FLR question

[Florge]

sent it as recorded signed-for mail... got a confirmation letter from the Home Office today.. just waiting now for the letter re biometrics...

seems like the post office tracking system hasn't been updated to state that my mail reached the home office... got me worried there as it has been 7 working days from the time i sent it...

by the way, the question was suppose to be hypothetical.. lol.. how'd you guess i was describing my case? genius! LOL... my fiance visa expires on 1st of March so i'm not overstaying or anything... thanks guys!

[Arthur Little]

by the way, the question was suppose to be hypothetical.. lol.. how'd you guess i was describing my case? genius! LOL... my fiance visa expires on 1st of March so i'm not overstaying or anything... thanks guys!

... pure assumption ... rather than 'genius' ... on MY part, Florge!

[joebloggs]

sent it as recorded signed-for mail... got a confirmation letter from the Home Office today.. just waiting now for the letter re biometrics...

seems like the post office tracking system hasn't been updated to state that my mail reached the home office... got me worried there as it has been 7 working days from the time i sent it...

by the way, the question was suppose to be hypothetical.. lol.. how'd you guess i was describing my case? genius! LOL... my fiance visa expires on 1st of March so i'm not overstaying or anything... thanks guys!

like i said, it takes longer to showup on the tracking system, becuase they can get 1,000s of letter a day, and it takes time to go thru their system because of the quantites (well thats what the guy at the P/O to me )

you have something called Section 3C protection. That is, as long as the application is made before the expiry of the old visa, that old visa will be "treated as continuing" until the application for a new visa is decided, even though its stated expiry date has passed.

The Section 3C protection will continue until the visa application is agreed and the new visa issued, or even if the application is rejected, until the time for appealing against that rejection has expired. And as long as an appeal is made, the Section 3C protection will then continue until the appeal hearing, etc..