here are my application details.

Post Date : 28th Jan
Application received: 29th Jan
Payment processed: 10th Feb

Takes approximate 10 days as others have also mentioned. Hang in tight.

Cheers

[Saurabh_my]

Hi All,

has anyones fees got deducted yet? pls update if possible.
Application sent on : Jan 30th
No confirmation letter recieved yet.
No fees deducted till date.

thanks
SS

[Saurabh_my]

Hi Guys,

did your fees got deducted now?
mine is still pending, its been 8 working days now since i post my application.

thanks
Saurabh

Nothing for me as well. it has been 8 days for me too. Posted my application on 28th Jan. Checked with bank, but they do not see any pending transaction. I think (as others are also experiencing the same delay), Home office guys are taking their own sweet time to process application even in lack of application backlogs ! What is more frustrating is that that they leave us with no choice but to wait for whooping 14 weeks before even tracking your application. Well that's called efficiency !!!!!!!!

hi any news at your end?
same is the case with me, no fees deducted till date.
Thanks
Saurabh

[akb]

Hi Guys,

did your fees got deducted now?
mine is still pending, its been 8 working days now since i post my application.

thanks
Saurabh

Nothing for me as well. it has been 8 days for me too. Posted my application on 28th Jan. Checked with bank, but they do not see any pending transaction. I think (as others are also experiencing the same delay), Home office guys are taking their own sweet time to process application even in lack of application backlogs ! What is more frustrating is that that they leave us with no choice but to wait for whooping 14 weeks before even tracking your application. Well that's called efficiency !!!!!!!!

hi any news at your end?
same is the case with me, no fees deducted till date.
Thanks
Saurabh

Hi Friends,

Nothing to worry.
HO is taking more than 10 days now for payment.

Best wishes,
akb

[vhsmpuk]

Type: HSMP to Tier 1(Gen)
Application date: 29-Jan-2010
Application received: 30-Jan-2010
Payment deducted : 9-Feb-2010 (In credit card pending transactions) , should be in statement tomorrow
Acknowledgment letter date: Not received

hope this helps

[mr_arunanand]

Hey Guys,
I m relived mine got deducted today!

Application Received: 1st Feb
Money Deducted: 10th Feb

Check your online and you should see the Available Balance (not the Balance) deducted. If not then shud be in next few days for guys who applied during the same time as myself.

But it is quite slow though - quite frustrating considering our Passports are stuck in a way...

[xeel]

It is for sure quite frustrating - and its not just the fees, the HO is overall lazy nowadays. My account was debited on 5th of February - been 5 working days since then no sign of reference letter

[avatar2010]

Hi Guys,

did your fees got deducted now?
mine is still pending, its been 8 working days now since i post my application.

thanks
Saurabh

Nothing for me as well. it has been 8 days for me too. Posted my application on 28th Jan. Checked with bank, but they do not see any pending transaction. I think (as others are also experiencing the same delay), Home office guys are taking their own sweet time to process application even in lack of application backlogs ! What is more frustrating is that that they leave us with no choice but to wait for whooping 14 weeks before even tracking your application. Well that's called efficiency !!!!!!!!

hi any news at your end?
same is the case with me, no fees deducted till date.
Thanks
Saurabh

Hi,

Yes, mine got deducted yesterday as mentioned on my post (see yesterday's post).

Application sent: 28th Jan
Application received: 29th Jan
Fees deducted: 10th Feb
Acknowledge letter: Yet to receive

Cheers

[xeel]

Guys, how long does it take to receive the reference number usually? once the fee has been debited?

[Nagu]

Guys....

Type: HSMP to Tier 1(Gen)
Application sent: 01-Feb-2010
Application received: 02-Feb-2010
Payment deducted : not deducted yet
Acknowledgment letter date: Not received

Frustratiing....Anyone is in the same state????

Thanks,
Nagu

[tvn_ramesh]

Guys, how long does it take to receive the reference number usually? once the fee has been debited?

5-7days once fee is deducted... sometimes there are cases Ref no is not received even after fee deduction but application is in process and can get approved.. just for ur idea

[shughal]

Type: Tier 1 (G)
Application Sent: 27-01-10 (Royal Mail Special Delivery)
Application Received: 28-01-10 (Royal Mail online Tracker service)
Payment Method: Barclays Visa Debit Card (Business)
Payment Deducted: Feb 09,2010

[Saurabh_my]

Guys....

Type: HSMP to Tier 1(Gen)
Application sent: 01-Feb-2010
Application received: 02-Feb-2010
Payment deducted : not deducted yet
Acknowledgment letter date: Not received

Frustratiing....Anyone is in the same state????

Thanks,
Nagu

Hi Friend,
i am with you, hope will have some good news beginning next week.
all the best.
SS

[tywang2006]

Guys....

Type: HSMP to Tier 1(Gen)
Application sent: 01-Feb-2010
Application received: 02-Feb-2010
Payment deducted : not deducted yet
Acknowledgment letter date: Not received

Frustratiing....Anyone is in the same state????

Thanks,
Nagu

Hi Friend,
i am with you, hope will have some good news beginning next week.
all the best.
SS

both guys, I am same with you.
Hopy everything's fine. I am worry HO lost mine.

[Joyo]

Guys....

Type: HSMP to Tier 1(Gen)
Application sent: 01-Feb-2010
Application received: 02-Feb-2010
Payment deducted : not deducted yet
Acknowledgment letter date: Not received

Frustratiing....Anyone is in the same state????

Thanks,
Nagu

Hi Friend,
i am with you, hope will have some good news beginning next week.
all the best.
SS

both guys, I am same with you.
Hopy everything's fine. I am worry HO lost mine.

Hang in there, I had almost the same timeline and just this morning I see that my "available balance" online has gone down by the right amount...should be on the statement tomorrow.

[Joyo]

UPDATE: Checked my bank balance this morning, the available balance has gone down by the correct amount!

Timeline now looks like:

Application date: 1-Feb-2010 (possibly 2nd Feb)
Application received: 2nd Feb (possibly 3rd)
Payment deducted : 12 February
Acknowledgment letter date: Not received

Once my solicitor is back, I will confirm. But it was 7 or 8 working days for my payment to be deducted, so hang in there everyone!