Visa

hypegal3 · Post by **hypegal3** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:00 pm

Has anyone got back their visa yet for tier 4, is the visa in the passport or did you get in the form of a card?

joh118 · Post by **joh118** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:01 pm

Aplication submitted: 1st October 2009
Confirmation recieved: 8th October 2009
Biometric Letter arrived: 21th October 2009
Biometrics Recorded at Croydon PEO: 26th October 2009

Approved & Passport(s) returned: 5th November 2009

Now awaiting ID card to arrive, should take approx 7 working days.

So it took me around 6 weeks in total from submitting application by post.

hypegal3 · Post by **hypegal3** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:56 pm

Hi thanks, did they stamp the visa in your passport. O is it def going to be stamped on a card.

joh118 · Post by **joh118** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:38 pm

no, your passports are returned just the way it was with no visa, sticker or anything.

A week later of getting your passport, you will receive an ID card which replaces the old visa that existed in your passport. The ID card shows the length allowed for your stay, whether employment is allowed, whether recourse to public funds is allowed. The ID card also holds your biometric info.

So, when you go abroad and return to the UK, you will show your ID card to the Immigration Officer at the airport alongside your passport.

Hope this helps, please let me know

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:40 pm

Joh.. That was mega quick in your case.

Well done

hypegal3 · Post by **hypegal3** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:25 pm

All 4 of us has received our passport, mom is student, me, dad and brother are dependants of mom. They all got their visa apart from me mine was refused.

They still havent got their card though. Does this mean they will get the card when my appeal has gone through?

joh118 · Post by **joh118** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:55 pm

hamid84 wrote:Joh.. That was mega quick in your case.

Well done

Thx how long does it normally take? I thought mine took a long time because it said on the UKBA website that they AIM to process 75% of application in 4 weeks....and mine took 6 weeks

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:53 pm

My wife applied in Jan 09 and still waiting.... 11 months so far

joh118 · Post by **joh118** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:46 pm

hamid84 wrote:My wife applied in Jan 09 and still waiting.... 11 months so far

wow i never knew they can take THAT long for a STUDENT visa. I've been here for 9-10 years, and i've had good experiences with ukba really. i reckon I've had at least 7 applications and none took more than 3 months.
I mean if it was for ILR then okay, i understand the time but for a student visa, that is just unacceptable!

Have you tried complaining?

joh118 · Post by **joh118** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:07 pm

hamid84 wrote:My wife applied in Jan 09 and still waiting.... 11 months so far

wow i never knew they can take THAT long for a STUDENT visa. I've been here for 9-10 years, and i've had good experiences with ukba really. i reckon I've had at least 7 applications and none took more than 3 months.
I mean if it was for ILR then okay, i understand the time but for a student visa, that is just unacceptable!

Have you tried complaining?

hypegal3 · Post by **hypegal3** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:09 pm

All 4 of us has received our passport, mom is student, me, dad and brother are dependants of mom. They all got their visa apart from me mine was refused.

They still havent got their card though. Does this mean they will get the card when my appeal has gone through?

joh118 · Post by **joh118** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:03 pm

hypegal3 wrote:All 4 of us has received our passport, mom is student, me, dad and brother are dependants of mom. They all got their visa apart from me mine was refused.

They still havent got their card though. Does this mean they will get the card when my appeal has gone through?

no it shouldn't matter...I've been waiting for my card to arrive for almost 9 days now. How long has your family been waiting?

hypegal3 · Post by **hypegal3** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:00 pm

We have been waiting 3 weeks now for the card.

joh118 · Post by **joh118** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:23 pm

hypegal3 wrote:We have been waiting 3 weeks now for the card.

hmmm....shouldn't you have called them by day 10?? Well it's day 11 now so I called UKBA today and at first they thought it got stolen or something because someone had signed for them. But they said they'd investigate and told me that they had made an "administration error" and told me that it is stuck with the couriors because my adress had an error... they had missed out on a line in my adress... so I had to call Croydon PEO and change my adress and call the biometrics again to reconfirm.

SO my estimated arrival of my card is around late next week...

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