ALL December applicants POST here(Received on/after 5th Dec)

[indian234]

Hello,

I have sent email and go following response. I request members to throw some light on this and suggest when could i expect the decision.

Sent: 23/1/2007
Received: 2/2/2007
Reference: 206***

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Dear Applicant

Thankyou for your email. I can tell you that your case is with the caseworker. A final decision has not yet been made. This could take up-to twelve weeks before a decision is made on your application.

Kind Regards
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[mayana]

indian234
Please specify if its in country or.......

Mayana

[indian234]

hi mayana,

it is an in-country application.

regards,
Ram

[mayana]

indian234
Your decision letter may reach you before 1st week of march depending on your circumstance. I will advice you stop calling HO till say next week. indian234, this is just my own view and which is also based on what forum member have shared.

mayana

[indian234]

hello mayana,

Thank you. I will take your advice.

regards,
Ram

[sunil.suneel]

indian234
Your decision letter may reach you before 1st week of march depending on your circumstance. I will advice you stop calling HO till say next week. indian234, this is just my own view and which is also based on what forum member have shared.

mayana

Agree .... give them some time to take the decision .....

Any ways nothing can be done from our end to accelerate the decision except to give a urgent treatment form

[hopefulApplicant]

hello chris,

can you please share the range of last 3 digits of your reference number. I too posted on 23rd and i got reference number 206*** where last digits range between 600-800.

thanks & regards,
ram

Hi Ram,

The last three digits of my application were between 000 and 100.
I just got back from the post office with my response from the HO. It is an approval letter. Yay.

I will update my timeline in a new post after this one.

Thanks for everyones help.

Regards,
Chris

[hopefulApplicant]

Hi All,

I got my approval letter today from the HO. Here is an updated timeline for me;

My Status;

- In Country Application.
- Application posted on 24th Jan
- Application received on 25th Jan
- Ref number received on 26th Jan (Ref # 205xxx)
- Phoned on Monday 5th Feb and told that my application was with a case worker.
- Response received 7th Feb (but I wasn't home so it was a nervous wait)
- Picked up approval letter from the mail holding facility at 9am on the dot this morning.

I hope this information is of some use to you all.

Thanks for everyones help. I really do appreciate this forum

Bye for now,
Chris

[indian234]

Congratulations Chris!!!!!!!

regards,
ram

[funny_009]

hopefulApplicant


Have you applied for urgent treatment,

[funny_009]

hopefulApplicant


Have you applied for urgent treatment,

[tnr]

Y'day i have posted my review application.......wish me.

[hsmp28122006]

Good Luck TNR.

[mayana]

TNR,
I wish you the very best.

Mayana

[hopefulApplicant]

hopefulApplicant


Have you applied for urgent treatment,

Hi,

Yes I did as we are leaving the UK before our current visa expires (9th March). I responded to your private message to.

Hope that helps,
Chris

[skilachi]

Hi Forum, i've just emailed the HSMP team to tell me the progress of my application this morning and got a replied stated below


Dear Applicant,

Your application is now in the final stages of case working. You will be notified of a decision soon.

Regards,

xxx xxx
Work Permits UK
HSMP Team
Home Office
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

Tel: 0114 207 4074

Fax: 0114 207 6021

FInal stages.......what does that mean? When my legal consultant called them, he was told the same thing, so hopefully we are thinkin a decision shud be reached maybe later 2day or 2mro so gonna wait till 2mro and call them back.

My Ref no. is 205xxx submitted round about 12th jan.

As anyone who got approved was told this as well that the application is in its final stage of caseworking?

Thanks

[otuk07]

RE: FLR(HSMP) stage...

Does anyone know which form to use for the purposes of urgent treatment request for the FLR (HSMP) application?

Workingintheuk.gov.uk website only has urgent treatment forms for the HSMP (Stage 1) application, and for the FLR (IED) applications.

Any help would be appreciated.

I sent FLR (HSMP) application on 5 Feb, but still no acknowledgement from them.

Thanks

[mkmrid]

Hi All

Thanks to everyone in the forum

I got it ...

Timelines:

Posted on 15th Jan
confirmation received 17th Jan
Approval received 8th Feb
Ref 205XXX
in country application

Good luck to all you guys

[MUGHAL]

hi all
new updates for HSMP PEOPLE
Tony Blair is asked tough questions

"Thursday 08 February 2007"
Martin Horwood MP (Lib Dem) put pressure on the Prime Minister with regards to the retrospective changes in the HSMP programme: "When will the Government start deporting the right people and stop deporting the wrong ones?" - he asked at House of Commons question time. The Prime Minister responded that he would ask Home Secretary John Reid to look into the issue, but added: "My usual experience on these things is that the facts turn out to be a little more complicated than they are usually presented."
regards.
mughal

[alf1977]

Hi All

Thanks to everyone in the forum

I got it ...

Timelines:

Posted on 15th Jan
confirmation received 17th Jan
Approval received 8th Feb
Ref 205XXX
in country application

Good luck to all you guys

Looks like the incountry applications are dealt with on priority.
I am an out of country applicant with reference number 2049XX received on 16-Jan-2007 and mine is still not been assigned to any case worker yet and in coutnry applications higher than my reference numbers are cleared!!

anybody any guess?

[SA_HSMP]

Hi all,

My HSMP application has been approved! Here are the details:

Initial Out of country applicant (South Africa)

Application received at payment processor: 02/01/07
Payment deducted: 03/01/07
Phoned Home Office for reference number: 08/01/07
Submitted additional docs: 19/01/07
Approval decision made: 30/01/07
E-mail from caseworker indicating docs are ready for collection: 05/02/07
MBE Sheffield collected docs from Home Office: 06/02/07
Docs + approval letter received in South Africa: 09/02/07

The points I claimed/ documents submitted were:

Age: 20 points
Original driver's license

Qualification: 35 points
Original Master's degree certificate

Income: 45 points
Income tax return (covered only 4 months of period claimed)
Letter from Tax authority confirming when the South African tax year starts and ends (I used this as evidence for claiming exceptional consideration under the Income section)
12 months' original payslips
Letter from employer
12 months' bank statements (stamped and initialled by bank official)

English Language Requirement:
Original Bachelor's degree certificate
Letter from University stating that the degree was taught in English.

I only discovered this site after I had sent my initial application, but used what I learned here to send in additional documents before a decision was taken.

Thank you to everyone who contributes to these forums - it has made a big difference! And good luck to everyone still applying/ waiting for decisions.

[funny_009]

Hi All,

Today i called HO, they said that decision on my application has been made yesterday and my doc are posted yesterday only, when i asked for decision, they refused to say over phone

Doc sent 20/1/2007

Pay ment 23/1/2007

REF received 26/1/2007

[pb78]

Congratulations SA_HSMP

Can you please clarify the below.

You have mentioned that your income tax return covered only 4 months out of the total earnings period. Did you tick the box for Question 33 in the application form 'Income Tax return covering period claimed for'?

Regards,
Badri

[mclaren]

Hi all,

out country.
applied on 14 han 2007.
Got today approved...

docs.
age:license and BC
Qual: orginal degree cert
sal: saral for 3 months and payslip 12 months and company letter .
ticked exception case and given reasons as only 3 months come in IT year....

saral---only stamp....
ielts:7

I am so grateful to this group....any thing post here..i will help all

[SA_HSMP]

Hi Badri,

Yes, I did tick the Income Tax Return box, but also indicated exceptional consideration on the basis of a letter from the Tax authority in S.A. confirming which months were covered by the tax year.

Hope this helps.