- Visa application for PSW sent on 28th of Jan 2010 with the current visa expiring on the 31st of Jan. I did not send my original degree certificate since it was not issued, but I did send an original letter from the university confirming the date of degree award.
For future applicants, if you want to be safer against dumb case workers, add a cover letter if you are doing this although a tick box if checked on page 29(when I applied) clearly indicates an option to send a letter from the university as evidence.
- I received my Rejection letter on the 3rd of March 2010 with the appeal form to be submitted before the 17th of March 2010(10 working days)
- I submitted the appeal form after gathering the necessary info on the 15th of March 2010 and got my court hearing scheduled on the 22nd of April 2010.
- I got the decision in my favour on the 18th of May 2010 and came to know that HO had not appealed against it(they had nothing in their side to argue for
) within 5 days.
- The happy surprise was in the last stage, I received a call from the HO confirming my address and they sent me an email asking for passport on the 10th of june. I sent it on the 11th of June which they received on the 14th of June(weekend) and I got back my passport with visa stamped on the 17th of June(dated 15th June). Surprise because the expected time frame was 4-6 weeks as with all other stages.
Moderators can sticky this if someone wants a comphrehensive timeline for the appeal process.