Settlement Visa from India : Timeline

Date of Application in VFS Center: 18-May-2015
VFS Center: MUMBAI
Received at High Commission on: none
Under Processing Start Date on: none

This is my 2nd application.My first one was rejected at chennai on grounds of missing documentation.

How do you find the Under processing date?

Hi Everyone!

Can anybody share there settlement visa processing timeline from VFS New Delhi. I haven't been able to find many people who applied from Delhi.

I applied for my Settlement Visa (Family of a settled person; my husband is on an ILR) on the 7th of May from VFS Delhi.

Would be a huge help!!

Thanks!

Submitted settlement visa wife
Vfs office - hyderabad
Visa type: Settlement spouse visa
Date of application: 20-April-2015
Biometrics done : 20-April-2015
Application has been dispatched to BHC: 20-April-2015
received at Chennai: 21-April-2015

27 working days still awaiting decision...

Hi PariJ,

Hope you are well.

Have you received any update from Mumbai BHC about the application? I could see that their average processing times for settlement visas is 6 working days latest by 22ndMay2015

Cheers,
Raju

We emailed them this monday and they mentioned the application is not yet assessed by ECO

Anyone have any idea why applications from Mumbai are processed much faster than Chennai/New Delhi? Don't they check the Mumbai applications properly?

PariJ wrote:Date of Application in VFS Center: 18-May-2015
VFS Center: MUMBAI
Received at High Commission on: none
Under Processing Start Date on: none

This is my 2nd application.My first one was rejected at chennai on grounds of missing documentation.

Date of Application in VFS Center: 18-May-2015
VFS Center: MUMBAI
Staus on 25th May- not yet assessed by ECO
Staus on 1st June - not yet assessed by ECO

Thanks PariJ for the update on your timelines.

In your case, it's been already 10 working days from the date of your application at Mumbai. But the processing timelines published at http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/India/pdf/In ... 290515.pdf shows that settlement visas taken only 4 working days for Mumbai.

I still can't get what's the exact logic behind these processing timelines. Is it like non local application takes more processing time at BHC?

Please do post your status as soon as hear back from Mumbai BHC.

Regards,
Raju

I honestly dont know the methods used to arrive the processing time. My only expectation is ECO to review my application and supporting documents properly and make right decission this time.

Raju1 wrote:Thanks PariJ for the update on your timelines.

In your case, it's been already 10 working days from the date of your application at Mumbai. But the processing timelines published at http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/India/pdf/In ... 290515.pdf shows that settlement visas taken only 4 working days for Mumbai.

I still can't get what's the exact logic behind these processing timelines. Is it like non local application takes more processing time at BHC?

Please do post your status as soon as hear back from Mumbai BHC.

Regards,
Raju

Spoke with member of UKVI today ,they mentioned the official stats is on gov.uk website (mentioned below). My application is in queue and avg processing time for mumbai is 30 working days


https://visa-processingtimes.homeoffice ... -india/all

Anyone with prior experience of this mail?

Thank you for contacting the UK Visas and Immigration international enquiry
service.

Your case is being escalated, we will contact you once we have received the
feedback. Thank you for your patience.


Please note: Your visa application will be assessed and decided by the
British High Commission. Our staff at the UK Visas and Immigration
international enquiry service do not assess and are unable to influence the
outcome of your visa application.

We strongly advise applicants do not confirm travel arrangements to come to
the UK until you have received your visa.
For any further details, or should you need to contact us again please
refer to our website at https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com/, select
appropriate country, click next and then select “E-Mail form and complete
as instructed. We will aim to come back to you within 1 day.

Kind regards,
Christine Gale
UK Visas and Immigration International Enquiry Service

Kindly Please stop posting the same in multiple threads, it is difficult to track your case.

I got this email today and the other one was different and was from yesterday. Please read.

Hi everyone,

I've applied for my husband's visa on 27/04/2015 and sent an email to check the status of the application. The response I got is as follows:

"Thank you for contacting the UK Visas and Immigration International Enquiry
Service.

We understand that you would like to know about the current status of your
visa application. I have tracked the status (GWFxxxxxxxxx and date of birth
xxxxxxxx ) and found that there are no current updates. This could be
because your application was submitted recently or the details that you
have provided above are incorrect.

If it is the former you may contact us at a later stage once our records
have been updated. We will be happy to give you the current status of your
application. If the information provided is incorrect then please provide
the 9-digit GWF number and the date of birth of the applicant.
Alternatively, once the process has been completed and a decision has been
made the visa application centre will be in contact as per process."

I've checked the details I sent in the email and these are correct but I've never seen anyone get this sort of email where there are no updates; has anyone else ever come across this? We applied via VFS Jalandhar. Just wondering whether I've contacted them too soon - it is 30 days today for us since the application was submitted.

Thanks

in your case there should have been an update by now.. However, they are slow in processing visas at BHC delhi.

hii GeetL,

I'hv submitted my spouse settlement application on 17th april in jalandhar vfs too.
i emailed to ukvi about status of my application. On 15 may it was under process. but from last two weeks got reply its same i.e there are no current updates.
killing wait. Its been 35 working days for me.
Dnt worry hopefully We will get our visas soon in mid june
Just wishing for all be sort soon.

Hi Amneet, we have similar timelines.. But it's been 37 working days for me (you're counting the bank holidays).. On the May 19th I received a message that my application has been delayed due to further enquiries..

heyheyheyguys wrote:Hi Amneet, we have similar timelines.. But it's been 37 working days for me (you're counting the bank holidays).. On the May 19th I received a message that my application has been delayed due to further enquiries..

heyyy yeahhh the wait is killing really. I got that reply via ukvi too on 20th may that 'your application has been delayed whilst doing further enquiries'.
Dnt knw what they are doing.

hey hopefully we should get our decision in a few days or weeks.
and please let me know when u get any update okay.

Thanks hey3guys and Amneet. The issue I have is that I've never had the under processing email. This is the only response I've had so I'm quite worried whether they've even received the application or not. I queried their response again but got exactly the same email again signed off by a different person. That almost suggests that it's just a system generated email. Their response has made me think the worst scenarios ever like have they lost our file, has anyone even looked at it at all? I just don't know at all. I suppose if I had got an email saying its under process that would have been more reassuring than this one.

Does anyone know how the system work? Do the bhc teams in India send this response or ukvi team in the UK? I'm assuming it's from the UK and there is most likely to be a break in communication but can't be sure as this is all very new (and stressful) for us!

Thanks

I would suggest that you write to them and escalate your enquiry.

heyheyheyguys wrote:I would suggest that you write to them and escalate your enquiry.

I'm not entirely sure how to do that. I think I'm going to hold out another week then contact them again to see if anything has changed. Seems like people who applied before me via the same vfs office are also waiting so it's reassuring to know in a way that we're not alone.

PariJ wrote:

Raju1 wrote:Thanks PariJ for the update on your timelines.

In your case, it's been already 10 working days from the date of your application at Mumbai. But the processing timelines published at http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/India/pdf/In ... 290515.pdf shows that settlement visas taken only 4 working days for Mumbai.

I still can't get what's the exact logic behind these processing timelines. Is it like non local application takes more processing time at BHC?

Please do post your status as soon as hear back from Mumbai BHC.

Regards,
Raju

Spoke with member of UKVI today ,they mentioned the official stats is on gov.uk website (mentioned below). My application is in queue and avg processing time for mumbai is 30 working days


https://visa-processingtimes.homeoffice ... -india/all

Dear PariJ,

Hope you are well.

I am wondering whether you have any update on the application status. Latest visa application processing times for Mumbai BHC are stated as http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/India/pdf/In ... 040615.pdf for the last weekend.

Regards,
Raju

HI PariJ,

Previously u have applied in Chennai and now in Mumbai. Isn't it limited to particular states need to go to the embassy closer to them. Like Southern states go to Chennai?

But it's really weird they haven't processed your application till now. Have you raised a question with them again.

Hi Everyone!

Got my settlement visa approved and the timeline is:

Date of Application in VFS Center: 7 May, 2015
VFS Center: New Delhi
Received at High Commission on: 7 May,2015
Under Processing Start Date on: 8 May, 2015
Visa Category: Settlement (wife)
Any interview date: No interview.
Sent to blue dart/ VFS center: 8 June, 2015
Passport collected on: 9 June, 2015
Visa Approval Status: Approved!
Total time take : 22 working days.

Thank you everyone on this forum. Its been a great help

Cheers!