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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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Taiwan

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by yhlee » Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:21 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General Dependant, standard service
2. Country of application: Taiwan
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Taipei
4. Date of application: 19/06/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above): 12/07/2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer: 20/07/2018
7. Date passport received: PENDING
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from: PENDING
9. Duration for Entry Clearance: PENDING

Will update once hear back.

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Singapore

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by nexusvgs » Thu Aug 02, 2018 10:02 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): Tier 2 General + Dependent (Standard)
2. Country of application: Singapore
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Singapore
4. Date of application: 04/07/18
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above): 10/07/18
6. Email application being prepared for consideration: 18/07/18
7. Date passport received: 02/08/18
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 15/09/18
9. Duration for Entry Clearance: 1 month

a. Received email passport ready for collection: 01/08/18
b. Date on approval letter: 27/07/18
c. Timeline for standard application is consistent with a previous poster from Singapore: 17 Working days to receive passport after submission of documents.

All the best to all those applying.

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Mexico

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Kannit0001 » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:14 pm

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 General priority
2. Country of application: Mexico
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Mexico City
4. Date of application: 16/07/2018
5. Date of submission of documents: 27/07/2018
6. Date email received prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer - 30/07/2018

Decision pending

nwokediy
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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by nwokediy » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:00 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General + 1 minor dependant as partner already in UK, priority service
2. Country of application: Nigeria
3. City of Visa Application Center: Abuja
4. Date of application: 26/07/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above): 03/08/2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer: 03/08/2018
7. Date email received about decision being reached: - Pending
8. Date passport received: pending
9. Date Entry Clearance valid from: pending
10. Duration for Entry Clearance:

Alfonsooo
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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Alfonsooo » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:45 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : General
2. Country of application : China
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Beijing
4. Date of application : 23 July 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 25 July 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : 30 July 2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance : 3 year
8. Date passport received : yes, 04 Aug 2018
9. FYI: I paid priority service (3-5 days), and while HO replied to me the 5th working day that a decision was made on my case (I used the paid email service on their website), I didn't get any notification from the email I registered for my application. After that, it took the embassy in China 2 other days to produce the vignette on the passport and 2 other days to deliver.

khanasma
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United Arab Emirates

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by khanasma » Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:38 am

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 Partner and 3 dependents (wife and two kids), 3 years
2. Country of application: United Arab Emirates
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Dubai
4. Date of application: 09.07.2018
5. Date of submission of documents : 16.07.2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer: Did not received email from UKVI
7. Date email received about decision being reached: Did not received email from UKVI
8. Date email received from application centre that passports are ready to be picked up: NA
9. Date passport received: NA
10. Date Entry Clearance valid from:NA
11. Duration for Entry Clearance: NA

Will keep you updated

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by tier2COSchaser » Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:03 am

tier2COSchaser wrote:
Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:38 am
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General, priority
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Chennai
4. Date of application : 24 July 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 27 July 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : 1-Aug-2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance : 31-Aug-2018
8. Date passport received : 6-Aug-2018
Received SMS from VFS on 4-Aug-2018 that applications are processed and passport is ready to be collected.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by indie_tech » Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:09 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): Tier 2 General + Dependents (Standard)
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Mumbai
4. Date of application: 27/04/18
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above): 01/05/18
6. Email application being prepared for consideration: 04/05/18
7. Date passport received: 08/08/18
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 04/08/18
9. Duration for Entry Clearance: 1 month
10. Timeline for standard application: 70 Working days to receive passport after submission of documents.

Jabba03
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Australia

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Jabba03 » Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:24 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General priority service
2. Country of application: Australia
3. City of Visa Application Center: Brisbane
4. Date of application: 16/07/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above): 30/07/2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer: 30/07/2018
7. Date email received about decision being reached: - Pending
8. Date passport received: pending
9. Date Entry Clearance valid from: pending
10. Duration for Entry Clearance:

Called UKVI 2 days ago and found out a decision had been reached on 06/08/18, went into VISA application centre and they have not received anything from Sheffield as of yet to prepare and send back my passport. Don't really understand why its taking them several days to send the details back to Australia as most seem to be back with the applicant a few days after decision has been made. After waiting 6 months for a rcos I hope this is all over in the next couple of days.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by abhi_qa » Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:12 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : General Priority
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Mumbai North
4. Date of application : 06 Aug 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 06 Aug 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : yet to receive
7. Duration for Entry Clearance : yet to receive
8. Date passport received : yet to receive

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Canada

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Pouf101 » Sun Aug 12, 2018 1:32 pm

1. Category applying under: Tier 2 General, Priority
2. Country of application: Canada
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Ottawa
4. Date of application: July 16, 2018
5. Date of submission of documents: July 17, 2018
6. Date e-mail received from HO confirming application received and being processed: July 18
7. Date e-mail received from HO indicating "due to complexity of application, service standards will not be met": July 18

A few days later, I received email from HO that the payment for my IHS didn't seem to have gone through, despite receiving a payment confirmation e-mail. No issue with the visa application payment. Had to re-submit a duplicate application simply so I could pay again. Did this on 24 July.

8. Date e-mail decision made: None received
9. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 2 August
10. Duration for Entry Clearance: 5 years
11. Date Passport received: 9 August

So 12 business days for decision to be made (not communicated) and 17 business days for passport to be received - on Priority.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by CR001 » Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:37 pm

Kindly respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic and desist from posting questions or comments in this thread!!
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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 visa application

Post by CR001 » Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:54 pm

Shoukat771 wrote:
Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:52 pm
Please desist from posting non timeline post in this topic. Read the timeline only rules!!!!
CR001 wrote:
Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:37 pm
Kindly respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic and desist from posting questions or comments in this thread!!
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astana
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Australia

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by astana » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:05 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): Tier 2 General (Priority)
2. Country of application: Australia
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Melbourne
4. Date of application: 21 August 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above): 23 August 2018

Will update

berich
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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by berich » Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:49 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : General - with dependants (standard)
2. Country of application : Japan
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Tokyo
4. Date of application : 18th July 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 18th July 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : yet to receive
7. Duration for Entry Clearance : yet to receive
8. Date passport received : yet to receive

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Germany

Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by mkhamis » Fri Aug 24, 2018 4:33 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other): Tier 2 (General) priority visa
2. Country of application: Germany
3. City of Visa Application Centre: Munich
4. Date of application: 27.07.2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above): 30.07.2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: yet to receive
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: yet to receive
8. Date passport received: yet to receive

nwokediy
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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by nwokediy » Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:38 pm

nwokediy wrote:
Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:00 pm
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General + 1 minor dependant as partner already in UK, priority service
2. Country of application: Nigeria
3. City of Visa Application Center: Abuja
4. Date of application: 26/07/2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 4 above): 03/08/2018
6. Email that its being prepared for decision by Entry Clearance Officer: 03/08/2018
7. Date email received about decision being reached: - Pending
8. Date passport received: pending
9. Date Entry Clearance valid from: pending
10. Duration for Entry Clearance:
Finally an update:
6. Request for additional information :9th August
6. Additional info sent: 15th august
7. Date email received about decision being reached: - never received. I called UKVI and I was informed that decision was reached on 17th August
8. Date passport received: 24th august
9. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 17th august
10. Duration for Entry Clearance: 1 month. BRP for 5 years.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by kristelaustria » Sat Aug 25, 2018 1:24 am

Hello, this is my visa application experience.

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General Standard application
2. Country of application : Philippines
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Manila
4. Date of application : 25 July 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 01 Aug 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from : 16-08-2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance : 1 month ( 16-08-2018 until 15-09-2018)
8. Date passport received : 24-08-2018

I received an sms on 23-08-2018 that the Decision for my UK Visa Application has been made and that I can collect my passport the next working day. 24-08-2018, I received an sms from the VAC informing me that my passport is ready for collection. Confirmation sms received after 16 working days. I hope and pray for everyone's application to be successful as well. Good luck and God bless!!!

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Ken Mege » Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:45 pm

1) Visa type: Tier 2 General Shortage occupation. Standard,6 ( my wife + 4 children),group.
2) Date of Application: 10th August
3) Venue: Abuja,Nigeria.
4) Date of Biometrics and document submission: 14th August.
5) Email notification that application received at Uk decision making centre: 20th August.
6) Decision made: Awaited
7) Passports received: Awaited

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Premspace » Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:23 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General Standard application
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Chennai
4. Date of application : 25 July 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 01 Aug 2018
6.Application recieved by decision
making centre : 09 Aug 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from : TBD
8. Duration for Entry Clearance : TBD
9. Date passport received : TBD

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Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Sk_7008 » Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:23 am

1. Category applying under General - Standard 5 years
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Centre: New Delhi
4. Date of application: 25th July,2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above).: 6th August 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: 27/09/2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: 1 month
8. Date passport received: 28/08/2018

Received an email on 13th August that application received at Sheffield office
No mail about the decision being made

All the best to those waiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by ukdreams2018 » Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:22 pm

pu1. Category applying under General - Standard 3 years
2. Country of application: India
3. City of Visa Application Center: Pune
4. Date of application: 21st Aug,2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above).: 21st Aug,2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from: Pending
7. Duration for Entry Clearance: -
8. Date passport received: Pending

Received an email on 24th August that application received at Sheffield office
No mail about the decision being made yet.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by DaddyNana » Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:07 am

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) - T2 general, main applicants and 2 dependants
2. Country of application - Lagos Nigeria
3. City of Visa Application Centre- Ikeja Lagos
4. Date of application- 21 Apr 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above).- 23 apr 2018
6. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 27 july 2018
7. Duration for Entry Clearance- 1month
8. Date passport received - 31 july 2018

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Premspace » Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:55 am

Premspace wrote:
Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:23 am
1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 General Standard application
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Chennai
4. Date of application : 25 July 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 01 Aug 2018
6.Application recieved by decision
making centre : 09 Aug 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from : 02/09/2018
8. Duration for Entry Clearance : 1 month
9. Date passport received : 29 Aug 2018
No sms or email communication recieved. Unable to track through bluedart either.

All the best to all those waiting.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by siva349 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 7:14 pm

1. Category applying under (General / ICT / other) : Tier 2 ICT priority
2. Country of application : India
3. City of Visa Application Centre : Chennai
4. Date of application : 14 August 2018
5. Date of submission of documents (if different from 3 above). : 17 Aug 2018
6.Application recieved by decision
making centre : 18 Aug 2018
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from : yet to receive
8. Duration for Entry Clearance : yet to receive
9. Date passport received : .yet to receive

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