I can barely believe this! Those who applied in Mirpur in December are about to get responses and yet my wife applied in Karachi in October and STILL there is no response at all. I've escalated this for application for a second time last week on Thursday and I haven't received any response to that ...

Wondered if anyone knows a definitive answer to this.

If you're the spouse of British Citizen and you have a settlement visa in your Pakistani passport, are you allowed to travel freely in the EU just like any other British Citizen, or do you need to apply for a Schengen visa?

I can barely believe this! Those who applied in Mirpur in December are about to get responses and yet my wife applied in Karachi in October and STILL there is no response at all. I've escalated this for application for a second time last week on Thursday and I haven't received any response to that ...

Congratulations !!! Can I just ask a quickie so once you submitted the application online how long after did you have the appointment does it matter? It doesn't matter as they use your ONLINE application date for the purpose of analysing your financial documents. We submitted 2 weeks later and had ...

Hey guys my visa been refused today really upsetting as i didnt send the bank statement for my dads acc showing money going into mine as a gift ... Im looking to appeal and would really really appreciate it if someone can tell me what the process is and on average how long it will take ... Thnks x ...

On this whole 2 email thing. My wife got an email today that the BHC in Islamabad had processed and it was being sent to the centre. Is this the first email people are talking about? You should get one that mentions "processed" and one that says "concluded' (with a Ref No.) if your visa has been gr...

It's so nice to see the visas coming in now and that silent readers of this forum are now starting to take part. I would encourage anyone who is reading this post who is a silent reader to please register and share your thoughts, comments, queries, criticisms. Even if you're on here to have a small...

We provided a letter from the solicitor stating that my sponsor is the owner of the property and then we provided an official title plan from the land registry. According to the ECO this evidence is not enough. Now you see since my solicitor was an idiot he didn't put in the proper documentation fo...

Shreen wrote:@akhan48


Congratulations ))) may allah give a happy married life ahead inshallah well done

Thank you! Best of luck with your application!

Thanks akhan48 I want to know if you took help from a solicitor for your visa application. I'll just go to that firm for my visa application. Because clearly the reasons for my refusal are because of my solicitor's stupidity. Yes I did use a solicitor to submit my application. But to be honest it's...

Wife got a text to go collect her documents today... Alhumdulilah it was good news! :D If anyone needs specific help with their applications, feel free to message me, I will do my best to help. In general there seems to be some confusion about the 28-day ruling. I can confirm from our application th...

@fullahs Did you guys hear anything from your VAC? I see all of you lot have received two emails. Whereas I have only received one email. I have not received the second email stating the conclusion ref number. I am scared now. :cry: Hey don't worry, just pray. It has been known for people to get ju...

Finally another Karachi applicant! You're only the third person on this forum who has applied from Karachi. The other two are my wife and akhan48. We both gave our applications in October. So far on this forum, the 2 email theory seems to ring true but honestly, you never know. Just wait for the ph...

hope786 wrote:Salaam, I wanted to ask after how long do you get a reply after requesting them to escalate?

Thank you

When I escalated our case, we first got an email to say it's been forwarded to relevant department, and then next day we got a response to say online verification had been completed.

Finally another Karachi applicant! You're only the third person on this forum who has applied from Karachi. The other two are my wife and akhan48. We both gave our applications in October. So far on this forum, the 2 email theory seems to ring true but honestly, you never know. Just wait for the ph...

Hi guys, I received email today after asking for status of application, I got a response saying application has been processed and a decision has been made. However it will take some time for documents to arrive to visa centre. Applied: 27-10-2014 Escalated 23-12-14 No response. Status update reque...

Salaam guys I have just read this , my husbands December payslip is different to what actually had been paid in i think its an error obviously. What i wanted to ask was can't he just get a new wage slips that matches whats been paid in the bank its a slight small difference on the wage slip it says...

@Optimus Prime

What was the outcome of your escalation on the 2nd January?

Hi Shreen, My wife is still waiting for her visa to come through. We applied on 24th October in Karachi, it has been just over 13 weeks now so we're hoping that week 14 is the lucky number! I don't know if there is anybody on this forum who applied in Karachi in October apart from my wife? We did, ...

I can tell you what happened from my experience. I applied under Category A, so it may not be the same for you. My employment letter stated my gross annual salary (one figure). However, in the last 12 months, like yourself, I earned more than my annual salary due to bonuses, overtime, etc, it can ha...

Hey I was reading all the comments regarding the differences on a payslip and how much gets paid into the account and I double checked mine. In October I got paid about £20 less because I was off sick .. But my manages hand write it on the payslip '-10 hours' but still my payslip says a different a...

hope786 wrote: Salaam, where do you find the visa application centre reference number?

we applied at Lahore.

Thanks

I couldn't find it, so I left it blank and still got a response.

Hi, My employment letter states that my annual income is "approximately" £23600. To your knowledge, would that be an issue? Thanks... If you are salaried, then the amount should be an exact number, it can't be approximate. I wouldn't be comfortable if my employer gave me a letter stating anything "...

@sohopeful I have noticed in my employment contract it states the salary I should get paid would be £31500 up to £36300 a year.So i'm assuming this would be enough and I would not need need another employment contract.I will ask HR to see if they can make me a new updated contract. Where I work, th...

Hey I was reading all the comments regarding the differences on a payslip and how much gets paid into the account and I double checked mine. In October I got paid about £20 less because I was off sick .. But my manages hand write it on the payslip '-10 hours' but still my payslip says a different a...