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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by worried1 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:11 am

Naveed777 wrote:"worried1"

hi naveed777 any news on the application
No, still waiting...[/quote]
It will be 6 months now and still no news
did you ask for an update?
in shaa ALLAH it will be good news[/quote]

Well yes I have been asking almost every week now but the response is automated , which is useless.

How about you?

What I have noticed is each time you contact them (email/ phone) they give you a case ID but this ID changes when you contact them say after 3-4 weeks. With the same contact ID , no matter how many emails and escalations you send them, the response will be automated and within few minutes. The only way to know the real update is to call them ( costs £1.37 per min from uk) and escalate via phone. This way they do get back to you with what's happening with your application ....[/quote]
Hi naveed777
nothing on my side either
i really dont understand what and why its happening
applications much after us are getting decisions
i pray they havnt mislaid our files
they esclated my case on the 27 october
when i contacted them yesterday, again ECO has not yet seen
your file and no decsion has been made
its really stressing me out,
one email will say it has been esclated
the next will say its not seen, or they cannot locate
the file reason maybe it was submitted late
or the gwf is incorect
when are your 6 months up, its 5 working
working days its 120 days
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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:15 am

Any call or text from Gerry,s for passport collection .

It's seems like a very slow week.

worried1
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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by worried1 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:08 am

worried1 wrote:
Naveed777 wrote:"worried1"

hi naveed777 any news on the application
No, still waiting...
It will be 6 months now and still no news
did you ask for an update?
in shaa ALLAH it will be good news[/quote]

Well yes I have been asking almost every week now but the response is automated , which is useless.

How about you?

What I have noticed is each time you contact them (email/ phone) they give you a case ID but this ID changes when you contact them say after 3-4 weeks. With the same contact ID , no matter how many emails and escalations you send them, the response will be automated and within few minutes. The only way to know the real update is to call them ( costs £1.37 per min from uk) and escalate via phone. This way they do get back to you with what's happening with your application ....[/quote]
Hi naveed777
nothing on my side either
i really dont understand what and why its happening
applications much after us are getting decisions
i pray they havnt mislaid our files
they esclated my case on the 27 october
when i contacted them yesterday, again ECO has not yet seen
your file and no decsion has been made
its really stressing me out,
one email will say it has been esclated
the next will say its not seen, or they cannot locate
the file reason maybe it was submitted late
or the gwf is incorect
when are your 6 months up, its 5 working
working days its 120 days[/quote]

When the time is right ( ALLAH SWT knows) we
will hear good news IN SHAA ALLAH

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by expresso12 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:07 am

Hi all

Timelines:

Application type: Wife settlement visa
Sponsor status: British citizen
Online application submission: 3/11/2015
Biometric appointment: 11/11/2015
Documents sent to Sheffield: pending


Also my wife paid the 61,200 PKR for priority service when she attended the biometric appointment. Not really sure how the priority works but will have to wait and see.

Does anyone has any experience of using the priority service?

thanks

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by Mysterious » Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:08 am

InshAllah1990 wrote:
Mysterious wrote:Got my documents back today. The weight of my file wasn't even half what I sent. Mine documents missing like all communications, wedding invitation and all photographs.Dunno y they need them n will they b destroyed or given back
Salam,
Same thing happened to me yesterday.did u get call from fedex or still waiting? If yes what was descion ?
Our visa was granted and this was back on 30th october where we got collection email and text,

I have only just received my documents back from sheffield now - 10 days after hubby got passport back.

His travel dates were stamped more than 2 and half weeks when he got his visa, everyone else at same time had dates like 12,13,14 nov and his was 18 nov.

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:57 am

Mysterious wrote:
InshAllah1990 wrote:
Mysterious wrote:Got my documents back today. The weight of my file wasn't even half what I sent. Mine documents missing like all communications, wedding invitation and all photographs.Dunno y they need them n will they b destroyed or given back
Salam,
Same thing happened to me yesterday.did u get call from fedex or still waiting? If yes what was descion ?
Our visa was granted and this was back on 30th october where we got collection email and text,

I have only just received my documents back from sheffield now - 10 days after hubby got passport back.

His travel dates were stamped more than 2 and half weeks when he got his visa, everyone else at same time had dates like 12,13,14 nov and his was 18 nov.

When you have received the text message or call plz

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by Granted » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:18 am

Hi All,

I am a silent reader of this form. This form is a great help for all of us who applied/ or planing to apply for a spouse visa. Today with the grace of God my Mrs was granted her Spouse Visa. The time line is as follows:

Online Application: 2 Aug 2015
Bio done (Islamabad): 12 Aug 2015
Documents sent to Sheffield: 18 Aug 2015
Confirmation email of documents received: 19 Sep 2015
Email received from VFS Islamabad for collection: 10 Nov 2015
Passport Collected (Visa Granted): 11 Nov 2015

Good luck to all the applicants waiting to hear from UKVI!

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:40 am

Granted wrote:Hi All,

I am a silent reader of this form. This form is a great help for all of us who applied/ or planing to apply for a spouse visa. Today with the grace of God my Mrs was granted her Spouse Visa. The time line is as follows:

Online Application: 2 Aug 2015
Bio done (Islamabad): 12 Aug 2015
Documents sent to Sheffield: 18 Aug 2015
Confirmation email of documents received: 19 Sep 2015
Email received from VFS Islamabad for collection: 10 Nov 2015
Passport Collected (Visa Granted): 11 Nov 2015

Good luck to all the applicants waiting to hear from UKVI!
#

hello have you recived any processe email, i mean email from UKBA application been processed and decison hads been made?

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by kimak » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:45 am

Hello

Can anyone provide a sample letter of employment for CAT A please. Thanks
Applied: 14/11/2015
Refused: 02/03/2015
Appealed: 28/03/2015
Payment Taken: 20/04/2015
Appeal Notice: 15/06/2016
ECM Review Deadline: 28/09/2016
Overturned

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by Granted » Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:06 pm

speed0192 wrote:
Granted wrote:Hi All,

I am a silent reader of this form. This form is a great help for all of us who applied/ or planing to apply for a spouse visa. Today with the grace of God my Mrs was granted her Spouse Visa. The time line is as follows:

Online Application: 2 Aug 2015
Bio done (Islamabad): 12 Aug 2015
Documents sent to Sheffield: 18 Aug 2015
Confirmation email of documents received: 19 Sep 2015
Email received from VFS Islamabad for collection: 10 Nov 2015
Passport Collected (Visa Granted): 11 Nov 2015

Good luck to all the applicants waiting to hear from UKVI!
#

hello have you recived any processe email, i mean email from UKBA application been processed and decison hads been made?

No i have not received any email from UKBA. Only one email confirming that the docs received at Sheffield and the last email was from VFS for collection of passport.

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by mhuk » Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:13 pm

Granted wrote:Hi All,

I am a silent reader of this form. This form is a great help for all of us who applied/ or planing to apply for a spouse visa. Today with the grace of God my Mrs was granted her Spouse Visa. The time line is as follows:

Online Application: 2 Aug 2015
Bio done (Islamabad): 12 Aug 2015
Documents sent to Sheffield: 18 Aug 2015
Confirmation email of documents received: 19 Sep 2015
Email received from VFS Islamabad for collection: 10 Nov 2015
Passport Collected (Visa Granted): 11 Nov 2015

Good luck to all the applicants waiting to hear from UKVI!
Congratulations :lol:

What travel dates did they give you

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by waitingbeover » Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:42 pm

Alhamdulilah I am granted the visa exact after 3 Months and One day.
May All of you waiting be blessed soon with the good news.

Timeline
Online App: 4th Aug
Biometrics at Karachi: 10th Aug
Documents Sent: 10th Aug
Email Fom Sheffield: 13th Sept
Case Processed Email: 26th Oct
Visa Granted: 11th November
Alhamdulilah

This forum has been a big help thanks to all and I pray that you all get reunited with ur spouses real soon. Insha'Allah.

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:52 pm

waitingbeover wrote:Alhamdulilah I am granted the visa exact after 3 Months and One day.
May All of you waiting be blessed soon with the good news.

Timeline
Online App: 4th Aug
Biometrics at Karachi: 10th Aug
Documents Sent: 10th Aug
Email Fom Sheffield: 13th Sept
Case Processed Email: 26th Oct
Visa Granted: 11th November
Alhamdulilah

This forum has been a big help thanks to all and I pray that you all get reunited with ur spouses real soon. Insha'Allah.


Congrats

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:54 pm

waitingbeover wrote:Alhamdulilah I am granted the visa exact after 3 Months and One day.
May All of you waiting be blessed soon with the good news.

Timeline
Online App: 4th Aug
Biometrics at Karachi: 10th Aug
Documents Sent: 10th Aug
Email Fom Sheffield: 13th Sept
Case Processed Email: 26th Oct
Visa Granted: 11th November
Alhamdulilah

This forum has been a big help thanks to all and I pray that you all get reunited with ur spouses real soon. Insha'Allah.

Many congrats ur visa date plz if U don't mind and share with us.

speed0192
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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:00 pm

waitingbeover wrote:Alhamdulilah I am granted the visa exact after 3 Months and One day.
May All of you waiting be blessed soon with the good news.

Timeline
Online App: 4th Aug
Biometrics at Karachi: 10th Aug
Documents Sent: 10th Aug
Email Fom Sheffield: 13th Sept
Case Processed Email: 26th Oct
Visa Granted: 11th November
Alhamdulilah

This forum has been a big help thanks to all and I pray that you all get reunited with ur spouses real soon. Insha'Allah.

Congrats what is ur traveling date i mean on the visa plz

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by hinna » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:32 pm

@Granted & @waitingbeover:- Congratulation to you both.

On facebook someone with the bio 17th Aug in Mirpur has also had her husbands visa granted. She got no confirmation email just a call to collect passport.

I also read on fb that it can upto 10 days after the 'your application has been processed & you will be contacted in a few days' email. How tru this I'm not sure.
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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by Malik 88 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:33 pm

Hi everyone I just e mailed today just a while ago to ukvi for status update and got reply application has been processed and descion was made but didn't get any phone call or e mail from mirpur office and I am reading about ihs refund people are talking on this board what is that.online application 14 August 2015.biometrics 10/09/2015 documents received in Sheffield 15 September

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by machodan » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:49 pm

expresso12 wrote:Hi all

Timelines:

Application type: Wife settlement visa
Sponsor status: British citizen
Online application submission: 3/11/2015
Biometric appointment: 11/11/2015
Documents sent to Sheffield: pending


Also my wife paid the 61,200 PKR for priority service when she attended the biometric appointment. Not really sure how the priority works but will have to wait and see.

Does anyone has any experience of using the priority service?

thanks
Hi. I also paid for priority on my biometrics appointment. Did they give your wife any time frame for priority? They told me that some of the people with priority have heard back in 20 22 days. Not sure how true it is. They put the priority sticker, payment reciepts attached with the passport and on the plastic bag in which they put the passport. So seemed legit.

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by hinna » Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:11 pm

@expresso12 & @machodan do keep us updated on ur application...

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by Malik 88 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:18 pm

Malik 88 wrote:Hi everyone I just e mailed today just a while ago to ukvi for status update and got reply application has been processed and descion was made but didn't get any phone call or e mail from mirpur office and I am reading about ihs refund people are talking on this board what is that.online application 14 August 2015.biometrics 10/09/2015 documents received in Sheffield 15 September
Any 1 pl reply very stressful time

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:21 pm

Malik 88 wrote:
Malik 88 wrote:Hi everyone I just e mailed today just a while ago to ukvi for status update and got reply application has been processed and descion was made but didn't get any phone call or e mail from mirpur office and I am reading about ihs refund people are talking on this board what is that.online application 14 August 2015.biometrics 10/09/2015 documents received in Sheffield 15 September
Any 1 pl reply very stressful time

i am on the same borad, i got the same emaill last on 2nd november and so far no call from Garry's still waiting for thier emial, what i will suggest dont get stress out and just pray from God, u will get passport collection email after 2 weeks. so just chill out.

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by Malik 88 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:27 pm

speed0192 wrote:
Malik 88 wrote:
Malik 88 wrote:Hi everyone I just e mailed today just a while ago to ukvi for status update and got reply application has been processed and descion was made but didn't get any phone call or e mail from mirpur office and I am reading about ihs refund people are talking on this board what is that.online application 14 August 2015.biometrics 10/09/2015 documents received in Sheffield 15 September
Any 1 pl reply very stressful time

i am on the same borad, i got the same emaill last on 2nd november and so far no call from Garry's still waiting for thier emial, what i will suggest dont get stress out and just pray from God, u will get passport collection email after 2 weeks. so just chill out.
. Thanks speed192 just wanted to no do they refund ihs amount if the visa is refused or they send back after collection of passport

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by speed0192 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:05 pm

Not sure how his IHS refund works for the applicants who appliedd after 4th july and they refused the visa, they refund the IHS before the passport collection or after..

any 1 on here please share it with us.

Thanks

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Re: Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Post by Qasimx25 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:14 pm

Hi, all
My time line ,
Online application. 03/Nov/2015
Biometrics, in Islamabad. 05/Nov/2015
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield. 10/Nov/ 2015
Confirmation email that documents received and a a prepaid S.A.E is required for return of documents today 11/Nov 2015 which was a surprise .
Will keep you all updated please pray for me and I will do for you all..

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Post by Inshaallah786 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:12 pm

Can somebody please answer my question, I asked for a status update and got a email saying ''application has been processed'' and will be with you shortly. It does not say a decision has been made as most people have got. I'm worried does it mean anything, like refusal etc. Can't help worrying as mostly people receive ''application has been processed and a decision has been made''

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