Premium service centre - application held.

[JamalaNAM]

hey guys,

Thanks for helping out.

Im a british citizen, married to my wife for three years now with a british child too. My wife is from pakistan. went to Premium service centre today in Cardiff (Looong drive). ANyway, all my papers were in perfect order, thought things would go really smoothly. so, went through the security check, all fine. Submitted documents, all fine. Wife went for biometrics, all fine. Told to wait until decision is made. Was asked an hour later to come back and answer some questions.

When i came back there was no question really, just the reviewer of our case telling us that they can't reach a decision today, as they need to request some security information from a different office. When asked which office? he hesitated (almost) and said that my wife's visa was issued in islamabad, so they need to contact the office there for some information. he went on to say that they won't be able to contact them and get a reply until tomorrow due to the time difference. This is weird, because i don't know of an office there.

so he said our application will be held. i then asked if all our submitted paper work was meeting the requirements, to which he said, "the paper work is all fine so dont worry".

So apparently, i will find out tomorrow, but he did also say it could take longer. Im not happy with this result so far, it seems as though they are unnecessarily prolonging the decision, and i have no idea why? could it be due to the fact that we are muslims? there were plenty of other people there today from india and what not, and no one was told what we were.

what do you guys think? am i being paranoid? or is this normal procedure?

[Casa]

You're being paranoid. Applications certainly aren't held for further verification due to race or religion.

[noajthan]

You're not guaranteed an answer on same day even at PSC.

And you have the reason: can't reach a decision today, as they need to request some security information from a different office.

It may be some sort of document verification or validation is necessary.

Once the crosschecks have been run the decision will come.
It could be the same for anyone. That's all that can be said really.

[JamalaNAM]

You're not guaranteed an answer on same day even at PSC.

And you have the reason: can't reach a decision today, as they need to request some security information from a different office.

It may be some sort of document verification or validation is necessary.

Once the crosschecks have been run the decision will come.
It could be the same for anyone. That's all that can be said really.

THANKS BUDDY, GUESS IM BEING PARANOID, I JUST NEEDED REASSURANCE.