Still waiting for a decision.....

[ElizaK]

Guys omg my husband just got a call 1 Hour ago from the Lahore centre and he’s got the visa!! Allhumduillah Allhumduillah Allhumduillah

We are sooooooooo happy, it’s been Two years and we have a son 1 year old - Allhumduillah he gets to have his papa!!!

Ma sha allah congratulations
Alhamdulillah for how many people have got their visas after such long waits

ElizaK praying 4 u hun .. hang in there ❤

Thank you love❤

[uj95]

excelsior790 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:49 pm
excelsior790 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:08 am
Application level: Priority
Visa Type: Spouse(wife)
Location: Islamabad
Application submitted (Online): 25/12/2019
Documents - Uploaded onto VFS
Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2020
Email Confirmation Received from ECO: 14/01/2020
Contact made with Sponsor and Employer: No
Contacted for Collection by text: 24th Jan 2020 from VFS
Collection made: 27th Jan 2020
Decision: VISA GRANTED Alhamdulillah
Thank you and wish you all the best of Luck! Cheers

Congrats @Excelsior790.

I am 2 days behind you. Biometrics was submitted on 6th January. I hope I get an answer soon In Sha Allah, waiting is the hardest thing I’ve done

[Alinakhan]

excelsior790 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:49 pm
excelsior790 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:08 am
Application level: Priority
Visa Type: Spouse(wife)
Location: Islamabad
Application submitted (Online): 25/12/2019
Documents - Uploaded onto VFS
Biometrics enrolled: 02/01/2020
Email Confirmation Received from ECO: 14/01/2020
Contact made with Sponsor and Employer: No
Contacted for Collection by text: 24th Jan 2020 from VFS
Collection made: 27th Jan 2020
Decision: VISA GRANTED Alhamdulillah
Thank you and wish you all the best of Luck! Cheers

Congrats @Excelsior790.

I am 2 days behind you. Biometrics was submitted on 6th January. I hope I get an answer soon In Sha Allah, waiting is the hardest thing I’ve done

my husband biometric was submitted 7th January 2020, let hope for the best inshallah,.
Good luck to everyone who are waiting.

[Alinakhan]

It’s 41 working days from biometrics

Allhumduillah my husband all booked for his Friday! Me and my whole family are sooo excited.

Praying for everyone here! May Allah grant you your visa’s Please don’t lose hope.

Ok. Thank you for the great dua, wish u great life ahead with ur son and husband.
Keep all of us in dua who are still waiting.

[AS4LYF]

Priority level: Non-Priority
Location: Islamabad
Application submitted (Online): 05/09/2019
Biometrics enrolled: 18/09/2019
Email Recieved from ECO: 10/10/2019
Sponsor and applicant interview invite: 21/11/2019
Sponsor and applicant interview date: 02/12/2019
Processing of case not straightforward email: 05/12/2019
12 week Deadline: 12/12/2019
Contacted UKVI by telephone call: 17/12/2019, case is ‘awaiting a decision’
Contacted UKVI by telephone call (76 WD): ‘awaiting decision’
06/01/2020, case is ‘awaiting decision’
Contacted for Collection by text: 22/01/2020
Collection made: 22/01/2020
Decision: Granted
Total time: 88 WD

Alhamdulilah the visa has been granted. My husband received a text but I didn’t receive an email.

Patience and perseverance.

Thank you so much for all your company and moral support guys. Especially the moderators.

We can finally start our life!

Congratulations Noshr67 and ms1993 and everybody else who have had their visas in Jan.
Is there any update from YazLat? Since you are 20 working days ahead of me.
As of today it is now 131 working days for me  so YazyLat must be on 150+ working days.
I am regularly checking this forum to see if anyone from Mirpur has recently got their visas so that it could give me hope but so far it is Islamabad mainly and Lahore.
Wonder if the Mirpur applications will have to wait until the building re-opens, if it re-opens? 

[Batgirl4]

Decided to post my timeline also for a spouse visa.

Priority level: Non-Priority
Location: Bahrain
Application submitted (Online): 29/08/2019
Biometrics enrolled: 02/09/2019
Processing of case not straightforward email: 21/11/2019
60 working days deadline was 22/11/2019

We are now on 104 days and have not heard anything. I applied through a solicitor and he advised it’s just a waiting game and will let me know if there is any updates. We have had no calls for any interviews or for further information.

I called UKVI once prior to the 60 working days as my husband was made aware at the biometric centre a decision is made in 60 days but did not clarify this is working days.

A second call was made to UKVI once the 60WD’s deadline was reached and they advised they don’t have any updates.

Very frustrating as we have not heard anything and unsure whether I should call UKVI again or wait it out as suggested by the solicitor.

I can appreciate our situation is a little complex as my husband was previously married to a UK citizen, they applied for the visa and this was refused, they appealed the decision and this was also rejected. He got divorced in 2015 and we got married in 2019. When submitting papers we ensured all information was included, his previous divorce papers etc.

I meet all other requirements and my income is above the threshold – I don’t have much savings so not sure whether this will play a factor.

Anyone else in a similar situation?

Also I have read the forum religiously for the last few months and there was mention of receiving a VAF number as part of the case not straightforward email. Just wondering if there is any significance to this?

[UtterlyBrilliant]

Decided to post my timeline also for a spouse visa.

Priority level: Non-Priority
Location: Bahrain
Application submitted (Online): 29/08/2019
Biometrics enrolled: 02/09/2019
Processing of case not straightforward email: 21/11/2019
60 working days deadline was 22/11/2019

We are now on 104 days and have not heard anything. I applied through a solicitor and he advised it’s just a waiting game and will let me know if there is any updates. We have had no calls for any interviews or for further information.

I called UKVI once prior to the 60 working days as my husband was made aware at the biometric centre a decision is made in 60 days but did not clarify this is working days.

A second call was made to UKVI once the 60WD’s deadline was reached and they advised they don’t have any updates.

Very frustrating as we have not heard anything and unsure whether I should call UKVI again or wait it out as suggested by the solicitor.

I can appreciate our situation is a little complex as my husband was previously married to a UK citizen, they applied for the visa and this was refused, they appealed the decision and this was also rejected. He got divorced in 2015 and we got married in 2019. When submitting papers we ensured all information was included, his previous divorce papers etc.

I meet all other requirements and my income is above the threshold – I don’t have much savings so not sure whether this will play a factor.

Anyone else in a similar situation?

Also I have read the forum religiously for the last few months and there was mention of receiving a VAF number as part of the case not straightforward email. Just wondering if there is any significance to this?

Wow, that's a long wait. The only thing I'd really suggest is the "case not straightforward" email seems to be a generic response when they can't complete the application on time (that's just going off what I've seen here. I believe earlier in this thread, somebody said they got that email, them or their employers weren't even contacted and shortly after they got their visa. That suggests it's a logistics issue as the case clearly wasn't too complicated). They seem to be aware of the deadline for your application too, they've sent the email one day before the deadline (probably as they know it's not getting done in time). To my untrained logic, it seems as though you're just a casualty of a slow response rate tbh. I wouldn't suggest anymore expenditure on escalating it, though maybe have your MP to see if they can do anything. Other than that, it just seems like a waiting game. Remember the decision is normally made a few days before you're notified, as the communication takes a while to come through to you.

As long as you haven't applied via the savings route, savings will not play a part at all.

I've also been reading the forum a lot recently, and someone had asked the same question about not receiving the VAF number on their communication. I think the email in its entirety seemed quite unprofessional and rushed. It turned out it doesn't matter. I'd suggest if they've given any identifiable info on the email (name, address, phone number etc) it's probably someone rushing to send out a "case not straightforward email" (especially with what I mentioned earlier about it being a day before your deadline) because they've got so much more to do too.

[Batgirl4]

Thanks for the response.

One thing I've noticed is that there is no distinguishing pattern to the decision making process. Just seems so random how people applied after me and also got the not straightforward email but then now have had responses and our case seems to be left catching dust. The waiting doesn't help, life seems to be in limbo as you can't plan and do things in case they just randomly drop a message or give an update. I am contemplating calling them one more time but don't want to aggravate them especially when m solicitor has said to wait.

[Noshr67]

I recieved my not straight fwd email day 29 of 30 of my priority application
Many got their not straight forward email day 58 of 60 of non priority applications so it is just generic when they cant complete the application on time
Reason as to why it hasnt been completed on time we cannot say

Vaf number I personally dont believe it has any significance
Even tho we recieved a vaf number on the not straight forward email on day 28 and day 47 the visa processed email came
But still if anyone suggests that getting a vaf means u have got the Visa doesn't make sense
Cz if they give u a vaf number and u believe the visa has been granted then there would be no reason for them to keep u waiting
Getting a vaf doesn't mean granted neither does it mean rejected
It purely is visa applied for number which every case gets assigned this number from the beginning when it's not even clear if visa should or should not be granted

Have faith and patience
Dont waste your money on ringing them but yeah do get MP involved and escalate that way
Solcitors deal with lots of cases and they do know best

Unfortunately if it is a waiting game then nothing u can do
Try the mp and see if that helps anyhow

Maybe it is a back log
Maybe mirpur cases have issues but of course they will never tell u the real reason

[SNK]

Thanks for the response.

One thing I've noticed is that there is no distinguishing pattern to the decision making process. Just seems so random how people applied after me and also got the not straightforward email but then now have had responses and our case seems to be left catching dust. The waiting doesn't help, life seems to be in limbo as you can't plan and do things in case they just randomly drop a message or give an update. I am contemplating calling them one more time but don't want to aggravate them especially when m solicitor has said to wait.

I completely agree with this and I can sympathise with you. It’s really hard coming onto the forum and seeing everyone receiving their visas but I guess it’s Allah’s will and his timing is always best.
Fingers crossed

For priority cases, is the maximum time frame 230 working days or 90?

[SNK]

Thanks for the response.

One thing I've noticed is that there is no distinguishing pattern to the decision making process. Just seems so random how people applied after me and also got the not straightforward email but then now have had responses and our case seems to be left catching dust. The waiting doesn't help, life seems to be in limbo as you can't plan and do things in case they just randomly drop a message or give an update. I am contemplating calling them one more time but don't want to aggravate them especially when m solicitor has said to wait.

I completely agree with this and I can sympathise with you. It’s really hard coming onto the forum and seeing everyone receiving their visas but I guess it’s Allah’s will and his timing is always best.
Fingers crossed

For priority cases, is the maximum time frame 120 working days or 90?

[Batgirl4]

I recieved my not straight fwd email day 29 of 30 of my priority application
Many got their not straight forward email day 58 of 60 of non priority applications so it is just generic when they cant complete the application on time
Reason as to why it hasnt been completed on time we cannot say

Vaf number I personally dont believe it has any significance
Even tho we recieved a vaf number on the not straight forward email on day 28 and day 47 the visa processed email came
But still if anyone suggests that getting a vaf means u have got the Visa doesn't make sense
Cz if they give u a vaf number and u believe the visa has been granted then there would be no reason for them to keep u waiting
Getting a vaf doesn't mean granted neither does it mean rejected
It purely is visa applied for number which every case gets assigned this number from the beginning when it's not even clear if visa should or should not be granted

Have faith and patience
Dont waste your money on ringing them but yeah do get MP involved and escalate that way
Solcitors deal with lots of cases and they do know best

Unfortunately if it is a waiting game then nothing u can do
Try the mp and see if that helps anyhow

Maybe it is a back log
Maybe mirpur cases have issues but of course they will never tell u the real reason

I definitely agree with the VAF number not having any significance as surely they wouldn't keep people waiting for ages.

My husband is from Bahrain so the concerns with Mirpur wouldn't concern us however there must be a backlog. Hopeful I will get a response within the next few weeks however if it exceeds 120wd's then will be looking at escalating.

P.S Congratulations on your husband's visa.

[Batgirl4]

Thanks for the response.

One thing I've noticed is that there is no distinguishing pattern to the decision making process. Just seems so random how people applied after me and also got the not straightforward email but then now have had responses and our case seems to be left catching dust. The waiting doesn't help, life seems to be in limbo as you can't plan and do things in case they just randomly drop a message or give an update. I am contemplating calling them one more time but don't want to aggravate them especially when m solicitor has said to wait.

I completely agree with this and I can sympathise with you. It’s really hard coming onto the forum and seeing everyone receiving their visas but I guess it’s Allah’s will and his timing is always best.
Fingers crossed

For priority cases, is the maximum time frame 120 working days or 90?

Need to have so much patience, In Sha Allah will receive news soon whatever it may be as Allah(swt) is the best of planners.

Sorry I am not sure about priority cases and the time frame. For non-priority my understanding is 60wd's and if there is no response then 120wd's however this is the HO - we can't be sure of anything and their structure of working cases!

[ElizaK]

It will be 2 weeks tomorrow since I recieved the phonecall from HO. I'm not sure how long to wait before I escalate

[SNK]

my phone call from the HO was on the 18th December and nothing since. I’ve emailed and also escalated but no other news since.

I think they just sent a generic email unless a decision has been made and they can tell you that.
so not really sure if it’s worth it or not, I feel like spending nearly £6 every time I email is not worth it because they don’t give you a satisfying enough response (unless a decision has been made) dependant if your comfortable paying that again and again.. I’ve personally learnt to just leave them be and accepted that they will email 2/3 days after a decision has been made so might aswell just wait.

[ElizaK]

my phone call from the HO was on the 18th December and nothing since. I’ve emailed and also escalated but no other news since.

I think they just sent a generic email unless a decision has been made and they can tell you that.
so not really sure if it’s worth it or not, I feel like spending nearly £6 every time I email is not worth it because they don’t give you a satisfying enough response (unless a decision has been made) dependant if your comfortable paying that again and again.. I’ve personally learnt to just leave them be and accepted that they will email 2/3 days after a decision has been made so might aswell just wait.

Could you please tell me the email address that you used to contact them?

[CR001]

The moderators have ask multiple times that India and Pakistan applicants do NOT post their timelines only in this topic. There are country specific timeline only topics for timeline only posts.

[Alinakhan]

Hello can I please ask my solicitor have received email from home office to say the passport is ready to collect, and she said she got the email but it doesn’t say name on and she said she have many clients so it could be anyone’s. She told me to tell my husband to go and check if it’s his passport or not. As my husband is in Afghanistan. He have to travel all the way to Islamabad to see if it his or not. Confusing.

[uj95]

Hello can I please ask my solicitor have received email from home office to say the passport is ready to collect, and she said she got the email but it doesn’t say name on and she said she have many clients so it could be anyone’s. She told me to tell my husband to go and check if it’s his passport or not. As my husband is in Afghanistan. He have to travel all the way to Islamabad to see if it his or not. Confusing.

You might just have to ring them to confirm.

Your husband biometrics was 1 day after my partners. But am still waiting for decision to be made...hmmmmm

[uj95]

Anyone know what this means:

“Your processed visa application was received on 01/30/20 (today)”

Has a decision been made or??

[uj95]

Anyone know what this means:

“Your processed visa application was received on 01/30/20 (today)”

Has a decision been made or??

Will I receive an email or message to tell me to collect passport?

[SNK]

my phone call from the HO was on the 18th December and nothing since. I’ve emailed and also escalated but no other news since.

I think they just sent a generic email unless a decision has been made and they can tell you that.
so not really sure if it’s worth it or not, I feel like spending nearly £6 every time I email is not worth it because they don’t give you a satisfying enough response (unless a decision has been made) dependant if your comfortable paying that again and again.. I’ve personally learnt to just leave them be and accepted that they will email 2/3 days after a decision has been made so might aswell just wait.

Could you please tell me the email address that you used to contact them?

I went onto the home office website and under the visas it says contact the home office, you then email from their website to ask them to escalate

[Moon Lantern]

Hello can I please ask my solicitor have received email from home office to say the passport is ready to collect, and she said she got the email but it doesn’t say name on and she said she have many clients so it could be anyone’s. She told me to tell my husband to go and check if it’s his passport or not. As my husband is in Afghanistan. He have to travel all the way to Islamabad to see if it his or not. Confusing.

Surely there will be a GWF number or application number in that email?

[uj95]

Anyone know what this means:

“Your processed visa application was received on 01/30/20 (today)”

Has a decision been made or??

Will I receive an email or message to tell me to collect passport?

Partner picking up her passport tomorrow In Sha Allah

[Alinakhan]

Hello can I please ask my solicitor have received email from home office to say the passport is ready to collect, and she said she got the email but it doesn’t say name on and she said she have many clients so it could be anyone’s. She told me to tell my husband to go and check if it’s his passport or not. As my husband is in Afghanistan. He have to travel all the way to Islamabad to see if it his or not. Confusing.

You might just have to ring them to confirm.

Your husband biometrics was 1 day after my partners. But am still waiting for decision to be made...hmmmmm

Thanks a lot, I did rang ho they said yes it’s ready to collect, my husband is in Afghanistan, he will send his relative to collect the passport tomorrow inshallah, can I ask what the person need to take, is there any form that he needs to take that authoritarian from the applicant what’s the correct from to sign.