November applicants please post here-only timelines

[kumarb0809]

Hi Gbc,

The VAF9 is available at http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/resources/en/ ... 03073/vaf9
I've one, which can be filled using computer, but that is little older. Use the one which is at the above location and fill it with hand.

Thank you
Kumar

Hi,

Can you please forward me the VAF9 which can be filled using computer (PDF edit version.) to gbc311@gmail.com

Thanks in advance
Regards
gbc311@gamil.com

[ConfusedIndian]

Hello all,

I am applying for Tier-1 (General) within the UK.
Mine's a slightly complicated case in the previous earnings section.

I have worked in 3 countries in the last 1 year and have to provide the bank statements from 3 different bank accounts for the last 12 months.

I have received a constant Indian salary + allowances when I was in the US and the UK.

The details are as follows:
Dec-07 to Jan-08 : US
Feb-08 to Aug-08 : India
Sep-08 to Nov-08 : UK

Now my question is:

What is the exchange/conversion rate I should apply, for the salaries I received in India?
ie. should I use the 31-Jan-08 OANDA rate for the period I was in the US; 31-Aug-08 OANDA rate for for the period I was in India(and uplift); 30-Nov-08 OANDA rate for the for the period I was in the UK?

OR

Should I use the 30-Nov-08 OANDA rate for the entire Indian salary, since I am submitting the application on 03-Dec-08?


Thank you for all your help and advice.
ConfusedIndian

[elementv]

@ConfusedIndian
Do call VFS and confirm about what exchange rate you could use.
I was told that the new form(nov2008) is to be used.

[sri_sunny]

Thro with my visa today....
Applied on 06th November

time to watch the job market....

[vinkar]

Hi all,

I got my Visa (Tier1 General ) .This forum has been very informative to me.

Thankyou all

My timelines

Nov 10 2008 - Applied from chennai
Nov 30 2008 - Approved

Now need to keep a tab on the Job market for networking professionals in the UK

[jack_of_heartz]

Hi All,

I got my 3 year visa stamped yesterday.

Applied on = 19th November 2008
VFS = Hyderabad
Integra=Checks happened on 24th November 2008
Visa stamped on 4th December 2008

Received on 6th December 2008

It took just 18 calender day for me.

Plan to go to UK in the second week of January.

Thanks to all the members in the forum.

If someone requires any help, please let me know.

Regards

[linsemon jose]

hi.
i hav applied on 24th Nov, VFS B'lore. my dcs have been forwarded on 6th Dec to blue dart n i confirmed this with them. Now waitng for the call frm courier person!!!!!!

[harryy]

Hi All,

I got my 3 year visa stamped yesterday.

Applied on = 19th November 2008
VFS = Hyderabad
Integra=Checks happened on 24th November 2008
Visa stamped on 4th December 2008

Received on 6th December 2008

It took just 18 calender day for me.

Plan to go to UK in the second week of January.

Thanks to all the members in the forum.

If someone requires any help, please let me know.

Regards

Hi jack_of_heartz,

Congrats for you Visa....

Can you please forward me all the Cover Letters and Checklist of all the Documents that you Submitted during filing the application with BHC, at my mail ID harry.janjua@gmail.com

This will be really helpful for me.
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Hari

[linsemon jose]

hi,
Got my Visa today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank u somuch for all those who had helped me out..

TIME LINES as follows:
Applied: 24th NOv VFS, Bangalore.
Verification: Called bank ppl somewer in the same week
Satus as per vfs site on 5th Dec: Your passport has been delivered to Blue Dart.
Got doc today: Dec 8th.
took only ten worrking days exactly.

[garimasharma]

Thanks to forum as My husband got the visa in 15 days..............

[saga_vishal]

anyone applied on 18 th nov from delhi bhc let me know how much time is it taking.. bangalore and hyd guys are getting preety fast

[yuktahsmp]

Hi All,

My HSMP Application Details :-
Applied – 07 Nov 2008 from DEL VFS
Visa Type – Tier1
Intergra Verfication – no idea
Integra Verification Report on 27th Nov, BHC received verification report from Integra
BHC Direct Verification – no idea
Maintenance Verification – no idea
University Verification – no idea
Status as per VFS Site - Application forwarded to the BHC 07 Nov 2008

Status as on Last week : - Decision pending

Called BHC today same status :- Decision pending , They said it may take 1day or 1 week or upto 10 ~ 15 days

Cheers!!!
Yukta

[saga_vishal]

@yukta

Delhi has the longest time delay i think..check other november applicants they are gettign visa in less than a month.
i called them 2day they said will take around 2 more weeks. huge backlog

[s_saini]

I am also in the same boat.

I have applied from VFS delhi on 23 October 2008.

They recive my integra report on 18 Nov 2008( I called them).

recently I called them on 8 Dec 2008 Nothing new.

People are getting there decision within 15-30 days from other parts of country.

There is no change in my status on VFS website from very first day.

NO idea whats going on..

[jacob79]

HI all,
Through with my T1 visa.

Time lines :- applied - 20th NOV- VFS chennai

Integra- No idea

Received call from Bluedart - 6th DEC

Collected the documents- 10th DEC

All the best for the aspirants

this forum was really helpful and I would also be happy to help the new candidates

Regards
Jacob

[Kuljitvb]

Hi,

It has been more than 2 months & still the same status Decision Pending

I applied for Tier-1 on 26th September from Delhi VFS and still there is no update on it. I called BHC, they said the application is still in inquiry processing. It may take another 10 - 15 days.

Dont know what they are inquiring about for so long

Kuljit

[Asif786]

Any fresh approvals of november applicants.

[microthinker]

Hi All,

I had applied for me & my wife for Tier-1 on 27th Nov.Got passport today with visa stamped for 3 years.

My tier-1 Application Details :-
Application sent : 27 Nov 2008 through Royalmail Special Delivery
Application Received by HO: 28 Nov 2008
Reference no received: 02 Dec 2008 with letter date 01 Dec 2008
Visa stamped: 10 Dec,2008 for me as Tier-1 & my wife as Tier-1 Dep.
Passport Recieved: 13 Dec,2008

Docs list:

1.Main Cover letter

2. Me & my wife's passport

3. Degree Certificate

4. Previous Earnings:
--Worked with three employers in last year. Signed & stamped payslips from two employers & only stamped payslips from third one .However, the payslips from third employer was with Employer logo.

--Signed & stamped bank statements matching the payslips from all three Banks. One of the bank statement was not on bank letterhead but it was signed & stamped by branch manager & also provided letter from the bank on the letterhead to support the statement as authentic doc.

-Attached OANDA page for the conversion of INR to GBP & taken conversion rate as on the last date of the period claimed.

5. Signed & stamped bank statement for Maintanance funds requirement & letter from bank on the letterhead supporting the same. Maintained more than 2400GBP (800+1600 for wife) in Indian bank acoount for more than 3 months. Also attached OANDA page to convert it to GBP and used coversion rate as on statement date.

6. Cover letter for Maintanance funds requirement.

7. Marriage Certificate.

Cheers

[microthinker]

Hi All,

I had applied for me & my wife for Tier-1 on 27th Nov.Got passport today with visa stamped for 3 years.

My tier-1 Application Details :-
Application sent : 27 Nov 2008 through Royalmail Special Delivery
Application Received by HO: 28 Nov 2008
Reference no received: 02 Dec 2008 with letter date 01 Dec 2008
Visa stamped: 10 Dec,2008 for me as Tier-1 & my wife as Tier-1 Dep.
Passport Recieved: 13 Dec,2008

Docs list:

1.Main Cover letter

2. Me & my wife's passport

3. Degree Certificate

4. Previous Earnings:
--Worked with three employers in last year. Signed & stamped payslips from two employers & only stamped payslips from third one .However, the payslips from third employer was with Employer logo.

--Signed & stamped bank statements matching the payslips from all three Banks. One of the bank statement was not on bank letterhead but it was signed & stamped by branch manager & also provided letter from the bank on the letterhead to support the statement as authentic doc.

-Attached OANDA page for the conversion of INR to GBP & taken conversion rate as on the last date of the period claimed.

5. Signed & stamped bank statement for Maintanance funds requirement & letter from bank on the letterhead supporting the same. Maintained more than 2400GBP (800+1600 for wife) in Indian bank acoount for more than 3 months. Also attached OANDA page to convert it to GBP and used coversion rate as on statement date.

6. Cover letter for Maintanance funds requirement.

7. Marriage Certificate.

Cheers

[aagrawal]

I have applied on 3rd decmber for tier 1 general visa....through VFS Ahmedabad...status is same "Documents are forwarded to BHC 3/12/08"

The lady at the VFS told me that its gonna take 20 days to process the documents...

A strange thing happened in between... i use to check my status every morning and evening by SMS... on 13th december in morning the status showed me "Sorry, invalid country code/passport number, please provide us correct information for your application to be process"... to be sure i had again sent SMS and got the same status again... since it was Saturday i could not do anything as VFS office and help lines are closed...so was waiting for monday... but in afternoon i had again sent a SMS but this time the status was again "Documents forwarded to BHC"... i guess it must be a SMS system "gliche" or so... anyways i have checkedo website of VFS also ...the status si "Documents forwarded to BHC..."

i have checked the photocopies of documents that i have submitted... didnt find any error in passport number...

Anybody got similar experience...

Just counting days...

[Asif786]

Looks like due to VFS problems, even blr and hyderabad applications processing time lines have gone up. I dont think they update the status on the VFS site.

[raja2008]

Hi All,

I am tracking this forum for long and it is really helpful. I have applied from VFS Mumbai and still waiting..

My timelines are as:
Application date : 21-Nov-2008
Integra Verification Call: 25-Nov-2008
Integrascreen: Got confirmation that they have forwarded my application to BDHC.

Today I sent a letter to mumbai BDHC to know the status of my application. I hope to get a reply soon...

Anybody applied in Mumbai VFS recently, please let me know the timelines.

Thanks to this forum...

cheers!

[Aakash31]

Hey Raja,

Could you tell me, from where did you get the reoprt on integrascreen? Also, on which mail id did you write to BHC? The email address mentioned on the receipt - gives only std reply (about the application procedure) and nothing on the status of application.

Guys, can any1 help?


quote="raja2008"]Hi All,

I am tracking this forum for long and it is really helpful. I have applied from VFS Mumbai and still waiting..

My timelines are as:
Application date : 21-Nov-2008
Integra Verification Call: 25-Nov-2008
Integrascreen: Got confirmation that they have forwarded my application to BDHC.

Today I sent a letter to mumbai BDHC to know the status of my application. I hope to get a reply soon...

Anybody applied in Mumbai VFS recently, please let me know the timelines.

Thanks to this forum...

cheers![/quote]

[sv23367]

Bombay.visainquires@fco.gov.uk

[raja2008]

For integrascreen - fasttrack@integrascreen.com
for Bombay BDHC - Bombay.visainquires@fco.gov.uk