Originally Posted by Paulakh

my wife's Bio metric done at Chandigarh on 9th march, Recieved case not straight forward email on 3rd June . and awaiting decision since 4th June rang many times ,Status still in awaiting decision. it is been 27 weeks .no progress , my local mp emailed ho and got reply last week to be patient ,we still processing your application ,sorry your application not straight forward , and we cant meet the time scale .I have made complaint to home office yesterday so wait for there reply . My solicitor is useless. I started to think he might messed paperwork up . This is so depressing when you have to wait for no reason been given .can't see any body got visa yet with case not straight forward.

Originally Posted by BEVS

Really interesting piece of work Garyede & thank you for spending your free time to collate this for all those that have applied for this UK spouse visa and who are enduring these long wait times.

Originally Posted by ryongsong

I agree. The problem for me is not the length of time it takes, it's the fact we were misled into thinking it would be done in a maximum of 60 days and planned accordingly. We weren't supposed to apply until 12 weeks before our intended date of entry.

If they had just kept in touch, explaining the situation and giving realistic estimates for how long it would take, we could at least make better informed decisions. The complete lack of accountability is amazing.

Originally Posted by andsa

Been monitoring settlement visas from June onwards and it looks as though give or take a day or 2 they are falling back in line with the 60 working day mark. Priority and non priority. So what have they done with the April/May apps.? Have they been exported elsewhere to ease the pressure resulting in a further delay?
Anyone heard what the situation is?

Originally Posted by garyede

Its a question which is at the fore front of my mind. I just hope they have not mislaid some applications.

Originally Posted by garyede

Here is the survey result. Please see the list in the timeline thread.

And here are the stats. Make of them what you can!
The survey was conducted to get an idea of some of the waiting times for applicants applying for the settlement visa to the UK. It is only a small survey of which 35 members of 2 forums supplied their information in a 7 day period. 1 member did not supply their status (priority/non priority). The time lines were based on business days using the day of biometrics as day 1. Of the 34 waiting times 15 were priority, 44% and 19 were non priority, 56%. 24 applicants have been waiting over 60 days, 71% and 10 have been waiting under 60days, 29%. Of the applicants over 60 days 18 were non priority, 53% and 6 were priority 18%. 10 members had timelines of fewer than 60 days, 29%. This comprised of 9 priority, 26% and 1 non-priority, 3%. There are 10 applicants who have been waiting 100 days or more, 29% and consist of 6 non priorities, 18% and 4 priorities, 12%. Worryingly 2 applicants, 6%, both non priorities have been waiting over 120 days which in the Home Office guidelines is the maximum wait.
What does this all mean if these figures are transferred to the 4 thousand applications still outstanding? The figures show that 71% of applicants are still waiting after 60 days. This computes to 2840 people. 53% are non-priority, 2120 people and 18% are priority 720 people. Staggeringly those waiting 100 days or more would equate to 1200 people. Not surprisingly members who have been waiting under 60 days are mainly priority visas which comprise of 1040 people. Finally the 2 members who have been waiting the longest (over 120 days) would equate to 240 applicants

Originally Posted by PaManjang

Thanks Garyede, your analysis makes a lot of sense and puts the waiting days a lot more in perspective by giving clearer indication as to the scale of the problem.
Time well spent putting it together & analysing, thanks.

Originally Posted by MA17

I am worried ...why April/May still not processed especially the one received non straightforward email. How many of us end April/ May applucant?

Originally Posted by garyede

Well you could ask the question on this forum

Originally Posted by MA17

Pls guys how many April/ May applicants still waiting?