10 year Long Residence.

Dear UK Border Agency,

This queries relates to a straight forward application for ILR
(Indefinite Leave to Remain) made to UKBA based on 10 years of
legal stay.

Please reply in point form to these queries (dont just reply back
with automated junk, its not funny)

1)Once the postal application is submitted to UK Border Agency
SET (O)
Indefinite Leave to Remain
PO Box 591
Durham
DH1 9FS
who (which office?) processes the payments made?

2)On receipt of application when (answer in number of days) do you
take the payment? on the same day? or a few days later (if so how
many days later)?

3)Is the application processed at the same address, UK Border
Agency
SET (O)
Indefinite Leave to Remain
PO Box 591
Durham
DH1 9FS
assume no reffering, making further enquiries and such shanigans
are necessary). If the address where the processing takes place is
different to the one it is sent to, state exactly which one.

4) Once the payment has been taken, is the case sent to Regional
Case work units immediately for final decision or do the case
workes sit on it endlessly and fart on it in their offices?

Yours Annoyingly,

The Screwdriver.

Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

Thanks for your reponse. I'm not sure which part is offending you.
Anyway, it shouldnt be too difficult to ignore the bit that you
find itching.

I have managed to find answeres to the first two questions already.
So perhaps you can answer the last two now, viz:

3) Is the application processed at the same address to one where it
is sent? : UK Border,Agency SET (O),Indefinite Leave to Remain,PO
Box 591.Durham,DH1 9FS.
(Assume no reffering, making further enquiries and such shananigans
are necessary). If the address where the processing takes place is
different to the one it is sent to, state exactly which one.

4) Once the payment has been taken, is the case sent to any
Regional Case work units immediately for final decision or do the
case workes sit on it endlessly and fart on it in their offices?

Yours sincerely,

The Screwdriver

(nickname)

The Screwdriver

14 January 2011
Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

Thanks for your reponse. I'm not sure which part is offending you.
Anyway, it shouldnt be too difficult to ignore the bit that you
find itching.

I have managed to find answeres to the first two questions already.
So perhaps you can answer the last two now, viz:

3) Is the application processed at the same address to one where it
is sent? : UK Border,Agency SET (O),Indefinite Leave to Remain,PO
Box 591.Durham,DH1 9FS.
(Assume no reffering, making further enquiries and such shananigans
are necessary). If the address where the processing takes place is
different to the one it is sent to, state exactly which one.

4) Once the payment has been taken, is the case sent to any
Regional Case work units immediately for final decision or do the
case workes sit on it endlessly and fart on it in their offices?

Yours sincerely,

The Screwdriver

(nickname)

Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

Well take it the way you want it.

I have further learnt (seems i am answering them faster than you,so
please keep up), that once the payment is taken it is indeed sent
to regional case work units. So are these regional case workers the
final decion makers (assume no further queries are necessary)?

Also, how do you ensure/guarantee that these case workers dont
abuse authority since ultimately they are privy to peoples private
information? Please elaborate what measures are in place to
safeguard an applicants confidentiality?

A bad example of people abusing authority is, Mr Ali Dizaei. I know
he was not a UKBA case worker and was a police officer,
nevertheless, what measures are in place to ensure the IO's and
caseworkers dont abuse the information they are privy to. Please
post in detail, what measures exist to safe guard an applicants
confidentiality from abuse by IOs who think they can do as they
please?

In the event that a particular case worker, X, breaches an
individual applicants confidentiality, would UKBA be happy to
release this specific person's (X's) detail, so that they can be
stripped bare in front of a court of law and justice be done? If
not, why would UKBA guard someone who abuses an applicant's
confidentiality?

I would be quite happy to deal with Mr X for any abuse of power in
a court of law. Failing which in person if suited.

As always,

most sincerely,

The Screwdriver

Dear Ben smith (Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),)

First of all, thanks for your quick response. My apologies too for
causing confusion by making more than one requests.

Well, you can merge the two requests if it does not slow the
process.

I have further learnt that this SET(O) 10 year Long Residency ILR
applications are processed by the Liver office. I'm not sure this
is exclusively the case. Anyway, just provide as much details as
you can (and dont tell me about the £600 cost limit on how much you
can do. I know that).

My point (overall) is that it would be most helpful to all those
who have to wait for way too long for this to be processed. If
regular updates are published by UKBA casework units (on UKBA
website in news or something) on how they are getting on, then
people have some idea of the progress being made. For example, each
week (or perhaps month) an update can be posted stating which
applications are currently being processed. For example,
'Applications received from dd-mm-2010 for Long Residence 10 years
are now being processed.'

This would make life easier for the applicant as well as UKBA. The
applicant would have some idea whats happening, while UKBA would
have less calls to handle on the subject (at least in theory).

Kind Regards

The Screwdriver

Yours sincerely,

The Screwdriver

Dear UK Border Agency,

Could you please also answer, as of today, 25.01.11 how many ILR
(10 year residence) applications are pending?

Yours faithfully,

The Screwdriver

Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

Firstly, thank you for your reponse.

Now, there is some confusion/contradiction about your answer to a
similar query about where these applications are processed. in your
reponse to boonbin on 23 April 2010 (CASE ID - 011832853
Application SET (O) over six months waiting time) you've stated the
following to his query:

Ref: 14611/1149
Question 5. What is the basis of allocating '10 year continuous
legal stay' ILR applications to various centres (e.g. Croydon,
Liverpool, Sheffield etc) in UK?

This is based on caseworking resource. A given percentage of all
postal applications are allocated to Croydon and Sheffield. These
are mixed case types and (with few exceptions) the split is not
based on case type. 10 year long residence is one such case type
which would fall into this category.

and yet in response to my query your answer only states liverpool:

3)Once payment is processed, how do you decide which site to assign
these cases? Provide procedural details.

All applications for ILR 10 year residence are forwarded to
Liverpool Settlement Casework to consider.

So is this a recent change (that only Liverpool deals with these
cases)?

Also note, this does NOT involve an asylum application (and its
also not the illegal 14 year residence category) nor was there EVER
any previous application for asylum in the past 10 years by the
applicant. The applicant in this case was issued student visas for
10 years, without any problems. So my point is, are these
applications clubbed with those of asylum seekers? (i understand
Liverpool casework units mainly handle asylum applications,
correct?)

Please clarify, and then the query can be closed.

Yours sincerely,

The Screwdriver
(The name is humerous)

Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

Thank you for your response. I wonder whether you can categorise
them as internal external as well.Can you publish the details about
the checks that are done and necessary. You say:
Please assume (genuine relatively straightforward application)
Numerous checks are made on applications for ILR 10 year long
residence.
1)Documents submitted to prove lawful residence are checked for
accuracy, to ensure they are genuine.

The Screwdriver: Would this be done internally? I think yes for
these reasons: UKBA should easily be able to check to ensure the
passports submitted is genuine by comparing it to the applicants
previous records. Thats a check i believe a child can make in
seconds without any fault. So this shouldnt take much time.
(classed as UKBA internal check, correct?)

2)Previous leave on UK Border Agency internal systems are also
checked.

The Screwdriver: i would think this should be pretty easy too. All
the caseworker would need to do, is check the database. Therefore,
this shouldnt take much time. i'll be lenient and give it 10
minutes (exceptions: systems crashing, come on this got to be
robust for a nationaly important body, and therefore infrequent
crashes assumed.) classed as ukba internal check.

3)A number of checks are also made before applications can be
decided,including some with authorities outside of the UK Border
Agency, and these can take some time to complete. As we have no
control over the length of time taken to deal with these external
enquiries, we cannot give definite indications as to when cases
will be decided.

The Screwdriver: can you list the remaining checks needed to be
done and the concerned authority?

Thanks

Yours sincerely,

The Screwdriver

Dear UK Border Agency,

Please ignore my post of 15th Febuary 2011. I seem to
have an answer to this from here (see page 12 of 25):
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/siteco...

"With the responsibility for all permanent migration
settlement casework moving to Liverpool this year
the agency has set up a dedicated resource."

Now, if the above assumption is correct, please move on and answer
the questions of the post dated 16 Febuary, about what necessary
additional checks are done outside UKBA.

Thanks
Yours faithfully,

The Screwdriver
(the name is still funny!)

Dear UK Border Agency,

Since posting the above post, i have managed to find what other
necessary checks are done. So i have answered my own questions
faster than UKBA can respond!!! So in the public interest, you may
work on other requests.

I wonder if you can disclose the names of the said 112 people
working in UKBA. I know there is Data Protection Act to be adhered
to, but its strange that the govenment has published the names of
people working (mostly seniors) for UKBA and yet others are not
published. confusing anomally? If the seniors can have their names
published, why not do the same for the juniors:caseworker, IO , EO,
and such other X O's...?

Yours faithfully,

The Screwdriver

Dear Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ),

Thanks for taking the trouble to respond. You havent released the
name of the case workers but i dont think its much necessary for me
now...so you can close this request.

About my name, its just a cheeky screen name (should add to some
humour ;), i hope you all liked it. Anyway, seriously, i would
submit my real name but i dont consider it necessary as its not so
important for me to know who these caseworkers are, but perhaps the
general public could have benefited if you disclosed their names.
E.g. the public would know who in particular is dealing with their
cases at UKBA.

I consider this request closed, and you at UKBA can too. I wont be
communicating on this anymore. Thanks for your reposne.

Yours sincerely,

The Screwdriver