Porus wrote:@Phillipe_b , I can only share your pain as I am sailing in the same boat. I submitted on 1st sep for Tier 2 dependent visa and 10 days later the status was deferred . I got a call from British High commission around that time asking if main migrant has travelled to UK and when I said yes probably they put my application on back burner. 1 week back after paid VFS phone call , I got an escalation number and british high commission responded in mail asking me to be patient as decision yet to be made. I can definetly say that British high commission is lacking manpower and prioritizing visa either category based or individual basis .For example my guess would be Tier 4 student visas given higher priority.
Hello Porus. Thanks for sharing your story. I hope you'll get your visa soon.
I don't really understand why would they defer your application based on the fact that the "main migrant" traveled to the UK? Why is it bad? Obviously, the main migrant should have traveled to the UK in the past; in fact he/she should already live in the UK, no?
(Perhaps I don't understand the situation well: if I understood correctly, you are the dependent (son/daughter/wife/husband) of the Main Migrant who is already in the UK? Right?)
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19 August 2014: online visa application, Tier 2 (general)
26 August 2014: Biometric appointment, submit all required documents
29 August 2014: Got a message from the relevant Visa center (Istanbul) of acceptance of application.
9 September 2014: Status: "awaiting assessment of visa" (I asked the UK immigration help desk for this)
5 October 2014: Status: "In progress"
10 October 2014: Status: "deferred"
21 October 2014: Guy in inquiry line gives me a "case" number and escalates my case.
21 October 2014: I get an email from the inquiry line stating my case has been escalated.
24 October 2014: I get an email from the inquiry line stating my visa is under assessment
27 October 2014: Another email: "Please be informed that assessment process still continuing. Please
informed that there was an IT issue with our system, we are still working
on getting an update from the Help Desk to find out about your application."
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