We just got a biometrics letter. (Apparently our file was marked with our biometrics fee unpaid even though we paid the fee and sent proof over a year ago when they first asked for it and then resent the reciept in December when they wanted us to pay again). Our MP sent us a letter on Friday telling us that our file still shows our biometrics fee unpaid, so we sent a 3rd copy of the reciept, both to our MP and to Mexico. We got a personal reply back that our payment has now been applied to the file and they sent the biometrics letter.
My question is this... is the file now on total hold until the biometrics are done, or is there other work they can do on the file to expedite it along in the meantime? In other words, have they progressed us to a dead end? The principal applicant's Venezuelan passport expires in November and they cannot leave Venezuela on an expired passport.
Is it possible for them to make a decision prior to the biometrics? Or is biometrics the only next step?