See Most recent approval of Pheena fall exactly under the calcution l have filled in the bits to make you see the light.Pheena wrote:Eligibility criteria: ILR (SET M)
Method of application: NCS lewisham
Date of application: 16/04/2013
Date of receipt by UKBA: 17/04/2013
Date of acknowledgement : 23/05/2013
Date of debit of fees from Bank: 28/04/2013 (DoA)
Date of approval: 30/05/2013(DoR) dated 22/05/2013(DoAPP)
All the best....
Once again folks this is not guessing its an accurate calculation of timelines.
Method below
Disclaimer: This method will only apply to straight forward applications if your application has niggles and complex it will definitely take as long as they wish probably up to half a year before you can say anything...
please also Bear in mind things can dwell for months on straight ward applications too or get done exceptionally fast which is usually a mistake than intentional...
Date of application= Useless whether by post or NCS.
1. Date of Acknowledgement(DoA) on the letter received is where things start its the real date of application....usually concides with date of debiting your account. Note: if the direct debit date comes later it should be used as DoA as there is no way UKBA can start your application without taking your money! Just in case didn't know folks UKBA is not a charity:)
From this date(DoA) count a good twenty days to approve a straight forward application note: always round off to the nearest number that will act as zero
example 1.if your date (DoA) was 8/5/13 then for calculation purposes make it 10/5/13 in your head...another example2 (DoA) 3/5/13 then for calculation purposes make it 01/5/13 in your head
2. Date of Approval(DoAPP) taking example 1 above if if your date (DoA) was 8/5/13 then for calculation purposes make it 10/5/13 in your head then after twenty days internal approval by UKBA should be made on the 30/5/13(DoAPP)...which is the date(DoAPP) you will see on your letter of approval then it will take ten days to reach you in the post.
3. Date of receipt of Approval( DoR) using example 1 we can add ten more days to (DoAPP) making (DoR) 10/6/13 this is the very day the post man will come knocking on the door if your (DoA) is 8/5/13 ...most applications that are straight forwards will fall in this range...of course we give or take three days to make up time wasted tea breaks, small talk and bathroom breaks that UKBA takes. If (DoR) falls less than ten days it means your local Royal Mail service in your area is top notch...but ten days is just about right.
so why not calculate yours and figure out when Mr Postman will come round with that approval and hopefully not a letter for you to send more documents