Originally Posted by quiltman

Any application from the Phils is double checked as it is a "suspect" country for forged documents. For example if you have the annulment, this will be checked via Manila to confirm it is a true document. The average time for spouse visas from Phils is around 6 months so how your friend got a decision in 8 days is unusual , unless of course by applying through VFS they, (VFS) were able to confirm the genuine nature of the documents.
If Sheffield only received the documents on 11th august you may have some time to wait yet! Sheffield is also currently inundated with applications and even priority is taking much longer.Plus of course it's holiday time. There are plenty of threads on BE about this as you've found out.
Oh, on one line you say documents received on 11th August, and further down you say you've not received notification they have been received. AFAIK you won't hear anything until either they want more info, or a decision is made. It's the same with passports - no notification they have received documents - it's up to you to check. All you get is the DHL tracking number when they return them.
I know it's frustrating , but it's similar in other countries -The USA spouse visa takes 8/10 months minimum!
Hopefully a decision will be made soon - just keep checking on the website.
It'll all be worth it when you are settled back in UK.

Originally Posted by IKInd

yes, my local MP has written letter on 9th Aug, lets see what impact that has on home office

Originally Posted by lesathomp9

Finally! We have our approved visa's in hand! And it only took 83 days for a priority application!! I have to say contacting our MP and him calling multiple times is the only thing that worked for us. Everyone still waiting, hang in there!!

Originally Posted by Rosetaiwan

Hi everyone,
I applied spouse visa in Taiwan on May 26 2017, it just went pass 12 weeks.(60 working days.)
Last Friday, I received a not straightforward email to state that they need more time to proceed my application. It's so frustrating when I thought the waiting should have been ended on working day 60. From everybody's experience, it looks like the 60 days won't be the end, it's just on the half way through.
Can anyone tell me it won't be over 24 weeks, am I right?

Originally Posted by j4v3d

Congratulations - glad the wait is over for you.



We can't give you a definitive answer as each case is different and depending on the backlog of cases, you're case can take XX amount of days/weeks/month. When it passes the 60 day mark it's worth speaking to your local MP so they can chase up the progress of the application.

Originally Posted by Rosetaiwan

Originally Posted by Mrsd11

Hi all,

Anyone could help me? Out of curiosity checked my visa4uk account.
Not long ago status was complete.. Now it's "in active" in red bold colour, What does it mean? Any significance on application?

Any one checked their visa4uk account recently? Waiting day 80+ from application last April 20, 2017 received pairs of contrasting emails on day60 July 14,2017.the not straightforward and hold application.
Will really appreciate some information.

Many thanks

Originally Posted by Emm123

Hello guys, our passport was received with no decision in it ,there was no vignette,there was no refusal stamp and there was no refusal letter. After contacting UKVI ,we received an email today that written details of our application has been sent to us and if we chose to receive our documents by courier ,we can track our travel documents online ..IM MORE CONFUSED
what travel documents are they talking about?Theyve sent us our passport already? with no decision?Please Help ...