shielacity

I think you don’t have problem with that. You can land anywhere in the uk.

garyede

I new you would get it congratulations. over the moon for you. i hope there is more from the 90 plus club this month

Rosy1910

Thank you all. I know that I will say congrats back to you all very soon.

Just really can't describe this feeling.

My timeline:
Biometric and documents scanned: 7 June 2017
Confirmation email of documents receipt in Sheffield: 28 June
Non-straight forward email: 26 August
Email required to pay IHS fee for my son due to a glitch in the system: 31 August
Blanket email of decision to be made before 31 October: 25 September
Decison made on 29 September
Received sms from VFS said documents available for collect on Monday afternoon.
Passports collected to day 2 October
Visa granted.

As I mentioned above, our visas were issued in Bangkok so I am really hopeful for you that the decisions will be made soon as regional UKVI offices are supporting Sheffield to speed up the process. And 31st of October does seem real now. But I do hope that you will hear good news way before that deadline.

Will still be around to answer any questions as I was there before, tried to relate to even a tiny detail of the successful story to keep the faith.

Good luck to all.

simonnz

Congrats Rosy, so happy for you and your son. Enjoy your new life in UK. I knew it be good news.

mystikal2k2a

Congratulations!

I am really hopeful for you that the decisions will be made soon as regional UKVI offices are supporting Sheffield to speed up the process. And 31st of October does seem real now.

Where did you obtain this piece of information from?

Rosy1910

From VFS and it's true that my application had been handled by Sheffield until last week when Bangkok took over, and the visas I received today showed that they were issued by British Embassy Bangkok.

MA17

Hi everyone! Any April cases are still waiting please?

JimmyBlue76

102 days today, still not a peep.

Am I right in thinking people who had notice a decision was made got it through the third party who processed the application and not directly from UKVI? We went straight to UKVI without input from anyone else in the USA so I am wondering what notice, if any, we will receive or if the passport may one day just show up (hopefully).

Paulakh

Congratulations Rosy and Garyede for your visa , I am pleased for you guys ,we hope to get decision this week , 7 months now

garyede

Lets keep the momentum going more visas granted please

garyede

letter sent to my MP's office today

I am writing to you and all the team in Andrew Jones office to express my gratitude for
everything you have done for my family. We received our visas yesterday and it is all down to you, in particular xxxxx and xxxxx. Throughout this ordeal with the Home Office you have been magnificent in all aspects of your work. xxxxx and xxxx have been attentive to our needs, diligent, conscientous and thoughtful. I have never come across a group of guys who have been so nice to their customers. I know for certain without your intervention we would have been waiting along time. This visa process has been really stressful but it is nice to know that in this day and age there are still individuals around who are higly motivated to help people. Please let Andrew Jones have sight of this letter and thank him for employing such lovely people. Please note that I have never voted Conservative in my life. Andrew Jones will now get my vote.

Once again thank you for putting smiles back on our faces
Gary Ede

ryongsong

Our app now seems to be back in China, as I got an email from Beijing saying they were busy/could not meet normal timeframe/as soon as possible etc. No mention of Oct 31, though.

garyede

That is interesting i never put 2 and 2 together that Manila dealt with the final stages of our application. Or did they just stamp it? Maybe sheffield are sending the long outstanding applications to the applicants host country to help out. Certainly it would make sense.

Rosy1910

Then try to get hold of the British Embassy in Beijing. They can't be as busy as Sheffield. It's a good sign that yours is now handled by them.

garyede

If its in China then i bet they are processing it