It's that time again for us - we just posted our FLR(M) application off on 2nd May for our first in country application - we know they have it as we did signed for delivery but nothing yet - just patiently waiting though and surprisingly not stressing about it to o much. We always wanted to do it in person but with the ever increasing costs and what it looks like it's going to cost us for ILR in a few years we need to save all the pennies we can! (Well and the newborn baby now sucks our finances dry too!)
Hey,
Just as an FYI, since this is your first in country app, they don't send emails, they do everything by post. If you watch your payment credit card you can see when the payment goes through and sometime after that you'll get an invitation by post to do biometrics at a post office. That's the only correspondence you get from them, unless they ask you for missing documents, until you get your decision.
Someone HAS to be home to sign for it as well, it comes back as two separate packages over two days, one with your BRP card and the other with your documents and passport.
ETA: My app in February took 6-7 weeks. I got my decision just before Easter.
Cheers