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What date did your ancestry visa expire?I applied for a spouse visa as my ancestral visa expired while I was unwell and could only afford the spouse visa due to increase in the health surcharge.
If your last visa expired before you submitted an online application, it is an out of time one and not 'straightforward'.As I had an employer waiting to hire me, I used the 24 hour 'Super Priority' service - what an absolute shambolic joke!
Date of application is the date you submit and pay online not your appointment date.Firstly I made the application and paid all fees on the 16th Jan, I then could not get an appointment at the local UKVCAS so had to travel over an hour to the first available appointment on the 29th Jan (13 days later).
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CR001 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:13 pmNote that the call centre is outsourced to a third party and they very often give incorrect advice and take no responsibility for it.
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By applying for a visa more than 14 days after the last visa expired you are an overstayer and this complicates your application and you should have applied on FLR(FP) 10 year partner route with evidence of exceptional compelling circumstances. Certain routes of family visas could still use the same day decision service, which might have been better for you as you would have been face to face with a caseworker.
Unclear what form you used as you have not answered my question above, but assume you used the FLR(M) form.
As you have made an application out of time and are an overstayer, your application is not straightforward and likely will be decided on the 10 year partner route on FLR(FP) and these applications are known to take many months, often over a year, for applicants that have no legal stay in the UK.WeymouthKiwi wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:59 amHi,
In answer to your question, I can not remember the form number but I applied for a Spousal Visa on the Family Route (this is what HO keep reffering to).
When I have looked online and spoken to a couple different department of the Home Office, they all say the same thing - their Service Standard for processing is 8 weeks!
Completely agree.CR001 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:22 amAs you have made an application out of time and are an overstayer, your application is not straightforward and likely will be decided on the 10 year partner route on FLR(FP) and these applications are known to take many months, often over a year, for applicants that have no legal stay in the UK.WeymouthKiwi wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:59 amHi,
In answer to your question, I can not remember the form number but I applied for a Spousal Visa on the Family Route (this is what HO keep reffering to).
When I have looked online and spoken to a couple different department of the Home Office, they all say the same thing - their Service Standard for processing is 8 weeks!
It would have probably been simpler and easier had you returned to your home country and applied for a spouse visa entry clearance under Appendix FM.