We don't know why there are people who send applications near the expiration date. Might be gathering more documents or money, we don't know. But it's still valid when they sent the application. That's the important thing. With the way UKBA process applications lately, I thinks they also have a fault for having a very slow process. Who would have thought that it would take them a month just to get the payment, especially when UKBA sent them an acknowledgement letter. You can't even get any information if they've received the application unless they sent you an acknowledgement letter or biometrics or call them after 6 months. In my case, UKBA took the payment a day after they got my application, no acknowledgement letter, but biometrics letter came just after a week (which actually made me believe they got my application). And now I've been waiting for the result for 9 months and still no guarantee if they are processing it. If there are errors in the payment, how hard is it to make a call to the applicant and ask for the right one? All contact details are there in the application. What's the point of asking that if they won't use that in cases like this? UKBA is taking a piss most of the time. I lost any confidence in this agency.