Writing a covering letter to the Home Office
When you send an application to the Home Office, it is good to write a covering letter to send with it. This is a template you can use.
When you send an application to the Home Office, it is good to write a covering letter to send with it. This is a template you can use.
If you have limited leave to remain in the UK, you will need to apply to the Home Office to extend your leave before the limited leave finishes. If you make a valid, in-time application to extend your leave, then your permission to stay will keep going until you receive a decision (and any appeal decision). This is known as section 3C leave.
Once you have sent an immigration application, the Home Office should try to make a decision within six months. However, sometimes they take longer. If you have been waiting for more than six months, and you want to find out what has happened to your case, you can write a chasing letter to the Home Office. We…