I'm new here, so please don't bite too hard if I get anything wrong
Me and my wife who is a Philippine national (we got married last year) have recently applied for a UK Spouse Visa, we meet all the requirements for the visa and I can't think of anything else that we would have needed to provide after uploading all the mandatory and supporting documentation. So on this front we are quite calm and relaxed about it.
I paid the visa fee and IHS on the 16th of May and as we were able to pay for one of the priority services through VFS, we chose the 575 pounds route as we were of the understanding that this was a 5 day processing time.
My wife attended the VFS centre in Manila on the 22nd of May to do her biometrics and was advised as we thought at the time that we would have a decision within 5 working days.
On the 23rd of May my wife received and email from VFS advising that the application had been forwarded onto the UKVI. So good so far.
Fast forwarding to today, we have heard nothing, no emails and no further correspondence. When we look at the tracking on the VFS web portal, all we can see is that the visa application was submitted.
I did a little digging online and have come across some conflicting information, whilst the VFS site gives you a link to the gov.uk website where it states that the priority visas are either for 5 day processing or next day processing, some other sites (mainly Immigration Law firms) state that it is a 15 day processing time.
I'm not too bothered whether it is 5 or 15 days but I'm looking to see if anyone can provide any clarity on this?
I appreciate that there are delays and there can be other reasons why it takes x amount of time, but I would really like to stop checking for emails and tracking updates frantically when there might be no need.
If anyone could give any advice or anything from their own experience it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Steve
