Processing times are now updated on ukvisas website. 190 decisions made. 98% within 60days. http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/processingtimes Hoping to hear good news in the next week. Please also remember me in your duas. i dont get these figures who has had a reply back within 60 days can s...
Looking at the updated visa processing times for April 2011, it seems they have made more than double the desicions from march 2011 and they are working right on there target of 12 weeks. It seems they are now starting to receive a lot of applications as most applicants have now gone through the new...
W Salam ali, My wife did her ielts in Lahore from the British council. The test takes place at pearl continental hotel. This seriously delayed the application by 2 months but I always believed the test should be taken with a reputable institution and British council is the sort of institute whom the...
Funny enough I also received a e-mail today from embassy as well in which they refused to give any details on the progress of the application due to privacy law. I see that mostly applicants are worried about communication evidence, in my case I only sent certified copies of my passport to show entr...
Salam, I am hoping to get it before 12 weeks. I quickly checked the process time on their web site and the number of application drop to 92 in March compare to 475 in february 2011. This suggest that they have less work and if our application are straight forward then we may get it quick. I am hopi...
Salaam, Shoib82 - Very good point, in February, if I remember correctly, Islamabad VAC had over 400 decisions made against just 92 in March :shock: . But interestingly the figures for March were only updated around 20th of April, do they normally get updated around this sort of date? I was under th...
Salam all, Just been checking the Uk visa website for application processing times and I was surprised to see that they only made 42 decisions on settlement visas applied from mirpur office in march against well over 200 decisions made in feburary (don't remember the exact now but it was over 200), ...
I submitted my application on 14/3/11....can anyone please tell me how long is 12 weeks? What I mean is that when they say 12 weeks do they mean 12 weeks excluding hols?...should I count total 84 days beginning 14th March and excluding saturdays,sundays,royal weddings,birthdays etc:D? If I just cou...
Hi, I applied spouse settlement on Jan 12, 2011 as fresh application. I need to write to UKBA to inquire the status of application. Anybody help to inform the appropriate email address. Hi my husband also applied on the same day as you at the gerrys in isb. we have not had a change in status either...
Hi Im new to the post. I am from the Uk and got married in pakistan a year ago. My husband submitted the Visa on 12 January at Gerrys Islamabad. Does anyone know why it is taking so long with the applications nowadays. And what the maximum time is?? Hi, It's currently taking about 3 months to proce...
Hi Im new to the post. I am from the Uk and got married in pakistan a year ago. My husband submitted the Visa on 12 January at Gerrys Islamabad. Does anyone know why it is taking so long with the applications nowadays. And what the maximum time is?? Hi, It's currently taking about 3 months to proce...
Hi, After application forwarded to islamabad oc what should the next status update read? It's been like this for longer than a week its getting really frustrating. Few people I know have had spouse visas accepted within a matter of 5 6 days our status isnt even moving :S this is beginning (or shoul...
Hello Everyone, i like to gain more info regarding the IELTS results requirement, for spouse visa. My wife took her test in pakistan,Islamabad, and got overall band 4. My question is that is it acceptable? for the visa application thanks Asil Hi, The minimum ielts band required is 4, so it seems yo...
Hi All, My wife just applied for settlement visa from Lahore last week. Although she did take photocopies of all the original documents the clowns at gerrys didn't take the set of photocopies from my wife and advised her they were not needed, infact my wife informed me that they were not taking pho...
Thanks for your reply, you are right about gerrys being helpful as they did check every document from wife. May I just ask? You say that your wife's documents were checked. In what way exactly were they checked? Were they simply looking to see that each document was submitted, or were they looking ...
Hi All, My wife just applied for settlement visa from Lahore last week. Although she did take photocopies of all the original documents the clowns at gerrys didn't take the set of photocopies from my wife and advised her they were not needed, infact my wife informed me that they were not taking phot...
