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Out-of-country skilled worker visa application timelines

Only for the UK Skilled Worker visas, formerly known as Tier 2 visa route

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chandugs
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Tier 2 General

Post by chandugs » Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:23 am

Category applying under - Tier 2 General
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Bangalore
4. Date of application - 02-July-2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 16July 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance - 3 years
8. Date of passport received - 19-July-2012

I sincerely thank the immigration boards as this forum helped me very much in my Visa process.

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Re: Tier 2 General

Post by G_NL » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:26 pm

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 General Dependent
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Chennai
4. Date of application: 23.07.2012
5. Date of submission of documents: Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: July 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 3 Years
8. Date passport received: 31.07.2012

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Post by rej123 » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:47 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): TIER 2 Dependent
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Mumbai North
4. Date of application: 23 July 2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above).
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 08 Aug 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance:29 months
8. Date passport received : 09 Aug 2012

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Post by Rajeev123 » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:25 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): TIER 2 Dependent
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: DELHI
4. Date of application: 02 Aug 2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). Same
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 09 Aug 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance:28 months
8. Date passport received : 13 Aug 2012( Message came on 10/08- evening)
9. Funds Maintained only equivalent of £600.00 in wife account in India and her statement was submitted.

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Post by numwisk » Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:08 pm

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 General
2. Country of application: Netherlands
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Amsterdam
4. Date of application: 13.09.2012
5. Date of submission of documents: 18.09.2012
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: October 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 3 Years
8. Date passport received: 05.10.2012

Skydiver007
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Waiting...

Post by Skydiver007 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:47 pm

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 General
2. Country of application: Saudi Arebia
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Riyadh
4. Date of application: 24.09.2012
5. Date of submission of documents: 29.09.2012
6. Date passport received with stamped VISA: 13.10.2012
Last edited by Skydiver007 on Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Post by iheisler » Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:40 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): Tier 2 General
2. Country of application: Germany
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Berlin
4. Date of application: 21.09.2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). Same
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: December 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 3 years and 3 months
8. Date passport received:10.10.2012

mrmanojrai
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Post by mrmanojrai » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:25 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 ICT short term Staff + dependent
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS, Kolkata, India
4. Date of application - 29-10-2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - Same as above
6. Date of passport received - 20/11/2012

desperado1306
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Post by desperado1306 » Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:13 pm

1. Category applying under: TIER 2 (General) + Dependent
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Center: NEW DELHI
4. Date of application: November 20, 2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). Same
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: November 27, 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 3 Years
8. Date passport received : November 30. 2012

smash
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Out of Country Application guidance

Post by smash » Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:03 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Kolkata
4. Date of application - 27th October 2012
5. Date of submission of documents - 5th November 2012
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 16 November 2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance - 3 years
8. Date passport received - 27th November 2012

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Post by movingtobirmingham » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:07 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): General
2. Country of application: USA
3. City of Visa Application Centre: New York
4. Date of application: October 25
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above): October 29
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: November 17
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 3 years
8. Date passport received: mailed December 7 (expect to receive on the 10th)

rpampana
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Post by rpampana » Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:39 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General Migrant & dependent (for my wife)
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS, chennai, India
4. Date of application - 26-Nov-2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 10/12/2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance - 3 years
8. Date of passport received - 17/12/2012

bharatuppala
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Tier 2 timeline

Post by bharatuppala » Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:30 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General Migrant
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS, Hyderabad, India
4. Date of application - 23-Nov-2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 12/12/2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance - 3 years
8. Date of passport received - 22/12/2012

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Tier-2 Dependant India

Post by wishnoo » Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:13 am

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General Dependant
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS, Hyderabad, India
4. Date of application - 04-Dec-2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: Pending
7. Duration for Entry Clearance - Pending
8. Date of passport received - Pending

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Post by WaitingontheUKBA » Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:43 pm

1. Category applying under: ICT Long Term + Dependent
2. Country of application : USA
3. City of Visa Application Centre : New York
4. Date of application: December 11, 2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). December 27
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 2 years
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: January 1, 2013
8. Visa Approved: January 4, 2013
8. Date passport received: Pending

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Waiting

Post by swathi12889 » Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:09 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): General with dependant
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Mumbai North
4. Date of application : 21st Nov 2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : Pending
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: Pending
8. Date passport received : Pending

sha23
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Tier-2 ICT --Complete Timeline!!!

Post by sha23 » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:15 pm

a.Employer Applied for Tier-2 ICT License:- Feb 22nd 2012

b.Employer Received Tier-2 ICT -License with 1 Unrestricted Cos:- June14th 2012

c.Employer Assigned Cos on :-9th July2012 (This turned out to be Errorneous)

d.Employer Applied for additional Allocation- July 27th 2012

e.Employer Assigned Fresh Cos post receipt of the Same-23rd Nov 2012

1. Category applying under: Tier-2 (ICT Long Term) + 1 Dependent
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : VFS, Bangalore, India
4. Date of Application: December 19, 2012
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above). Same as Date of Application
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 10th Jan 2013
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 3 years
8. Visa Approved: January 10, 2013
9. Date passport received: January 12, 2013

Farah13
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RCoS Toronto, Canada

Post by Farah13 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 1:56 am

a.Employer Applied for RCoS:- January 3rd, 2013

b.Employer Received RCoS Approval: January 11, 2013

c.Employer Assigned Cos on: January 11, 2013

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 General
2. Country of application : Toronto, Canada
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Toronto/New York
4. Date of application: Jan 16, 2013
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from above). Same As Above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 2 years
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: January 25, 2013
8. Visa Approved: Friday Jan 18, 2013
8. Date passport received: Monday Jan 21, 2013

FYI - I received the priority service available to Canadians ... I sent my Visa on the 16th - they received it on the 18th and it was approved that very same day! :) :)

Goodluck to everyone else!

swathi_k
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Waiting

Post by swathi_k » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:18 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): General Dependent
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Bangalore VFS
4. Date of application:8 Jan 2013
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above).
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from:25-01-13
7. Duration for Entry Clearance:3 years
8. SMS received: 29-01-13
9. Passport Received: 30-01-13
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Post by sravdev » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:08 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): General Dependent
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Hyderabad VFS
4. Date of application:28 Jan 2013
5. Date of submission of documents: Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from:11-02-13
7. Duration for Entry Clearance:3 years
8. SMS received: 12-02-13
9. Passport Received: 13-02-13

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Post by soundharajan » Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:21 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): General Dependent
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Chennai
4. Date of application:14 Feb 2013
5. Date of submission of documents: Same as above
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from:27 Feb 2013
7. Duration for Entry Clearance:2 years
8. SMS received: 27 Feb 2013
9. Passport Received: 01 March 2013

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Post by harir » Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:38 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS Bangalore
4. Date of application : 09/01/2013
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : 28/01/2013
7. Duration for Entry Clearance : 3 yrs
8. Date passport received : 30/01/2013

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Post by manivannan » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:32 am

- Employer Applied for RCoS:- Oct 3rd, 2012
- Employer Received RCoS Approval: Oct 11, 2011
- Employer Assigned Cos on: Oct 16, 2012

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General
2. Country of application – India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Chennai
4. Date of application – 22/10/2012
5. Date of submission of documents – 22/10/2012
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from – 01/11/2012
7. Duration for Entry Clearance - 3 years 20 Days (20/11/2015)
8. Date passport received – 02/11/2012 (Also 2 Dependent Visa for wife and Child)

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Post by nehasleo » Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:43 pm

Can somdone please post link on how to apply from India for tier2 sponsored general....I m in UK at the moment with leave expiring in june end...my employer is in UK n has given all paperwork but due to some circumstances I will hve to go iIndia n file from there ....but no clue how to n where n are there same day appointments or how long wI'll it take n how much is fee....I need all the step by step procedure pls...many thanks....I will be in Delhi

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Post by Sudio » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:20 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Pune (forwarded to Mumbai)
4. Date of application 28th February 2013
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above) 28th February 2013
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 20th March
7. Duration for Entry Clearance - 3 years
8. Date passport received - 22nd March 2013

The online application status only showed me - 'Application has been forwarded to BHC'. for all the days. However on the day it was processed it changed to 'Processed application forwarded to Blue Dart'

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