Please help on flr (m)

[melovesengland]

Welcome to the queue Novie!
David has been complaining much because he can't travel.

I stand to be corrected but as far as I know you can request your husband's passport back? Im not sure but try to seek advices from the experts.

We are not in a hurry cos we havent got plan yet to go abroad and my husband's job doesnt require any travelling abroad so we are quite happy about that.

Thanks a bunch for welcoming me!

[jlags90]

I stand to be corrected but as far as I know you can request your husband's passport back? Im not sure but try to seek advices from the experts.

We are not in a hurry cos we havent got plan yet to go abroad and my husband's job doesnt require any travelling abroad so we are quite happy about that.

Thanks a bunch for welcoming me!

Oh yes, it is possible. We received a letter from UKBA a week after posting our application confirming they have received the documents and gave us a number to phone if we desperately need a document back. We tried to call twice - put on a long queue and after 20 minutes of sky racketing phone bills, we decided to end the call.

My husband's work doesn't require travelling as well. He just missed flying.

[melovesengland]

Oh yes, it is possible. We received a letter from UKBA a week after posting our application confirming they have received the documents and gave us a number to phone if we desperately need a document back. We tried to call twice - put on a long queue and after 20 minutes of sky racketing phone bills, we decided to end the call.

My husband's work doesn't require travelling as well. He just missed flying.

Yeah, cos I have read it somewhere here. Well we cant do much really but to wait which is ashame unless you want your phone bill to be sky high at the end of the month by ringing them and getting no decent updates bout the app. Horrendous isnt it?

[jlags90]

Yeah, cos I have read it somewhere here. Well we cant do much really but to wait which is ashame unless you want your phone bill to be sky high at the end of the month by ringing them and getting no decent updates bout the app. Horrendous isnt it?

Very. I think it was a thread started by Rayna. It took her 45 minutes to be able to speak to someone.

[melovesengland]

Very. I think it was a thread started by Rayna. It took her 45 minutes to be able to speak to someone.

Well thats THEM innit? they cant get quick enough to deduct the fee out of your account but in terms of updating the applicant, they cant even seem to spare 10 minutes to write and send the applicant a letter or so inform the status of the apps. HOPELESS!

[malchard888]

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[malchard888]

Having waited almost 7 months so far for the FLR for my wife, I wrote to my MP regarding the situation and just this weekend received what is essentially a stock reply from the assistant director of the Customer service improvement directorate of the UKBA stating that applications are considered in strict rotation and that we would receive their decision as soon as possible.This makes me wonder whether in some cases FLR applications are funded from the public purse in which case those us us paying the extortionate rates they charge should be given priority. Does anyone know if this may be the case ?

[raynaputi]

Having waited almost 7 months so far for the FLR for my wife, I wrote to my MP regarding the situation and just this weekend received what is essentially a stock reply from the assistant director of the Customer service improvement directorate of the UKBA stating that applications are considered in strict rotation and that we would receive their decision as soon as possible.This makes me wonder whether in some cases FLR applications are funded from the public purse in which case those us us paying the extortionate rates they charge should be given priority. Does anyone know if this may be the case ?

My MP got the same response from UKBA! They can't even spell my name and get the date of application right! They're all useless! I don't believe every word they said as there are June and July applicants getting results already!!! If i only have money i'm gonna sue them for causing so much stress and agony!

[melovesengland]

Indeed! This waiting game is worse than any visa application/extention ever.

We tracked my application via royal mail 2 days after we sent it and it was received by them the next day. We quickly check my husbands account and BOOM, they took the fee out as well. As quick as that!!

Maybe thats what they do after receiving an app, cant get their hands quick enough to get hold of the fee and throw the app away on a box full of old apps after all.

[Michael Parnham]

Don't worry Novie, you'll get there in the end, be patient!

[melovesengland]

Don't worry Novie, you'll get there in the end, be patient!

Yeah, I know. Its my early days yet Michael so I am quite happy at the moment but Im sure Ill be as pissed as Rayna and the rest.

[malchard888]

Indeed! This waiting game is worse than any visa application/extention ever.

We tracked my application via royal mail 2 days after we sent it and it was received by them the next day. We quickly check my husbands account and BOOM, they took the fee out as well. As quick as that!!

Maybe thats what they do after receiving an app, cant get their hands quick enough to get hold of the fee and throw the app away on a box full of old apps after all.

Same happened with us, the cheque was cashed so fast , even the biometrics happened within 3 weeks then they do nothing else except cause worry and heartache with unacceptable delays, they should be ashamed with the lack of service but i guess they couldnt care less.

[melovesengland]

Update: I have just receive the famous confirmation letter stating that they officially received me app. the official waiting game has just started! good luck to us again!

[shandylove]

hi melovesengland, may i ask some questions about the flr form,im still completing today so we will post this week, hope its alright for you ? question like this, what i tick about my tittle, is still miss? ... 9.3 Have you had your fingerprints taken as part of a previous UK immigration application
made in the UK or abroad? Im quite confusing this because when i applying my fiancee visa ,had a fingerprints in VFS.. hope you enlighten me

[jlags90]

Has anyone tried writing an e-mail to a tv programme watchdog? Having media on board might help UKBA get moving. If they are having back-logs, they should have warned applicants to prefer PEO Service instead of doing postal applications. How can they approve an application in A DAY or a YEAR? The gap is just horribly long!