Delay in Tier2 General(Restricted) visa issuance

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Re: Delay in Tier2 General(Restricted) visa issuance

Post by QBF001 » Thu May 03, 2018 2:12 pm


Hello everyone,

I am posting my experience for every one's benefit.

I applied for Tier 2 visa Shortage occupation 5 years for myself and my 05 year old daughter. My wife is already in the UK and has joined her job there on the 01/04/2018.
My work start date is 01/05/2018. My visa saga is as below

Premium lounge,Priority visa, walk in appointment

Date of online submission of visa 21/04/2018

Date of Biometrics and visa submission 23/04/2018

Date on visa approval letter 25/04/2018

Called VFS on the 01/05/2018...informed that the passports have not been dispatched yet.

Called UKVI helpline on 02/05/2018...informed that a decision has been made on my visa but not on my daughters visa.

Received my passport but not my daughters on the 03/05/2018.
No emails or SMS intimation from VFS till now.
Called UKVI again today 03/05/2018 ...my daughters visa application is still pending. I was advised to request escalation of my daughters visa application by 14th of May if I have not got it till then.

Emailed UKVI over the next few days explaining as politely and professionally as possible my predicament of being the sole care giver and non receipt of my daughters visa and passport.

Was informed yesterday that decision was taken on the 08/05/2018..

Got my daughters passport..with Visa today....again no email or sms intimation from VFS.

My tip to everyone is to be polite and explain your rationale clearly to the UKVI by email or telephone if you are contacting them.

Best of luck to every one...I do wish everyone gets their visa.

Bye

[ashishkm]

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Re: Delay in Tier2 General(Restricted) visa issuance

Post by QBF001 » Thu May 03, 2018 2:12 pm


Hello everyone,

I am posting my experience for every one's benefit.

I applied for Tier 2 visa Shortage occupation 5 years for myself and my 05 year old daughter. My wife is already in the UK and has joined her job there on the 01/04/2018.
My work start date is 01/05/2018. My visa saga is as below

Premium lounge,Priority visa, walk in appointment

Date of online submission of visa 21/04/2018

Date of Biometrics and visa submission 23/04/2018

Date on visa approval letter 25/04/2018

Called VFS on the 01/05/2018...informed that the passports have not been dispatched yet.

Called UKVI helpline on 02/05/2018...informed that a decision has been made on my visa but not on my daughters visa.

Received my passport but not my daughters on the 03/05/2018.
No emails or SMS intimation from VFS till now.
Called UKVI again today 03/05/2018 ...my daughters visa application is still pending. I was advised to request escalation of my daughters visa application by 14th of May if I have not got it till then.

Emailed UKVI over the next few days explaining as politely and professionally as possible my predicament of being the sole care giver and non receipt of my daughters visa and passport.

Was informed yesterday that decision was taken on the 08/05/2018..

Got my daughters passport..with Visa today....again no email or sms intimation from VFS.

My tip to everyone is to be polite and explain your rationale clearly to the UKVI by email or telephone if you are contacting them.

Best of luck to every one...I do wish everyone gets their visa.

Bye

Thanks QBF
can you please tell me can I pay for premium lounge appointment before paying for my application, i mean before submission?

[NanRam]

Hi ,

Is any one here esculated your case with UKVI regarding passport dispatch ? In case of esculation after how many days they will process our case.

Mine and my son visa already been processed but didn't get our passports yet.. we esculated yesterday but no reply ..

[royarjun2005]

hello.

How did you escalate?

[royarjun2005]

Hi ,

Is any one here esculated your case with UKVI regarding passport dispatch ? In case of esculation after how many days they will process our case.

Mine and my son visa already been processed but didn't get our passports yet.. we esculated yesterday but no reply ..

Hello, How did you escalate?

[royarjun2005]

Hi Sujatha,
No updates for me. I have not called UKVI since almost a week now. Planning to call them end of UK hours.
You were expected to get your passport by May 7th if I remember. What are they telling now?

Hi Rajani,

No I didn't not recive. .I escalated today.. . They r telling continously that decision has been taken 24th April. No response email or sms till now.Did u call to them?

Thanks
Sujatha

Hello. When you say you 'escalated', what exactly did you do? Did you email or call on the paid line or something else?

[royarjun2005]

Hello Everyone,

I have gone through this thread and could not find a case similar to mine and hence thought of asking on this forum:

Online application - April 19
Biometrics - April 26
Email on application been prepared for assessment of ECO - May 2
I sent a paid enquiry on May 7 to check on the status and I was told the status is complete. Following is an extract of their response to my email -
__

With regards to your enquiry about the status of your application (GWF______ and GWF______ - my and my dependents) I can confirm that we have made a decision on your application. We cannot discuss the outcome of your application on-line or by telephone. However the visa application centre will be in contact with you in regards to collection or delivery of your passport.
__

Today is May 10. I have not received any intimation of Passport been dispatched. I went personally to the visa application center and they informed me that they have not received anything yet.

Could anyone help me understand the situation and what should be my next steps.

Thanks in anticipation.

[NanRam]

Hi Sujatha,
No updates for me. I have not called UKVI since almost a week now. Planning to call them end of UK hours.
You were expected to get your passport by May 7th if I remember. What are they telling now?

Hi Rajani,

No I didn't not recive. .I escalated today.. . They r telling continously that decision has been taken 24th April. No response email or sms till now.Did u call to them?

Thanks
Sujatha

Hello. When you say you 'escalated', what exactly did you do? Did you email or call on the paid line or something else?

We called on paid line

[royarjun2005]

Hi Sujatha,
No updates for me. I have not called UKVI since almost a week now. Planning to call them end of UK hours.
You were expected to get your passport by May 7th if I remember. What are they telling now?

Hi Rajani,

No I didn't not recive. .I escalated today.. . They r telling continously that decision has been taken 24th April. No response email or sms till now.Did u call to them?

Thanks
Sujatha

Hello. When you say you 'escalated', what exactly did you do? Did you email or call on the paid line or something else?

We called on paid line

Okay. Just a suggestion - try emailing them. It costs GBP 5 but they reply as many times as you want on the same query. Also, though the call costs GBP 1.something, every call goes up to 3 to 4 minutes!

[ashishkm]

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Re: Delay in Tier2 General(Restricted) visa issuance

Post by QBF001 » Thu May 03, 2018 2:12 pm


Hello everyone,

I am posting my experience for every one's benefit.

I applied for Tier 2 visa Shortage occupation 5 years for myself and my 05 year old daughter. My wife is already in the UK and has joined her job there on the 01/04/2018.
My work start date is 01/05/2018. My visa saga is as below

Premium lounge,Priority visa, walk in appointment

Date of online submission of visa 21/04/2018

Date of Biometrics and visa submission 23/04/2018

Date on visa approval letter 25/04/2018

Called VFS on the 01/05/2018...informed that the passports have not been dispatched yet.

Called UKVI helpline on 02/05/2018...informed that a decision has been made on my visa but not on my daughters visa.

Received my passport but not my daughters on the 03/05/2018.
No emails or SMS intimation from VFS till now.
Called UKVI again today 03/05/2018 ...my daughters visa application is still pending. I was advised to request escalation of my daughters visa application by 14th of May if I have not got it till then.

Emailed UKVI over the next few days explaining as politely and professionally as possible my predicament of being the sole care giver and non receipt of my daughters visa and passport.

Was informed yesterday that decision was taken on the 08/05/2018..

Got my daughters passport..with Visa today....again no email or sms intimation from VFS.

My tip to everyone is to be polite and explain your rationale clearly to the UKVI by email or telephone if you are contacting them.

Best of luck to every one...I do wish everyone gets their visa.

Bye

Hi QBF

I dont understand this "Date on visa approval letter 25/04/2018"
do they send an email/sms or a letter by post?

Thanks
Ashish

[royarjun2005]

Just contacted VFS and they said a decision has been made and I have to wait for VFS to contact me. I submitted it on Monday (23rd April) at the Mumbai (south) center on a priority basis.

Great dude..did u get any mail related to this? Have u applied tier2 general -pbs ?

No, I used the paid service to contact UKVI. I have applied for a tier 2 general - shortage occupation visa.

Something similar is my case. I received a similar revert from UKVI on my query and that visa application center will get in touch with me.

Did you get your passport yet?

[sujisiva]

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Re: Delay in Tier2 General(Restricted) visa issuance

Post by QBF001 » Thu May 03, 2018 2:12 pm


Hello everyone,

I am posting my experience for every one's benefit.

I applied for Tier 2 visa Shortage occupation 5 years for myself and my 05 year old daughter. My wife is already in the UK and has joined her job there on the 01/04/2018.
My work start date is 01/05/2018. My visa saga is as below

Premium lounge,Priority visa, walk in appointment

Date of online submission of visa 21/04/2018

Date of Biometrics and visa submission 23/04/2018

Date on visa approval letter 25/04/2018

Called VFS on the 01/05/2018...informed that the passports have not been dispatched yet.

Called UKVI helpline on 02/05/2018...informed that a decision has been made on my visa but not on my daughters visa.

Received my passport but not my daughters on the 03/05/2018.
No emails or SMS intimation from VFS till now.
Called UKVI again today 03/05/2018 ...my daughters visa application is still pending. I was advised to request escalation of my daughters visa application by 14th of May if I have not got it till then.

Emailed UKVI over the next few days explaining as politely and professionally as possible my predicament of being the sole care giver and non receipt of my daughters visa and passport.

Was informed yesterday that decision was taken on the 08/05/2018..

Got my daughters passport..with Visa today....again no email or sms intimation from VFS.

My tip to everyone is to be polite and explain your rationale clearly to the UKVI by email or telephone if you are contacting them.

Best of luck to every one...I do wish everyone gets their visa.

Bye

Congratulations. .without sms and mail how did u get your passport? I have opted to collect my passport from vfs center.. in that case how can we get ours? Oh god..why they pushed us into stress unnecessarily.

[sujisiva]

Hi ,

Is any one here esculated your case with UKVI regarding passport dispatch ? In case of esculation after how many days they will process our case.

Mine and my son visa already been processed but didn't get our passports yet.. we esculated yesterday but no reply ..

Hi nanda
I too escalated. .button no use. They have given reference number... there is no update still now..escalation process will take again 15 days time
Thanks
Sujatha

[sujisiva]

Hi Sujatha,
No updates for me. I have not called UKVI since almost a week now. Planning to call them end of UK hours.
You were expected to get your passport by May 7th if I remember. What are they telling now?

Hi Rajani,

No I didn't not recive. .I escalated today.. . They r telling continously that decision has been taken 24th April. No response email or sms till now.Did u call to them?

Thanks
Sujatha

Hello. When you say you 'escalated', what exactly did you do? Did you email or call on the paid line or something else?

We have given all of our passport and GWF details to them.they have Given reference number for the escalation through phone
No updates still now

[NanRam]

Hi ,

Is any one here esculated your case with UKVI regarding passport dispatch ? In case of esculation after how many days they will process our case.

Mine and my son visa already been processed but didn't get our passports yet.. we esculated yesterday but no reply ..

Hi nanda
I too escalated. .button no use. They have given reference number... there is no update still now..escalation process will take again 15 days time
Thanks
Sujatha

Hi Sujatha,

On which date you esculated??. Again 15 days is a long time .. they are stessing us a lot.. atleast they should inform tentative date...

[aniluktier2]

Hi,
I have applied for my Tier ICT visa along with my wife and 2 kids and given my biometric on 12-Apr at Chennai. My dependents have received the stamped passport on 3-May.

When I contacted UKVI for the status of my visa, they told for my case the decision has been made around 30-Apr but have not received my passport yet. They asked me wait till 14-May and then my case can be escalated. Its already crossed 9 working days and still waiting.

Does anyone with similar experience suggest me what could have been the reason and what should I do next.

[royarjun2005]

Hi,
I have applied for my Tier ICT visa along with my wife and 2 kids and given my biometric on 12-Apr at Chennai. My dependents have received the stamped passport on 3-May.

When I contacted UKVI for the status of my visa, they told for my case the decision has been made around 30-Apr but have not received my passport yet. They asked me wait till 14-May and then my case can be escalated. Its already crossed 9 working days and still waiting.

Does anyone with similar experience suggest me what could have been the reason and what should I do next.

Hi Anil,

Did you/ your dependents receive email stating that a decision has been made and that the Passport has been sent to the Visa Application Center?

Or a SMS informing your dependents to collect the Passport from the VAC?

[aniluktier2]

Yes I received for my dependents. Vfs sent msg to me on 2nd May and I collected passport at my office address. Vfs told me my passport is still with embassy. Im worried as it crossed 9 working days and no updates.

[royarjun2005]

Yes I received for my dependents. Vfs sent msg to me on 2nd May and I collected passport at my office address. Vfs told me my passport is still with embassy. Im worried as it crossed 9 working days and no updates.

I was told that my and my dependents application was processed on May 4. However, no email or SMS from VFS till date!

[ashishkm]

Rajani, Sujatha, Nanram

I hope you received your VISA

[NanRam]

Hi hashish,

I have not yet received .. almost 1 and half month they are saying processed not dispatched .. don't know when it happens

How about rajni, sujatha..

[sujisiva]

Hi hashish,

I have not yet received .. almost 1 and half month they are saying processed not dispatched .. don't know when it happens

How about rajni, sujatha..

frustrated. .I don't care now a days..

[royarjun2005]

Just a quick update. I applied for the visa on Monday (23rd April) from Mumbai India via the priority service. Received an update on the 24th of April (yesterday) that the electronic application had reached Sheffeld, UK and was being prepared for consideration by an entry clearance officer.

Hi Plabber. Did you get your VISA? My biometrics were on April 26, recd 6th Sheffield email on May 2, had called UKVI and they said application status is complete. No word since. Standard application.

[ashishkm]

Just a quick update. I applied for the visa on Monday (23rd April) from Mumbai India via the priority service. Received an update on the 24th of April (yesterday) that the electronic application had reached Sheffeld, UK and was being prepared for consideration by an entry clearance officer.

Hi Plabber. Did you get your VISA? My biometrics were on April 26, recd 6th Sheffield email on May 2, had called UKVI and they said application status is complete. No word since. Standard application.

i guess plabber didnt cleared mentioned, however I presume he collected his passport (VISA stamped) from VFS directly, after he received news that decision is made!

If you too got the message and not opted courier - it is worth trying in VFS
Good luck arjun!

[royarjun2005]

Just a quick update. I applied for the visa on Monday (23rd April) from Mumbai India via the priority service. Received an update on the 24th of April (yesterday) that the electronic application had reached Sheffeld, UK and was being prepared for consideration by an entry clearance officer.

Hi Plabber. Did you get your VISA? My biometrics were on April 26, recd 6th Sheffield email on May 2, had called UKVI and they said application status is complete. No word since. Standard application.

i guess plabber didnt cleared mentioned, however I presume he collected his passport (VISA stamped) from VFS directly, after he received news that decision is made!

If you too got the message and not opted courier - it is worth trying in VFS
Good luck arjun!

Hi Ashish. Thank you for the message. I have visited 3 times already. It's very annoying. My joining date is nearing and I don't even know if my application has been approved or rejected!