We put in our applications in a week last Friday and it says 3 - 5 working days. How long are they really likely to take? I keep checking but just the same message - "Applications sent to the British Embassy." Travel plans all gone astray. It also seems impossible to contact them by phone.

A decision should be imminent. You can send an e-mail to the embassy at [email protected].

Scouse.

Yes, the Visa Centre should phone your wife very soon, mig, even if it's to come in to book an interview date. If your wife does have to go for an interview, it's worthwhile to ask to be put on the reserve list for an earlier date.

Fingers crossed, for you anyway.

Thanks I just emailed them as nothing again today. It is putting incredable stress on my wife and I as I need to get back for job interviews and we are sitting around with a house full of stuff we don't know if they will need for the next six or seven weeks.