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mansee
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family visa to UK

Post by mansee » Mon May 09, 2011 10:21 pm

hi - parents applied twice in last 5 years family visa to UK and got in 5 working days, this time applied end of april 2011, 1.5 weeks past still says under process at BHC - any ideas as to why delays - bank holidays? - i saw the processing time though - so any other ideas

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Re: family visa to UK

Post by terriblescream » Tue May 10, 2011 3:37 pm

mansee wrote:hi - parents applied twice in last 5 years family visa to UK and got in 5 working days, this time applied end of april 2011, 1.5 weeks past still says under process at BHC - any ideas as to why delays - bank holidays? - i saw the processing time though - so any other ideas
They have certainly become slow in the past year...more checks n stuff

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Post by mansee » Tue May 10, 2011 8:07 pm

thank you

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Post by custodian » Fri May 20, 2011 10:34 am

My family applied for their visit visa (from Mumbai-South) on the 20th of April 2011.

Still awaiting a decision...

Nobody knows the reason behind this delay :(

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Post by samom » Tue May 24, 2011 10:37 am

my family applied 18th april , though they are coming first time. Still waiting.

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Post by batleykhan » Tue May 24, 2011 10:44 pm

I think average is about 8 weeks in India. Remember when its summer in UK, more people apply for visitors visa thus the delay

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