Still waiting for a decision.....

[Khayrulewara]

Hi everyone I'm new here and just want to share my timeline. Me and my wife were going crazy for the past few weeks but managed to get it.

Country: Indonesia
Visa: Wife Settlement
Priority/Non-Priority: Non-Priority
Application submitted online: 29th Dec
Date biometrics taken: 4th Jan
Supporting documents sent via post to Sheffield 6th Jan.
Received from Sheffield via Royal Mail (special delivery) 8th Jan.
Supporting documents with letter received via post from Sheffield: 24th Jan.
Email received from Sheffield 24th Jan saying that documents and have arrived and considering a decision.

Emailed VFS for status: 21st Mar
Received email VFS saying that the 'Unfortunately, the processing of your application has not been straightforward and we will be unable to decide your application within our customer service targets. We are continuing to work on your application and aim to make a decision as soon as possible.': 23rd Mar

Received call from Home office calling both sponsor and employer confirming the employment and general details: 28th Mar

Home office asking for payslips and employer's letter already given to them: Scanned and sent same day 23rd Mar
Escalated and delayed 3 times with same automated not straightforward email: 2nd Apr, 9th Apr, 24th Apr (18+ weeks)
Contacted local MP: 20th Apr (Takes up to 20 working days for a result)
MP emailed back with good news: 15th May (Visa issued on 10th May)

Decision Email: None
Sms Of Processed Visa from VFS: None
Email Of Processed Visa from VFS: 21st May
Call received from delivery service: 21st May
Total processing time: 20 weeks / 100 working days
Date of Passport Delivery: 22nd May

FINALLY APPROVED!!!
Vignette valid from: 17th May - 16th June

What really helped us was to contact your local MP.

@adam2645 How did you send the scanned doc when requested? were you supplied with an email address? Could you please share that email address with as they have not supplied it when requesting the same doc again.

Thank you

O wow I am VERY happy for u u have wait very long. U have given me little hope now as I've been waiting for 6 months for reply please keep us in ur dua too. I have also contacted local mp but still waiting for reply

[Aqib1992]

Hi, i hope it all works out for you. Please pray for me as well ..me and my 3 kids waiting for decision since oct 2017. 9months total now dying of tention....

In'sha'Allah Will do, May Allah Reunite us with our loved ones ASAP Ameen

[Aqib1992]

Inshallah Allah will make it easy for you, I will pray for you, remember don’t lose hope and keep your trust in Allah; Please pray for me to.

Insha Allah hoping i get a good news this week
And Insha Allah will defo do dua for you in todays namaz

I'm also on 6 month's keep me in ur duas too

Insha Allah will defo you do duas for me too

In'Sha'Allah Always❤

[Nabeela78680]

Insha Allah hoping i get a good news this week
And Insha Allah will defo do dua for you in todays namaz

I'm also on 6 month's keep me in ur duas too

Insha Allah will defo you do duas for me too

In'Sha'Allah Always❤

Thank u

[Aqib1992]

Final Update

1st Application Refused
First Application Refused due to submitting Tuberculosis Certificate from an unapproved centre and not enough general photographs taken with family members included to prove relationship.


2nd Application
Biometrics: 12/04/2018 Non Priority
Decision Made: 04/07/2018 on the 59th working day
Contacted for Collection: 08/07/2018 Visa granted Alhamdulilah by the grace of Allah

There is not always a delay for those who are applying for the second time. make sure you get your evidence concrete to avoid delays.

I pray you all get your visas as soon as possible.

Was u contacted on Sunday for collection?

[mqa524]

Anyone who has recieved their first email on 11th june or after that

I received first email on 1st of Jun, Thanking for the application and on 60th day received another asking to send wife's TB certificate again but that email didn't included a reply email address.. very annoying.

then on 61st working day received another email saying "Unfortunately, the processing of your application has not been straightforward".

Will be seeing local MP and will also complain..

[ARHAM786]

yes i paid ihs for me and my 2 children.one child was born there last year so she is british. but me and my two kids who are us citizens did pay for teh ihs.

Ur visa 100% granted just chase visa email eascaltion and involove mp and complain as well when paid ihs which month

Yes my dear! i have contacted MP just a week ago so will be waiting for his response from the Homeoffice. takes upto 20 working days. and yea submit a complaint yesterday as well. please everyone pray for me. i have stressed over this so much. just dont know whats gping on.

[ARHAM786]

Hi, i hope it all works out for you. Please pray for me as well ..me and my 3 kids waiting for decision since oct 2017. 9months total now dying of tention....

Have you contacted the HO...that is a very long wait...chase it up, involve ur MP... have u tried asking for escalating the case

Yes i have contacted the MP now i am just awaiting for him to write back to me. 20 working days wait. i have been waiting for 9 months now. i odnt know how much more long id have to wait :'(

[ARHAM786]

Any recievved any news?
Do dua we get respomse this week Insha Allah

No response yet. 9 months. And yes i pray for everyone.

[Gujarat2London]

60 working days since biometric...priority application...what can I do?

[Nabeela78680]

Alot of delays 74days and priorty
Alot of delays
Everyone mention how many days and if it was priorty or not & yes also when first email was sent out

[Liverpool48]

Over 16 weeks and after 4 escalated calls over the last few weeks received this message

The application is in the final processing stages and a decision will be made soon.
Further Investigation is required and you will be contacted directly once concluded.

What does this mean. Is it a standard reply. Any reason to be optimistic?

[Nabeela78680]

Over 16 weeks and after 4 escalated calls over the last few weeks received this message

The application is in the final processing stages and a decision will be made soon.
Further Investigation is required and you will be contacted directly once concluded.

What does this mean. Is it a standard reply. Any reason to be optimistic?

Was your application priorty

[Liverpool48]

No it was normal 12 week sla

[Nabeela78680]

No it was normal 12 week sla

Oh ok mines priorty and its 11th week

[Amanij93]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

[Aqib1992]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

[mqa524]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

Get the MP involve in this, i'm sure he/she should be able to do something and do complaint. I'm in the process to meet my local MP very soon. When they requested my wife's TB certificate again, they didn't supplied an email address where i can reply to.

[Aqib1992]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

Get the MP involve in this, i'm sure he/she should be able to do something and do complaint. I'm in the process to meet my local MP very soon. When they requested my wife's TB certificate again, they didn't supplied an email address where i can reply to.

When I escalated it, i had a response on the 21st May that all checks are complete and it is in a queue for a final assessment, and it has been 7 weeks after that....

[mqa524]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

Get the MP involve in this, i'm sure he/she should be able to do something and do complaint. I'm in the process to meet my local MP very soon. When they requested my wife's TB certificate again, they didn't supplied an email address where i can reply to.

When I escalated it, i had a response on the 21st May that all checks are complete and it is in a queue for a final assessment, and it has been 7 weeks after that....

I know its really hard time to sit back and wait. Just keep praying. InshaAllah there will be good news one day.

[Aqib1992]

Hi,
I would like to share my experience with you and I hope it might help some.
I gave my biometrics on Oct 16th 2017 and only got the visa today. It took around 8 months for them to process the visa. I received a non straightforward email on 4th of January 2018. We tried every way we could in this 8 months. We escalated tge case for 6 times but no use. We contacted the MP on April 18th 2018 and he told us he will send a letter. However we are not sure whether he sent or not. After 20 working days we asked the MP whether he got any reply and he said no. Later he said he will talk with the Immigration MP or Minister. On June 6th we recieved a email from MP confirming that he has written to the Home office. On June 7th we made a complaint through the online system mentioning our timeline. They take 20 working days to respond to a complaint. On June 25th we got an email from Visa sheffield saying that they can assure that our application is dealt and will make a decision in the coming days. It was sent as a reply to our contact centre enquiry which we didnt make. Yesterday I got a message from VFS to collect the passport and today I collected and got the Visa. It was a long wait. We were stressed, we lost our patience and were even planning to withdraw the application. However finally we got it. I dont know which helped us the complaint or the MP s letter. So try all the ways possible and be patient and dont lose hope. You will all get your visas eventually and I hope and pray it comes soon.

Could you please share the online complaint link please. Thank u

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisat ... -procedure

Did u complain on behalf of ur husband

[Amanij93]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

It is just ridiculous. We could be waiting for ages now. So sad.

[Amanij93]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

Get the MP involve in this, i'm sure he/she should be able to do something and do complaint. I'm in the process to meet my local MP very soon. When they requested my wife's TB certificate again, they didn't supplied an email address where i can reply to.

I have involved the MP. He spoke to them and they said the case is complex and that it cannot be expedited infront of other applications. That is so odd that they didn't provide you with an email address. Maybe post it out to them or keep calling.

[Amanij93]

Hi,

I am new to this so I am not sure if I have posted in the right place, apologies if I have not.

Timeline:

My husband and I made an application for him to join me in the UK
Application made on 28 January 2018
Biometrics - 6 February 2018
UKVI returned our supporting documents on 9 March 2018
Not straight forward email received on 27 April 2018

As you can see we have now waited 107 working days since the date of the biometrics. We have escalated the case 3 times - to which UKVI only respond by saying it is still being assessed. My MP also got involved and when UKVI got back to him they just said we have to wait as the case is complex. They have not contacted us asking for additional documents, nor have they contacted my managers. Our case is very simple and so I am not sure what is complex about it. Only thing that is making us very nervous and stressed is that my husband's visa in Australia expires in September 2018 and his passport expires in October 2018. We have informed UKVI of this multiple times but they really don't care. It doesn't really make sense because he wouldn't be able to travel with an expired passport anyway and it takes 3 months to renew his passport from Australia...

Has anyone waited this long yet? What is the maximum time UKVI can take to make a decision? We have lost hope and are now thinking to withdraw the application and for me to go to Australia then maybe apply to the UK again from there. Which I really don't want to do! Ah!

Thanks

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

Get the MP involve in this, i'm sure he/she should be able to do something and do complaint. I'm in the process to meet my local MP very soon. When they requested my wife's TB certificate again, they didn't supplied an email address where i can reply to.

When I escalated it, i had a response on the 21st May that all checks are complete and it is in a queue for a final assessment, and it has been 7 weeks after that....

Really. What is taking them so long I just don't get it.. just keep calling them. Even though I feel like that doesn't work. I made a complaint the other day because it really is unfair that they just keep us out of the loop with everything, even though it is our application!

[Aqib1992]

Hello

I'm on the same boat as you
I am on 6 month's, submitted bio on 23rd Jan
I have escalated 3 times... Still waiting no response

Get the MP involve in this, i'm sure he/she should be able to do something and do complaint. I'm in the process to meet my local MP very soon. When they requested my wife's TB certificate again, they didn't supplied an email address where i can reply to.

When I escalated it, i had a response on the 21st May that all checks are complete and it is in a queue for a final assessment, and it has been 7 weeks after that....

Really. What is taking them so long I just don't get it.. just keep calling them. Even though I feel like that doesn't work. I made a complaint the other day because it really is unfair that they just keep us out of the loop with everything, even though it is our application!

Yes I know im sure they should be able to give is some more info then awaiting descision.... I haven't approached my NO yet... But seems like There no help either