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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 eagleray » Wed May 29, 2019 9:07 am

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority, Walk-In)
2. Country of application - Denmark
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Copenhagen
4. Date of application - 13th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 15th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 16th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received (but the decision letter was dated 23rd May)
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- 27th May 2019
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - 31 days
11. Date passport received/picked up - 28th May 2019

From the date of receipt email (6), the decision letter was dated on the 6th working day. But the VAC staff advised to not panic if it takes 1-2 weeks longer than the guidelines.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by CR001 » Wed May 29, 2019 1:03 pm

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Jaydeepkk » Fri May 31, 2019 12:10 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority, Walk-In)
2. Country of application India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Bangalore
4. Date of application - 23th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 27th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 28th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by xavierahz » Fri May 31, 2019 2:23 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority)
2. Country of application - France
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Paris
4. Date of application - 15th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 16th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 17th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received (but the decision letter was dated 28th May)
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- 31st May 2019
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - 15 days
11. Date passport received/picked up - 31st May 2019
My contract starts at next Monday, while I got the email to collect passport today, nearly the last minute...I paid for priority service but waited for two weeks, I guess it's partially because I have a refusual history. A very stressful experience for these two months, I hope all of you good luck!

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by candiceli423 » Fri May 31, 2019 2:58 pm

candiceli423 wrote:
Wed May 22, 2019 3:43 am
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General, Priority Service
2. Country of application - Hong Kong
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Hong Kong
4. Date of application - 15th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 16th May 2019 (I walked in without appointment as earliest slot was more than a week later)
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 17th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - never received
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 21st June 2019
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- 30th May 2019
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - 30 Days
11. Date passport received/picked up - 31st May 2019
waited exactly 2 weeks as most indicated about priority service

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Sheik1986 » Fri May 31, 2019 10:40 pm

[quote=Sheik1986 post_id=1785832 time=1559070981 user_id=218889]
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 ICT work permit- priority services.
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Chennai
4. Date of application -10th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 15th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 16th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Never received
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 28th May
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- 31st May
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - one month
11. Date passport received/picked up - 31st May.


Third time called UKVI on 30th came to know decision was made on 28th, got email to collect passport on 31st, VISA is approved. One advice please don't get upset like me which will spoil your entire day/weeks. Even your health will spoil due to overthinking, Wait for minimum of 12 working days for priority services. Don't read unnecessary blogs and confuse yourself, you will get if you are genuine. All the very best to all.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by ambarish » Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:31 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General, Standard
2. Country of application India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Hyderabad
4. Date of application - 17th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 20th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 21st May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Waiting
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by ambarish » Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:34 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General , Standard
2. Country of application India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - hyderabad
4. Date of application - 17th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 20th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 21st May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Waiting
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by SIDOjha » Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:32 am

SIDOjha wrote:
Tue May 28, 2019 7:56 am
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General(2 dependents) , standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - New Delhi
4. Date of application -18 april 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 14th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 16th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - No Mail
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 27 June
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- NO Information
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - 1 month
11. Date passport received/picked up - 06 June. It was directly delivered without any information from anyone.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by RamRam12 » Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:16 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority)
2. Country of application India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - New Delhi
4. Date of application - 17th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 27th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 29th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by Jaydeepkk » Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:31 am

Jaydeepkk wrote:
Fri May 31, 2019 12:10 pm
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority, Walk-In)
2. Country of application India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Bangalore
4. Date of application - 23th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 27th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 28th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Not received
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - 1 month
11. Date passport received/picked up - 11 June 2019

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Post by deepgolwala » Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:36 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority) with dependent
2. Country of application Ireland
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Dublin
4. Date of application - 22nd May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 28th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 29th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting

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Post by anshuman9969 » Wed Jun 12, 2019 3:21 am

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 (General) - priority services.
2. Country of application - Malaysia (for Indian Expat)
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Kuala Lumpur
4. Date of application -7th June 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 7th June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 10th June 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - waiting
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - waiting
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - waiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by RamRam12 » Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:01 am

RamRam12 wrote:
Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:16 pm
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority)
2. Country of application India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - New Delhi
4. Date of application - 17th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 27th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 29th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting
I called UKVI for the update and got a response that decision is still pending and asked to wait for 15 working day to be completed . Today is 13th working day from the day of biometric . :(

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Post by gjg1983 » Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:08 am

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority)
2. Country of application - Czech Republic
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Prague
4. Date of application - 28th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at TLS - 29th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail - 29th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting

It's already my last week in my current job... this is stressful!
I called UKVI yesterday and they said decision is pending but I'd need to wait until 15 working days after the application have passed to request an escalation. A paralegal hired by my new company submitted my application but they're not responding. Ugh...

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Post by tom_lauren » Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:33 am

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 (General) - priority services
2. Country of application - Germany
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Berlin
4. Date of application - 28th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at TLS - 3rd June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail - 4th June 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by CR001 » Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:40 pm

Can members PLEASE respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY topic. Any chit chat, discussions or questions will be deleted without notice.
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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by anshuman9969 » Sat Jun 15, 2019 2:11 am

anshuman9969 wrote:
Wed Jun 12, 2019 3:21 am
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 (General) - priority services.
2. Country of application - Malaysia (for Indian Expat)
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Kuala Lumpur
4. Date of application -7th June 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 7th June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 10th June 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - waiting
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - waiting
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - waiting
1st follow up done on 14th June 2019 - Called the UKVI and they said that the decision is yet to be made. And if i don't get an update by the middle of next week, I should call them again and they would help expedite.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by sameer5335 » Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:30 am

Category applying under - Tier 2 General, standard
2. Country of application - UAE
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Dubai
4. Date of application - 31 May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 11 June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : 11 June 2019
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Pending
8. Got SMS of application processed - Pending
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Pending
9. Date passport received -Pending

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Post by vdmedragon » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:26 pm

Category applying under - Tier 2 General, Priority Service
2. Country of application - France
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Paris
4. Date of application - 28 May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 7 June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : 10 June 2019
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Pending
8. Got SMS of application processed - Pending
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Pending
9. Date passport received -Pending

I expect to receive the visa by June 19 because my contract starts on June 21 and I need to come for a visa check on June 20. I have not received any call/sms/email from Decision Centre yet. :(

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Post by ryem1341 » Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:42 pm

1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General, Standard
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Cochin
4. Date of application - 5th June 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometric at VFS - 10 June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre mail : 12 June 2019
7. Date Entry Clearance valid from - Pending
8. Got SMS of application processed - Pending
8. Duration for Entry Clearance - Pending
9. Date passport received -Pending

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by rexhyd » Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:52 pm

rexhyd wrote:
Sat May 25, 2019 5:58 pm
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General, Priority Service(5 day service)
2. Country of application - India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Bangalore
4. Date of application - 10th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 15th Mat 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 16th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - never received
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - 13.06.2019
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - 18.96.2019

Called the paid contact centre on 24th May and got a reply that the decision is still pending..
Hoping to hear the news soon!!
Got mail on 17.06.2019 from VFS that the documents for the application are received and will be sent by courier.
Passport was received on 18.06.2019..
Good luck everyone!!!

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by anshuman9969 » Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:24 am

anshuman9969 wrote:
Sat Jun 15, 2019 2:11 am
anshuman9969 wrote:
Wed Jun 12, 2019 3:21 am
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 (General) - priority services.
2. Country of application - Malaysia (for Indian Expat)
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Kuala Lumpur
4. Date of application -7th June 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 7th June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 10th June 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - waiting
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - waiting
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - waiting
1st follow up done on 14th June 2019 - Called the UKVI and they said that the decision is yet to be made. And if i don't get an update by the middle of next week, I should call them again and they would help expedite.
Update #2 - I called the UKVi on 18th June 2019 and they informed that the decision has been made. However, i havent received any emails from UKVi or VFS. Should i try visiting VFS to see if my passport can be collected?

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by RamRam12 » Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:47 am

RamRam12 wrote:
Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:01 am
RamRam12 wrote:
Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:16 pm
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 General (Priority)
2. Country of application India
3. City of Visa Application Centre - New Delhi
4. Date of application - 17th May 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 27th May 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 29th May 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Not received
8. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- Waiting
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - Waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - Waiting
I called UKVI for the update and got a response that decision is still pending and asked to wait for 15 working day to be completed . Today is 13th working day from the day of biometric . :(
I sent an e mail to UKVI on 14/06/19 and got a response that decision has been made on 17/06/19 and VFS will contact me for collection or delivery of passport . I also visited VFS New Delhi on 18/06/19 but they informed me that my passport is not received by them yet . I am waiting for communication from VFS for collection of passport.

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Re: Out-of-country Tier 2 application timelines

Post by anshuman9969 » Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:56 am

anshuman9969 wrote:
Wed Jun 19, 2019 3:24 am
anshuman9969 wrote:
Sat Jun 15, 2019 2:11 am
anshuman9969 wrote:
Wed Jun 12, 2019 3:21 am
1. Category applying under - Tier 2 (General) - priority services.
2. Country of application - Malaysia (for Indian Expat)
3. City of Visa Application Centre - Kuala Lumpur
4. Date of application -7th June 2019
5. Date of submission of documents and biometrics at VFS - 7th June 2019
6. Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre e-mail : 10th June 2019
7. Date of receipt of Decision Made e-mail - Never
8. Date Entry Clearance valid from - waiting
9. Got Email/SMS to collect Passport- 19th June 2019
10. Duration for Entry Clearance - waiting
11. Date passport received/picked up - waiting
1st follow up done on 14th June 2019 - Called the UKVI and they said that the decision is yet to be made. And if i don't get an update by the middle of next week, I should call them again and they would help expedite.
Update #2 - I called the UKVi on 18th June 2019 and they informed that the decision has been made. However, i havent received any emails from UKVi or VFS. Should i try visiting VFS to see if my passport can be collected?
Update #3 : Got the email from VFS for collection. The time for collection is till 2PM so will collect tomorrow.

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