Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

Ibbzy wrote:Salam alaikum all, My wifes visa was rejected in the middle of December, due to HMRC records not being updated through an issues of there RTI system. I put in an appeal as i was assured by 2-3 solicitors that if the system is updated and letters from HMRC prove this then it would be overturned by a ECM. How ever that has not happened even with HMRC providing letters that its not my fault that the system was not updating itself and confirmed my upto date income. I ask on what basis would an ECM still refuse the appeal? Also what is the best step to take now?

Regards:
Ibbzy

Salaam what evidence did you include from hmrc to show it was a system update error , because the RTI system introduced in 2013 and this has caused some what of controversy. What other evidence did you include in your appeal ?

gucci9 wrote:So I submitted my documents on the 25th recieved email on 26th
I know it's too soon but hoe do I track my application do I have to email them ?

I thought you can just fill in the details and it would show you?

Will I need to email to track my application? .
Please confirm x

Salaam sis

I received the email on friday morning, Documents received bhc Islamabad ! Settlements visa can take up to 12 weeks processing ... You have only just just given it in , so you wont be able to get an update on ur application, Personally I'm not even going to bother to track it. Their emails are probably generic anyway! Our applications are probably going to be in the que to be checked for at-least another few weeks.

Shreen wrote:

gucci9 wrote:So I submitted my documents on the 25th recieved email on 26th
I know it's too soon but hoe do I track my application do I have to email them ?

I thought you can just fill in the details and it would show you?

Will I need to email to track my application? .
Please confirm x

Hey well done finally submitted ur docs:) i remember u said u also shwed rent income as u didnt earn the required amount. Did u pay tax on the rental income? Im sure that the requirement is u have to pay tax on it

Salaam sister
What was the reason for refusal for your 1st application ? X

Fari990 wrote:

gucci9 wrote:So I submitted my documents on the 25th recieved email on 26th
I know it's too soon but hoe do I track my application do I have to email them ?

I thought you can just fill in the details and it would show you?

Will I need to email to track my application? .
Please confirm x

Salaam sis

I received the email on friday morning, Documents received bhc Islamabad ! Settlements visa can take up to 12 weeks processing ... You have only just just given it in , so you wont be able to get an update on ur application, Personally I'm not even going to bother to track it. Their emails are probably generic anyway! Our applications are probably going to be in the que to be checked for at-least another few weeks.

W salaam

Yes true I'm not gonna bother either now whatever happens will happen so ill just wait.
Mine said 12 weeks too hopefully should get a response till May if not ill try and contact them.

gucci9 wrote:

Fari990 wrote:

gucci9 wrote:So I submitted my documents on the 25th recieved email on 26th
I know it's too soon but hoe do I track my application do I have to email them ?

I thought you can just fill in the details and it would show you?

Will I need to email to track my application? .
Please confirm x

Salaam sis

I received the email on friday morning, Documents received bhc Islamabad ! Settlements visa can take up to 12 weeks processing ... You have only just just given it in , so you wont be able to get an update on ur application, Personally I'm not even going to bother to track it. Their emails are probably generic anyway! Our applications are probably going to be in the que to be checked for at-least another few weeks.

W salaam

Yes true I'm not gonna bother either now whatever happens will happen so ill just wait.
Mine said 12 weeks too hopefully should get a response till May if not ill try and contact them.

Thats true ! What will happen will happen. The tracking system is a joke! Going to sit back and wait. Just do duaa inshalah Allah SWT will grant our visas. Ameen. X

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sophia20 wrote:Submitted my application today!

December 13 I thought you have to submit photocopies aswell, weird they didn't accept yours!? Someone on this forum said that photocopies are only kept at Gerry's. I guess its the original stuff that matters really!

My hubby told me someone told him that apparently one of the senior staff had told the other staff not to accept photocopies. I sincerely hope that this issue isn't what's causing the delays..

December13 wrote:

sophia20 wrote:Submitted my application today!

December 13 I thought you have to submit photocopies aswell, weird they didn't accept yours!? Someone on this forum said that photocopies are only kept at Gerry's. I guess its the original stuff that matters really!

My hubby told me someone told him that apparently one of the senior staff had told the other staff not to accept photocopies. I sincerely hope that this issue isn't what's causing the delays..

When my wife submitted her application at Gerry's, she also gave them a complete copy of all documents/photos etc etc.. But the guy at Gerrys said no need to submit copies so only the original application package was submitted.

December 13 they don't take photo copies just originals

roger354 wrote:December 13 they don't take photo copies just originals

Is this a new policy? Because on my previous applications we were required to provide both originals and photocopies....

akhan47 wrote:

roger354 wrote:December 13 they don't take photo copies just originals

Is this a new policy? Because on my previous applications we were required to provide both originals and photocopies....

Not too sure about being a new policy because when my hubbys mate gave his application in a month before us in October they took the originals and the photocopies..

Hi,

My Spouse recently submitted her application (7weeks ago) at the Gerrys office in Mirpur, Pakistan. I have tried to contact UKBA and give them the GWF number to find out the progress of the application. They say that they cannot find this!!!

She did mention that it can take abit longer for it to come on their systems....anybody else experience this problem?

thanks
Hamza

hamza786 wrote:Hi,

My Spouse recently submitted her application (7weeks ago) at the Gerrys office in Mirpur, Pakistan. I have tried to contact UKBA and give them the GWF number to find out the progress of the application. They say that they cannot find this!!!

She did mention that it can take abit longer for it to come on their systems....anybody else experience this problem?

thanks
Hamza

Salam your wife applied around the time my husband did in mirpur. he applied 16th jan we did ask for an update a month later on 16th feb they said it was not yet assesed by ECO but recieved by an officer. so i dont understand why your having this problem.

goodluck with your application in sha allah we all receive good news very soon

nervous1 wrote:

hamza786 wrote:Hi,

My Spouse recently submitted her application (7weeks ago) at the Gerrys office in Mirpur, Pakistan. I have tried to contact UKBA and give them the GWF number to find out the progress of the application. They say that they cannot find this!!!

She did mention that it can take abit longer for it to come on their systems....anybody else experience this problem?

thanks
Hamza

Salam your wife applied around the time my husband did in mirpur. he applied 16th jan we did ask for an update a month later on 16th feb they said it was not yet assesed by ECO but recieved by an officer. so i dont understand why your having this problem.

good luck with your application in sha allah we all receive good news very soon

Sometimes they give you a better response when you escalate your request. I also got a similar message as hamxa786. But after escalating it, the following day they emailed me with an update telling me that my wife's visa had been concluded. A few days later, my wife got a call to collect her documents. She got the visa in about 2.5 months.

i.need.help wrote:

nervous1 wrote:

hamza786 wrote:Hi,

My Spouse recently submitted her application (7weeks ago) at the Gerrys office in Mirpur, Pakistan. I have tried to contact UKBA and give them the GWF number to find out the progress of the application. They say that they cannot find this!!!

She did mention that it can take abit longer for it to come on their systems....anybody else experience this problem?

thanks
Hamza

Salam your wife applied around the time my husband did in mirpur. he applied 16th jan we did ask for an update a month later on 16th feb they said it was not yet assesed by ECO but recieved by an officer. so i dont understand why your having this problem.

good luck with your application in sha allah we all receive good news very soon

Sometimes they give you a better response when you escalate your request. I also got a similar message as hamxa786. But after escalating it, the following day they emailed me with an update telling me that my wife's visa had been concluded. A few days later, my wife got a call to collect her documents. She got the visa in about 2.5 months.

after how many weeks did you escalate its been 6 weeks for me i was thinking in another 3 weeks time i dont want to push them i dont want it to effect the outcome

nervous1 wrote:
Salam your wife applied around the time my husband did in mirpur. he applied 16th jan we did ask for an update a month later on 16th feb they said it was not yet assesed by ECO but recieved by an officer. so i dont understand why your having this problem.

good luck with your application in sha allah we all receive good news very soon

Sometimes they give you a better response when you escalate your request. I also got a similar message as hamxa786. But after escalating it, the following day they emailed me with an update telling me that my wife's visa had been concluded. A few days later, my wife got a call to collect her documents. She got the visa in about 2.5 months.[/quote]

nervous1 wrote:after how many weeks did you escalate its been 6 weeks for me i was thinking in another 3 weeks time i dont want to push them i dont want it to effect the outcome

I escalated my request the next day of making the 1st request to get an update of the latest status of the application. I let 2 months pass before contacting them for any update.

Hi everyone

I have submitted my documents on the 25th of feb I am not going to be doing any chasing (not until another 2 months anyway )
But iv read alot of people on this forum talking about escalating ?
Can someone please explain what that means escalating the application

Many thanks
X

Kuzak wrote:

December13 wrote:

AMB1 wrote:ANYONE NOVEMBER APPLICANT LEFT WHO IS WAITING ...

I am too.. applied 21st November

Please let us know when you get an update

Hi,

Any updates on your spouse application ?

gucci9 wrote:Hi everyone

I have submitted my documents on the 25th of feb I am not going to be doing any chasing (not until another 2 months anyway )
But iv read alot of people on this forum talking about escalating ?
Can someone please explain what that means escalating the application

Many thanks
X

It means, they should hopefully give you a better status update on your application. To escalate contact them giving the following information… That's what I did and it seems that's what others have done as well.

Full name of applicant:
Application number (GWFxxxxxxxxx):
Visa application centre reference number:
Date of application:
Date of birth of applicant:
Place of application ( City and Country ):
Type of Visa applied:
Nationality:
Passport Number:
Reason:

December13 wrote:

sophia20 wrote:Submitted my application today!

December 13 I thought you have to submit photocopies aswell, weird they didn't accept yours!? Someone on this forum said that photocopies are only kept at Gerry's. I guess its the original stuff that matters really!

My hubby told me someone told him that apparently one of the senior staff had told the other staff not to accept photocopies. I sincerely hope that this issue isn't what's causing the delays..

Hey I don't think this is the reason why they're taking time, don't worry about it. Maybe they've changed things now?! Or maybe they pick and choose at Gerry's!? when my sis applied in 2012 they wanted photocopies so her husband had to do that at Gerry's, and when i applied last time and this time they kept the photocopies. I wouldn't worry about it

Fari990 wrote:

Ibbzy wrote:Salam alaikum all, My wifes visa was rejected in the middle of December, due to HMRC records not being updated through an issues of there RTI system. I put in an appeal as i was assured by 2-3 solicitors that if the system is updated and letters from HMRC prove this then it would be overturned by a ECM. How ever that has not happened even with HMRC providing letters that its not my fault that the system was not updating itself and confirmed my upto date income. I ask on what basis would an ECM still refuse the appeal? Also what is the best step to take now?

Regards:
Ibbzy

Salaam what evidence did you include from hmrc to show it was a system update error , because the RTI system introduced in 2013 and this has caused some what of controversy. What other evidence did you include in your appeal ?

Hi fari, the evidence i submitted with my wifes appeal were a letter from my employers accountant stating that ive been a employee for almost a year now but most importantly 2 letters from HMRC. 1 confirming im still employed by the same company and that due to transmission issues between HMRC employers unit and the accountant that they could not give exact information on taxes paid as well as well as exact amounts paid to me. 2 a letter from HMRC stating my paye records are uptodate as of december 2014 and also reciepts of taxes paid by my employer along with bank statements for another 6 months showing that pay is regularly coming in.

Salaam,

Can anyone who has successfully got their visa confirm that the SU07/12 form and the VAF4A form are not required to submit?
Is my understanding correct that the VAF4A form is done online and the confirmation is printed and submitted along with Appendix 2 which is filled in by hand, and that SU07 form is not relevant for the spouse visa application?