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When my wife went for the appointment we were even missing an entire annex of docs, but they patiently printed the form out for us and gave time to fill it in.

We paid for priority and it arrived on the exact 10th day, but the docs showed it was approved 8 days before that!

We were then given 30 days from the approval day to fly to UK (which was in reality only 3 weeks. So it was a bit rushed and of course, buying flights with little notice is expensive.

But all settled in UK now and happy....

All should go well for you..

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Glad you got through it all ok Alex, and that you're enjoying being back in the UK. I was worried about booking flights at short notice too, was finding that the price difference between booking 2 or 4 weeks in advance was up to $2,000.

That, coupled with the proportionately high cost of a one-way ticket vs a return, led me to buy a fully flexible return - I'll be coming back to visit my family anyway, so it seemed to make sense.

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Am on pins and needles waiting for your (good) news! Will you help me out when it's our turn next year? The thought of 95 pages makes me mental. We are pretty smart people, but I am sure there'll be something to trip us up in all that.

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Of course I'll help you! Between BE and Facebook, we'll nail it.

The online application isn't too bad, it's in sections and as you complete each section the sidebar turns green. If it's not green, you've missed something so you just go through the questions again to find what you've missed.

Another way you'll know if you've completed all the necessary questions and steps is the status of your application. Once you've created an account with Visa4UK, you can log in and out whenever you like to work on your application. If there are still questions you need to answer, or still steps you need to complete, your application status will be 'Incomplete'. Once everything's done, it will show as 'Complete'.

More than half of my application was supporting documents, showing evidence of our relationship, accommodation and financials.

Ask me anything, any time - although you might want to wait and see if mine's been successful :lol:

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Thanks, you are a love. The part that worries me is that there is no - you forgot to send this, or we need to know more about that - it's deny the visa right off and you lose the application fee. Don't think with 95 pages you'll have that problem though!

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It is not a fun exercise! Sometimes they do ask for extra documents but they do not have to, so it is important to include everything and in the right format, eg original bank statements etc. I suggest you list your documents here when you are ready for us to look at and see if there is anything missing. We all survived! Until next time when we have a 71 page to fill out!

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Thanks, michali, will do :)

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I've received the famous email that tells you nothing (apparently Oz Immigration do it as well, bloody sadists). But check out the last line. British Embassy Manila? I thought all applications went to the UK?

Dear spouse of scouse

Application Reference : GWF*********

A decision has been made on your application and your documents are being returned to the Visa Application Centre (VAC). You will be contacted again by the VAC once these documents have been received and they are ready for you to collect. If you have chosen to have your documents couriered to you, these will be despatched by the VAC once they have been received.

Please do not attend the application centre until you have been contacted by the VAC. UKVI contact details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-outside-uk

UK Visas and Immigration
British Embassy Manila

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Yes, don't you just love it that they don't tell you? Why send an email at all if you need to wait for snail mail for the answer? :rolleyes:

No clue about Manila. Maybe it's the regional office for Oz?

Anyway :fingerscrossed: for good news!

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My thoughts exactly! I suppose it's good that we're informed, it's like a tracking service I guess and at least I know my application's been processed.

I've asked the question re Manila on the BE UK Immi section - I just want to be sure that the decision hasn't been sent to the wrong country. Silly, but the mind plays all kinds of tricks at times like these!

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I am already dreading the second round of it! :eek:

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:fingerscrossed: for you, know that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach! I am sure you will be ok because like me you have a house to go to!

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I got in a similar state about my application for a residency visa in Canada. I was asked to list every organisation I'd been a member of since I was 18. It was a long list because I've always been an activist. When my visa was delayed for months I started fantasising that it was because I'd been a member of Vietnam Solidarity when I was 17.

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You've settled in so well that you're a bit of an inspiration to me, FB. So glad that both you and your husband are enjoying being back. :starsmile:

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feelbritish is an inspiration to everyone. She made sure she dotted all her i's and crossed all the t's for her visa to return to the UK.