annieak wrote:thisi so unfair how can june applicants even be considered when the previous ones have not even been acknoledged yet.
Annieak,
I've filed a complaint with UKBA and submitted a FOI re: UKBA and the policy for prioritization. I am posting that letter below. If you want to track or annotate that request, you can find it at: (
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f ... _visa_appl).
FOI Request sent 25 October 2012
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Dear UK Border Agency,
According to UKBA, all FLR(M) applications are to be processed in
the order received. Apparently, the rules of UKBA are being
bypassed. We can only determine that UKBA is processing latter
applications for statistical urgency that they might minimize their
poor performance record for an additional quarter.
Whether UKBA responds to applicant requests for information, formal
complaints, or MP requests for information the response is always
the same "all applications are being processed in the order
received." If that is true, then:
1. What is the policy or procedural practice for bypassing
applications out of received sequence? [Premise: June 2012 FLR(M)
applications are being processed over large numbers of pending Feb
- May 2012 FLR(M) applications]
2. Please provide updated data specified in FOI Reference:
1721/24218:
a. Total number of FLR(M) applications by month
b. Amount of FLR(M) applications by month submitted under Premium
Service
c. Total number of FLR(M) applications by month that were processed
in: i)6 months, ii)9 months, iii)still pending
d. Date data was collected.
We want to get to the bottom of what is taking the UKBA and its
contractors so long to process Feb - May 2012 applications and why.
Respectfully,
Sevenmonthwait