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riccy72
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Waiting and waiting.......

Post by riccy72 » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:23 pm

I have been waiting for nearly 7 months now. Here is my case:

Postal or NCS: Postal
Date of submission or posting : 9 Sep 2006
CRITERIA - 5yrs ILR
Date of debit of debit/credit card: 14 Sep 2006
Date on acknowledgement Letter: 14 Sep 2006
Date of receipt of acknowledgement Letter: 16 Sep 2006
Date of receipt of approval : Waiting
Date of Ceremony:

I received a letter from them on 15th Nov 2006 returning all my documentations stating that they are now waiting for the character enquiries. I have been calling the enquiry line since beginning of Feb (every 2 weeks) as it went over 4 months average processing time. Each time when I called them and asked for the progress, they always replied that they are waiting for the external check to come back. I don't know how much longer will this take?? When asked, the Helpdesk basically told me that there is nothing that they or I can do about this. All I can do is to wait. Is this normal? Is there really nothing I can do to accelerate the process?

It's really frustrating........ :cry:

Tarboush
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Location: London

Post by Tarboush » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:15 pm

I applied 8 Sept, got my approval yesterday!

riccy72
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Congratulation!!

Post by riccy72 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:10 pm

Congratulation!! Did you encounter similar issue as mine, i.e. waiting for the external checks??

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Post by CstrM8 » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:29 am

Whay does the Home Office usually do during these so-called 'external checks'??

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