With great pleasure i can announce my wife has her visa in hand and can legally travel to the UK..
what a bloody experience and drama!! so this is my story...
*got married on 31st July 2010 (taken all documents)
*one week after the wedding wife obtain medical certificate
*I get told my wifes ID card had to be changed to my name
*submitted an application form to update ID - this has taken 8 weeks (typical pakis error on their part)
*after 8 weeks i got told we didnt need to update the ID with my name
*as my wife updated her ID she had to update her passport to my name as well
*new passport arrived a week later
*early October 09 - finally submitted SPOUSE VISA APPLICATION FORM
*early December 09 - Application refused due to Nikah nama issue
*early Jan 2010 - sumbitted all the relevant documents to UK VISA SECTION
*not heard anything
*early Feb 2010 - email sent to enquire the application
*received an email back instantly stating 'decision has been overturned'
*no official document received by ECO/UK VISA for next steps
*sent more emails to them
*8th March wife received a call from Islamabad office stating Visa has been authorised and to submit the passport to the gerry office.
*9th March passport / medical certificated submitted to Mirpur office and was informed it will take 4 weeks
*18th March AM Gerry office called my wife stating passport is ready for collection
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19th March AM - Passport collected and VISA STAMPED
now im off to book a flight for the misses!!!
Jameel17 wrote:17F4N wrote:Hi Sabeen
same boat as you...
however my wife had submitted her passport last monday along with the TB certificate and today she received call to collect her passport tomorrow.
I am very baffled as they told my wife the passport will be ready for collection after 4 weeks and nomally when they say 4 week it is normally 8 weeks. I just hope ECO havent f***ked up again..
i will keep you informed...
sabeen wrote:Hi Guys,
Just a quick question do you know how long does it take for the Embassy to stamp the visa on Passport after ECO has withdrawn its decision and you submit your passport along with you TB test? I have heard they take couple of weeks, has anyone had there’s sooner to later then that?
wonderful news for you. My wife submitted hers before yours and shes still waiting for the call. We were told it would be done by the 16th...