Tier 4 General Visa from India - 2017

[Pavitra_15]

Hey guys. Even I applied in Chennai through standard service. But I got a confirmation e-mail from British deputy high commission, Chennai and not Sheffield. I applied on 10th August btw.

[aerobalag]

Hey guys. Even I applied in Chennai through standard service. But I got a confirmation e-mail from British deputy high commission, Chennai and not Sheffield. I applied on 10th August btw.

oh...but those guys applied on jully starting got mail from Sheffield...I think you will ur decision within 15 working days

[christinar1087]

hi pavitra,

Can you share your timelines please....

[lavey]

Tomorrow planning to visit Chennai VFS office.frustrated and angry .

[christinar1087]

To all senior members and moderators,

Just wanted to know from you guys if this is how it is during July-Sep every year for all student visas?????? Is there a long wait for all students during this part of the year for student visas or if it is a one off case this year 2017.
Your response would be appreciated......

[christinar1087]

Hi Lavey,

Can you share your timelines please.

[lavey]

@ christinar1087

14 july had my Biometric and on 21st received acknowledgement email from sheffield. After that no any communication.However I have opted for sms service from vfs chennai but I'm not receiveing any sms update from them.

[CR001]

Hi Lavey,

Can you share your timelines please.

Can't you just read through the topic to see what members have already posted?? This topic is becoming repetitive with new joiners asking the same questions. They have all posted when they applied etc in this topic or the other lengthy one, except user 'pavitra' who is a child student visa applicant and will likely have more scrutiny of their application.

[aerobalag]

Tomorrow planning to visit Chennai VFS office.frustrated and angry .

share wt they said after going to vfs chennai

[Mugatiya26]

Hi Lavey,

Can you share your timelines please.

Can't you just read through the topic to see what members have already posted?? This topic is becoming repetitive with new joiners asking the same questions. They have all posted when they applied etc in this topic or the other lengthy one, except user 'pavitra' who is a child student visa applicant and will likely have more scrutiny of their application.

Hi. I can only imagine how hard it must be to moderate the forum these days. Sorry about that. You're doing a great job. The thing is, processing has been shifted from regional centres to sheffield this time around resulting in huge delays. I don't think people are intentionally spamming, but are rather desperate as their respective course start days are fast approaching. Please do bare with us. Thanks!

[CR001]

Hi Lavey,

Can you share your timelines please.

Can't you just read through the topic to see what members have already posted?? This topic is becoming repetitive with new joiners asking the same questions. They have all posted when they applied etc in this topic or the other lengthy one, except user 'pavitra' who is a child student visa applicant and will likely have more scrutiny of their application.

Hi. I can only imagine how hard it must be to moderate the forum these days. Sorry about that. You're doing a great job. The thing is, processing has been shifted from regional centres to sheffield this time around resulting in huge delays. I don't think people are intentionally spamming, but are rather desperate as their respective course start days are fast approaching. Please do bare with us. Thanks!

Yes, we understand that, as is every other category of visa applicant who have applied abroad, with spouse visas from abroad being delayed by 6 or 7 months already. You guys are not unique in having delays and moaning about a 30 odd day delay. Try telling a child in the UK that their mum/dad won't be here for at least 6-12 months because a spouse visa is taking that long to process.

The point is, look how many posts a user has made and look through a topic to see what they have previously posted first, instead of just asking for timelines, like the previous new user or the one before that. If each new poster asks the same question, all this topic becomes is 'what is your timline', 'my timeline is' repetitively or the one we hate the most "any updates today"!

This topic and the other two are already very close to being locked and such numerous duplicate questions are not helping it.

[Pavitra_15]

hi pavitra,

Can you share your timelines please....

10th August- submitted my biometrics and has my interview.
10th August- application forwarded to UKVI
16th August- received an email from British high commission stating "Your UK visa application has now been received at the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai and will shortly be considered by an Entry Clearance Officer."

And I've applied for tier 4 general student visa Not child visa. I'm 17.

[aerobalag]

hi pavitra,

Can you share your timelines please....

10th August- submitted my biometrics and has my interview.
10th August- application forwarded to UKVI
16th August- received an email from British high commission stating "Your UK visa application has now been received at the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai and will shortly be considered by an Entry Clearance Officer."

And I've applied for tier 4 general student visa Not child visa. I'm 17.

which university u applied? may I kno

[Mugatiya26]

Please guys/girls don't ask for too much information from new posters. Let's update only when we have updates. Let's try to keep this thread active till all of us have received our decisions. Cheers

[christinar1087]

sorry if i sounded repetitive and asked for the timelines and i totally understand that there are other visas which are taking way longer than student visas.
we will just update if we receive any updates from the visa office.

Thanks

[krishdarsh]

Looks like i aint the only one stuck in this soup.

Here goes my timeline, would be of great help if you guys could help me out

I am a new student applying for Bachelors. I choose the Standard processing time cause i had a lot of days left before Univ starts (now cursing myself why i did not take the priority)

24th July : Applied for tier 4 PBS student visa
26th July : submitted bio-metrics/had an interview/scanned my documents and my passport was taken
from "VFS CHENNAI"
8th August : received a mail from Sheffield saying my application is being prepared for consideration by
an ECO.
18th August : received another mail from Sheffield saying my visa application still remains under
consideration and that they are unable to process it within the 15 day time frame.

I am happy that they atleast sent me a mail on the 16th day. But its kinda frustrating to wait for god knows how long.

I would also like to add that after my interview the interviewer ended the conversation by saying "Enjoy the rest of your days" still debating with myself if that is positive or negative.

An update to my post. I collected my passport with succesfull tier 4 visa on 22rd August.
untill the previous day i was checking the "visa status" link with all the possible references i had but none of them worked.

Best of luck to the others here who are still waiting to get your visa. The day ain't far mates.

Received my visa on the 18th day

[mta143]

Guys I recieved my visa today on the 31st working day. Like many of you, I too had no communication from UKVI. Even yesterday, when I called them they said my case was awaiting decision, and escalated it upon my request. I got a message couple of hours later to collect my passport.

[Sam1990]

Guys I recieved my visa today on the 31st working day. Like many of you, I too had no communication from UKVI. Even yesterday, when I called them they said my case was awaiting decision, and escalated it upon my request. I got a message couple of hours later to collect my passport.

Congratulations. When and from where did you apply for your visa?

[Sam1990]

Looks like i aint the only one stuck in this soup.

Here goes my timeline, would be of great help if you guys could help me out

I am a new student applying for Bachelors. I choose the Standard processing time cause i had a lot of days left before Univ starts (now cursing myself why i did not take the priority)

24th July : Applied for tier 4 PBS student visa
26th July : submitted bio-metrics/had an interview/scanned my documents and my passport was taken
from "VFS CHENNAI"
8th August : received a mail from Sheffield saying my application is being prepared for consideration by
an ECO.
18th August : received another mail from Sheffield saying my visa application still remains under
consideration and that they are unable to process it within the 15 day time frame.

I am happy that they atleast sent me a mail on the 16th day. But its kinda frustrating to wait for god knows how long.

I would also like to add that after my interview the interviewer ended the conversation by saying "Enjoy the rest of your days" still debating with myself if that is positive or negative.

An update to my post. I collected my passport with succesfull tier 4 visa on 22rd August.
untill the previous day i was checking the "visa status" link with all the possible references i had but none of them worked.

Best of luck to the others here who are still waiting to get your visa. The day ain't far mates.

Received my visa on the 18th day

Did you receive any decision made email from visainfo.SHEFO prior to collecting your visa?

[aerobalag]

Tomorrow planning to visit Chennai VFS office.frustrated and angry .

did u visit vfs centre tday?

[lavey]

@aerobalag No updates..They told like us many students are facing this issue..Nothing they can do from there end.Should have opted for priority service.

[aerobalag]

@aerobalag No updates..They told like us many students are facing this issue..Nothing they can do from there end.Should have opted for priority service.

instead of spending money in calling ukvi...we should have gone for priority

[Waqasrafiq2]

@aerobalag No updates..They told like us many students are facing this issue..Nothing they can do from there end.Should have opted for priority service.

instead of spending money in calling ukvi...we should have gone for priority

No priority in pakistan for tier 4

[Mugatiya26]

Guys I recieved my visa today on the 31st working day. Like many of you, I too had no communication from UKVI. Even yesterday, when I called them they said my case was awaiting decision, and escalated it upon my request. I got a message couple of hours later to collect my passport.

31st working day for me but still nothing...

[mahbolla]

Today is 26th working day. Nothing for me as well.