indian passport office usually issue police clearance certificate if you ask for one..thts thr one called pcc.

hi, my wife just got settlement visa from india and she is flying out on friday next week, does people at airport ask for pcc from india or not?? any help will be much appreciated. thanks.

congrats aishpe, I am glad you didn't have to wait as long as me... very happy for you too..

finally after 74 working days they issued my wife's visa, and ihave got tht good news to share with you all. thanks to all modrators, members for your help in the process...

i dont want to disappoint you, but i have applied on 19th nov, and have not heard anything yet, its 72 days passed, i never know of anyone took so long, very sad, and i m so depressed now.. its just beyond my hands also due to work commitment i even cant go over to see my wife. this system is just r...

could anyone advice me what should I be doing now as I still have not heard anything from BHC, and I am really worried, as all they are saying on the phone that the application is going through internal enquiries once that completed you will hear something, and I am not getting any reply from emails...

i m still waiting its been 63 working days today. we rang today and same answer been told to wait longer.. not good enough.

has anyone got direct no for BHC MUMBAI, as 60 days up tomorrow.thanks for your help.

I am still waiting and finished 57 working days already, I am just so fed up now, emailed last night and received quick reply just asking me to be patient... Is there any direct contact to BHC or do we have to go through VFS. They are absolutely useless..

Thanks Greenie, for explaining it properly. I am never good explaining...

@HPatel, I will let people know as soon as my wife receives the reply, hopefully soon.. As I previously mentioned she got only 2.0 in reading..

Hi, Huzaifa, When we applied in Nov, the list was showing 4.0 across the board, so I asked through whatdotheyknow, so one of the ukba official replied with confirmation that they only require listening and speaking above 4.0 for spouse visa. see the link I provided in previous post. and they clearly...

Hi, I have requested FOI request through whatdotheyknow for IELTS requirement, as I was worried as well for my wife's results. and they confirmed that they don't care what your results for writing and reading.. as long as speaking and listening 4.0 thats fine. look at the following link, as thats wh...

Thanks Sujan for update. I can really feel what you are going through, keeping my fingers crossed for you. hopefully you will hear good news very soon....

Hi, Techstar, could you tell us what she got in speaking?? because when I asked the info from them, for settlement they only look at two scores speaking and listening, and it has to be 4 or more. Hope that helps..

we applied from AHMEDABAD on 19th nov, so will probably hear some news in february.. My wife got the english classes in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and gone through IELTS exam.. Where about are you thinking of applying from??

hi, Sujan, have you had any reply from BHC for your appeal with in 20 working days??

I have applied for my wife's visa as well in Nov and really getting worried and stressed about it.

I hope you get ur appeal accepted very soon.. Please keep us updated..

Hi, could you tell us that which VFS office did you apply from?? I am really worried of our visa application as we never submitted Audited accounts too.

something definitely need to be done to get all these ECOs to be educated, as they are making our life really hard..

Kuya, as you have been working for the same company past 7 years, you should have selected under catagory A and only needed to provide past 6 months info. Was the lowest income in the past 6 months of wage slips you provided?? Or before that?? If it was before that then you got chance to appeal, oth...

hi, harv, i think you got a bit of misunderstanding there. In form, you even got two catagories under employed job as well. With catagory A you use if you have been working for more than past six months and if not then use catagory B, So in that one you also mention about your previous job as curren...

thanks Jalebi, and congrats for your visa success..

finally, we managed to apply on 19/11 from VFS AHMD, so now the another 12 weeks waiting game started for me. I would like to thank everyone for help in my queries and special thanks to harv for the letters too. keep you updated with the process. on vfs tracking all it says your visa app has been fo...

Hi, I have requested FOI request through whatdotheyknow for IELTS requirement, as I was worried as well for my wife's results. and they confirmed that they don't care what your results for writing and reading.. as long as speaking and listening 4.0 thats fine. look at the following link, as thats wh...

has anyone managed to get their visa successfully after the 9th july rules change application. I am just about to submit application in middle of nov once we got the results for IELTS for my wife.. So I thought the other people can share their experience., and i can get some ideas what to expect like.

Hi, Harv, thanks for your help, would you mind having a quick look if you got couple of minutes, I made letter from father, does it look ok?? Address To. Entry Clearance Officer, British High Commission India Date: 10th Nov 2012 Dear Sir/Madam, I,NAME, father of the applicant, would like to confirm ...

does any one know, all the applications from any locations in India being forwarded to Delhi and there they will make the decision?/ hope to hear from someone soon, thanks.