Applied on 17 Dec from India

Dear Seniors,

I Applied for Tier 1 General from India on 17 Dec 2010.

At the VFS center i was told that as the December 2010 limit is full,my application will be processed in January 2011.

I got the Status message from VFS that my visa application,reference no XYZ has been despatched to the British High Commission on 17/12/2010 for processing.

Will my Visa Application be considered in January 2011?

I am very worried as there is news that tier 1 will be closing in December 2010 as the cap is reached.


Where do my application stand?

rishita wrote:Dear Seniors,

I Applied for Tier 1 General from India on 17 Dec 2010.

At the VFS center i was told that as the December 2010 limit is full,my application will be processed in January 2011.

I got the Status message from VFS that my visa application,reference no XYZ has been despatched to the British High Commission on 17/12/2010 for processing.

Will my Visa Application be considered in January 2011?

I am very worried as there is news that tier 1 will be closing in December 2010 as the cap is reached.


Where do my application stand?

We didnt hear any such news that Tier 1 will be closed in DEC 2010.What is your source of information?

alipa wrote:We didnt hear any such news that Tier 1 will be closed in DEC 2010.What is your source of information?

Please check here http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... 982#440982

Hi rishita


Best of Luck..

rishita wrote:Dear Seniors,

I Applied for Tier 1 General from India on 17 Dec 2010.

At the VFS center i was told that as the December 2010 limit is full,my application will be processed in January 2011.

I got the Status message from VFS that my visa application,reference no XYZ has been despatched to the British High Commission on 17/12/2010 for processing.

Will my Visa Application be considered in January 2011?

I am very worried as there is news that tier 1 will be closing in December 2010 as the cap is reached.


Where do my application stand?

Your application will be processed as normal since it was submitted before Dec 23.

thanks all for the inputs

I have one query.

What if my Visa is rejected for any reason,can i apply it again?

AR looks like an option for you if Visa is rejected. Reapplication is not applicable.

rishita wrote:Dear Seniors,

I Applied for Tier 1 General from India on 17 Dec 2010.

At the VFS center i was told that as the December 2010 limit is full,my application will be processed in January 2011.

I got the Status message from VFS that my visa application,reference no XYZ has been despatched to the British High Commission on 17/12/2010 for processing.

Will my Visa Application be considered in January 2011?

I am very worried as there is news that tier 1 will be closing in December 2010 as the cap is reached.


Where do my application stand?

Hi ,

I really hope you will get your visa but few things i must mention here .... Once your application will go for processing , you will get 2 out comes 1) accepted and 2 not accepted . If it's no:1 option you can't do any thing as the whole TIER1 is closed . If you are accepted i.e 2 your application must need a visa from the allocated pool . Now , if they don't have any visa in the pool than of course you will not get any visa . Allot of people already waiting for pool so it all now depends on your luck! and i wish you best of luck!

aliq09 wrote:

rishita wrote:Dear Seniors,

Hi ,

I really hope you will get your visa but few things i must mention here .... Once your application will go for processing , you will get 2 out comes 1) accepted and 2 not accepted . If it's no:1 option you can't do any thing as the whole TIER1 is closed . If you are accepted i.e 2 your application must need a visa from the allocated pool . Now , if they don't have any visa in the pool than of course you will not get any visa . Allot of people already waiting for pool so it all now depends on your luck! and i wish you best of luck!

I don't think that is the case. If your application is approved then you will get the visa. There is no "lawful pool" it seems.

aliq09 wrote:
Hi ,

I really hope you will get your visa but few things i must mention here .... Once your application will go for processing , you will get 2 out comes 1) accepted and 2 not accepted . If it's no:1 option you can't do any thing as the whole TIER1 is closed . If you are accepted i.e 2 your application must need a visa from the allocated pool . Now , if they don't have any visa in the pool than of course you will not get any visa . Allot of people already waiting for pool so it all now depends on your luck! and i wish you best of luck!

shudnt every successful application before 23rd dec be granted a visa as the entire 600 cap was deemed unlawful ?

There is still no cap for Tier 1 General. They only re-instated the cap for Tier 2. Read the statements carefully - instead of re-instating the cap for Tier 1 General, they just closed it instead.

Also, and this is pure speculation based on the news report on UKBA site:

Applications that were submitted up until the end of 22 December 2010 will be processed as normal, although under our monthly monitoring system we have already announced that we will not start issuing Tier 1 (General) visas again until January 2011.

It makes it sound like, since they announced they closed allocations for December they will stick to it, but it doesn't say much about whether they will allocate visas in batches from January onwards or just issue them all as they are approved. Pure speculation...I'm reading what I want to read, I'll be honest.

Dear XXXXX,

We will clear the applications received before 23 December as quickly as
possible. They will not be affected by a limit of 600 per month.

Regards,
Richard

Richard Jackson
Immigration Policy
UK Border Agency
PO Box 3468, Sheffield, S3 8WA
0114 207 8373

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-----Original Message-----
Sent: 21 December 2010 3:38 PM
To: Jackson Richard (Immigration Policy)
Subject: A query about Tier1(G) out of country applications

Hi Richard,

I have a query about out of country tier1 (general) applications.

In the context of Tier 1 applications closing on 23rd Dec, would HO be
still issuing 600 visas per month for the applicants before 23rd dec, or
could we expect more than 600 visas to be issued in a month. In short,
would people have less waiting times for applications as monthly cap of
600 visas doesn't exist now?

Many Thanks in advance

Cheers
XXXXXXX

Thanks for the info radhek - that's great news for some...

they still haven't issued any visa...

silverTR wrote:they still haven't issued any visa...

not expecting anything till boxing day... im guessing we shud start hearing ppl get their visas frm 27th onwards

As I understand it they won't be issuing until January in any case as they have (incorrectly) closed it for December already:

Applications that were submitted up until the end of 22 December 2010 will be processed as normal, although under our monthly monitoring system we have already announced that we will not start issuing Tier 1 (General) visas again until January 2011.

Whilst people won't fall under the cap, they will probably only get their visas next year.

Incidently, most VFS offices will now be closed until 28 December (inclusive).

Thanks everybody for inputs.

Today Morning i got a status update for my visa application.

"Visa Application Reference No:-XYZ is under process at the British Deputy High Commission"

Given that today is Friday and christmas vacation in the next week,i think the next status update will be in January 2011.

I really hope i get my Visa

Hi Rishita,
I am also submitted my application on Dec 17 at VFS Mumbai North.
Where did u submitted your application.
My passport status is also same as "Visa is under process at the British Deputy High Commission". Hoping that from tom they will start issuing the VISA. Please update your status as soon it changes. Thanks.


Regards,
Raghava

I submitted my application on Dec 09, 2010 and the status says as "Visa application is under process at the British High Commission".