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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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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by manilasani » Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:39 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General with 2 dependents (spouse and kid)
2. Country of application - Pakistan
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Islamabad
4. Date of online application - 17 Sep 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 20 Sep 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 21 Sep 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Not yet received
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Not yet known
9. Date passport received - Not yet received

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by manilasani » Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:17 pm

manilasani wrote:
Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:39 am
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General with 2 dependents (spouse and kid)
2. Country of application - Pakistan
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Islamabad
4. Date of online application - 17 Sep 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 20 Sep 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 21 Sep 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Not yet received
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Not yet known
9. Date passport received - Not yet received
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 15 Oct 2018
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - One and half year
9. SMS recieved stating visa application is processed - 1 Oct 2018
10. Call received regarding passport collection - 1 Oct 2018
11. Date passport received - 2 Oct 2018

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Good luck to one and all! Our standard visa application is processed merely in 10 days (including four holidays)!

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by vt59 » Fri Oct 05, 2018 5:52 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General (Priority)
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - New Delhi
4. Date of online application - 25 Sep 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 26 Sep 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 27 Sep 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 1st Oct 2018
8. Duration for Entry Clearance -5 Years
9. Date passport received - 05 Oct 2018

I would like to share that VFS didn't send any email (or may be they were sending to a wrong email address)
I just walked up to the center and got the passport.My mistake was that I didnt take SMS Service. Would recommend taking that to avoid such scenarios.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by miss_chaos » Mon Oct 08, 2018 9:01 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General (Priority), 5 years
2. Country of application - Singapore
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Singapore
4. Date of online application - 5 October 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 8 October 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 8 October 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - pending
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - pending
9. Date passport received - pending

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by bebebeck » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:01 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General (normal processing time)
2. Country of application : Indonesia
3. City of Visa Application Center : Jakarta
4. Date of application : 13 Sep 2018
5. Date of submission of documents : 19 September 2018
6. Email received for consideration by ECO : 25 September 2018
7. Email received for passport ready for collection : 8 October 2018
8. Date passport collected : 9 October 2018
9. Date Entry Clearance valid from : 25 October 2018
10. Duration for entry clearance : 30 days

The visa was already approved 2 October 2018, as was stated in the accompanying approval letter. I would like to share that the Jakarta VFS at the time of my application scanned all the required documents and forms. However only the copies were scanned ( they didn't even bother to see the originals). They did this without me buying this service. Good luck to everyone applying.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by goingtoUK3501 » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:38 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General
2. Country of application - Turkey
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Ankara
4. Date of online application - 14 Sep 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 19 Sep 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 25 Sep 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 9 Oct 2018
8. Duration for Entry Clearance -1 Month
9. Date passport received - 16 Oct 2018

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by bandu123 » Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:30 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - ICT Dependent visa for spouse and Child
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS Hyd
4. Date of application - 19 Sep 2018
5. Date of submission of documents biometrics (if different from 3 above). - 24th Sep 2018
(Received SMS on 24th Sep 2018 stating Visa Application Forwarded to UKVI)
(Received Email from UK Decision Making Centre on 28th Sep 2018 stating - "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer").
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- waiting
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- waiting
8. Date passport received -- waiting for Spouse Visa(Child visa received on 8th Oct)

Not Sure where spouse application has got stuck. Its been 15 working days now but didn't receive any communication post 28th Sep. Hence sent mail to UKVI, but got response - "Your application is being considered and is currently awaiting a decision" :cry:

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by kiranair22sep » Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:12 am

1. Category applying under - tier 2 general dependent
2. Country of application-India
3. City of Visa Application Centre-Mumbai North
4. Date of application-12-October-2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above)-16-October-2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from- Not known
7. Duration for Entry Clearance-Not known
8. Date passport received - Not known
Don't know if such delays are usual in priority applicatiins.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Rajrathod05 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:53 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 ICT Priority
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Mumbai North
4. Date of online application - 11 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 12 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 15 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Not yet received
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Not yet known
9. Date passport received - Not yet received

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by kiranair22sep » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:50 am

kiranair22sep wrote:
Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:12 am
1. Category applying under - tier 2 general dependent
2. Country of application-India
3. City of Visa Application Centre-Mumbai North
4. Date of application-12-October-2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above)-16-October-2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from- Not known
7. Duration for Entry Clearance-Not known
8. Date passport received - Not known
Don't know if such delays are usual in priority applications.
Called UKVI customer service, They informed decision was made on 18th Oct but no nws of passport yet

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Rajrathod05 » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:33 am

Rajrathod05 wrote:
Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:53 am
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 ICT Priority
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Mumbai North
4. Date of online application - 11 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 12 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 15 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Not yet received
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Not yet known
9. Date passport received - Not yet received
Called up Visa and Immigration to check the status and the decision was made on 17th October 2018.
Passport not yet received

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Antay876 » Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:28 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General, Standard
2. Country of application - Jamaica
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Kingston
4. Date of online application - 2 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 3 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 8 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 24 Oct 2018
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - 1 month
9. Date passport received - 22 Oct 2018

Decision letter is dated 16 Oct 2018. Passport was delivered to the application centre on 19 Oct 2018. Email notification for pickup was sent on 21 October (Sunday). Therefore, processing took 12 business days, including one holiday.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by sfatima22 » Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:02 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General, Priority Service
2. Country of application - Bangladesh
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Dhaka
4. Date of online application - 23 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 25 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - Pending
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Pending
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Pending
9. Date passport received - Pending

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by yuinuk2016 » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:20 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General, Standard
2. Country of application - Hong Kong
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Hong Kong
4. Date of online application - 8 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 12 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 16 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 29 Oct 2018
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - 1 month
9. Date passport received - 25 Oct 2018

Got an email on 24 Oct that the passport is ready for collection. So the decision was made in 12 days including weekend.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by CR001 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:58 am

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by ijd » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:46 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General, Priority
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Chennai
4. Date of online application - 28 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 29 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 29 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Awaiting
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Awaiting
9. Date passport received - Awaiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by UKTier2June2018 » Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:45 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General, Priority
2. Country of application - Ireland
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Dublin
4. Date of online application - 19 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 22 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 22 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Not yet received
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Not yet known
9. Date passport received - Not yet received

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by sfatima22 » Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:09 pm

sfatima22 wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:02 am
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General, Priority Service
2. Country of application - Bangladesh
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Dhaka
4. Date of online application - 23 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 25 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - Pending
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Pending
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Pending
9. Date passport received - Pending
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 25th Oct
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 30th October
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - 1 month
9. Date passport received - 1st November

Good luck to everyone! :)

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by DebSB » Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:54 am

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General, standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Bangalore
4. Date of application - 25 Oct2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 30 Oct2018
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : 05 Nov2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from -
8. Duration for Entry Clearance -
9. Date passport received -

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Shewaytank » Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:51 pm

Category applying under - Tier 2 General, standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Pune
4. Date of application - 18 Oct2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 31 Oct2018
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : 06 Nov2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from -
8. Duration for Entry Clearance -
9. Date passport received -

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by UKTier2June2018 » Thu Nov 08, 2018 10:56 pm

UKTier2June2018 wrote:
Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:45 pm
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General, Priority
2. Country of application - Ireland
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Dublin
4. Date of online application - 19 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 22 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 22 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Not yet received
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Not yet known
9. Date passport received - Not yet received
finally managed to collect my passport today after such a long wait - paid for priority service but got a 'standard' wait - yay

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Shewaytank » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:38 pm

Shewaytank wrote:
Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:51 pm
Category applying under - Tier 2 General, standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Pune
4. Date of application - 18 Oct2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 31 Oct2018
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : 06 Nov2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from -
8. Got SMS of application processed - 9 Nov.
8. Duration for Entry Clearance -
9. Date passport received -

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Shewaytank » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:53 am

[quote=Shewaytank post_id=1701518 time=1541692299 user_id=205797]
Category applying under - Tier 2 General, standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Pune
4. Date of application - 18 Oct2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 31 Oct2018
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : 06 Nov2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 7th Jan
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - 1 month
9. Date passport received - 12 Nov
Thanks and all the best guys... I got my Visa...

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Johnnydep » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:21 am

Category applying under - Tier 2 General, standard
2. Country of application - Hong Kong
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Hong Kong
4. Date of application - 13 Oct2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 12 Nov 2018
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : -
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from -
8. Got SMS of application processed -
8. Duration for Entry Clearance -
9. Date passport received -

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by ijd » Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:38 am

ijd wrote:
Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:46 pm
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General, Priority
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Chennai
4. Date of online application - 28 Oct 2018
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics - 29 Oct 2018
6. Date of email confirming application received at Decision Making Centre stating application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer - 29 Oct 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 24 Nov 2018
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - 1 month
9. Date passport received - 07 Nov 2018

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