Tier 1 (General) extension application processing timelines

s4salil · Post by **s4salil** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:09 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 20 July 2012
3. Number of applicants: 1
4. Date application posted: 03 April 2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 04 April 2012
6. Date payment debited: 03 MAY 2012
7. Payment mode : debit Card
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 09 May 2012 (dated 03 May)
9. Biometric letter received: 01 June 2012 (dated 31 May)
10. Date of biometrics enrolment : 02 June 2012 (Oxford PO)
11. Date passport & documents received: 28 June (Dated 26 June)
12. Date BRP received: 29 June
13. New dates : valid till 20 July 2015

mp1254 · Post by **mp1254** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:07 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 general
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 21 July 2012
3. Number of dependants applying at same time:0
4. Date application posted:2 April 2012
5. Date application received at UKBA:3 April 2012
6. Date payment debited:27 April 2012
7. Payment mode : Direct Debit
8. Acknowledgement letter received:28 April 2012(dated 26 April 2012)
9. Biometric letter received:19 May 2012
10. Date of biometrics enrolment:19 May 2012
11. Date of approval:2 June 2012
12. Date of return of passport and other documents:9 June 2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid from:21 July 2012 to 21 July 2015
14. Date BRP received: 7 June 2012

mark_b · Post by **mark_b** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:23 pm

1. Current Visa : Tier 1 general
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 8 June 2012
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 1
4. Date application posted:31 May 2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 1 June 2012
6. Date payment debited: 6 June 2012
7. Payment mode : Credit Card
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 9 June 2012 (letter dated 6 June 2012)
9. Biometric letter received: 12 July 2012 (letter dated 9 July 2012)
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 14 July 2012
11. Date of approval: 4 October 2012
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 6 October 2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid from: 4 October 2012
14. Date BRP received: 8 October 2012

nivsiv · Post by **nivsiv** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:20 pm

01. Current Visa: Tier 1 (General)
02. Date of expiry of current leave: 20 April 2012
03. Number of Dependents: 0
04. Date application posted: 16 April 2012
05. Date application received at UKBA: 17 April 2012
06. Date payment debited: 15 May 2012
07. Payment mode: Credit card
08. Acknowledgement letter received: 19 May 2012 (Dated 15 May)
09. Biometric letter received: 8 June 2012 (Dated 2 June)
10. Date of Biometrics enrolment: 9 June 2012
11. Date Passport & documents received: 3 July 2012
12. Date BRP received: 3 July 2012

Good luck to you all!

anandv76 · Post by **anandv76** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:26 pm

01. Current Visa: Tier 1 (General)
02. Date of expiry of current leave: 20 June 2012
03. Number of Dependents: 2
04. Date application posted: 19 April 2012
05. Date application received at UKBA: 20 April 2012 (royal mail track and trace)
06. Date payment debited: 18 May 2012
07. Payment mode: debit card
08. Acknowledgement letter received: 19 May 2012 (Dated 16 May)
09. Biometric letter received: 9 June 2012 (Dated 6 June)
10. Date of Biometrics enrolment: 11 June 2012
11. Date approval, passport, documents received: 9 Jul 2012 (dated 4 Jul)
12. Date BRP received: Waiting

Nitintier1 · Post by **Nitintier1** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:19 pm

01. Current Visa - Tier 1 (General)
02. Date of expiry of current leave: July 2012
03. Number of Dependent: N/A
04. Date application posted: 24 April 2012
05. Date application received at UKBA: 25 April 2012
06. Date payment debited: 15 May2012
07. Payment mode: debit card
08. Acknowledgement letter received: Did not receive one
09. Biometric letter received: 11 June 2012
10. Date of Biometrics enrolment: 11 June 2012 (old Street PO)
11. Date Passport & documents received: 06 July 2012
12. Date BRP received: 06 July 2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid up to: July 2015

Palmist · Post by **Palmist** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:11 pm

1. Current vignette: TIER 1 GENERAL
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 03-11-12
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 0
4. Date application posted: 31-03-12
5. Date application received at UKBA: 02-04-12
6. Date payment debited: 25-04-12
7. Payment mode : DEBIT CARD
8. Acknowledgement letter received:
9. Biometric letter received: 11-05-12
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 17-05-12
11. Date of approval: 06-06-12
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 13-06-12
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid TILL: 03-11-14
14. Date BRP received: 12-06-12

esmsi · Post by **esmsi** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:26 am

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General) + 1 Dependent
2. Date of expiry of current leave (visa): July 16, 2012
3. Date application posted: June 13 ,2012 by royal mail next day
4. Date application received: 0800 hours June 14 ,2012
5. Date payment debited: 20 June 2012
6. Payment mode: Cheque
7. Acknowledgment received: 27 June 2012(dated 22 June 2012)
8. Biometric letter received : 05 July 2012(dated 02 July 2012)
9. Biometric done at post office on 7 July 2012
10. Date (new) leave to remain valid from: 5 nov 12
11. Date passport received: 07 Nov 2012[approval letter dated 5 Nov12]
12. Date Biometric card received:14Nov 2012

Frustrated tier1 · Post by **Frustrated tier1** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:23 pm

1. Current vignette: TIER 1 GENERAL
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 01-05-12
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 2
4. Date application posted: 27-02-12
5. Date application received at UKBA: 28-02-12
6. Date payment debited: 02-03-12
7. Payment mode : DEBIT CARD
8. Acknowledgement letter received:
9. Biometric letter received: 27-03-12
10. Date of first biometrics enrolment: 28-03-12
**10. Date of second biometrics enrolment: 04-05-12***
11. Date of approval: 12-06-12
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 14-06-12
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid TILL: 12-06-14
14. Date BRP received: 14-06-12

shargaur · Post by **shargaur** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:02 pm

01. Current Visa - Tier 1 (General)
02. Date of expiry of current leave: 14 July 2012
03. Number of Dependent: N/A
04. Date application posted: 14 May 2012
05. Date application received at UKBA: 15 May 2012
06. Date payment debited: 22 May2012
07. Payment mode: Credit Card
08. Acknowledgement letter received: 25 May 2012 (Dated 22 May)
09. Biometric letter received: 15 June 2012 (Dated 12 June)
10. Date of Biometrics enrolment: 18 June 2012 (Old Street PO)
11. Date Passport & documents received: Approved on 26/07. Received on 30/07
12. Date BRP received: 26/07/2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid up to: 26/07/2015

Tension Free for 3 yrs.

anonymous12 · Post by **anonymous12** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:59 pm

1. Current vignette:Tier 1 (General)
2. Date application posted: 31st March 2012
3. Date application received at UKBA: 02nd April 2012
4. Date payment debited: 03rd May 2012
5. Payment mode : Debit Card
6. Acknowledgement letter received: 08th May 2012
7. Biometric letter received: 25th May 2012
8. Date of biometrics enrolment: 25th May 2012
9. Date of approval: 13th June 2012
10. Date of return of passport and other documents: 18th June 2012
11. Date BRP received: 15th June 2012

Post by **geriatrix** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:04 am

Do not make more than one post in the topic. If writing initial post before a decision / passport is received (i.e.- giving details of points 1 to 5 only), please edit the original post to update - do not create a new post for every update. This will help members looking for approx. timeslines to figure out end-to-end processing time of a given application(s) at one place itself.
Remember the page number of this topic that you are making your post in .. or .. use the search function to find your post in this topic.

Queries, pleasantries, off-topic posts, duplicate posts, multiple posts relating to the same application, request for updates, posts enquiring about current timelines, etc. are not be posted, will be deleted without notice, and members posting irrelevant posts in this topic that require moderators to waste their time in cleaning up the topic may have their access restricted.

People are somehow able to find their old post in the topic and hit the "quote" button or "copy-paste" content to a new post, but for some reason unable to hit the "edit" button! It is beyond me to understand why.

tier1Reading · Post by **tier1Reading** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:30 pm

Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
Date of expiry of current leave: 01 Jun 2012 (Initial 2 yrs)
Number of Applicants: Main + 2
Payment mode: Cheque
Date application posted: 02 Apr 2012 (RM SD)
Date application received at UKBA: 03 Apr 2012
Date payment debited: 01 May 2012
Acknowledgement letter dated: 03 May 2012
Acknowledgement letter received date: 09 May 2012
Biometric letter dated: 25 May 2012
Biometric letter received date: 28 May 2012
Date of Biometrics enrolment 29 May 2012
Biometrics enrolled at: Reading PO
Date of Approval letter: 17 June 2012 (UKBA working on Sunday's too)
Date approval letter, Passport & documents received: 19 June 2012 (I had enclosed RM SD envelope)
Date BRP received: 21 June 2012
Date (new) leave to remain valid until: 17 June 2015 (3 years)

Thanks All. This forum was very helpful.

tomanuel · Post by **tomanuel** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:06 pm

Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
Date of expiry of current leave: 19 July 2012 (Initial 2 yrs)
Number of Applicants: Main + 3
Payment mode: Debit Card
Date application posted: 19 June 2012(RM SD)
Date application received at UKBA: 20 June 2012
Date payment debited: 21 June 2012
Acknowledgement letter dated: 21 June 2012
Acknowledgement letter received date: 25 June 2012
Biometric letter dated: 28 June 2012
Biometric letter received date: 3 July 2012
Date of Biometrics enrolment 4 July 2012
Biometrics enrolled at: Post Office Dartford
Date of Approval letter: 30th October 2012
Date approval letter, Passport & documents received: Post man met no one at home during d time of delivery on Friday 3rd November 2012
Date BRP received: 3rd November 2012
Date (new) leave to remain valid from: 30th October 2012.

Many thanks to God and for those who created this forum. Very helpful. And all the best to those still waiting.

pl_aneta · Post by **pl_aneta** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:07 am

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 21.05.2012
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 0
4. Date application posted: 09.05.2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 10.05.2012
6. Date payment debited: 24.05.2012
7. Payment mode : cheque
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 31.05.2012 (dated 28.05.2012)
9. Biometric letter received: 22.06.2012 (dated 19.06.2012)
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 23.06.2012
11. Date of approval letter received: 15.09.12 (letter dated 10.09.12)
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 15.09.12 (in one envelope with approval letter)
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid until: 10.09.14
14. Date BRP received: 24.09.12

MHDoshi · Post by **MHDoshi** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 2:57 pm

1. Current Visa : Tier 1 general
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 09 Sep 2012
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 3
4. Date application posted:04 Apr 2012
5. Date application received at UKBA:05 Apr 2012
6. Date payment debited: 09 May 2012
7. Payment mode : Debit Card
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 14 May 2012
9. Biometric letter received: 30 May 2012
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 31 May 2012
11. Date of approval: 22 Jun 2012 (Dated 20 Jun 2012)
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 22 Jun 2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid from:Waiting
14. Date BRP received:Waiting

Ashasingh718 · Post by **Ashasingh718** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:57 pm

1. Current visa: TIER 1 GENERAL
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 10-05-12
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: na
4. Date application posted: 17-04-12
5. Date application received at UKBA: 21-04-12
6. Date payment debited: 10-05-12
7. Payment mode : DEBIT CARD
8. Acknowledgement letter received:20-05-2012
9. Biometric letter received: 9-06-12
10. Date of biometrics enrollment: 11-06-12
11. Date of approval: waiting
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: waiting
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid TILL: 03-07-2014
14. Date BRP received: 06-07-2012

ajf773 · Post by **ajf773** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 4:43 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 24-05-12
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: none
4. Date application posted: 02-05-12
5. Date application received at UKBA: 03-05-12
6. Date payment debited: 18-05-12
7. Payment mode : Debit card
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 22-05-12
9. Biometric letter received: 14-06-12
10. Date of biometrics enrollment: 16-06-12
11. Date of approval: 12-07-12
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 19-07-12
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid TILL: 12-07-14
14. Date BRP received: 23-07-12

FreakzoiD · Post by **FreakzoiD** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:18 pm

1. Current visa: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 28-01-13
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 1
4. Date application posted: 19-06-12
5. Date application received at UKBA: 20-06-12
6. Date payment debited: 21-06-12
7. Payment mode : AMEX
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 25-06-12 (dated 21-06-12)
9. Biometric letter received: 02-07-12 (dated 28-06-12)
10. Date of biometrics enrollment: 09-07-12
11. Date of approval: 28-09-2012 (expedited case by faxing employer's expedite request to UKBA on 25-09-2012)
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 01-10-2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid TILL: 28-09-2014
14. Date BRP received: 02-10-2012

LRR · Post by **LRR** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:52 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (general)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 11-06-12
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 0
4. Date application posted: 08-06-12
5. Date application received at UKBA: 11-06-12
6. Date payment debited: 18-06-12
7. Payment mode : Cheque
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 25-06-12 (dated 19-06-12)
9. Biometric letter received: 30-06-12 (sent to home address, AND a copy to postal/correspondance address specified)
10. Date of biometrics enrollment: 09-07-12
11. Date of approval: 02-11-12 YAY!!!
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 05-11-12 Lucky to get passport back as envelope was not adequate to return documents and had large rips in it on arrival. Held together by a rubberband.
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid TILL: 02-11-15
14. Date BRP received: 21-11-12 (had to wait the 10 working days, then emailed them. Got email back to say it was still being processed. Arrived 19 days after approval)

SunnyKK · Post by **SunnyKK** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:29 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 06.05.2012
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 1
4. Date application posted: 4th April 2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 5th April 2012
6. Date payment debited: 09th May 2012
7. Payment mode : Postal Order
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 10th May 2012
9. Biometric letter received: 30th May 2012
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 01 June 2012
11. Date of approval: 25th June 2012
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 26th June 2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid from: 25th June 2012 to 25th June 2014
14. Date BRP received: 28th June 2012

Thank you so much...all the best to evertone!!!

kapil.bhat · Post by **kapil.bhat** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:40 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 01.09.2012
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 2
4. Date application posted: 5th April 2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 10th April 2012
6. Date payment debited: 10th May 2012
7. Payment mode : Debit Card
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 15th May 2012
9. Biometric letter received: 30th May 2012
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 31st May 2012
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 20th June 2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid from: 19th June 2012
14. Date BRP received: 27th June 2012

rajsuccess · Post by **rajsuccess** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:41 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (Genera)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 03 July 2012 (Initial 2 years)
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 0
4. Date application posted: 25 June 2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 26 June 2012
6. Date payment debited: 28 June 2012
7. Payment mode : Credit Card (UK Bank)
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 29 June 2012 (dated 28 June 2012)
9. Biometric letter received: Waiting
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: Waiting
11. Date of approval: Waiting
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: Waiting
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid from: Waiting
14. Date BRP received: Awaited

coolfella · Post by **coolfella** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:00 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 15-June-2012
3. Number of applicants: 1
4. Date application posted: 05-April-2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 10-April-2012 Friday
6. Date payment debited: End of April
7. Payment mode: Debit Card
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 11th May 2012/Dated 9th May
9. Biometric letter received: 1st June 2012
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 06 - June - 2012
11. Date Application Approved: 28th June
12. Date passport & documents received: 28th June
13. Date BRP received: 28th June

Received both the passport & BRP card on the same day, different deliveries though.

sarp · Post by **sarp** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:59 pm

1. Current vignette: Tier 1 (General)
2. Date of expiry of current leave: 16/07/2012
3. Number of dependants applying at same time: 0
4. Date application posted: 29/05/2012
5. Date application received at UKBA: 30/05/2012
6. Date payment debited: 06/06/2012
7. Payment mode : DEBIT CARD
8. Acknowledgement letter received: 31/05/2012
9. Biometric letter received: 21/06/2012 (Dated 19/06/2012)
10. Date of biometrics enrolment: 22/06/2012
11. Date of approval: 23/08/2012
12. Date of return of passport and other documents: 25/08/2012
13. Date (new) leave to remain valid from: WAITING
14. Date BRP received: Awaited

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