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Post by tanveer930 » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:49 pm

Hi Aisha and Saad,

Application Date 08th -april-2009

My Mother applied from LHE too(VISIT VISA) and what info we have at the dot "there are some biometric errors with your application please contact Gerry's".

upon calling Gerry's they do not have information and told me that once they recieve request Gerry will call the applicant...

sent emails,phone ,letters but nobody respond and care......

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Hi Tanveer & Other guys!

Post by saasddd » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:14 am

I think there seems to be serious problems in terms of waiting times for the visa applications. I wish things were a little bit more easier for us. Lets hope for best! Thanks for your reply. Hope to hear from other people soon too!!

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i know the pain

Post by sabah » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:24 pm

:( :( :cry:
sister i am in the same boat although my husband applied 22nd july,that i would of waited but my health is getting bad i can not look after my kids i have doctors from mental health in and out of my house im des
desperate_wife wrote:i emailed the immagration section here but they have not responded back,,,,,what do you do when a person lifes at stake here when children are involved dont they have nay mercy,,i need my hub here that i dont have any other suppport,help and pray 4 me guys i hope allah help us all i pray 4 all of you tonight, :cry: :cry:
desperate_wife wrote:hello :(

I just thought I'd share my story with all of you.

It has been 70 working days till this day since i applied on the 9th March from karachi for UK spouce visa. I still have not received any reply.

The Visa processing people made a mistake on their part and they did my fingerprints wrong. So in late april (after 30 working days from 9th March) i get a call from gerrys to come and have my finger prints do again. For this I get an appointment on 5th May to come and resubmit my application again due to the finger prints wrong (THEIR FAULT!!). I now have got a new tracking number since 5th May. I think the idiots are going to take the full 12 weeks which is 60 working days. So im hoping i should hear the results of my visa around near the end of July when full 60 working days would have passed since 5th May when I had to reapply again....so total i would have waited by then around are 90 working days!

So if the pain of waiting for spouce visa that anyone knows....its me... :(

By the way my hubby is a fully settled uk citizen doing full time engineering job in UK.

D_W
:( :( :( :(

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Post by desperate_wife » Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:31 pm

dear sabah my dear sister.

plz tell us more about your self...

r u the sponser? are u in UK? which country did u apply from?

where is ur hubby now?

u seem to be in lot of agony and pain. i think u should simply go to ur husband or call a family member at ur house becuase u need it.

These MERCILESS visa processing people will not care about ur condition...they will take their time....3 months 5 months even 6 months...or so.....so please get help now.....

I had to re-apply on the 5th May...and its been more than 12 weeks now more than 60 working days....and no reply!

D_W

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Post by sabah » Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:36 pm

desperate_wife wrote:dear sabah my dear sister.

plz tell us more about your self...

r u the sponser? are u in UK? which country did u apply from?

where is ur hubby now?

u seem to be in lot of agony and pain. i think u should simply go to ur husband or call a family member at ur house becuase u need it.

These MERCILESS visa processing people will not care about ur condition...they will take their time....3 months 5 months even 6 months...or so.....so please get help now.....

I had to re-apply on the 5th May...and its been more than 12 weeks now more than 60 working days....and no reply!

D_W
sister i have metal health workers checking me every week i dont have support my story very complicated so i just summ it up nON MY OWN NO SUPPORT well they say jis kah koy nahi uskah to khuda hai yaro.i am pleaded with Allah and today i will plead more,they say english people have more morals than us like you when some one at the wits end they will help you in any way but it looks they wrong at time cus they ant llista=ening here.chalo ALLAH DUA KARAH MANNZOOR SAB KI NOT JUST MINE

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ISL - 4th June Settlement

Post by S4INT » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:21 am

Hello to all

My first ever post - I applied for my wife's settlement back on the 4th June 2009 at Islamabad and still waiting the outcome - showing as 'application forwarded to Islamabad Oc on ' I have chased this up a number of time but have no reply from the Immigration team in the UK since the office move- wanted to know if other have heard back or obtained Visas for applications submitted around that time

Regards,
S4INT

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Post by desperate_wife » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:08 pm

S4INT

i think u have not been reading the fourm and you have not read my name either....

im "desperate_wife" desperate for my husband and we are all desperate for our loved ones....

u have just started and suddenly asked a question which has been asked 1000 of times on these fourms....

you have just boarded our boat of waiting.....wait until u see land like all of us. We are looking out in the same direction.

2 months waiting time for u is nothing since I have been waiting since March 9th. i applied from karachi.....NO reply yet!

sure enough they replied to my emails....but its the same old sentence...."PLEASE WAIT"

so please refrain from the same question which we are all asking....

"WHEN WHEN WHEN"

.....ur wifes visa will arrive when the merciless visa processing people have processed it....sit back and talk to ur wife on the phone....AND wait till December 2009.

PEACE!

D_W

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Post by S4INT » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:32 pm

Hello Desperate_wife

Firstly let me thank you for the warm reply posted in response to my question - really felt welcomed by you ...The reason we ask question are to look for answer but it seems to you I have come across as being selfish - the reason for my post was to get an insight into how others were doing with the wait and if any good news was received by others. I have read all forums and noticed the submission made by 2036789 on 5th July as his wife submitted at the same time and place as mine I wanted to know if anything was heard.

With regards to your case I fully understand how you feel - I'm flying out to Pakistan this weekend for 1 week as I know how difficult it can be without our loved ones.

I hope you hear good news before all of us as you wait has been too long

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Post by desperate_wife » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:23 pm

I would strongly recommend that u increase ur stay for at least 3 weeks.

ur wife will feel terrible with just a weeks visit......

im a woman and i know how it feels....my hubby did the same....but i dont blame him either...

i just feel sooo depressed...... :( :( :( :( :(

D_W

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Post by S4INT » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:37 pm

Unfortunatly the work i do i can only get 1 week off but a week off is worth so much as i've not seen her for 4 months now.

I totally understand your depression - the Visa people are keep all off us misinformed and each contradicts the other - i spoken to Abu dhabi, Islamabad and countless emails but none have replied of given certain answers. I was told to call back today and when i call gerry there phone line is now working - no matter how many times i press '1' for english.

i wanted to bring her back with me but i still not given up hope...as they say hope is a dangerous thing it can drive a man insane....but hope can also set him free

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Post by shjeelahmed » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:59 pm

I applied on 15th June, got no response. I actually asked for an appointment Beginning of May? They gave me an appointment 6 weeks later.

And now here I am 10th August with no news, nothing.

Checked the website as I was entering ISL-XXXXX-XXXX, But you need to replace"-" with "/"
so just tried ISL/XXXXXX/XXXXXX/X and it worked!

its telling me application forwarded to OC on, and doesnt give me the date. Very clever, as now I dont know when the date was, so I just sit here wondering, I think they like to keep people misinformed so they run around like idiots, and dont hassle or chase them for feedback. They like tp process things when they feel like it.

Well, keep waiting,

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Post by RM786 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:44 am

hi D_W and S4INT.


Your posting twice by doing copy and paste. Im sorry to say but that takes up server space. so just try to keep your post in one place as they are exactly the same anyway.

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Post by desperate_wife » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:42 am

RM786...plz answer the below question sincerely....

why on earth would u care about server space??.....once ur wife gets her visa...then thats it ... ur off to the moon! :evil:

so plz let people post as they wish.... :x

besides...what u have said is controlled and regulated by the moderators.



D_W

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Post by S4INT » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:01 am

hI shjeelahmed

You are in the same position as all off us - When i spoke to Gerry on Friday they stated all June and July are currently delayed - but that all the information they provided nothing else.

Just have to play the waiting game and see how long they will take - its so annoying when they don't even bother replying to emails.

As far as the comment from RM786 - point taken about duplicate posting - i agree with you
:wink:

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Post by RM786 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:30 am

Hi D_W,

I appologise that my previous post offended you. I just thought that if i mention it you guys can post in one place. I mean in a way theres no point of posting twice is there?

To be honest D_W I think alsmost everyone on this forum comes here because there in a situtation where they can do with some help. right?? So you cant blame people if they leave after getting what they needed. Do you expect people to never leave?? it would be great if they can guide people through their own experiance after they have achieved what they needed.

As far as me leaving after my wifes visa is done, how can you possibly make that assumption? Maybe i will leave or maybe i wont, but i damn well try to help others in a similar situation while im here.

How do i know that your not going to leave. Also your visa is taking so long thats why your still here maybe if your visa had been issued you would have gone long time ago? So please D_W dont judge people in that way because they can turn around and say exactly the same about you!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

I shouldnt have posted the previous and if i knew it was going to offend you that much maybe i woulndt have. So lets just resume as normal.

Thanks.

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Post by desperate_wife » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:59 am

:) PEACE :)

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Post by RM786 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:46 pm

By the way D_W you gave your biometrics a long time ago?? isnt the time limit up for them to give you a reply?? Honestly its appauling to see how long they make people wait. Most of the cases are people who meet all the requirements by far but have to go through this because the ECO's have this zero tolerance thing.

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I am new and not sure. I have similar problems as you guys.

Post by t_a786 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:36 pm

My hubby applied on 28th April and had no reply.

He is in Karachi Waiting ...

Don't know how long .........

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Post by shjeelahmed » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:18 pm

Does anyone know what forward to OC means?

and how long it usually takes to wait after appliccation forward to oc, untill the paperwork is ready? anyone here been through this.

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Post by desperate_wife » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:53 am

RM786

My visa application got first submitted on 9th MArch. Then the idiots called me again after 2 months to have my biometrics done again since they turned out to be wrong!....bloody idiots....all their fault! So the application got resubmitted on 5th May. More than 60 working days have now passed....90 working days will pass around mid Sep....and the absoulte final 120 working days will pass near end of Oct. The wait goes on. ... :(

One more this ... this is a general guidline to all. Please stop using the decimal number notaion to represent Allah's name...thats is "786". It has no meaning and is down right ridiculous. There is no Quranic ayat ot Hadeeth relating to it. You want to show ur closeness to the one true GOD...then just type His name out....Allah...or RMALLAH or t_aALLAH :) ..... COMMON SENSE is what Allah has given us all but we all use it very little.

So now t_a786 or t_aALLAH....hello i also applied from Karachi as described above. Were u called for ur biometrics again? When I went to do my Bio-MEtrics again ... the idiots told me that around 300 applicants were called in again to do it.........the wait goes on! :cry:

PEACE!

D_W

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No my hubby was not called again.

Post by t_a786 » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:57 pm

desperate_wife wrote:RM786

My visa application got first submitted on 9th MArch. Then the idiots called me again after 2 months to have my biometrics done again since they turned out to be wrong!....bloody idiots....all their fault! So the application got resubmitted on 5th May. More than 60 working days have now passed....90 working days will pass around mid Sep....and the absoulte final 120 working days will pass near end of Oct. The wait goes on. ... :(

One more this ... this is a general guidline to all. Please stop using the decimal number notaion to represent Allah's name...thats is "786". It has no meaning and is down right ridiculous. There is no Quranic ayat ot Hadeeth relating to it. You want to show ur closeness to the one true GOD...then just type His name out....Allah...or RMALLAH or t_aALLAH :) ..... COMMON SENSE is what Allah has given us all but we all use it very little.

So now t_a786 or t_aALLAH....hello i also applied from Karachi as described above. Were u called for ur biometrics again? When I went to do my Bio-MEtrics again ... the idiots told me that around 300 applicants were called in again to do it.........the wait goes on! :cry:

PEACE!

D_W
No My hubby was not called in again. Does any one knows what OC means? It has not changed for over a week. Does it take it that long.

Why is it happening to us?

I want it to be over.

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Post by RM786 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:06 am

Hi t_a786

OC mean overseas consulate. For example in your case its a spouse visa so its been forwarded to london "overseas consulate" to get processed. Now when they have made their decision and it returns to the visa application centre the status will change to, passport ready for collection.


Hope this answers your question.

Thanks
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Post by desperate_wife » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:24 am

hello t_a786 or t_aALLAH...

please wait until early NOV ....since by then the 6months will lapse from 28th April...and by that time 24 weeks or 120 working days will pass....hopefully ur hubby will receive a reply by then...

im also expecting a reply by 30th Oct when my 24 weeks will be over from 5th May...or 120 working days.....this excludes any national or public holiday in UK and PK.

please have patience.......im desperate wife desperate from my husband...and im also going through the waiting game......

PEACE!

D_W

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Post by RM786 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:30 am

Hi D_W,

I think everyones got the message about you being desperate for your husband LOLZ :D

No offence btw jus havin a laugh.

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Post by desperate_wife » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:31 am

then desperate I shall remain until i meet my hubby.....im still a 'cherry' for GOD sake.........

Im desperate_wife....desperate for my hubby..........this waiting game is driving me mad!

above all the reason why im so stressed out and angry is these hidious stupid people made the mistake got my fingerprints wrong and once re-done again my application went right down to the bottom of the que!.....Also what gets me very very annoyed is the currpotion and beaurecracy under the hidious clean british government face.......... :x :x :x :x what im trying to say is that WHY does not the UKBA put a hold on how many applications should be submitted each month.??.....if they did then they would use their existing human resources more efficiently.....and the visas would be processed on around the time line they provide and we would not get such non-sense statements from them that "bottle knecks backlogs etc".......its a money profit making tactic....let the cash keep comming in and do not increase human resources....thats why they did not put on hold how many applications should be comming in every month.........the result is that they are now overloaded and i dont see any chance at least until Dec 09.................

if they reject my visa........i will EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!

Im desperate_wife desperate for my husband..........and UKBA will not like it when i get mad.........otherwise i will turn in to the "INCREDIBLE HULK Female" :x :x :x


PEACE!

D_W

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