Tier1 General Initial Application verification timelines

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Dear Sir/Madam,
Can you please provide me with the following data with regards to In-country Tier1 General Initial(switching) Applications.

1. How many In-country Tier1 General Initial applications were received between 1st Feb 2011 and 06th April 2011 ?

2. How many of these were processed within 4 months of receiving the application.

3. How many of these were decided before 31st Dec 2011.

4. How many of these are still not decided ?

5. How many of these have been passed to the Verification team ?

6. Of the Applications that are still not decided, what is the longest and shortest an application has been with the verification team

7. What is the expected turn around time of the verification department ?

8. What does the caseworker do if the verification team doesn't turn around in the expected turn around time ?

9. As per the UKBA website, The contact centres cannot give an update about the progress of an application if the application has been submitted in the last 6 months. Why is it then that even when the application has been submitted more than 12 months ago, the contact centres are not able to give any useful information beyond the usual "Your application has not yet been decided. Please continue to wait". Everyone knows that the application has not yet been decided. That's why we call them to find out what happened. But they are simply not able to give any useful information.
Why is this ? How long is one supposed to wait ?

Yours faithfully,
Hari

Freedom Of Information Team ( IND ), UK Border Agency

Dear Hari

Re: Tier1 General Initial Application verification timelines (109087)

Thank you for your recent e mail concerning the above matter.

We are currently dealing with your enquiry and will respond shortly.

Kind Regards

UKBA
FOI Team

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Dear Hari

 

Thank you for your enquiry of 12 March.

 

This falls to be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
we will endeavour to respond within 20 working days.

 

Kind Regards

 

Daniela Walker

UK Border Agency

Vulcan House Steel

PO Box 3468

Sheffield

S3 8WA

 

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Dear Hari,

 

Please see the attached response to your recent FOI request.

 

Kind regards

 

Sandra

Sandra Birkinshaw

Freedom Of Information Team

North East, Yorkshire & the Humber Region

UK Border Agency

PO Box 3468

Sheffield S3 8WA

 

Fax: 0114 2072894

Email: [1][email address]

Web: [2]www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk 

 

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Dear Sandra,

Thank you very much for your response.
Can you please provide me the following clarifications with regard to your reply.

1. You have mentioned that 73 Tier 1 initial applications received between 1st Feb 2011 and 6th April 2011 are still not decided. But you have also mentioned that None of the Tier1 Applications handled by ILU or RVT are outstanding. So which team are these 73 applications pending with ? And what is the expected turn around time of this team(s) ?

2. Clearly, these 73 Tier 1 applications have been pending for more than one year. Why is the Caseworker still not able to make a decision ? Are they waiting for a reply from a third party ? Or are these applications still waiting in some queue waiting to be actioned by a team ?

Yours sincerely,
hari

NEYH, Freedom of Information,

Dear Hari

Thank you for your enquiry of 10 April.

I am in the process of establishing the information we hold and will contact you shortly.

Kind Regards

Daniela Walker
UK Border Agency
Vulcan House Steel
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

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Dear Hari

Following your enquiry of 10 April, I have logged your request for information as a new request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will endeavour to respond within 20 working days.

Kind Regards

Daniela Walker
UK Border Agency
Vulcan House Steel
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

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Dear Team

Please note that we received a follow-up query (please see below) from 22023 which we have logged as a new FOI request.

Can you please log and provide us with a new ref. number.

Many thanks

Dani

Daniela Walker
UK Border Agency
Vulcan House Steel
PO Box 3468
Sheffield
S3 8WA

Tel: 0114 2072097

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Dear Hari

 

Please see the attached letter following your request for information.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Daniela Walker

UK Border Agency

Vulcan House Steel

PO Box 3468

Sheffield

S3 8WA

 

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NEYH, Freedom of Information,

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Dear Hari

Please see the attached letter following your request for information.

 

Kind regards

 

Daniela Walker

UK Border Agency

Vulcan House Steel

PO Box 3468

Sheffield

S3 8WA

 

 

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
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NEYH, Freedom of Information,

1 Attachment

Dear Hari

 

Please see the attached response following your request for information.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Daniela Walker

UK Border Agency

Vulcan House Steel

PO Box 3468

Sheffield

S3 8WA

 

 

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Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.