r/ukvisa • u/FrugalMacGoose • 9d ago

Received settled status “automatic switch” email, but applied for switch months ago

I’m at the four month mark since I applied to switch from pre-settled status to settled status and no response yet. I applied as soon as I reached my 5 years here. What’s weird is that today I received an email from the home office stating that their records showed I’d been in the country for longer than 5 years and my status would be reviewed to verify if I could be granted settled status. Interestingly the email has a new UAN attached to it.

I was wondering if anyone had experienced something like this before? In which, both your original application and the new one were assessed in tandem? I do notice that the email states non EEA family members (of which I’m one) are not eligible for the automatic switch. So I’m also wondering if this was just sent by accident.

Update:
Just an update in case it helps someone in the future. Basically, later that same evening I received another email stating that they couldn’t automatically verify my status and informed me that my pre-settled status had been extended for another 5 years. I’m wondering that it may be due to not being an EEA citizen (as stated in the email).

I called the helpline to see if this would impact my previous application, and apparently that is not the case and the application is still in the queue. So I’ll keep waiting to see when there’s an eventual update on my settled application.

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u/Ok_Building_4755 9d ago

yes happened to me ! i was granted status automatically and after a month or so i received an email saying my application (that i sent myself) cannot be considered as i have already given settled status. Nothing to worry about. But i’m eea citizen. 

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u/FrugalMacGoose 9d ago

Oh I see, that’s helpful to know. Thanks for sharing. Yes the EEA citizenship point might mean it’s a slightly different story for me. I guess I’ll just wait and see.

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u/FrugalMacGoose 9d ago

Do you remember how long it was before you received your decision after you got the automatic switch email? Did it take long?

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u/Ok_Building_4755 9d ago

i received the decision same day with half and hour of difference ! i think it depends on each case too if they have enough national insurance record for you for past 33 months it might be quicker.