Spouse visa delays 2018?
Jul 10th 2018, 9:51 pm
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Re: Spouse visa delays 2018?
Waiting for a visa decision is very unsettling and frustrating, and most of us on here have been through it. But please don't blame the ECOs - there are not enough of them and they're processing as quickly as they can. It's like a huge supermarket that doesn't employ enough staff to serve customers - the staff get yelled at but it's the people responsible for staffing numbers who should be getting yelled at!
i see what you saying but our life is getting very stressful been waiting almost 6 month and i dont even know if my wife get the visa they could waist 6 month of our life for refusal
i have submitted everything they need it im hoping the best
8 months since we got married we should be having good time of our life
but hi they make it worse for us and for someone like me been paying taxes for 23 years
Jul 11th 2018, 10:46 am
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Waiting for a visa decision is very unsettling and frustrating, and most of us on here have been through it. But please don't blame the ECOs - there are not enough of them and they're processing as quickly as they can. It's like a huge supermarket that doesn't employ enough staff to serve customers - the staff get yelled at but it's the people responsible for staffing numbers who should be getting yelled at!
Jul 11th 2018, 1:19 pm
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Re: Spouse visa delays 2018?
Some will be checks on which they will be relying on third parties. Other times it will just be because they have too many applications and not enough staff.
Jul 11th 2018, 2:30 pm
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Again any contract you get into has an agreed sla they shouldn't, even for exceptions you wouldn't expect 30+ business days, in regards to understaffing - if the cost of processing an application is under 500 and the fee is 4x that for me shows that it's a choice to understaff to deter applicants
Jul 11th 2018, 2:53 pm
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Again any contract you get into has an agreed sla they shouldn't, even for exceptions you wouldn't expect 30+ business days, in regards to understaffing - if the cost of processing an application is under 500 and the fee is 4x that for me shows that it's a choice to understaff to deter applicants
The fees are higher than the actual cost of processing the application to cover the costs of the rest of the UK immigration system. This is the same of most other comparable countries. Australia charges AU$7200 (~£4000) and up until recently applications were taking 12-18 months to process.
Jul 11th 2018, 4:41 pm
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There is no contract and the government is under no obligation to process your application in a set period of time other than the targets it sets for itself.
The fees are higher than the actual cost of processing the application to cover the costs of the rest of the UK immigration system. This is the same of most other comparable countries. Australia charges AU$7200 (~£4000) and up until recently applications were taking 12-18 months to process.
The fees are higher than the actual cost of processing the application to cover the costs of the rest of the UK immigration system. This is the same of most other comparable countries. Australia charges AU$7200 (~£4000) and up until recently applications were taking 12-18 months to process.
Jul 12th 2018, 11:40 pm
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Re: Spouse visa delays 2018?
All I'm saying is don't blame the workers (ECOs) - they have no more control over the processes, the immigration rules, the number of staff or the fees charged than you or I do.
When the huge backlog in processing applications happened last year, some people here were saying unbelievable things such as wishing all sorts of misfortune on the ECOs and their families, including death. I know you didn't say anything like that, it's just an example of how very understandable frustration can turn into something very nasty if it's misdirected.
Fingers crossed that you and everyone who's waited a long time receives good news soon.
Jul 12th 2018, 11:47 pm
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I agree that venting is very therapeutic, especially when you're talking to others who are in the same situation. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
All I'm saying is don't blame the workers (ECOs) - they have no more control over the processes, the immigration rules, the number of staff or the fees charged than you or I do.
When the huge backlog in processing applications happened last year, some people here were saying unbelievable things such as wishing all sorts of misfortune on the ECOs and their families, including death. I know you didn't say anything like that, it's just an example of how very understandable frustration can turn into something very nasty if it's misdirected.
Fingers crossed that you and everyone who's waited a long time receives good news soon.
All I'm saying is don't blame the workers (ECOs) - they have no more control over the processes, the immigration rules, the number of staff or the fees charged than you or I do.
When the huge backlog in processing applications happened last year, some people here were saying unbelievable things such as wishing all sorts of misfortune on the ECOs and their families, including death. I know you didn't say anything like that, it's just an example of how very understandable frustration can turn into something very nasty if it's misdirected.
Fingers crossed that you and everyone who's waited a long time receives good news soon.
thats the job they chose to do
they need to care about other family's
yesterday i went to My Gp i was given anti depression tablet
beacuse this hard 6 motnhs i have been waiting and my Gp wrote a letter for me stating that now i suffer from depression and i email it to them
let see if they care about people life's
Jul 12th 2018, 11:49 pm
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Re: Spouse visa delays 2018?
hi mate
thats the job they chose to do
they need to care about other family's
yesterday i went to My Gp i was given anti depression tablet
beacuse this hard 6 motnhs i have been waiting and my Gp wrote a letter for me stating that now i suffer from depression and i email it to them
let see if they care about people life's
thats the job they chose to do
they need to care about other family's
yesterday i went to My Gp i was given anti depression tablet
beacuse this hard 6 motnhs i have been waiting and my Gp wrote a letter for me stating that now i suffer from depression and i email it to them
let see if they care about people life's
Jul 13th 2018, 12:02 am
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Re: Spouse visa delays 2018?
i tell u something
i lost my son 4 years ago
my mum she has cancer
now this
And i already put that down in the application
if they cared about people
they could helped
dont forget been waiting 6 month
Jul 13th 2018, 8:13 am
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I'm really sorry to hear that. But as above, you can't blame the people processing your app, they are doing the best they can. If you were allowed to queue jump and/or skip background checks, then that wouldn't be fair on other applicants, or on the British people. You just have to go through the process same as everybody else unfortunately.
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Jul 18th 2018, 10:28 pm
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Hi,
We applied for my husbands visa on 4th March. Biometrics and documents all done on 15th March, got a confirmation email- documents received on 26th March.
On 5th June my husband received a non straightforward email however on 6th june my employer was contacted by UKVI. Since then I have escalated the case once on 9th July. Today my husband received an email saying that the application is in the final processing stages and a decision will be made soon.
Has anyone had a similar experience or know what it means by soon.
Thanks
We applied for my husbands visa on 4th March. Biometrics and documents all done on 15th March, got a confirmation email- documents received on 26th March.
On 5th June my husband received a non straightforward email however on 6th june my employer was contacted by UKVI. Since then I have escalated the case once on 9th July. Today my husband received an email saying that the application is in the final processing stages and a decision will be made soon.
Has anyone had a similar experience or know what it means by soon.
Thanks
Last edited by uswaleh26; Jul 18th 2018 at 11:34 pm.
Jul 26th 2018, 5:26 am
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Re: Spouse visa delays 2018?
Hi,
We applied for my husbands visa on 4th March. Biometrics and documents all done on 15th March, got a confirmation email- documents received on 26th March.
On 5th June my husband received a non straightforward email however on 6th june my employer was contacted by UKVI. Since then I have escalated the case once on 9th July. Today my husband received an email saying that the application is in the final processing stages and a decision will be made soon.
Has anyone had a similar experience or know what it means by soon.
Thanks
We applied for my husbands visa on 4th March. Biometrics and documents all done on 15th March, got a confirmation email- documents received on 26th March.
On 5th June my husband received a non straightforward email however on 6th june my employer was contacted by UKVI. Since then I have escalated the case once on 9th July. Today my husband received an email saying that the application is in the final processing stages and a decision will be made soon.
Has anyone had a similar experience or know what it means by soon.
Thanks
Hi there,
i got the final stage email on Tuesday the 24th of July. Did you get a decision or still waiting?
Thanks.
Jul 26th 2018, 5:30 am
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Re: Spouse visa delays 2018?
Hello everyone
I applied my uk spouse visa from Sri Lanka exactly a month ago. Since then haven’t get a single update from UKVI. Not even an email mentioning that they received the application or not! Does this mean something ? Do I have to contact them and check ? Please help !
I applied my uk spouse visa from Sri Lanka exactly a month ago. Since then haven’t get a single update from UKVI. Not even an email mentioning that they received the application or not! Does this mean something ? Do I have to contact them and check ? Please help !
did you hear back from UKVI? I applied on the 4th of June (priority) and still waiting. I got the first email on the 25th of June saying they received the online application and that it has been assigned to an ECO. Escalated last week and got a reply saying in final stages.