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Out-of-country skilled worker visa application timelines

Only for the UK Skilled Worker visas, formerly known as Tier 2 visa route

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by kishorerjy » Wed Mar 28, 2018 6:18 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General Priority Service
2. Country of application - Singapore
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Singapore
4. Date of application - 23 March 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 27 March 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- waiting
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- waiting
8. Date passport received -- waiting.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by hpkatti » Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:31 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - ICT
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Mumbai(North)
4. Date of application - 14 March 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 14th March 2018
(Received SMS on 15th March 2018 stating Visa Application Forwarded to UKVI)
(Received Email from UK Decision Making Centre on 19th March 2018 stating - "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer").
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- waiting
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- waiting
8. Date passport received -- waiting.

Not Sure where the application has got stuck. Its been 15 working days now but didn't receive any communication post 19th March. Hence sent mail to UKVI, but got response - "Your application is being considered and is currently awaiting a decision" :cry:

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by hpkatti » Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:36 am

hpkatti wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:31 pm
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - ICT
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Mumbai(North)
4. Date of application - 14 March 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 14th March 2018
(Received SMS on 15th March 2018 stating Visa Application Forwarded to UKVI)
(Received Email from UK Decision Making Centre on 19th March 2018 stating - "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer").
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- 3rd APRIL 2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- 30 days
8. Date passport received -- 6th APRIL 2018

Exact on 15th working day i.e. 5th APRIL got message that VISA has been processed.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by kishorerjy » Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:59 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General Priority Service
2. Country of application - Singapore
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Singapore
4. Date of application - 23 March 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 27 March 2018
7. Date additional documents requested - 28 April 2018
8. Date additional documents submitted - 3 April 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- 6 April 2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- 30 days
8. Date passport received -- 9 April 2018

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by user6926 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:02 am

1. Category applying under : Tier 2 Dependent (General, Partner)
2. Country of application: Singapore
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Singapore
4. Date of application: 05/03/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above). : 20/03/2018
* Received email from UK Decision Making Center on 28th March 2018: "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration.."
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 23/05/2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 30 days
8. Date passport received: 12/04/2018

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by rhlkadu » Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:56 am

1. Category applying under : Tier 2 ICT Priority
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Pune
4. Date of application: 20/03/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above). : 20/03/2018
* Received email from UK Decision Making Center on 21st March 2018: "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration.."
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: Not yet received
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: Not Yet Received
8. Date passport received: Not yet received

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by richardk8 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:36 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): T2 General (standard service)
2. Country of application: Australia
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Brisbane
4. Date of application: 13/03/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above): 19/03/2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: TBD
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: TBD
8. Date passport received: TBD

Called contact centre on 18/4 and escalated

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Chiku3 » Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:01 am

1. Category applying under : Tier 2 ICT
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Bangalore
4. Date of application: 6/04/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above). : 06/04/2018
* Received email from UK Decision Making Center on 17 apl 2018: "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration.."
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: Not yet received
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: Not Yet Received
8. Date passport received: Not yet received

Please let me know if anyone has received the passport who has applied in April 2018.

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No news whatsoever...

Post by sky21 » Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:00 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): General- standard ( Migrant, Partner and 2 children)
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Hyderabad
4. Date of application : 15 March 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above) : 20 March 2018 (along with biometrics)
NB: Initial mail from UK decision making centre: 28 March 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: No news yet
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: No news yet
8. Date passport received : No news yet

NB: Emailed UKVI and requested for was offered escalation on 17 April 2018, after that no news!!!

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Raj5394 » Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:44 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General Priority Service
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Bangalore
4. Date of application - 2nd April 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 6th April 2018
NB: Initial mail from UK decision making centre: 19th April 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- No news yet
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- No news yet
8. Date passport received --No news yet

Sent email to UKVI and called them couple of times but response remains same -its under decision. :(

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by deepa02102016 » Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:03 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - T2 General (Priority + Walkin)
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Mumbai(North)
4. Date of application - 23 April 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 23 April 2018
(Received SMS on 23 April 2018 stating Visa Application Forwarded to UKVI at 23:52)
(Received Email from UK Decision Making Centre on 24 April 2018 stating - "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer").
(RCOS Status in SMS changed from ASSIGNED to USED - 26 APRIL 2018
(Received SMS on 26 April 2018 stating The processed Visa Application will be delivered to chosen address)
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- 25 APRIL 2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- 1 Year
8. Date passport received -- 27 APRIL 2018
9. Date BRP will be ready -- 2 May 2018

ps: Please note Mumbai(North) is practicing illegal procedure to force all walk-in applicants to appear at 3:45pm only. Walk in Service advertised by VFS clearly mentioned, applicants can walk in any time/any day. When I raised question, no one from VFS was ready to face me, but security guards at the gate were acting as post man delivering messages to-fro.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Jitesh » Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:59 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): ICT- standard ( Migrant, Partner and 2 children)
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : New Delhi
4. Date of application : 27 March 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above) : 03 April 2018 (along with biometrics)
NB: Initial mail from UK decision making centre: 14 April 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: No news yet
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: No news yet
8. Date passport received : No news yet

Called up UKVI on 26 April'18 after waiting for 16 Working days post VFS, was informed to raise email request with specific details, got reponse next day that issue is escalated to concerned department, action will be taken within 15 working days from the date of Escalation...... hope to get some response meanwhile :!:

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by pizzapizza » Wed May 02, 2018 10:42 am

Hi Guys,

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): Tier 2 General Restricted- (Me + partner) Standard non-priority
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Mumbai North BKC
4. Date of application : 27 April 2017
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above) : 01 May 2018 (along with biometrics)
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: No news yet
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: No news yet
8. Date passport received : No news yet

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by sajeshvv89 » Wed May 02, 2018 5:45 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General- Shortage Occupation- Standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS Mumbai
4. Date of application - March 28 2018
5. Date of submission of documents - April 4 2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer - April 16 2018
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - June 18 2018
9. Duration for Entry Clearance - 30 days
10. Date passport received - April 21 2018.
No email was received from UKVI that " decision has been made" or " processed application has been received". Got text from VFS on April 21 that " processed application has been received".

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by royalb » Fri May 04, 2018 10:31 pm

Category applying under : Tier 2 dependent visa
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre:New Delhi
4. Date of application: 05/02/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above). : 11/04/2018
* Received email from UK Decision Making Center on 20 April 2018: "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration.."
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: Not yet received
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: Not Yet Received
8. Date passport received: Not yet received

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by sachinjuneja » Tue May 08, 2018 11:25 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General Priority Service
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Delhi
4. Date of application - 29 Apr 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 10 May 2018
7. Date additional documents requested - pending
8. Date additional documents submitted - pending
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- pending
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- awaited
8. Date passport received -- awaited

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by biffant » Sat May 12, 2018 10:53 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - Tier 2 General Dependant (spouse + 2 kids) / Standard service
2. Country of application - Russia
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Moscow
4. Date of application - 04 Apr 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above) - 13 Apr 2018
* Received email from UK Decision Making Center on 23 April 2018: "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration.."
** Recieved email from UK Decision Making Center on 2 May 2018: "Unfortunately, the processing of your application has not been straightforward..."
7. Date additional documents requested - pending
8. Date additional documents submitted - pending
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- pending
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- pending
8. Date passport received -- pending

8 May 2018 - escalated to UKVI via paid e-mail service, they confirmed same day that the application is under consideration, asked me to provide additional details for escalation to the officer working on the case, passed details same day - they acked this on 10 May 2018 with 15 business days ETA for the further response.
9 May 2018 - escalated to UKVI again, via their paid phone service, another reference request number acquired - no news till now.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by sin19191 » Sat May 12, 2018 11:54 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - General Partner upto 5 years
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Bangalore
4. Date of application - 6th April 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). - 20th April 2018
(Received SMS on 20th April 2018 stating Visa Application Forwarded)
(Received Email from UK Decision Making Centre on 27th April 2018 stating - "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer").
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from -- 9th May 2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance -- 30 Days
8. Date passport received -- 12th May 2018

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by CR001 » Sun May 13, 2018 8:08 am

@ user 'royarjun2005' -Kindly respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic and desist from posting questions in this thread!!
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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by royarjun2005 » Mon May 14, 2018 8:27 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General and Dependent - Standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS Mumbai
4. Date of application - April 19, 2018
5. Date of submission of documents - April 26, 2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer - May 2, 2018

No email was received from UKVI that " decision has been made"....

Checked with UKVI and they confirmed on email that decision has been made on May 4, 2018 but they cannot disclose the outcome. VFS should contact me. Personally visited VFS and they informed me that the passports are with the embassy.

7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - not received yet
9. Duration for Entry Clearance - not received yet
10. Date passport received - not received yet

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by buntyninja » Wed May 16, 2018 9:08 am

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General and Dependent - Standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - VFS Mumbai
4. Date of application - April 24, 2018
5. Date of submission of documents - April 24, 2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer - May 1, 2018

No email was received from UKVI that " decision has been made"....

Checked with UKVI and they confirmed on email that decision has been made on May 4, 2018 but they cannot disclose the outcome. VFS should contact me. Personally visited VFS and they informed me that the passports are with the embassy.

7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - not received yet
9. Duration for Entry Clearance - not received yet
10. Date passport received - not received yet

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by royalb » Fri May 18, 2018 5:11 am

royalb wrote:
Fri May 04, 2018 10:31 pm
Category applying under : Tier 2 dependent visa
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre:New Delhi
4. Date of application: 05/02/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above). : 11/04/2018
* Received email from UK Decision Making Center on 20 April 2018: "Your application is currently being prepared for consideration.."
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: Not yet received
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: Not Yet Received
8. Date passport received: Not yet received
Called visa office on 02th May 2018 about the visa status: Visa decision made, no passport received.
Case escalated by call on 14 May 2018 : Passport not received, no news yNoet :cry:
Called again on 14 May 2018 : No news about passport

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by ashishkm » Fri May 18, 2018 6:22 am

1. Category applying under : Tier 2 General - Priority, Walk In - Main - 5 years
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Premium Lounge, Whitefield, Bangalore
4. Date of application : 18-May-2018
5. Date of submission of documents : 18-May-2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : Awaiting
7. Duration for Entry Clearance : Awaiting
8. Date passport received : Awaiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by SineCurve » Fri May 18, 2018 3:22 pm

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 General and 3 dependants (wife and two kids), 3 years
2. Country of application: Turkey
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Istanbul
4. Date of application: 17.04.2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above): 20.04.2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer: 27.04.2018
7. Date email received about decision being reached: Did not receive email from UKBA
8. Date email received from application centre that passports are ready to be picked up: 15.05.2018
9. Date passport received: 16.05.2018 (Passports mailed via UPS)
10. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 18.05.2018
11. Duration for Entry Clearance: 1 month

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by CR001 » Sat May 19, 2018 7:57 am

CR001 wrote:
Sun May 13, 2018 8:08 am
@ user 'royarjun2005' -Kindly respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic and desist from posting questions in this thread!!
@ 'royarjun2005' This is the last time you will be aske to desist from posting questions in the timeline only topic before your access to the forum will be terminated.
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