I think it's all to do with the processing centre, nothing to do with the nationality of the applicant. We were lucky to get our visa processed quite quickly (10 days) but the processing centre our applications went to (Dusseldorf) historically makes decisions within 2 days (looking at the August an...

1. Country of application - Netherlands 2. City of Visa Application Centre - Amsterdam 3. Date of application - 01-11-2010 4. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above) - 01-11-2010 5. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 09-11-2010 6. Duration for Entry Clearance - 2 Years 7. Date pas...