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Re: Spouse Visa Applications - PAKISTAN TIMELINES ONLY

Post by asifazohaib » Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:29 pm

asifazohaib wrote:
Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:13 pm
asifazohaib wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 1:34 pm
Application submitted online: 15th march 2019
biometrics sumbitted lahore: 26th march 2019
documents sent to sheffield: 3rd april 2019
documents scanned recieved back: 18th april 2019

sponser contacted: no
employer contacted: no


waiting please pray for me in the 11th week now no reply i hope all of you get your visa inshAllah
Emailed home office for escalation 7th june
Recieved email 9th june
saying

With regards to your enquiry about the status of your application, I can confirm that your application is being considered and is currently awaiting a decision.

still waiting its has been 62 working days from application date.

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Post by CR001 » Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:59 am

@ user 'User123k' : PLEASE respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts or discussions or chit chat have been and will continue to be removed.
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Post by Madwik » Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:03 pm

Application Category: Settlement Wife
Priority level: Non-Priority (Standard)
Location: Lahore
Application submitted: 03/04/19
Biometrics enrolled: 08/04/2019
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield on : 16/04/2019
Supporting documents received in Sheffield on : 17/04/2019
Supporting documents received back from Sheffield on: 25/04/19
ECO Consideration Email : 22/05/19
Sponsor contacted by UKVI: N/A
Employer Contacted by UKVI: N/A
Contacted for Collection:
Collection made:

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Re: Spouse Visa Applications - PAKISTAN TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Parv2018 » Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:07 pm

Parv2018 wrote:
Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:36 pm
Hi

Priority visa for my husband

Application submitted online: 28/05/2019
Documents submitted via Vfs smethwick 31/05/2019
Please note I waited at 8am outside the Visa Application Centre in which I was seen to straight away and documents were uploaded with in an hour. I paid £75 for this service.
Biometric submitted Lahore: 03/06/2019
Husband was offered a date for the 13th of June but as he didn’t want to wait he went and asked lahore Centre to change his appointment. They say walk in but really it’s not a walk in option.

Sponsor contact: not yet
Employer contact: not yet

I will keep you updated with any more development

I wish everyone good luck 🥰
10/6/2019 received email after 5 working days
Thank you for your online application which has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre. Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer.

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Post by asifazohaib » Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:45 pm

asifazohaib wrote:
Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:29 pm
asifazohaib wrote:
Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:13 pm
asifazohaib wrote:
Wed May 29, 2019 1:34 pm
Application submitted online: 15th march 2019
biometrics sumbitted lahore: 26th march 2019
documents sent to sheffield: 3rd april 2019
documents scanned recieved back: 18th april 2019

sponser contacted: no
employer contacted: no


waiting please pray for me in the 11th week now no reply i hope all of you get your visa inshAllah
Emailed home office for escalation 7th june
Recieved email 9th june
saying

With regards to your enquiry about the status of your application, I can confirm that your application is being considered and is currently awaiting a decision.

still waiting its has been 62 working days from application date.
Recieved email 14th june: Case is not straightforward and they cannot decide within the customer service targets.

Decided to wait and contact my local MP

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Re: Spouse Visa Applications - PAKISTAN TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Miyash » Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:38 pm

Miyash wrote:
Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:55 pm
Online application Spouse visa and daughter visa: 04/01/2018
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at Mirpur A.K: 10/01/2018
Non Priority
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield on : 18/01/2018
Supporting documents received back from Sheffield on : 10/02/2018
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): Not yet

Contacted with 'decision made' :
Contacted for Collection :
Collection made :
Decision of Application :
plz pray.....
Final update .visa granted and reached UK on 14 june2019 after one year five months finally successfull.Alhamdulilah.

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Post by asadkashmir456 » Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:52 am

Final Update!!

Spouse Settlement Visa - Non-priority
Online application submitted - 14/03/19
Biometric appointment (Islamabad, Pakistan) - 28/03/19 (recieved text about biometrics and passport being forwarded to UKVI)
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield - 29/03/19
Supporting documents received in Sheffield - 01/04/19
Supporting documents received back from Sheffield - 08/04/19
ECO Email - 16/05/19
Text and Email for collection: 18/6/19
Collection made: 19/6/19

Visa Granted Alhumdulliah!!!

Total working days from biometric appointment - 56 days

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Re: Spouse Visa Applications - PAKISTAN TIMELINES ONLY

Post by Casa » Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:27 pm

CR001 wrote:
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:15 am
Can members PLEASE respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts or discussions or chit chat have been and will continue to be removed.
(Casa, not CR001)
Please don't send me PMs asking for immigration advice on posts that are on the open forum. If I haven't responded there, it's because I don't have the answer. I'm a moderator, not a legal professional.

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Post by billalahmed » Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:36 am

Spouse Settlement Visa - Non-priority
Online application submitted - 31/03/19
Biometric appointment - Lahore - 04/04/19
Supporting documents scanned (Birmingham) - 16/04/19
ECO Email - 21/05/19
Call to sponsor - No
Text for collection: 21/6/19
Collection made: 21/6/19

Decision of Application: Alhamdulillah Granted

Total Working days from biometric - 52days

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Post by Madwik » Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:01 pm

FINAL UPDATE

Application Category: Settlement Wife
Priority level: Non-Priority (Standard)
Location: Lahore
Application submitted: 03/04/19
Biometrics enrolled: 08/04/2019
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield on : 16/04/2019
Supporting documents received in Sheffield on : 17/04/2019
Supporting documents received back from Sheffield on: 25/04/19
ECO Consideration Email : 22/05/19
Sponsor contacted by UKVI: N/A
Employer Contacted by UKVI: N/A
Contacted for Collection: Email and Text received on 24-6-2019.
Collection made: 29/06/2019

VISA GRANTED ...ALHAMDULILLAH /
Best of luck everyone, who are waiting!!!!

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Post by Haj2010 » Wed Jun 26, 2019 5:32 am

Haj2010 wrote:
Sun May 26, 2019 10:23 am
Haj2010 wrote:
Sat Apr 27, 2019 2:32 pm
Settlement Spouse Visa: Non Priority (husband)
Online Application Submitted: 26 March 2019
Biometrics Submitted at Islamabad: 8 April 2019
Documents scanned at VFS Global London: 16 April 2019
Documents returned: 24 April 2019
Email confirming application: 23 May 2019

Employer contacted: N/A
Sponsor contacted: N/A
Email received for passport collection: 24th June 2019
Call From VFS: N/A
Passport collected: N/A
Going to collect the passport today, please remember us in your Dua will update after collection Insha Allah

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Post by sabs2019 » Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:11 am

Application Category: Settlement husband
Priority level: Non-Priority (Standard)
Location: Lahore
Application submitted: 18/03/19
Biometrics enrolled: 25/03/2019
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield on : 16/04/2019
Supporting documents received in Sheffield on :
Supporting documents received back from Sheffield on:
ECO Consideration Email : 16/05/19
Case not straightforward Email: 07/06/19
Sponsor and applicant contacted for interview: 10/06/19
interview via video conference for applicant and audio for sponsor at same time: 12/06/19
Contacted for Collection: waiting
Collection made:
Please make Dua we get the Visa soon in sha ALLAH

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Post by balixonline » Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:24 am

Application submitted: 08 April 2019 (Non-priority)
biometrics enrolled on and at 11 April 2019, Karachi, Pakistan
Supporting documents submitted to VFS (London) for scanning on 18 April 2019
Supporting documents collected from VFS (London) on 25 April 2019
Confirmation email: 28/05/2019 - Thank you for your online application which has been received at the UK decision making centre etc etc etc.
Email requesting certificate of confirmation from IFA accountant: 24 June 2019
Document sent via email: 25 June 2019 (evening)

and now waiting


Still waiting;
Sponsor contacted by UKVI:
Contacted with 'decision made' :
Contacted for Collection :
Collection made :
The decision of Application :

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Post by ms614u » Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:57 pm

Application Category: Settlement Wife
Priority level: Priority
Location: Lahore
Application submitted: 29APR2019
Biometrics enrolled: 02MAY2019
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield on : 06MAY2019
Supporting documents received in Sheffield on : 08MAY2019
Supporting documents received back from Sheffield on: 07JUNE2019
Sponsor contacted by UKVI: N/A
Employer Contacted by UKVI: N/A
Contacted for Collection: Email and Text received on 08JUNE2019.
Collection made: 09JUNE2019

VISA GRANTED - ALHAMDULILLAH

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Post by leopard2010 » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:49 am

Application Category: Settlement husband
Priority level: Non-Priority (Standard)
Location: Lahore
Application submitted: 27-3-19
Biometrics enrolled: 08-4-19
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield on : 16/04/2019
Supporting documents received in Sheffield on : 29 april
ECO Consideration Email : 22-5-19
Case not straightforward Email: 26-5-19 :( :(
Contacted for Collection: waiting
Collection made:
Please make Dua we get the Visa soon in sha ALLAH

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Post by Syedme12 » Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:39 pm

Application Category: Settlement (Wife)
Priority level: Non Priority (Standard)
Location: Karachi
Application submitted: 03/04/2019
Biometrics enrolled: 10/04/2019
Supporting documents sent to Sheffield on : 18/04/2019
Supporting documents received in Sheffield on : 23/04/2019
Email received from Sheffield: 29/04/2019
Supporting documents received back from Sheffield on: n/a
Sponsor contacted by UKVI: N/A
Contacted for Collection: 27/06/2019 (email)
Decision of Application: Visa granted

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Post by CR001 » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:51 pm

CR001 wrote:
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:15 am
Can members PLEASE respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts or discussions or chit chat have been and will continue to be removed.
Char (CR001 not Casa)
In life you cannot press the Backspace button!!
Please DO NOT send me a PM for immigration advice. I reserve the right to ignore the PM and not respond.

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Post by Haj2010 » Fri Jun 28, 2019 4:03 pm

Haj2010 wrote:
Wed Jun 26, 2019 5:32 am
Haj2010 wrote:
Sun May 26, 2019 10:23 am
Haj2010 wrote:
Sat Apr 27, 2019 2:32 pm
Settlement Spouse Visa: Non Priority (husband)
Online Application Submitted: 26 March 2019
Biometrics Submitted at Islamabad: 8 April 2019
Documents scanned at VFS Global London: 16 April 2019
Documents returned: 24 April 2019
Email confirming application: 23 May 2019

Employer contacted: N/A
Sponsor contacted: N/A
Email received for passport collection: 24th June 2019
Call From VFS: N/A
Passport collected: N/A
Going to collect the passport today, please remember us in your Dua will update after collection Insha Allah
Visa granted alhamdulillah
Valid from 23.06.2019 to 23.07.2019

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Post by King bilal » Sun Jun 30, 2019 8:18 am

Spouse visa: Non priority
Application submitted online: 8 April 2019
Biometric enrolled: 15 April 2019(Mirpur)
Documents sent to sheffled:15 April 2019
Documents received to sheffled:16 April 2019
Documents received back from sheffled:Not yet
Text received from vfs:15 April 2019 stated
"Your application is accepted under ref number GWF( ) Please track your application at https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/pakistan"
Contacted for collection:
Collection made:
Decision:

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Post by balixonline » Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:10 pm

Application submitted: 08 April 2019 (Non-priority)
biometrics enrolled on and at 11 April 2019, Karachi, Pakistan
Supporting documents submitted to VFS (London) for scanning on 18 April 2019
Supporting documents collected from VFS (London) on 25 April 2019
Confirmation email: 28/05/2019 - Thank you for your online application which has been received at the UK decision making centre etc etc etc.
Email requesting certificate of confirmation from IFA accountant: 24 June 2019
Document sent via email: 25 June 2019
Sponsor contacted by UKVI: NO
Update 01/07/2019: I telephoned UKVI and was told that a decision has been made 'sometime' last week. They were unable to say when it was made but I imagine it would have been between Wedesday to Friday.

We paid for the passport to be delivered via courier so now awaiting courier delivery.

Delivery: TBC
Decision: TBC

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Post by ashrizvi » Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:42 pm

ashrizvi wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 3:57 pm
ashrizvi wrote:
Fri May 24, 2019 1:23 pm
Application Category: Settlement Wife
Priority level: Non Priority (Standard)

Location: Islamabad
Biometrics enrolled: 16/04/2019
Supporting documents scanned at VFS Global Islamabad

Contacted for Collection:
Collection made:

Visa Decision:

Just joined this forum.
Seeing everyone's timeline is giving me hope that InshaAllah everything will work out for us too.
Please everyone make dua for us.
Application Category: Settlement Wife
Priority level: Non Priority (Standard)

Location: Islamabad
Biometrics enrolled: 16/04/2019
Supporting documents scanned at VFS Global Islamabad

Email from UK Decision Making Centre that: application has been received for processing and is being prepared for consideration by ECO: 28/05/2019

Contacted for Collection:
Collection made:

Visa Decision:

**** FINAL UPDATE ****

Application Category: Settlement Wife
Priority level: Non Priority (Standard)

Location: Islamabad
Biometrics enrolled: 16/04/2019
Supporting documents scanned at VFS Global Islamabad

Email from UK Decision Making Centre that: application has been received for processing and is being prepared for consideration by ECO: 28/05/2019

Contacted for Collection: 01/07/2019
via text sms ("The processed visa application was rcvd on 01/07/2019") and then via email 2-3 hours later asking to collect the passport. We went to collect the passport after receiving text.

Collection made: 01/07/2019

Visa Decision: Granted. Alhamdolillah.
Vignette Validity: 28/06/2019 to 28/07/2019
Visa validity: 28 Jun 2019 to 28 Mar 2022 - PARTNER STANDARD.

Best of luck everybody.

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Post by CR001 » Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:40 pm

tahirkhan700 wrote:
Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:25 pm
Can members PLEASE respect that this is a TIMELINE THREAD ONLY. Any question posts or discussions or chit chat have been and will continue to be removed.
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Please DO NOT send me a PM for immigration advice. I reserve the right to ignore the PM and not respond.

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Post by King bilal » Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:36 pm

Spouse visa: Non priority
Application submitted online 9April 2019
Biometric enrolled:15Aril 2019(Mirpur)
Documents sent to sheffield:10April2019
Documents received in sheffield: 11April 2019
Documents received back from sheffield: Not yet

Contacted for collection: 2 july 2019(text msg+e mail)
Collection made: Going to collect passport tomorrow
Please make dua for me

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Post by Parv2018 » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:23 pm

Parv2018 wrote:
Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:07 pm
Parv2018 wrote:
Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:36 pm
Hi

Priority visa for my husband

Application submitted online: 28/05/2019
Documents submitted via Vfs smethwick 31/05/2019
Please note I waited at 8am outside the Visa Application Centre in which I was seen to straight away and documents were uploaded with in an hour. I paid £75 for this service.
Biometric submitted Lahore: 03/06/2019
Husband was offered a date for the 13th of June but as he didn’t want to wait he went and asked lahore Centre to change his appointment. They say walk in but really it’s not a walk in option.

Sponsor contact: not yet
Employer contact: not yet

I will keep you updated with any more development

I wish everyone good luck 🥰
10/6/2019 received email after 5 working days
Thank you for your online application which has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre. Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer.
Update
Recieved a email on 26.7.19
application is being considered and is currently awaiting a decision.
23 days today from biometric and counting 🤲🏻

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Post by King bilal » Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:51 pm

[quote="King bilal" post_id=1799011 time=1562092579 user_id=219456]
Spouse visa: Non priority
Application submitted online 9April 2019
Biometric enrolled:15Aril 2019(Mirpur)
Documents sent to sheffield:10April2019
Documents received in sheffield: 11April 2019
Documents received back from sheffield: Not yet

Contacted for collection: 2 july 2019(text msg+e mail)
Collection made: Going to collect passport tomorrow
Please make dua for me
Visa granted ALHAMDULLILA

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