TiggerFish

I hope you get a good result chiang mai

You can't be far behind jasonr3255

Welcome to the list akaloco, I would have thought you have much longer to wait either.

When is it my (my wife and stepsons) turn ? This waiting business is no fun.

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

04 Jun, 18 Aug, 10 weeks and 5 days, snuggzzz, successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, successful

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

18 Jun, 25 Aug, 9 weeks and 5 days, Dubar, successful

21 Jun, 03 Sep, 10 weeks and 4 days, incy, successful

25 Jun, 03 Sep, 10 weeks and 0 days, stament, successful

24 Jun, 07 Sep, 10 weeks and 5 days, chiang mai, unknown

Still waiting (08/09/10)

24 Jun, jasonr3255 has been waiting for 10 weeks and 6 days to date

25 Jun, akaloco has been waiting for 10 weeks and 5 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 2 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 9 weeks and 1 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 6 weeks and 5 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 5 weeks and 5 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 5 weeks and 1 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 3 weeks and 1 days to date

Congratulations to Stament and incy !!!

I was beginning to wonder where you were and was fearing the worst incy.

There is now some indication that there can be an element of randomness in the processing.

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

04 Jun, 18 Aug, 10 weeks and 5 days, snuggzzz, successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, successful

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

18 Jun, 25 Aug, 9 weeks and 5 days, Dubar, successful

21 Jun, 03 Sep, 10 weeks and 4 days, incy, successful

25 Jun, 03 Sep, 10 weeks and 0 days, stament, successful

Still waiting (06/09/10)

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 4 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 0 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 8 weeks and 6 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 6 weeks and 3 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 5 weeks and 3 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 4 weeks and 6 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 2 weeks and 6 days to date

Good luck everyone !!!

My wife received an SMS yesterday evening saying that her visa had been couriered yesterday, i.e. Friday. Don't suppose anyone knows how long this courier service normally takes to deliver do they?

The waiting is nearly over perhaps maybe Monday or Tuesday. She's going to phone the Courier company now. I'll return to the board when we have further news......

Good luck all

Cheers

Stam

Hi Stament. You queue jumping ?

Good luck, I hope it all works out.

That's great news incy. Good luck for Monday.

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, successful

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

18 Jun, 25 Aug, 9 weeks and 5 days, Dubar, successful

21 Jun, 03 Sep, 10 weeks and 4 days, incy, unknown

Still waiting (03/09/10)

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 1 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 10 weeks and 0 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 9 weeks and 4 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 8 weeks and 3 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 6 weeks and 0 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 5 weeks and 0 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 4 weeks and 3 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 2 weeks and 3 days to date

Hi.

Skeets here,

I'm fourth on the list and dont possibly see how i can wait any longer!!!

I feel your pain skeets. I have this forum open in the background all day every day just to see if there is any change. Each day that passes without any movement on the list is painful to endure. At the moment I think we will be lucky to hear before the end of next week.

At least they do seem to process them in the same order they were submitted.

Nothing we can do now but wait.

Best of luck to all and Good speed

A couple of useful resources that might make settling in the UK a little easier, I used these extensively when my girlfriend stayed for 6 months.

Thai TV on the internet www.dootv.tv

Mail order Thai ingredients www.raanthai.co.uk

A couple of questions:

1) Tiggerfiash has done an outstanding job with this thread, do you intend to keep it going after you get your visa or will the forum pick it up, it really is very useful in so many ways?

Thanks it's been as much for my own reference as anything but I am very pleased to see that it has been useful to others.

It is my intention to keep the thread up to date even after we get an answer, if we ever get one that is. It has certainly been useful to have visibility of the times.

Although should we be lucky enough to get the right result I will be heading off to Thailand for 10 days or so to go and pick the family up and bring them back here and I will not have any internet connectivity for the duration but I'm sure someone else can maintain it for a while.

Up to date listing, seems we're in to the 10 week zone now.

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, successful

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

18 Jun, 25 Aug, 9 weeks and 5 days, Dubar, successful

Still waiting (31/08/10)

21 Jun, incy, has been waiting for 10 weeks and 1 days to date

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 9 weeks and 5 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 9 weeks and 4 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 9 weeks and 1 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 8 weeks and 0 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 5 weeks and 4 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 4 weeks and 4 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 4 weeks and 0 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 2 weeks and 0 days to date

You can all get a move on, my wife is set on getting an answer next week, we're both a little tired of the waiting and uncertainty.

I'd like that of course but I'm not sure it is a realistic expectation.

Congratulations Dubar !!!!!! Great result ! Good luck for the years to come.

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, successful

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

18 Jun, 25 Aug, 9 weeks and 5 days, Dubar, successful

Still waiting (26/08/10)

21 Jun, incy, has been waiting for 9 weeks and 3 days to date

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 9 weeks and 0 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 6 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 8 weeks and 3 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 7 weeks and 2 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 4 weeks and 6 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 3 weeks and 6 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 3 weeks and 2 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 1 weeks and 2 days to date

as a matter of interest guys, what was the calender difference between when you put the application in and the date you stated for arrival on the form?

i'm sure the arrival date is taken into account by the ECO if you are fair with them and give enough processing time.

i allowed 10 weeks and stated 1st october for arrival, how much time did you guys allow?

kind regards.

Submitted 28th June, requested travel date 16th Aug

At last, good luck Dubar !!

Well last week was rather quiet for all waiting times are now 9 weeks plus.

Lets hope for some more movement this week... Good Luck all !!!!

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, successful

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

Still waiting (23/08/10)

18 Jun, Dubar, has been waiting for 9 weeks and 3 days to date

21 Jun, incy, has been waiting for 9 weeks and 0 days to date

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 8 weeks and 4 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 3 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 8 weeks and 0 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 6 weeks and 6 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 4 weeks and 3 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 3 weeks and 3 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 2 weeks and 6 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 0 weeks and 6 days to date

Incidentally Tiggerfish do we know the reasons why the couple of people on your list were refused? I'm guessing not.

If you go back through the forum then you can find the details. I didn't want to shout about refusals too much in case it discouraged people from joining in.

I suspect you are right RE holidays, if nothing else I would expect the supporting Thai staff to have the holiday which is bound to impact throughput.

I think it's good to have visibility of the times like this but no fun when you can see them getting longer and longer. I was hoping to hear for my family towards the end of next week but at the moment that's looking unlikely.

Hang in there everyone.

Well done kevozman1, on the result and the suspension Best of luck for the many years to come.

Welcome to the world of waiting sonicdragon. Be warned time passes more slowly within the list, I know I feel like I've been waiting a lifetime already.

Dubar, I'm planning on you making me do another update tomorrow... Good Luck !!

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, successful

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

Still waiting (17/08/10)

18 Jun, Dubar, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 4 days to date

21 Jun, incy, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 1 days to date

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 7 weeks and 5 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 7 weeks and 4 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 7 weeks and 1 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 6 weeks and 0 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 3 weeks and 4 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 2 weeks and 4 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 2 weeks and 0 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 0 weeks and 0 days to date

Fiancée Visa, get married within those six months and apply for further leave to remain from the UK.

There are a couple of people using this board at the moment who are in the process of doing just that.

I was having trouble getting information on my girlfriends application for a tourist visa to the UK, until today when i got a message saying your application has been sent to VFS for collection, does this mean she's got the visa or that its been declined and that we have to re-submit it.

Has anyone got any advice on what this message means.

She's gonna pop into VFS in Bangkok later today so i should find out later anyway, i'll let you all know what happens.

Wish me luck.............

Good Luck !!!

It just means it's ready for collection, nothing more.

You wont find out the result until your girlfriend opens the envelope.

Again with the good luck!!

I've just tried it and it worked for me... Well my wife and stepson

End of the week update.

Congratulations snakey, thanks for the info, best of luck for the future.

tigerjohns application now shows as as successful, well done mate.

We didn't hear back from kevozman1, I hope all is well.

Dubar.... top of the list.... Best of luck !!!

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, unknown

09 Jun, 09 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, snakey, successful

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, successful

Still waiting (13/08/10)

18 Jun, Dubar, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 0 days to date

21 Jun, incy, has been waiting for 7 weeks and 4 days to date

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 7 weeks and 1 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 7 weeks and 0 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 6 weeks and 4 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 5 weeks and 3 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 3 weeks and 0 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 2 weeks and 0 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 1 weeks and 3 days to date

yes they do stament, 7by7 put some links for the stats if you look back you can see them, congrats to snakey yes another success story i just hope they keep coming for you all, dubar mate enjoy this weekend cos yours is just after weekend if not today mate, good luck,

Couldn't see the thread but will keep searching. The official stats here are only the total number processed in a month (i.e. decisions made regardless of whether successful or not)

http://www.ukvisas.g...processingtimes

I suspect there won't be any news as yesterday was a holiday (Queen's birthday) and I believe today is as well (well certainly for a lot of government officials - Govt schools for sure as my friend is off).

i didnt know it was today too, he posted it to tiggerfish on this topic somewhere, my wife flys on monday so she will be here monday nite, im sure you hear soon dubar mate,

Here it is....

In fact, most applications are successful. The figures for 2009/10 have yet to be published, but in 2008/09 in Thailand out of 2,775 settlement applications, 2,385 were granted; thats 87%.

See Entry Clearance Statistics 2008/09; Thailand's settlement applications are on page 75.

The success rate for family visits (page 37) was 90% and for other visits (page 52) it was 91%.

A look in the archives (2001/02 to 2004/05 and 2005/06 onwards) will show similar results.

Which indicates, to me at least, that provided one prepares properly, obtaining a UK visa, visit or settlement, is not as difficult as some would have people believe.

Fantastic news !!! Congratulations.

I'm a little relieved it was a good result, been waiting all day.

All settlement applications (spouse, child and fiancée) seem to be taking about the same time, assuming no complications.

Currently the experience of those using this forum is that the waiting time is between 8-9 weeks.

Here is a link to the UKBA guide to processing times.

You can do some of the preparation from the UK but the application has to be submitted in Thailand.

You don't need to be married to apply for a tourist visa so you don't have to get a cert.

You also don't need to go to Bangkok to get a cert.

As there is often confusion with this I will ask. Did you get married with a village ceremony only ? or did you register your marriage with the local district office ? If you registered with the local district office you should have got a pair of certificates then.

As you have until March next year I would suggest that you research making the application yourself rather than using an agency. It's a lot cheaper that way, a fair amount of work is involved but all the information and plenty of help is available from articles in this forum.

Wishing you the best of luck tigerjohn

Welcome to the list incy and skeets

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, unknown

11 Jun, 11 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, tigerjohn, unknown at the moment

Still waiting (11/08/10)

18 Jun, Dubar, has been waiting for 7 weeks and 5 days to date

21 Jun, incy, has been waiting for 7 weeks and 2 days to date

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 6 weeks and 6 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 6 weeks and 5 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 6 weeks and 2 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 5 weeks and 1 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 2 weeks and 5 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 1 weeks and 5 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 1 weeks and 1 days to date

7 by 7 thanks for the links to the stats, you seem to know these websites and the rules/regs inside out.

kevozman1 thanks for the correction (I'll get me coat). I hope it all works out for you, keeping fingers crossed.

tigerjohn, that puts you at the top of the list now.

Have a great weekend folks.

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days, weaver93, successful

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day, kp86, successful

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days, rinbury, unknown

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, lostforwords, successful

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, harrydash, successful

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day, samuzza, successful

19 Mar, 12 May, 7 weeks and 5 days, , refused

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days, andyandythai, unknown

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days, HowardJohnson, successful

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days, , refused

30 Apr, 04 May, 0 weeks and 4 days, bwalker1973, successful

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days, craiggm16, successful

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, Phil_nu_uk and nongbkk, both successful

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days, friend of catch245uk, unknown

25 May, 12 Jul, 6 weeks and 6 days, candledinner79, successful

25 May, 15 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, sanook2me, successful

26 May, 16 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, catch245UK, successful

31 May, 21 Jul, 7 weeks and 2 days, Matty1243, successful

01 Jun, 23 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days, billymalky and esoteric, both successful

02 Jun, 02 Aug, 8 weeks and 5 days, Kaks and mikeee, both successful

08 Jun, 06 Aug, 8 weeks and 3 days, kevozman1, unknown at the moment

Still waiting (06/08/10)

11 Jun, tigerjohn, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 0 days to date

18 Jun, Dubar, has been waiting for 7 weeks and 0 days to date

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai, have been waiting for 6 weeks and 1 days to date

25 Jun, stament, has been waiting for 6 weeks and 0 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 5 weeks and 4 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 4 weeks and 3 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 2 weeks and 0 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 1 weeks and 0 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 0 weeks and 3 days to date