ILR postal applications (excluding 10/14 yr.)

[anushil123]

Hi all,

I received my ILR approval letter on Friday 17.08.12 dated 15.08.12.
The letter says you will receive your BRP witihin 10 days.......normally i have seen people getting it the very next day. I still havent received the permit.....I know I have to continue waiting but has anybody had to wait longer than 4 working days for their BRP????

Congrats! when did you apply please? tks

I applied on the 10th of March. Set (O) Application with one dependant.

[Apaiva]

Hi all,

I received my ILR approval letter on Friday 17.08.12 dated 15.08.12.
The letter says you will receive your BRP witihin 10 days.......normally i have seen people getting it the very next day. I still havent received the permit.....I know I have to continue waiting but has anybody had to wait longer than 4 working days for their BRP????

Congrats! when did you apply please? tks

I applied on the 10th of March. Set (O) Application with one dependant.

wow, amazing! I applied on the 11th of March..
Wish I had the same luck..

[anushil123]

Hi all,

I received my ILR approval letter on Friday 17.08.12 dated 15.08.12.
The letter says you will receive your BRP witihin 10 days.......normally i have seen people getting it the very next day. I still havent received the permit.....I know I have to continue waiting but has anybody had to wait longer than 4 working days for their BRP????

Congrats! when did you apply please? tks

I applied on the 10th of March. Set (O) Application with one dependant.

wow, amazing! I applied on the 11th of March..
Wish I had the same luck..

Dont worry it will arrive soon for sure...

[Apaiva]

Congrats! when did you apply please? tks

I applied on the 10th of March. Set (O) Application with one dependant.

wow, amazing! I applied on the 11th of March..
Wish I had the same luck..

Dont worry it will arrive soon for sure...

I hope so - it's been hard to cope..

[anushil123]

Hi all,

I received my ILR approval letter on Friday 17.08.12 dated 15.08.12.
The letter says you will receive your BRP witihin 10 days.......normally i have seen people getting it the very next day. I still havent received the permit.....I know I have to continue waiting but has anybody had to wait longer than 4 working days for their BRP????

[MSR75]

Hi Guys,

Just received my documents back with approved ILR. Here are my time lines to give some hope to people waiting for theirs:

Visa: Work Permit May 2007- Nov 2011. Switched to Tier 1 (General) April 2010- April 2013
Application form used for ILR: SET (O) with 1 dependent
Date application posted: 11-04-2012
Date application received at UKBA: 13-04-2012
Payment debit and Acknowledgement letter date: 23-04-2012
Received Acknowledgement letter: 29-04-2012
Payment mode: Credit card
Biometric letter received: Both on 15-06-2012 (dated 09-06-2012)
Date of Biometrics Enrolment: 16-06-2012 at Liverpool post office
Date of Approval: 19-08-2012
Date of return of passport and documents: 21-08-2012 (using spl. del. envelope I supplied with application)
Date of arrival of BRP card: waiting

Good luck to everyone.

[panda143]

Hi Guys,

Just received my documents back with approved ILR. Here are my time lines to give some hope to people waiting for theirs:

Visa: Work Permit May 2007- Nov 2011. Switched to Tier 1 (General) April 2010- April 2013
Application form used for ILR: SET (O) with 1 dependent
Date application posted: 11-04-2012
Date application received at UKBA: 13-04-2012
Payment debit and Acknowledgement letter date: 23-04-2012
Received Acknowledgement letter: 29-04-2012
Payment mode: Credit card
Biometric letter received: Both on 15-06-2012 (dated 09-06-2012)
Date of Biometrics Enrolment: 16-06-2012 at Liverpool post office
Date of Approval: 19-08-2012
Date of return of passport and documents: 21-08-2012 (using spl. del. envelope I supplied with application)
Date of arrival of BRP card: waiting

Good luck to everyone.

19/08/2012 was Sunday, Its good if UKBA staff works on Sunday

[Ghezi]

Hi,
i was wondering if April SET(O) applicants have had any luck so far.

I did postal application as i had 190 days outside Uk and my solicitor said i HAD to do it by post.
My timeline here it is:
Application sent: 9 April 2019
Acknoledgment Received: 1 may 2012 dated 19 April 2012
First biometric invitation : never received
Second biometric invitation: received 26 june 2012 saying I had failed to enroll with the first invitation !!!

Biometrics enrolled : 26 june 2012

No news since then
Pushed my solicitor to expedite who asked for another 500 pounds. my company also provided expedition request letters but no luck so far.

Does nationality matter ? My solicitior says certain nationalities take longer.
I have lost confidence in my expensive solicitir who is recently hiding from me.
God my life is so upside down because of this.

[Mariyeh]

So today i called UKBA again. i asked them why i have recieved the biometric ( which i shouldnt have), he was very nice and said it was a systematic error and he appologised. he told me if i wish i can enroll my biometric and if not i have to write them back and let them know that my application was on 23rd of feb !

still waiting, and I dont know should I enroll the biometric or not !
( SET m
applied on 23rd feb 2012
aknowledge 29th of feb
still waiting )

[Mariyeh]

@ Ghezi: unfortunatley nationality does matter.

[V]

Dear all at immigrationboard,..............
I have visited your chatroom/forum on a few ocassions recently as a guest.
Here is my ILR time line (Set-O), for Me , wife and one child ( HSMP 2yrs + Tier-1 for 3 years), starightforward application........

Postal application date----8 March
Aknowledgemnt letter---Never came
Money withdrawn --15 March
Biometric letter dated---17 April ---but recieved on 29 April !!!
Biometrics---30 april
ILR confirmation letter-- 5 August
ILR biometrics cards back-- Dated 14 August, recived---16 August.



My penny's worth of advice for all others who are still waiting...........
Keep the faith and relax(I know hard to do than said),............but no amount of letters/phones calls/MP visits make any difference to these C***s............

[gondal]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know, or think that if you get your biometric invitation letter then your ILR has probably been approved and the rest is formalities in getting the BRP processed and issued?

Or is the decision not made until the very end of the process, after the biometric info is captured?

As I said, just curious to figure out the logic to the process, assuming there is one of course.

Thanks!

No. Receiving a biometric letter does not mean your application has been (or will be) successful. It only means that your application is being treated as valid (e.g. - you have submitted the correct form, completed mandatory sections, provided photographs meeting the guidance, have paid the fee etc). Applications are not substantively considered until biometric information is enrolled.

[pala]

Hello All:

Please kindly post your ILR Applications and processing Timelines along with your experience at this place for benefit of current and future applicants..

Thanks again...

hello all friends. i have collected my documants from my solicitor today . here is my time line. application (set m) sent 10th april. received by ukba 11th april. application fee taken on 20th april. aknowladgement letter received 29th (dated 20 april) biometric letter received 9th jun(dated 31 may) biometric done on 11th jun. i got a letter from solicitor on20th august stating brp card and passport ready to collect . collected today. ( brp card was issued on 5th august.) i reall do hope that all those waiting will receives their ilr very soon. i do know how it feels like waiting. good luck to everyone with their application.

[AussieSetO]

Congrats! when did you apply please? tks

I applied on the 10th of March. Set (O) Application with one dependant.

wow, amazing! I applied on the 11th of March..
Wish I had the same luck..

Dont worry it will arrive soon for sure...

I got my letter of approval on 16 August but still no BRP... it's still within the 10 days so i'm not worried yet.

[mattd0rg]

when I get my passport back can I travel straight away or do I need to wait for the BRP to arrive separately ?

cheers

[jimbo2012]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

[Riaanf31]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

Hi Jimbo,

Can you share some of your key details.
Date of initial application, Biometrics complete etc?

[mustang390]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

thats great, may I ask which number did you call ?

[jimbo2012]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

Hi Jimbo,

Can you share some of your key details.
Date of initial application, Biometrics complete etc?

Application details as follows

Date of application : 09.03.2012
Date of biometric invitation : 20.04.2012
Date biometrics taken : 28.04.2012
Date of decision : 21.08.2012 (although tbc whether accepted or declined)
Total waiting time : 24 weeks
Biometrics Permit : Not received

[jimbo2012]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

thats great, may I ask which number did you call ?

Hi, I called 0870 606 7766

[mustang390]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

thats great, may I ask which number did you call ?

Hi, I called 0870 606 7766

thanks and which options did u choose ? as they just diconnect the fone after 2 minutes.

[jimbo2012]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

thats great, may I ask which number did you call ?

Hi, I called 0870 606 7766

Option 4, then option 2!


thanks and which options did u choose ? as they just diconnect the fone after 2 minutes.

[coolbawa]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

Hi Jimbo,

Can you share some of your key details.
Date of initial application, Biometrics complete etc?

Application details as follows

Date of application : 09.03.2012
Date of biometric invitation : 20.04.2012
Date biometrics taken : 28.04.2012
Date of decision : 21.08.2012 (although tbc whether accepted or declined)
Total waiting time : 24 weeks
Biometrics Permit : Not received

Hi Jimbo, Looking at your time line it doesnt seems its been 6 months and am surprised that 0877 number replied you with update, as I tried several time (mine was applied on March 14th) but everytime they say before 6 months no update is provided!! Please share your conversation experience Thanks

[Apaiva]

I have just contacted UKBA and got to speak to a lady after 45 minutes who advised my application has been decided and posted back to my solicitors yesterday. She gave me a RM tracking number and as yet the item has not yet been delivered.

So although it may be good news, it too could be bad news. Although, atleast I know that my anxious waiting has hopefully come to an end.

Will keep you posted!

Hi Jimbo,

Can you share some of your key details.
Date of initial application, Biometrics complete etc?

Application details as follows

Date of application : 09.03.2012
Date of biometric invitation : 20.04.2012
Date biometrics taken : 28.04.2012
Date of decision : 21.08.2012 (although tbc whether accepted or declined)
Total waiting time : 24 weeks
Biometrics Permit : Not received

Hi Jimbo, Looking at your time line it doesnt seems its been 6 months and am surprised that 0877 number replied you with update, as I tried several time (mine was applied on March 14th) but everytime they say before 6 months no update is provided!! Please share your conversation experience Thanks

Hey, its a bit frustrating as I had the same experience and applied on the 11/03. It seems like we need to keep trying until we reach an operator that will be kinf enough to help us. Ive sent so many faxes, but not response iether. So sad..

[Mariyeh]

Jimbo
I think you are very lucky, i have applied on 23rd of Feb and i called today the guy on the phon said you are one day short of 6 month you have to wait another day !!

Good luck anyway, hopefully it is good news for you!

I have lost my faith