Visitor Visa Applications - TIMELINES ONLY

[Satyanarayana]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Family
Country/Town of Application : Hyderabad (India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 12/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on :15/05/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on : no email or no message
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : no email or no message
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email:23/05/2017 via email
Contacted for Collection :23/05/2017
Collection made :24/05/2017
Decision of Application :Approved & 6 months

[talal12345]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : General (6 months - priority service)
Country/Town of Application : Lahore (Pakistan)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 23/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 23/05/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on :
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email:
Contacted for Collection :
Collection made :
Decision of Application :

[talal12345]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : General (6 months - priority service)
Country/Town of Application : Lahore (Pakistan)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 23/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 23/05/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on :
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email:
Contacted for Collection :
Collection made :
Decision of Application :

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : General (6 months - priority service)
Country/Town of Application : Lahore (Pakistan)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 23/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 23/05/2017 (Text from VFS)
Application under process at British High Commission on : N/A
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : N/A
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: N/A
Contacted for Collection: 30/05/2017 (Text from VFS)
Collection made : 30/05/2017
Decision of Application : 28/05/2017
Decision: Approved

[Hopenotlost]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Visit Visa (5 years)
Country/Town of Application : Moscow, Russia
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : UK Visa Application Centre (8.05.17)
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 8.05.17 (Transferred to consulate for processing - email notification)
Application under process at British High Commission on : Received by UK Visas & Immigration and will now be processed (email notification)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : Not contacted
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 6.06.17 (email notification)
Contacted for Collection : 6.06.17 (email notification + paid for a text notification)
Collection made : 6.06.17
Decision of Application : Approved (5 years multi-entry)

[SameerSheikh]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Family Visit Visa (5 years - For parents of BC)
Country/Town of Application : Lahore, Pakistan
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : Gerry's - UK Visa Application Centre (30.05.17)
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 30.05.17 (email confirmation)
Application under process at British High Commission on : no email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : No contact made
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 07.06.17 (SMS Notification)
Contacted for Collection : (No email/sms.)
Collection made : 08.06.17
Decision of Application : Approved (5 years multi-entry)

[CR001]

]To all members who contribute to this topic/thread, the following are the guidance to adhere to so that we do not end up with a timeline thread that runs into many pages as the Abu Dhabi visitor visa one did and has become a discussion thread, rather than an easily readable timeline thread :

1. This topic is for timelines and timeline updates ONLY.

2. ANY discussions, chit chat, question such as 'Any news for applications from XYZ country...' ect, will be deleted and the user issued with a warning.

3. Most members who contribute to this thread will already have other recent queries or threads on the forum, i.e. 'Parents Visit visa - Please Advise' etc. If you need to ask a member something specific about their application, click on their name, search for their most recent NON timeline post and ask the question there. You are of course free to use the PM function for this too if you choose.

4. There will be zero tolerance of any abuse of the timeline thread.

5. No posting of personal contact details, please see Forum Terms & Conditions (click), particularly point 5.

6. The Format for posting your timeline is below.

7. This topic/thread will be monitored daily.

[abhishekb]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Business) : Business Non-Priority
Country/Town of Application : Mumbai(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 31/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : No Message /No email
Application under process at British High Commission on :No Message /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No Message /No email
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Not yet
Contacted for Collection :No Message /No email
Collection made :No Message /No email
Decision of Application : awaiting

Did anyone who applied during last few weeks received any news on their visa application?

[fatima-ahmed]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (6 month family visit) : Non-Priority
Country/Town of Application : Lahore
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 9/06/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : No SMS /No email
Application under process at British High Commission on :No SMS /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Not yet
Contacted for Collection :No SMS /No email
Collection made :No SMS /No email
Decision of Application : awaiting

[kiranair22sep]

Self applied for General Visitor visa on 31st May from Mumbai.
No mail/Sms as of now.
Awaiting a decision.
Does it take this long to process a visitor visa ?

[Casa]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) :
Country/Town of Application :
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at :
Application forwarded to British High Commission on :
Application under process at British High Commission on :
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email:
Contacted for Collection :
Collection made :
Decision of Application :

This is a TIMELINE thread ONLY and ALL posts should follow the format above.

[abhishekb]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Business) : Business Non-Priority
Country/Town of Application : Mumbai(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 31/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : No Message /No email
Application under process at British High Commission on :No Message /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No Message /No email
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Not yet
Contacted for Collection :No Message /No email
Collection made :No Message /No email
Decision of Application : awaiting

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Business) : Business Non-Priority
Country/Town of Application : Mumbai(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 31/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : No Message /No email
Application under process at British High Commission on :No Message /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No Message /No email
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 18/06/2017 (On Sunday..Strange )
Contacted for Collection : 19/06/2017 (Couriered)
Collection made :Awaiting delivery
Decision of Application : awaiting

[abhishekb]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Business) : Business Non-Priority
Country/Town of Application : Mumbai(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 31/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : No Message /No email
Application under process at British High Commission on :No Message /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No Message /No email
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 18/06/2017 (On Sunday..Strange )
Contacted for Collection : 19/06/2017 (Couriered)
Collection made :Awaiting delivery
Decision of Application : awaiting

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Business) : Business Non-Priority
Country/Town of Application : Mumbai(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 31/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : No Message /No email
Application under process at British High Commission on :No Message /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No Message /No email
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 18/06/2017 (On Sunday..Strange )
Contacted for Collection : 19/06/2017 (Couriered)
Collection made : Received courier 20/06/2017
Decision of Application : Visa Stamped

[fatima-ahmed]

[quote="fatima-ahmed"]Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (6 month family visit) : Non-Priority
Country/Town of Application : Lahore
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 9/06/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : No SMS /No email
Application under process at British High Commission on :No SMS /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Not yet
Contacted for Collection :21/06/2017
Collection made :22/06/2017
Decision of Application : visa is granted Alhamdulillah

[kirss]

Country/Town of Application : Bangalore
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 05/06/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 06/06/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on :No SMS /No email
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 22/06/2017
Contacted for Collection :22/06/2017
Collection made :23/06/2017
Decision of Application : Visa Stamped

>> Could track the parcel on Blue Dart using GWF number as Ref No on 22/06/2017

[brizlo]

Country/Town of Application : Germany
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 31/05/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 02/06/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on :
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :No
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 29/06/2017
Contacted for Collection :29/06/2017
Collection made :30/06/2017
Decision of Application : Visa Stamped

[Casa]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) :
Country/Town of Application :
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at :
Application forwarded to British High Commission on :
Application under process at British High Commission on :
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email:
Contacted for Collection :
Collection made :
Decision of Application :

This is a TIMELINE thread ONLY and ALL posts should follow the format above.

[Sunnyksm]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) :
Country/Town of Application : India / Ahmedabad
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 23/06/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 23/06/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on :don't know
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :waiting
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email:waiting
Contacted for Collection :waiting
Collection made :waiting
Decision of Application :waiting
I have mentioned travel date 10/07/2017 and still didn't come so tensed update any one got replied near dates thanks

[bUser]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Parents not fast-track
Country/Town of Application : Pakistan / Lahore
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 04/07/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : Not Known
Application under process at British High Commission on : Not Known
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : No Call
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: No email
Contacted for Collection : 18/07/2017 (via text msg)
Collection made : 18/07/2017
Decision of Application : Approved (thankfully)

[CR001]

This is a TIMELINE thread ONLY, no chats or questions or one line statements please.

[iqbal1979]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Family
Country/Town of Application : Bangalore(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 10/07/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 10/07/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on : 11/07/2017
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : Waiting
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Waiting
Contacted for Collection : Waiting
Collection made : Waiting
Decision of Application : Waiting

[Tsst]

tandard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Parents
Country/Town of Application : Chennai(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 12/07/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 12/07/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on : 13/07/2017
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : Waiting
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Waiting
Contacted for Collection : Waiting
Collection made : Waiting
Decision of Application : Waiting

[iqbal1979]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Family
Country/Town of Application : Bangalore(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 10/07/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 10/07/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on : 11/07/2017
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : NA
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 26/07/2017
Contacted for Collection : 26/07/2017
Collection made : Waiting (Courier Selected)
Decision of Application : Waiting

[iqbal1979]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Family
Country/Town of Application : Bangalore(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 10/07/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 10/07/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on : 11/07/2017
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : NA
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 26/07/2017
Contacted for Collection : 26/07/2017
Collection made : Waiting
Decision of Application : Waiting

[thisisportia22]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Family
Country/Town of Application : Accra, Ghana
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 20/06/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 21/06/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on :02/0/2017
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : NO
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Awaiting
Contacted for Collection :Awaiting
Collection made : Awaiting
Decision of Application : Awaiting

N/B; Got an email from UKVI that they wont meet their published processing time

[Weasel1990]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Family/General) : Family
Country/Town of Application : Chennai(India)
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 07/07/2017
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 07/07/2017
Application under process at British High Commission on : 10/07/2017
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : NA
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 25/07/2017
Contacted for Collection : 25/07/2017
Collection made : 26/07/2017
Decision of Application : Visa Stamped