Dsin wrote:Hi there,mrsclc78 wrote:Question for you more experienced folks out there...
It's been nearly 6 weeks since my application was received and my payment taken, and while I received my acknowledgement letter, no biometrics letter yet.
Most cases on here seem to show the biometrics letter comes within 1-4 weeks, but I do see where in some cases it's 6 weeks and some even much longer.
My current situation is that my husband will need to travel to France for work in September. I was told to request his passport back no later than 20 working days prior to when he'll need it, but I'm afraid to request it back just yet because without my biometrics letter, I know they've not yet even inputted me into the system, nor assigned me to a caseworker.
If I request his passport now, I'm afraid they'll have to ask for it back and this will cause even more delay to the lengthy process. I've got another few days to hold out before the 20-working-day mark. It's a bit of a long shot.
I wonder if it's worth sending a letter to the UKBA address on the ack. letter, or the fax number, and inquiring about my biometrics letter and if its been lost in the post, or if it will be generated soon? I don't want to request his passport back too soon, but I also can't wait forever. Not sure what to do :-/
Just a quick update - my husband received his biometrics letter in the post today I know we still have a long wait but at least it feels like we have moved a step forward.
We're off to enrol his biometrics at the post office today so will post on here if we have any difficulties in doing so.
Hope this means your letter will also be arriving soon
Our dates are:
Applied online & payment taken: 10.06.12
Acknowledgement letter: 22.06.12 (dated 20.06012)
Biometrics letter: 04.08.12 (dated 01.06)
Biometrics enrolled: hopefully today!
Quick update - we called the number on the biometrics letter and were told to go to Milton Keynes post office about 30 miles away. We got over there as soon as we could only to be told that their biometrics machine wasn't working so could we come back in half an hour. We were too late by then to get to the next closest PO in Oxford so waited.
45 minutes later they admitted that the machine had actually been broken for 2 days and couldn't be fixed until an engineer came out on Monday. They told us to come back on Monday but as a) I work full-time and b) they can't guarantee what time the engineer will come or if he can even fix it, we've decided to skip Milton Keynes altogether.
My husband will now be trying to find his way to Oxford by bus on Monday or Tuesday as I can't just take time off work at such short notice
Only a short delay I know but so disappointing when you feel like the process is already so long and difficult.
Fingers crossed everything works in Oxford!!