[Grey Granite]

Just a quick question. Same old same old, probably on the forum somewhere, but...

Our PR application was submitted and its noted on the website as being registered on 16 July. How long will they keep all our papers, passport, birth cert, quals etc? (135 points, no job offer yet).

We want to organise a weekend away with the in-laws (to show them how easy it is to fly etc etc) and cant get that done till we get our passports back. (They are in their mid-late sixties and applying for a passport has been a nightmare for them, they've to go for an interview soon, and MIL says she feels like she's being treated like a criminal - huge list of things you must and must not do, eg arrive 10 mins early, head up when entering interview, head up at all times during interview, eh? They'll be shining a lamp in her face next, poor woman!)

I'm also a bit jittery about ALL our certs being away at once....

OH has 2 job applications on the go the noo, so hopefully something good will come out of that, not exactly where we want to be, but it would be a start!

Thanks as always

Mrs Granite

[doowrehsij]

Hey Grey Granite,

Hmmm, sounds like you are in the same boat as us (similar timings). From what I gage, it all seems a bit random. I've seen people's signatures where the ITA has gone from submission to PR in over a month with no job offer, to taking around 8 months to process!

I'm not sure on average how long people have had to wait from ITA to Decision in principle / passports back?

[lizzyplop]

See our timeline below, they still have all our papers, although we have recently requested our passports back so we can have a holiday
Good luck
Liz

[doowrehsij]

lizzyplop, did you have a job offer when you submitted your ITA?

[emaino]

I´m in the same situation here... my ITA was allocated on June 26.

I´ve called INZ last night and they informed me that all documents will be delivered at the end of the process, but I could make a formal request to get them back before that if I wanted.

[lizzyplop]

Hi doowrehsij
No job offer
Liz