General discussion after BC and Passport application

1664 · Post by **1664** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:27 am

This could be Nazias week?

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:33 pm

1664 wrote:This could be Nazias week?

thank you i would suggest APPROVAL WEEK it will be for everyone who is wating for including me....

daniash · Post by **daniash** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:03 pm

Don't forget me either, I've applied before even Nazia.......
I was tempted to call this morning but I restrained myself.
I hope that before the end of the week half of the remaining May applicants will have received their approvals!

1664 · Post by **1664** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:27 pm

Good Luck to you too daniash.

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:32 pm

Good luck guys. Hope everyone receives their approval quickly

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:33 pm

daniash wrote:Don't forget me either, I've applied before even Nazia.......
I was tempted to call this morning but I restrained myself.
I hope that before the end of the week half of the remaining May applicants will have received their approvals!

hiya when did you called last time? and what was the status of your application.

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:46 pm

Nazia88, daniash...good luck..i am sure you guys are next now

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:32 pm

daniash wrote:Don't forget me either, I've applied before even Nazia.......
I was tempted to call this morning but I restrained myself.
I hope that before the end of the week half of the remaining May applicants will have received their approvals!

i wish daniash your approval comes before me coz you deserve it.

rightmove · Post by **rightmove** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:48 pm

One of my colleague had a strange experience with home office call centre.

he submitted to NCS on 13th May.
called on 4th june

called 1st week of July. he was told that his application reached them on 4th june. he contested that he sent in may but the call centre guy confirmed that according to the system u r in the queue based on of 4th june.

he got his approval 2nd week august. his view is that call centre guys have the ability to put you ahead or behind in the queue and we should avoid calling as they do get pi**ed off and can put ur file behind... every file has an assigned date of entry for processing.

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:56 pm

rightmove wrote:One of my colleague had a strange experience with home office call centre.

he submitted to NCS on 13th May.
called on 4th june

called 1st week of July. he was told that his application reached them on 4th june. he contested that he sent in may but the call centre guy confirmed that according to the system u r in the queue based on of 4th june.

he got his approval 2nd week august. his view is that call centre guys have the ability to put you ahead or behind in the queue and we should avoid calling as they do get pi**ed off and can put ur file behind... every file has an assigned date of entry for processing.

hmw · Post by **hmw** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:58 pm

rightmove wrote:One of my colleague had a strange experience with home office call centre.

he submitted to NCS on 13th May.
called on 4th june

called 1st week of July. he was told that his application reached them on 4th june. he contested that he sent in may but the call centre guy confirmed that according to the system u r in the queue based on of 4th june.

he got his approval 2nd week august. his view is that call centre guys have the ability to put you ahead or behind in the queue and we should avoid calling as they do get pi**ed off and can put ur file behind... every file has an assigned date of entry for processing.

The timeline sounds right. On an average the applications take either 3 or 6 months from submission to approval. I don't think the call center people would have the authority to amend the application status - would be a very surprised if they could amend *anything* in the system ...

AALI24 · Post by **AALI24** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:07 pm

I dont think they can change the status of any application or can influence the priority of an application but when I phone on friday she said "your application status is same as last week" which made me think they do log our calls.

gorayah · Post by **gorayah** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:31 pm

AALI24 wrote:I dont think they can change the status of any application or can influence the priority of an application but when I phone on friday she said "your application status is same as last week" which made me think they do log our calls.

Yes, they do log all calls because I called them a day and after few days I called them again & lady told me that when I contacted them last time and status is still same as before. Guys I consider myself to be fit b/w Daniash & Nazia88, as I applied on 11th.

Cheers.

Good Luck.

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:35 pm

hmmm bit strange...the call center people mentioned something about my previous call only after decision was taken....

I disagree with the fact that call center people can change the queue of applications...if they do then its very dangerous...but who know anything can happen in UKBA process

daniash · Post by **daniash** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:09 pm

Nazia88 wrote:i wish daniash your approval comes before me coz you deserve it.

Thanks Nazia, I won't mind who gets it first as long as we all get it soon!! I'm used to randomness by now.

Regarding phone operators being able to set back individual applications out of childish irritation with callers, I really hope for the sake of the reputation of the whole country that this isn't the case. It would be a scandal and certainly grounds for dismissal.
I don't think they routinely DO this, because some of us have called every week and eventually were told that a decision had been taken. However, whether they CAN, well, they may well be able to edit the database. If one of these operators decided to take this liberty of his or her own accord, it would be outrageous and unfortunately we could do little to prove it.

Nazia88 · Post by **Nazia88** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:36 pm

there are many people who i have seen in timiline who never called and they are waiting for nearly 6 mounth i also have seen some who called every week they got their approval with the ave time frame (10-14Week)
so this is baseless they can change the Q order

rnr79 · Post by **rnr79** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:01 am

1664 I see you got the sat appointment? Which office did u get appointment at? Is it easy to get sat appointments?

1664 · Post by **1664** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:21 am

rnr79 wrote:1664 I see you got the sat appointment? Which office did u get appointment at? Is it easy to get sat appointments?

I got in at Maidenhead,Kent. It was relatively easy. Plus I did it a week in advance so may be it was easier. But I don't see major obstacles for Sat appt,if you are willing to travel.

Good Luck

1664

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:30 am

1664,
Do u mean Maidstone, Kent?

1664 · Post by **1664** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:45 am

vipul1981 wrote:1664,
Do u mean Maidstone, Kent?

ha! Sorry yes Maidstone.

1664 · Post by **1664** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:51 am

Vipul - you all prepared for tomorrow?
where is yours again?

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:18 am

hi mate. Mine is in Crawley.

I guess I am prepared. I dont think we need to do any special preparation? I am just going to look at the form again today and rest I should be able to answer (i guess)

shs213 · Post by **shs213** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:41 am

vipul1981 wrote:hi mate. Mine is in Crawley.

I guess I am prepared. I dont think we need to do any special preparation? I am just going to look at the form again today and rest I should be able to answer (i guess)

Do you know if they do any eye, finger print scans for passport applicants?

shs213 · Post by **shs213** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:45 am

@Nazia - wife's acknowledgment from HO says AN6(2)+ as the type of application...

I saw another post somewhere - can't find the thread now. Just checking if the above is correct for spouse of BC...

vipul1981 · Post by **vipul1981** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:55 am

shs213 wrote:
vipul1981 wrote:hi mate. Mine is in Crawley.

I guess I am prepared. I dont think we need to do any special preparation? I am just going to look at the form again today and rest I should be able to answer (i guess)
Do you know if they do any eye, finger print scans for passport applicants?

I am not sure mate. Didn't ask anyone.

does any one knows the answer?

I assume they dont. coz if they did, they would have mentioned that there should be no cuts on fingers and all that stuff

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