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by buzz_killington » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:40 pm
Paulhino and shani - Thanks a lot guys. Fortunately, I'm not gonna need my passport for another month or so after all. I'll wait for another 15-20 days and then try to request it.
I'm really surprised that it's taking them so long to process these applications. I had no idea that it's so bad. When we did the initial 2 year one it took around 20 days or so. In my naivety I thought as she's 'in the system' now it would take around the same time if not less. I knew about the premium service but we just thought why pay extra £200 if they do it fairly quickly anyway.
Now that I've gone through your posts on this forum I don't feel comfortable at all. Fair enough, I can request my passport but what about my wife? A month or so is acceptable as far as I'm concerned but what if it's gonna take them 3 months or 6 months as some of the posts here suggest.
What are they trying to achieve? Are they expecting us to withdraw the application and for her to leave the UK? is this what it is? Well if they're trying to discourage people from marrying foreigners they should be doing it at the beginning of this process and not after two people has lived together for two years.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the post. I just feel really angry about the whole thing. I just can't understand how they can justify those sort of time frames like 14 weeks, 6 months. Given the fact that apparently it takes them around 2 hours or so to do it on the same day if you pay extra £200, how come there such a difference in processing times.
Well, we applied in November and I'm not gonna wait for 14 weeks before I go back to them. You place travel restriction on criminals but not on law abiding people. If we don't get back the paperwork before the end of December comes January I will be complaining and raising this issue with the local MP, MEP etc.
