IDV App Info - for Applications Reusing Biometrics

So everyone (according to the message posed on the 19th) should be receiving an update in two weeks (as in 3 October)?

Here's my timeline:
ILR documents submitted online: 11 June
Invitation to use app: 28 Aug
Submission made: 29 Aug

Yes I’m slightly annoyed as I applied for ILR on the 28th of March.  Used the app with no comma after submitting facial recognition weeks ago.

Wondering if I should book a biometrics after all??


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Yes I’m slightly annoyed as I applied for ILR on the 28th of March.  Used the app with no comma after submitting facial recognition weeks ago.

Wondering if I should book a biometrics after all??


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I’m considering it. If I don’t hear anything by the 1st of October, I’m booking the next appointment.


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Also very anxiously awaiting any sort of update or outcome...

Timeline for me:
Applied for extension of FLR(M) submitted on 4th May 2020 (expired 27th May)
Invited to use IDV App on 25th August
Submitted documents/photos on app 26th August

I've now been reviewing my application form and document checklist as I'm worrying I've possibly done something wrong? I'm slightly worried about one thing and hope someone might have some more information?

Since my last via application I've renewed my US passport in February 2019. I did not upload a scan of my old passport as it was not listed on my document checklist, although in reviewing it now I see at the bottom it says
"If you have received a new passport since your last leave to remain application, and your visa is in your old passport, you must include both passports."

My most recent visa is not in my old passport though as I have a BRP for my last two periods of leave to remain, so does that mean (hopefully) it is not required?  I know at this stage there's nothing I can do other than either wait for them to contact me and request it if it's required or hope they don't reject my application.
Anyone else know much about this?

Thanks guys as always

Also very anxiously awaiting any sort of update or outcome...

Timeline for me:
Applied for extension of FLR(M) submitted on 4th May 2020 (expired 27th May)
Invited to use IDV App on 25th August
Submitted documents/photos on app 26th August

I've now been reviewing my application form and document checklist as I'm worrying I've possibly done something wrong? I'm slightly worried about one thing and hope someone might have some more information?

Since my last via application I've renewed my US passport in February 2019. I did not upload a scan of my old passport as it was not listed on my document checklist, although in reviewing it now I see at the bottom it says
"If you have received a new passport since your last leave to remain application, and your visa is in your old passport, you must include both passports."

My most recent visa is not in my old passport though as I have a BRP for my last two periods of leave to remain, so does that mean (hopefully) it is not required?  I know at this stage there's nothing I can do other than either wait for them to contact me and request it if it's required or hope they don't reject my application.
Anyone else know much about this?

Thanks guys as always

I wouldn't worry about it. If they need it, they will probably contact you to ask for it, but as it's not an absolutely vital document, I doubt it will be an issue.

So everyone (according to the message posed on the 19th) should be receiving an update in two weeks (as in 3 October)?

Here's my timeline:
ILR documents submitted online: 11 June
Invitation to use app: 28 Aug
Submission made: 29 Aug

From the 19th service status update, it would seem so. It still seems to appear in the update posted today:

https://www.ukvcas.co.uk/flash-message-detail?flashmessageId=74833

Though now they've also added that they would not everyone to not call their service center, but they know everyone's worried. 

"UKVI will send updates to customers with an application in progress over the next 2 weeks to let you know what’s happening with your application. Please be reassured that your immigration status is not affected while your application is in progress."

Does anyone get the feeling a standard email will be sent out to everyone stating the cause of COVID meaning there will be delays in processing times?




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Crickets from my end March application as well. Very frustrating that they’re not going in chronological order. And with all this nonsense going on Brexit and Covid, the husband and I have been considering leaving this country before it continues descending into absolute hell. Just seems a waste of all the money we’ve spent on visas already.

Soooooo much money.....and I'm married to my spouse for more than 20 years. It all seems so random. No one believes me when I try to explain the nonsense we have to go through. They think, "oh, you're married--you're an instant UK citizen." Maybe on TV and in the movies, but certainly not in real life.

I still need to apply for my UK passport after all this. I can't even think about it yet.

Soooooo much money.....and I'm married to my spouse for more than 20 years. It all seems so random. No one believe me when I try to explain the nonsense we have to go through. They think, "oh, you're married--you're an instant UK citizen." Maybe on TV and in the movies, but certainly not in real life.

I still need to apply for my UK passport after all this. I can't even think about it yet.

You'll apply for citizenship next, you need that before you can get a passport.

I hope you don't have much longer to wait!

Soooooo much money.....and I'm married to my spouse for more than 20 years. It all seems so random. No one believe me when I try to explain the nonsense we have to go through. They think, "oh, you're married--you're an instant UK citizen." Maybe on TV and in the movies, but certainly not in real life.

I still need to apply for my UK passport after all this. I can't even think about it yet.

Everyone I speak to here has no idea about how the immigration process works. They assume the same for me. It seems universal though, when we were going through this for my husbands U.S fiancé’s visa, all my American friends and family were clueless about the process and gruelling 9 month unjust wait we had for that too.

I’m losing hope over the world in general 

You'll apply for citizenship next, you need that before you can get a passport.

I hope you don't have much longer to wait!

Yes, citizenship next--my mistake. I haven't started looking into it yet, which is pretty obvious from my error. I just can't face it right now.

And TwoWool--same about my husband coming to the US initially back in 1999 on the fiance visa. That process was a long and tedious nightmare too. I have erased most of it from my memory! Same about losing hope in the world too, sadly. It just wears you down day after day.

Isn't it a lengthy visa once you get through the process in the US though? Having to go through this 3 times in 5 years (or 4 if you start on a fiancé visa) is absolutely cruel. The home office does not base their policies on science though, only to support the trope they spout about discouraging immigration, so it isn't surprising they treat us so poorly. I have nearly needed to section myself at a few points over the past couple months between the genetic illness I live with and the stress caused by this process making me suicidal. I'm OK now, but there have been many times I was not and thankfully my husband is incredibly supportive. The visa process is causing me (and many others) physical harm at this point. As well as lost opportunity because employers do not see 3c leave as evidence of right to work in the future.

Isn't it a lengthy visa once you get through the process in the US though? Having to go through this 3 times in 5 years (or 4 if you start on a fiancé visa) is absolutely cruel. The home office does not base their policies on science though, only to support the trope they spout about discouraging immigration, so it isn't surprising they treat us so poorly. I have nearly needed to section myself at a few points over the past couple months between the genetic illness I live with and the stress caused by this process making me suicidal. I'm OK now, but there have been many times I was not and thankfully my husband is incredibly supportive. The visa process is causing me (and many others) physical harm at this point. As well as lost opportunity because employers do not see 3c leave as evidence of right to work in the future.

I can’t speak for all visas - my husband came to the USA on a fiancé visa. We waited over 9 months from application date - watching dozens of others who applied after us get processed in a few days, all because we were sent to a slow processing centre.

Once he arrived we had 90 days to marry then had to apply for his permanent residence. That took another few months. We didn’t get beyond that because we moved here.

I agree it’s cruel, and I am in the same boat. This was handled poorly and it is causing many of us harm in a lot of different ways. They don’t care. No matter the country they really do not care about individuals. Unfortunately it’s even worse of a feeling because we are helpless - endlessly beating down the doors of our MP’s or call centres to no avail. Not to mention how much it costs.

I’m sorry you’ve had a difficult time, and I can only hope this gets faster soon. The things we do to be with our loved ones is long reaching. I just keep reminding myself my husband is very supportive and that I love him, and if we want to be together it will have to be here because we can’t just pick and go anywhere. I do love it here, but I am not happy with this process at all.

I work in the media and have access to government press releases every day. I see constant updates about the driving license process and the push to get that functional again, but absolutely nothing about this. We are pretty invisible, sad to say...except for our money.

I am so sorry that so many people are having such a difficult time. It truly breaks my heart.

I'm not going anywhere anytime soon (we moved back to the UK to care for my elderly mother-in-law who was on her own--now she has dementia and we're here until she passes away), but once our lives are our own again, there may be a move out of London in our future. I just need patience.