Still waiting for a decision.....

[Misskatie]

Hi all. Quick update.

My Peruvian parnter applied in Lima in April. Hold email received In May. At the beginning of September the embassy Called me to advise they didn’t recieve my income documents and I had 10 days to send them. Sent them on September 5th. Today the embassy Called me asking when my parnter intends to travel. I asked if this means it’s been approved and she said yes! So. They are processing hold applications, just painfully slowly. Good luck to everyone still waiting

[Mehmoods87]

Hi Misskatie

Congrats!!!

Finally they have started working on hold applications:)

Just a quick question, when they said it has been approved; did they mean the visa has been granted??

Because I've been told they don't give u any info over the phone. Until u receive the passport yourself?!

Best of luck anyways:)

Keep us updated

[Tochalta]

Can't see anywhere a person that had an email saying case "not straightforward' and has been granted a visa. Been waiting 130 weeks, case is not on hold its just not straightforward.

[metanoia]

Can't see anywhere a person that had an email saying case "not straightforward' and has been granted a visa. Been waiting 130 weeks, case is not on hold its just not straightforward.

Don't lose faith, I have read few got visa after getting case not straight forward email. Sorry it's a tedious search else I would have try to look for it and posted links.

There could be many reasons for case not straightforward :

Missing IHS fee payment
Missing documents
Doubts about employment
Doubts about relationship
Complicated immigration history of applicant

You should know for yourself where they can have doubts. Get intouch with them and ask for reasons. Hopefully it won't be something complicated and you'll get a positive response.

[Ish21]

Hi, my application is priority and it has been 95 working days now, why are they starting to check all the recent applications and not the previous ones i applied in may got a case not straightforward email and since then heard nothing. Why are they not checking case not straightforward cases, any idea?

[Misskatie]

Hi Misskatie

Congrats!!!

Finally they have started working on hold applications:)

Just a quick question, when they said it has been approved; did they mean the visa has been granted??

Because I've been told they don't give u any info over the phone. Until u receive the passport yourself?!

Best of luck anyways:)

Keep us updated

Thank you!

Well with them asking when my spouse intends to travel I assume they’re sorting his vignette as when he applied he originally put sometime in June for intended travel.

Kinda hard for them not to say it’s been granted when they want to know when he wants to come here

[charlie2000]

Congrats MissKatie!
Thanks for the update. Good to know they are working on the holds.

[hadeea]

Can't see anywhere a person that had an email saying case "not straightforward' and has been granted a visa. Been waiting 130 weeks, case is not on hold its just not straightforward.

Don't lose faith, I have read few got visa after getting case not straight forward email. Sorry it's a tedious search else I would have try to look for it and posted links.

There could be many reasons for case not straightforward :

Missing IHS fee payment
Missing documents
Doubts about employment
Doubts about relationship
Complicated immigration history of applicant

You should know for yourself where they can have doubts. Get intouch with them and ask for reasons. Hopefully it won't be something complicated and you'll get a positive response.

after 8 months yesterday HO emailed my husband, his academic ELETS does nor meet requirent of HO, wants ,they need relevant certificate that meets their guideline.

[metanoia]

after 8 months yesterday HO emailed my husband, his academic ELETS does nor meet requirent of HO, wants ,they need relevant certificate that meets their guideline.

Did he not take IELTS for UKVI, as normal IELTS is not acceptable. I took the wrong one too but thanks to this forum found out in time and did A1 before submitting my application.

How much time they have given you to submit the correct certificate. A1 results take 7 days if your husband can find availability in a test even if he have to travel to another city. Alternatively you can try for UK Naric certificate.

Hopefully you'll find a solution in given time.

[jrsaundh]

Hi guys, I was wondering if you can shed some light on my situation. I would gladly like to share my experience in order to help others in a similar situation.

Long story short, my wife submitted her Spouse visa application at the visa office in Ukraine on the 14th July. They scanned all the relevant documents required. On the 24th July the hardcopy of her application was sent via Special Delivery to Sheffield. A few days letter we received confirmation that Sheffield has received her application.

It is now the 22nd September and we have heard no reply. To make matters even more frustrating we paid for priority service. We were informed that the application would take 15 working days after submittion. However, I was aware there could be some delays having adopted a realistic approach to the entire process. But this is absolutely ridiculous - paying for a priority service, being told 15 working days and it is now 2 months with no response. All we can see is "awaiting decision".

Furthermore, I have a lawyer and he has taken care of everything - created the application, cover letters, legal representation, making the appointments etc. Etc. About 28 working days into submission my lawyer sent a letter of complaint via special delivery to the Home Office demanding a valid reason as to why our application is so delayed under a priority service. There has been no response or outcome from that letter.

My wife and I are incredibly frustrated.

[trsiam88]

after 8 months yesterday HO emailed my husband, his academic ELETS does nor meet requirent of HO, wants ,they need relevant certificate that meets their guideline.

Did he not take IELTS for UKVI, as normal IELTS is not acceptable. I took the wrong one too but thanks to this forum found out in time and did A1 before submitting my application.

How much time they have given you to submit the correct certificate. A1 results take 7 days if your husband can find availability in a test even if he have to travel to another city. Alternatively you can try for UK Naric certificate.

Hopefully you'll find a solution in given time.

@Hadeea - I have had a very similar email from the HO on monday this week asking for the valid IELTS for UKVI certificate to be sent to them.

I had sent my wife's IELTs Academic instead of UKVI, I knew this was not acceptable but only got to know off it after submitting online application, so in a rush had to sort out UK NARIC instead as we couldn't get any exam dates within the 15 days after submission. We sent the UK NARIC and IELTs academic in the supporting documents, as I didnt want them to blindly reject the application when they did not see an IELTs certificate in the pack, especially when I had mentioned in the application question.

So I have resent them, via email, the UK NARIC letters, degree and transcript. Now its just a waiting game yet again......They did also send me a 'Case not straightforward' email right after emailing me about the IELTs certificate, did you get one too?

[j4v3d]

Any recent Pakistan applicants heard back yet?

[Mehmoods87]

Hi Hadeea

Did u apply priority??

Also did u receive any of the following emails.. Case not straightforward or Hold??

[Mehmoods87]

Hi Tochalta

They have started working on case not straightforward & hold emails.

They are processing the applications in strict date order but starting with Priority applicants first.


Stay strong.. I know it's a waiting game but should hear something soon hopefully.

I have been waiting since January

[M2sam]

is 6 month = 26 weeks (180 days) or 24 weeks
it has been 24 weeks in my case which is 156 days

I think 6 months is 180 days right?

6 months is 180 days. You should be counting working days, Mon to Fri and excluding any bank holidays. So six months is actually 120 (working days).

Thanks, well this is the last day! Boy it has been long, but it seems the wait starts after the 6 months lol,

[Lifeisadream]

Hi all. Quick update.

My Peruvian parnter applied in Lima in April. Hold email received In May. At the beginning of September the embassy Called me to advise they didn’t recieve my income documents and I had 10 days to send them. Sent them on September 5th. Today the embassy Called me asking when my parnter intends to travel. I asked if this means it’s been approved and she said yes! So. They are processing hold applications, just painfully slowly. Good luck to everyone still waiting

Good news.
I also applied on April and recieved hold email on July. Today I phoned the home office and he mentioned he will urgently escalate my case.

[vsab101]

after 8 months yesterday HO emailed my husband, his academic ELETS does nor meet requirent of HO, wants ,they need relevant certificate that meets their guideline.

Did he not take IELTS for UKVI, as normal IELTS is not acceptable. I took the wrong one too but thanks to this forum found out in time and did A1 before submitting my application.

How much time they have given you to submit the correct certificate. A1 results take 7 days if your husband can find availability in a test even if he have to travel to another city. Alternatively you can try for UK Naric certificate.

Hopefully you'll find a solution in given time.

@Hadeea - I have had a very similar email from the HO on monday this week asking for the valid IELTS for UKVI certificate to be sent to them.

I had sent my wife's IELTs Academic instead of UKVI, I knew this was not acceptable but only got to know off it after submitting online application, so in a rush had to sort out UK NARIC instead as we couldn't get any exam dates within the 15 days after submission. We sent the UK NARIC and IELTs academic in the supporting documents, as I didnt want them to blindly reject the application when they did not see an IELTs certificate in the pack, especially when I had mentioned in the application question.

So I have resent them, via email, the UK NARIC letters, degree and transcript. Now its just a waiting game yet again......They did also send me a 'Case not straightforward' email right after emailing me about the IELTs certificate, did you get one too?

I thought that the IELTS academic test from a UKVI approved test centre is accepted, is this not true?? My wife received CEFR of B2 which is higher than the minimum requirement of A1. I have read a few posts in this forum about it being accepted.

[metanoia]

I thought that the IELTS academic test from a UKVI approved test centre is accepted, is this not true?? My wife received CEFR of B2 which is higher than the minimum requirement of A1. I have read a few posts in this forum about it being accepted.

In case of IELTS Academic or General Training it needs to be IELTS for UKVI. You can check on the certificate if it has a UKVI number along with other details. This is an additional requirement along with meeting the minimum requirement or higher, and UKVI aapproved test centre.

[Christ-Believer]

Good news.
I also applied on April and recieved hold email on July. Today I phoned the home office and he mentioned he will urgently escalate my case.

When you say you called the HO, do you mean you called the UKVI call centre?

[vsab101]

I thought that the IELTS academic test from a UKVI approved test centre is accepted, is this not true?? My wife received CEFR of B2 which is higher than the minimum requirement of A1. I have read a few posts in this forum about it being accepted.

In case of IELTS Academic or General Training it needs to be IELTS for UKVI. You can check on the certificate if it has a UKVI number along with other details. This is an additional requirement along with meeting the minimum requirement or higher, and UKVI aapproved test centre.

thanks for replying. I dont see any UKVI number, it has Test Centre Number and test report number. my mate's wife had the same, only difference was she did general IELTS test but no specifics of ukvi number on the certificate, his visa has been approved. if youre referring to UKVI test centre number then it matches with the UKVI approved centre guide list.

[Lifeisadream]

Good news.
I also applied on April and recieved hold email on July. Today I phoned the home office and he mentioned he will urgently escalate my case.

When you say you called the HO, do you mean you called the UKVI call centre?

Yes I meant the call centre. He mentioned that they will reply back to me within 10 working days .

[Christ-Believer]

The UKVI call center has no power and the escalation does nothing.

The UKVI call center act as a private business set up to make money on the side of being a point of call for general inquiries and application updates.

They can not make the decision process any faster or give any insight for the delay.

If you're waiting for a decision then don't waste your time or money calling/emailing the UKVI paid service because they can not do anything and will only give you false hope.

The best solution is to contact your MP, make a complaint on the official HomeOffice website and in all honesty pray to God and be patient.

Some people are still waiting since November 2016 so imagine what they are going through.

This time will pass and we'll all look back one day knowing God was and is in control.

Amen

[hadeea]

Hi Hadeea

Did u apply priority??

Also did u receive any of the following emails.. Case not straightforward or Hold??

no it was standard application

[hadeea]

after 8 months yesterday HO emailed my husband, his academic ELETS does nor meet requirent of HO, wants ,they need relevant certificate that meets their guideline.

Did he not take IELTS for UKVI, as normal IELTS is not acceptable. I took the wrong one too but thanks to this forum found out in time and did A1 before submitting my application.

How much time they have given you to submit the correct certificate. A1 results take 7 days if your husband can find availability in a test even if he have to travel to another city. Alternatively you can try for UK Naric certificate.

Hopefully you'll find a solution in given time.

he has both ILETS with UKVI academic and ILETS simple academic. today he sent 1st one ILETS with UKVI, C1 band, let us see if it is acceptable or not

[hadeea]

Hi Hadeea

Did u apply priority??

Also did u receive any of the following emails.. Case not straightforward or Hold??

no it was standard application

we applied on 19 jan 2017. right after 3 months on 20the april we chasing our case, next day received, your case is not straingt forward.but i m sure that was a generic mail