That's up to you. I'm just saying that's something you can do after 6 months have passed. The solicitor would charge you £400-£600, which is a bit drastic, but should either get your documents back faster or give you the pleasure of holding UKBA responsible.toprealman wrote:How do you pay your lawyer to fight UKBA in court when you have been out of work for 6months?megatelevizor wrote:To anyone who's been waiting for more than 6 months: what you can do is seek help with private solicitors. Then you can post your a request to UKBA to process your application within two weeks' period. If they do not process your application within 2 weeks' time, you have the right to challenge them in High Court. Hope this helps
Also, someone on this forum (2-3 pages back) mentioned that they have waited for 6 months and called UKBA to enquire about their progress, only to hear that the period is actually 7 months. That's complete nonsense, the officer on the other side of the line gave misleading and clearly false information.