Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

[HELLO786]

so not fair! i submiited the documents 2nd dec 2013 emailed mp last week he said as soon as he hears from them he will reply

In shaa Allah.

Why are u on hold? N what did u submit

[samera123]

why didnt they accept your documents dont mind me asking?

[saf786]

I sent additional docs in October 23rd and emailed my mp last week too.. InshAllah he tells me where I'm standing

[HELLO786]

why didnt they accept your documents dont mind me asking?

Because there heartless lol!
I was put on hold cuz i didnt send continous 6 month wage slips. I went to pak for a month on unpaid so they said tht left a gap in my employment. i sent them a letter frm employer telling them am still in employment etc. Bt they didnt accept. Wht a think they wanted was that months wage slips to make up for the 'gap' in employment. And i didnt have them obviously as i was abroad. Such a petty reason.

[HELLO786]

I sent additional docs in October 23rd and emailed my mp last week too.. InshAllah he tells me where I'm standing

Yeah they seen to take a while replying to mps too now. I believe its due to the large amounts of people contacting mps on their behalf.

[samera123]

basically my husband applied in june and we gave 9 months pay slip but not for month of may so they asked for that

[HELLO786]

basically my husband applied in june and we gave 9 months pay slip but not for month of may so they asked for that

How come u didnt gve month of may?
Thts lyk my situation they wantd decembers wich i didnt have.

Ah well if u gve tht months you'll be fine

[samera123]

yeh stupid mistake..isubmitted it on time they sent letter 28th deadline was 4th they received it on 2nd so do u think there is any hope...?

[HELLO786]

yeh stupid mistake..isubmitted it on time they sent letter 28th deadline was 4th they received it on 2nd so do u think there is any hope...?

If u provided them what they wanted then yeah it should be fine

[samera123]

InshAllah...what about your case have you re applied or...?

[ALWAYSHOPE]

Thanks for the info Sameena.

[Tazmaniaa]

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[Tazmaniaa]

Hi ive been following this for a long time but decided to join now loll ... My husbands case has tken the piss we appkied in nov 2012 n it got apeald it ws in the whole appel process then it wen to court but then we withdrew it kuz eanted to put a fresh applicstion in.. Its been 15 weeks since we have submitted my husbands case.. I wantedd to se iff ant one cud hlp . About a month n a half the bhc did n enquiry on my husbands englush test andd since then we have not heard any thing from them couldf our applucation been on holdd or are they jus tkingg long tym to process itt..

[KashmiriMunda]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if BHC do employment checks, and if they do what kind of checks do they do. Do they call the employer or do they just check with HMRC.

Also if they do check, is this a random check, as in they only check some cases or do they check every case.

Has this check happened to anyone, if so please do share your experience.

[ALWAYSHOPE]

To KashmiriMunda

The BHC do checks on some applicants applications when they doubt that there job genuine. They do this by contacting their employer. Thats what i heard, but dont know the whole facts because i am self employed.

To Tazmaniaa

It took them roughly 15 weeks to let me know that my husband application is on hold and they require more documents and we applied from Islamabad, where did you apply from and what date?

[saf786]

Got this reply this morning ... I think this means mines on hold

Thank you for your e-mail of 17 January 2013.
Your application for settlement has been received by this office and is currently being processed. Our External Customer Standards for settlement applications are to process 95% within 12 weeks and 100% within 24 weeks. Unfortunately, some applications are currently taking longer than usual to conclude.
On 5 July 2013, the High Court in the UK handed down its judgment in a Judicial Review of the minimum income threshold for spouses/partners and children applying in the family route. Having reviewed the judgment, the UK Home Secretary has decided to pursue an appeal to the Court of Appeal (and has asked for this to be expedited).
The Home Office has therefore temporarily 'paused' decision-making on some spouse/partner and child settlement visa and leave to remain applications. This may be for several months at least. More information about this hold on decisions is set out on our website.
In many cases we are also undertaking additional checks on sponsors income and employment.
If you would like your passport to be returned to you whilst your application remains under consideration, please email us and this will be arranged for you.
I apologise for the inconvenience this will cause you and your family. We will contact you again shortly with more information regarding your application. Please refrain from further correspondence with us during this time.
Yours sincerely,

TA
Correspondence Team
International Operations and Visas

UK Visas and Immigration
British High Commission Diplomatic Enclave, Ramna 5, Islamabad, Pakistan

[saf786]

But then again usually on my reference bit they right my ref number and then deferred but today it only said my ref number ... Hope that means something

( Deferred means on hold )

[samera123]

Did they say this directly to you saf? Or through mp...?

[Hope12]

it's more then six months since my applied visa no reply they keep saying they doings checks which is big fat lie my mp been informed with same words I assume most of people on this forum waiting longer or same time but their case on hold further documents ask not in my case does anyone in same boat as I am or have what the hell bhc up to
Mind that it's only Pakistanis are treating with this protocol no 1 else .

[saf786]

Did they say this directly to you saf? Or through mp...?

No this was sent directly to me

[Hope12]

1more thing my mp told me that he can't email bhc he only write a letter to immigration uk they do the check with bhc and then he will contact me by post is it correct or my mp got no clue what to do

[Tazmaniaa]

To ALWAYSHOPE

I applied from islamabad to on the 11/10/2013 and i was forwadwd to BHC on 30/10/2013
But ive given all the right documentss nd thwy have my old case number to check that its been going on and everything is the same and they have dun cheks kuz they asked the english test board wheere my husband did his test if it was original or it was fake and they rang my husbamd to say that the bhc have rang to check on i and its ok we gave them
All the right infomation..i jus pray to allah that it hapens quickk kuz its been along time.x

[Forlorn]

it's more then six months since my applied visa no reply they keep saying they doings checks which is big fat lie my mp been informed with same words I assume most of people on this forum waiting longer or same time but their case on hold further documents ask not in my case does anyone in same boat as I am or have what the hell bhc up to
Mind that it's only Pakistanis are treating with this protocol no 1 else .

It's more then 6 month in my case also,but I recieve a letter with same wording as saf786 write in his post.dont no case is on hold or not.our Mp said it's not on hold it's just an apologizing letter send to people for delaying

[saf786]

it's more then six months since my applied visa no reply they keep saying they doings checks which is big fat lie my mp been informed with same words I assume most of people on this forum waiting longer or same time but their case on hold further documents ask not in my case does anyone in same boat as I am or have what the hell bhc up to
Mind that it's only Pakistanis are treating with this protocol no 1 else .

It's more then 6 month in my case also,but I recieve a letter with same wording as saf786 write in his post.dont no case is on hold or not.our Mp said it's not on hold it's just an apologizing letter send to people for delaying

That might be some hope of light for me too then forlorn.. Thank you .. Why is yours taking so long then ??

[Hope12]

To all my brothers and sisters on this forum plz write the word in sha Allah as it don't combine that it means different something like creating a god 'tuba'
Ref c the video of dr zakir naik on you tube