I
submitted spouse visa application on February 27th in Bangkok and I was shown the following announcement. VFS staffs said to me that ALL applications are to be on hold (even though on the announcement itself says SOME), they also put a note on the document checklist that I had been told about this pause and potential delay in decision making. It has been 15 working days and I have not had the decision from HO yet....
"As of 1000 GMT on Wednesday 22 February 2017, the Home Office has paused
decision-making on some applications by non-EEA nationals – in
particular, under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules where the
application would fall to be refused and where the reasons for refusal
would include the applicant’s failure to meet the minimum income
threshold for partners and dependent children and/or the associated
evidential requirements under Appendix FM-SE.
The same goes for applications under Appendix Armed Forces or under
paragraph 314(i)(a), 314(i)(d), 316A(i)(d) or 316A(i)(e) of Part 8 relating
to an adopted child.
A similar pause is in place in relation to other applications under
Appendix FM which fall to be refused and a child is involved.
The reason for this pause is to enable the Home Office to consider the
implications of a judgment handed down by the Supreme Court on 22 February
2017 in MM (Lebanon) & others v SSHD [2017] UKSC 10.
All other applications will continue to be processed and decided as normal.
A further announcement will be made as soon as possible."
