simonnz

Does your partner/sponsor have to be in the UK already? I thought they could stay with you until you get you visa?

j_dt2017

Hello all.
I was suggested to join this forum as my settlement visa is also delayed in process.
Email stated that they received application: 1st June (I did from VFS Chiangmai Thailand, priority)
Email stated that my application is not "straight forward" on Sunday, a couple of days before it reached 60 working days.
Now I am on second escalation. Got email from them that my application now is being looked at as urgent case, still haven't heard anything from them. My husband also got the MP involved but from what I have learnt from forums, I am not sure how difference this will make.
I am keeping myself busy with works and else to keep me going. My husband and two sons (british passport) are waiting and this delay starting to wear them down.
I don't really know the word "urgent case" means anything but I do hope it ends soon.
Fingers crossed to everyone!

j_dt2017

Hanging there. It's very difficult and upsetting but don't let this get you down. Hope you hear from them very soon!

adi16

Biometrics done 20/07/17 in Hong Kong (Priority)

Confirmation email received on 21/07 after than nothing. (nearly 50 working days)

Inselaffen

That is not correct. If you are legally a resident in a 3rd country you can apply in that country. My wife is Kazakh and we applied for her visa in the UAE

Clive157

My partner & I applied for civil partnership / fiancé visa in Bangkok
Application 28 April
Biometrics 4 May
Sheffield confirmation 5 May
Not straightforward email end May
Escalated 3 times from 25 July
No request for more information
No feedback
18 Sept told case would be passed to management and repot in 3-5 days - no word
18 Sept wrote to MP Catherine West. ( Hornsey & Wood Green)
Now 101 working days
Any advice on next steps appreciated!

diane1982

Hello Adi16, had you tried calling Sheffield to check the status of your application?

garyede

Hi Rosy just to let you know following payment of the IHS fee i received a phone call from my MP today and he told me that our papers are with the Entry Clearance Team which i guess is the last stage. I just hope having paid the fee that we do not have to wait a long time to get a decision. On a positive note all of the posts i have read were people have been asked to pay the IHS fee have received good news. Although if you got a refusal you would not necessary post it on here. I know i won't because i will be so disappointed! Its difficult trying to stay positive and try and see hope even when its just peeping through the door!

Rosy1910

Happy for you Gary, crossing fingers that your case will be sorted soon. My husband will have a meeting with his MP tomorrow. We will make it really serious now.

garyede

I think that is a good move because Sheffield are just playing with you now! I am wondering wether they are deliberating waiting until day 120 to make the decision prioritising those cases they can process in 60 days. How many business days for you now and from what country? I wonder wether the delay is to do with checking some of your docs more throughly because of fraud. My wife is from the Philippines and you can buy anything there, passports, IELTS certificates etc. Thats what i read anyhow! Let me know if you hear anything. I am sure you do not me to tell you but make sure your MP asks for the real reason for your delay. Sheffield are always so vague . Thats what i hate most about them.

Rosy1910

It will be 80th working day for us this Thursday. It's interesting that UKVI call center is always russbish but the last time I talked to a girl she could track everything and she said the last time they looked at our case was 3rd of September. Perhaps they just wanted to check if we had made the payment. Then I am afraid it has been put on one side since then. Hate the thought of our case might only be looked at again when it gets near to 120 working days.
We applied from Hanoi. Will let you know if we hear anything

Walker87

Applications summit 10 may bio may 15 waiting still .. nathing any single reply 95 working day today

Cecilia5778

I honestly don't understand the issues here about payment....from Brazil, we apply online first and pay right way all the fees applied, for the visa and for the health surcharge. There is no issue about if is paid or not by the time you go to the center to have the biometrics taken and the documentation given. So I just wonder that each centers have different rules...

Scousejohn

My wife also applied 28th April in Bangkok!
No word on her visa yet!
MP involved ... no help!
Generic emails with excuses about how busy they are.
Basically any application that has already missed the 60 working day SLA then they have been moved to the non straight forward category marked for 120 days to complete!

This is how the home office is able to lie to the public and state that applications are being processed within the SLA and the backlog of applications from April to end of May have been categorised as not straight forward.
We are only 3 weeks from that milestone so fingers crossed!

garyede

Because in this country in Sheffield there is a problem with regard making a payment for child dependants (problem with the HO computer system) if you don't experience it you don.t need to worry