Is200 wrote:would anyone know why the application is sent to Islamabad to be processed after being checked by the UK HMC??
hello Is200, good news to hear that a decision has been made on ur application an inshallah it will be a successful one, i notice that u an my cousin both submitted applications for ur wives on same day on 31st march 2010 at the Lahore, u might know him from here too as i referred him to this website when he started panicking a few weeks ago just to calm his nerves and talk to other people in the same boat his username is Rav4u, i prepared his whole application for him from experience from my own succesful application at Lahore last year in october 2009,
jus to explain to urself an some other people on her after extensive research and having a friend who works for the home office in immigration this is what i have been told
1., u submit ur application at relevant VAC eg. Lahore, Islamabad, Mirpur etc
2. gerrys/fedex send the whole file off to the British high commission in islambad and it is here that they take out the applicants Pakistani passport and keep it here, they then forward the whole pack to UK HUB in London.
3. UKHUB does the neccessary checks and makes the decision and keeps the photocopy set, of which photocopies and original application form are also kept on file at BHC in islamabad.
4. once decision has been made by an ECO ur file with original documents is sent back to BHC in islamabad, and if it is a successful decision then at BHC in islamabad is where ur Visa sticker is stamped and applied to the Pakistani passport with some information documents thrown in about ur Visa or refusal letter with info on wat to do next.
5. BHC send the passport along with ur original docs via fedex back to ur relevant VAC like lahore etc,
6. once it arrives back at gerrys VAC they then call u to come an collect ur papers,
please remember this guys that gerrys an VAC's have no way of knowing the outcome of ur decision as the whole app is sealed and should reach u unopened back at the VAC.
Although there was rumours of quite a few people who got stung last year who had successfull Visas granted where peoples applications being deliberately held onto by corrupt pakis in the VAC's who wud then call the applicants demanding money to say that they wud get them the visa if a certain amount was paid, rumour has it that they were being fed information from people working in BHC informing them on certain decisions so just by knowing the applicants name and being told by someone in BHC that the visa was granted, they wud hold onto it, then call u up asking for speed money etc, do not fall for this in anyway !!!