Thanks @staa99 . Please keep us updated if you hear back.
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Huge congratulations on your endorsement. You did the real work and I am glad that our contributions on the forum helped in some small way.
All the best.
What route ?
ET or EP?
Congrats
What route ?
Thank you everyone for sharing your timelines
Let’s keep dropping our timelines so we can follow up with one another
Since it’s slow at work today, I compiled a spreadsheet of known timeframes in this thread since August. Then put summaries below that are all in “working days” (excludes weekends and holidays).
| Month of Referral | Referral to Decision Avg | Longest Completed Wait | Sample Size (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 3.0 days | 5 days | 2 |
| Oct 2025 | 11.5 days | 12 days | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 7.0 days | 7 days | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 11.0 days | 17 days | 9 |
| Jan 2026 | 24.2 days | 33 days (still pending) | 18 |
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Hi, thanks for sharing and congratulations. Did you apply in or outside the UK?
Adding my timeline too, as this forum has been super helpful.
Referred to tech nation on Jan 26 (I don’t expect to hear back soon).
Applied from outside UK.
I saw a LinkedIn visit from a tech nation ambassador a week ago.
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Congratulation @cocubes
I was only allowed to post a comment today, though I’ve been watching for any updates since the day I applied. Your messages have all been very helpful, so I’m sharing my timeline here:
Applied: 29th Dec (Leader, within the UK)
Referred to Tech Nation:11th Jan (listed as ‘Promise’ not sure if this was a mistake or if the Home Office can downgrade an application before referral).
Status: Still waiting for any results.
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(Ah finally approved to post)
My timeline is quite different to most i have read here.
Applied and Submitted: February 15th (last sunday)
Referred to TN: February 18th (today)
Waiting for TN verdict.
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Wow. Thanks for doing that. I wonder if we do this exercise since inception, I am sure this is the longest wait. We are close to 49 days (including weekends) and 35 ( excluding) now. I asked Claude copilot to scroll back. No one else saw such timelines ever before.
As per instructions, I think you should contact them: “If you have not received your decision within the above timescale please do not hesitate to contact us.”
8th week will be next week. So we will reach out once we hit that milestone.
Meanwhile, did anyone else hear back today?
Everyone who mentioned referral on 4th/5th, did someone hear back? Been 2 weeks since every referral till 2nd Jan had been disposed of. Thanks for sharing
4th of January here
No decision received today.
Same here. I applied 15th. Referred to tech nation on 19th. Did you apply for promise or talent route .?
Talent, you?
Well this is strange because our timings seems to be out of sync with most people here lol
Not sure whats going on behind the scenes. Fingers crossed.
I applied through promise route. People who applied in dec have longer waiting times. May be because of holiday season. I applied from outside UK. You …?
Applying from outside UK too
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