Country: USA (Seattle)
Visa: Settlement - Spouse (Wife)
Priority Service: Yes
Visa processing office: Sheffield, UK
Projected timeline: up to 12 weeks for settlement visas (according to 1st email from Sheffield on 27 June)
Date application submitted (online at visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/User/Home): 31 May 2018
Date biometrics taken (at USCIS ASC Seattle Application Support Center): 15 June 2018
Documents received at Sheffield (ParcelForce tracking): 20 June 2018 11:38am GMT
Email "application being prepared for consideration by an ECO": 27 June 2018 10:33am GMT
Email "visa application does not include airway bill": 27 June 2018 11:31am GMT
Email "ECO assigned": WAITING...
Call to escalate at over 30 working days: N/A
Documents returned (to UK address): WAITING...
Email "decision made": WAITING...
Passport received (by UPS courier, prepaid label from via VFS Global): WAITING...
Status on Sun 29 July 2018:
41 working days since online application submitted
30 working days since biometrics
27 working days since documents arrived at Sheffield
22 working days since first email from Sheffield
STATUS: WAITING...