Uk Settlement Waiting

[TiggerFish]

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Visa processing times are shown in timescales from 2- 120 days. The days are expressed in working days. "Working days do not include":

weekends, local public holidays and any other non-working days;

where appointments are required, the time taken to obtain an appointment.

Taken from the Border and Immigration website.

I still think 120 days could actually mean 24 calendar weeks from the way the above is described...? This waiting is making me mad now...!

Hi Jason, can't agree more, this waiting is driving me mad too, not a great deal we can do about it though.... Other than wait some more of course.

This page shows the SLA that they aim for, 95% in 12 weeks and 100% in 24.

Apparently June is the peak month for applications of all types so I'm not alarmed that the current processing times are way out there just a little disappointed.

I think having the list is both a blessing and a curse. If it wasn't for the fact that I know everyone else is experiencing long waiting times I would be pestering the Embassy by now thinking that something was up.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread.

Good luck all..

[chiang mai]

I spoke with Mrs CM today and she tells me she finally picked up her passport from the Phuket office, her work hours had prohibited her doing this sooner - she tells me that her visa was granted, we asked for 15 August and they gave us 2 September.

[jasonr3255]

Congratulations ! All the best for the future in the UK

[chiang mai]

Congratulations ! All the best for the future in the UK

Thanks Jason, keep the faith, you're only a few hours away.

[liveforever]

wow its quiet on the posting guys, hope you hear some good news soon from the guys at the top to give us faith at the bottom,

cheers

[lonnie41]

wow its quiet on the posting guys, hope you hear some good news soon from the guys at the top to give us faith at the bottom,

cheers

Yes this is nail biting stuff !! Hurry up please !.Good luk to all.

[jasonr3255]

wow its quiet on the posting guys, hope you hear some good news soon from the guys at the top to give us faith at the bottom,

cheers

Yes this is nail biting stuff !! Hurry up please !.Good luk to all.

Just checked online tracking and Guess what...Nothing ! 12 weeks tomorrow

[TiggerFish]

Just checked online tracking and Guess what...Nothing ! 12 weeks tomorrow

It says Here

"The UK Border Agency at The British Embassy in Bangkok is currently receiving a high volume of visa applications. Please help us to continue to provide a good service by not contacting VFS or The British Embassy unless your visa application has exceeded our published processing times."

"We are currently processing applications within our published targets of 15 working days for non-settlement and 12 weeks for settlement applications"

So that says to me once 12 weeks has past we can start to chase them.

However quite how one goes about this and how much good it would do is an unknown.

The telephone numbers posted on the Embassy website come with the note "(Please note the Consular/Main Embassy lines are NOT for visa enquiries) " and the email address for visas goes of to vfs global and promises a response in 20 working days.

What to do ? It's most frustrating !

As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, it's nice to know that I'm not alone.

Chin up all, best foot forward, we'll get there in the end.

[Mercury]

That statement is akin to the London Underground stating that "There is a good service on all London Underground lines" when you have just been delayed 30 minutes, you find that your connection is not possible and your destination station is closed.

[liveforever]

Just checked online tracking and Guess what...Nothing ! 12 weeks tomorrow

It says Here

"The UK Border Agency at The British Embassy in Bangkok is currently receiving a high volume of visa applications. Please help us to continue to provide a good service by not contacting VFS or The British Embassy unless your visa application has exceeded our published processing times."

"We are currently processing applications within our published targets of 15 working days for non-settlement and 12 weeks for settlement applications"

So that says to me once 12 weeks has past we can start to chase them.

However quite how one goes about this and how much good it would do is an unknown.

The telephone numbers posted on the Embassy website come with the note "(Please note the Consular/Main Embassy lines are NOT for visa enquiries) " and the email address for visas goes of to vfs global and promises a response in 20 working days.

What to do ? It's most frustrating !

As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, it's nice to know that I'm not alone.

Chin up all, best foot forward, we'll get there in the end.

evening guys, its good to get some response and banter.

surely if the embassy is getting a large amount of applications now, then that should affect the issuing of visa's in 12 weeks time, those applications are being delt with by regent house then sent to wireless road to wait on the pile, so it should not affect our processing time; so, basicly what we are suffering is the large amount of applications that were submitted 10-12 weeks ago; the future of applications should not affect those waiting.

cheers

[TiggerFish]

Akaloco (or his wife did) got the call to collect yesterday..... Good luck for the result!!!

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, successful

25 Jun, 15 Sep, 11 weeks and 5 days, akaloco, unknown

Still waiting (16/09/10)

24 Jun, jasonr3255 has been waiting for 12 weeks and 0 days to date

28 Jun, TiggerFish and Skeets, have been waiting for 11 weeks and 3 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 2 days to date

20 Jul, pagan1, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 2 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 7 weeks and 6 days to date

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

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

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 4 weeks and 2 days to date

[silverdales]

This email works [email protected]

but you just get a standard wait a while longer, but a route to go to when its been too long! hope this helps///

[stament]

I spoke with Mrs CM today and she tells me she finally picked up her passport from the Phuket office, her work hours had prohibited her doing this sooner - she tells me that her visa was granted, we asked for 15 August and they gave us 2 September.

Many congratulations

[skeets]

Hi all.

Just to let you know that my husband got his sms yesterday and will be going to pick up his passport today.

weve been refused once already and i start my course at uni in the UK no later than the 15th of October so to say i am pooing my pants is putting it mildly!

will let you know the result tomorrow, keep everything crossed for us please.

Good luck to all those waiting, i think i was 4 days off the 12 weeks!

Skeets

[sonicdragon]

This email works [email protected]

but you just get a standard wait a while longer, but a route to go to when its been too long! hope this helps///

Also, this is apparently the fax number of the visa section at the Embassy

+66 (0) 2 254 9579

http://www.personalthailand.com/threads/205-British-Embassy-in-Bangkok

[TiggerFish]

Hi all, I have just been woken by a very excited Mrs TiggerFish, SMS received, she's trying to make arrangements to get to Bangkok today.

Will let you know when I do.

Now I'm nervous.

[skeets]

Hi all, I have just been woken by a very excited Mrs TiggerFish, SMS received, she's trying to make arrangements to get to Bangkok today.

Will let you know when I do.

Now I'm nervous.

Oh My Goodness its terrible isnt it! ive just sent my man off on the bus to bangkok and i feel like hes heading off to war or something!

Are you by chance a tall white guy with not much hair who has a daughter around 8 or so? when we went to apply for the visa a little girl was playing with my 2 young daughters and just wondered if it was your family?

Good luck and lets hope we both get the answer we want.

Skeets

[TiggerFish]

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Oh My Goodness its terrible isnt it! ive just sent my man off on the bus to bangkok and i feel like hes heading off to war or something!

Are you by chance a tall white guy with not much hair who has a daughter around 8 or so? when we went to apply for the visa a little girl was playing with my 2 young daughters and just wondered if it was your family?

Good luck and lets hope we both get the answer we want.

Skeets

Yes, it's terrible, I don't know what to do with myself at the moment.

No, that's not me, I'm a short white guy without much hair (painting a pretty picture there) with a stepson of 7 years old.

Unfortunately I was not with my wife when she submitted the application on the Monday as I had to fly back the day before.

Good luck skeets, I hope you get the right result this time.

[jasonr3255]

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Oh My Goodness its terrible isnt it! ive just sent my man off on the bus to bangkok and i feel like hes heading off to war or something!

Are you by chance a tall white guy with not much hair who has a daughter around 8 or so? when we went to apply for the visa a little girl was playing with my 2 young daughters and just wondered if it was your family?

Good luck and lets hope we both get the answer we want.

Skeets

Yes, it's terrible, I don't know what to do with myself at the moment.

No, that's not me, I'm a short white guy without much hair (painting a pretty picture there) with a stepson of 7 years old.

Unfortunately I was not with my wife when she submitted the application on the Monday as I had to fly back the day before.

Good luck skeets, I hope you get the right result this time.

Good Luck to you both I hope you both get the right result fingers crossed...!

[Mercury]

Good luck to you both. My missus says 4 people got visas today and she is hopeful, as I am, that we will hear soon.

[skeets]

Hi All.

Well the husband is in the queue to get his passport,, he says theyre lots and lots of people waiting and hes all wet cos its peeing it down !

going home from school in a mo so will let you know the outcome tomorrow, thanks everyone and good luck to all those still waiting.

Skeets

[TiggerFish]

Well I'm glad that's over with!!! team TiggerFish got the result we were looking for, visa for wife and stepson in hand.

Just need to get some vacation time booked and buy tickets for us all..... Wooo Hooo !!!!

So relieved!!!! Thanks everyone for your support.

Good luck to all those waiting.

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, successful

25 Jun, 15 Sep, 11 weeks and 5 days, akaloco, unknown

28 Jun, 16 Sep, 11 weeks and 3 days, skeets, unknown

28 Jun, 17 Sep, 11 weeks and 4 days, TiggerFish, successful

Still waiting (17/09/10)

24 Jun, jasonr3255 has been waiting for 12 weeks and 1 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 3 days to date

20 Jul, pagan1, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 3 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 0 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 7 weeks and 0 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 6 weeks and 3 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 4 weeks and 3 days to date

[silverdales]

A big congrats to you Tiggerfish.... I just hope the others are successful.. hopefully see you at that celebration.. when I get round to it I will start a thread for that!

Once again well done, this has cheered me up a bit as my application was quite similiar to yours just a few weeks later when you helped me with some of my stupid questions!!

Cheers

[jasonr3255]

Well I'm glad that's over with!!! team TiggerFish got the result we were looking for, visa for wife and stepson in hand.

Just need to get some vacation time booked and buy tickets for us all..... Wooo Hooo !!!!

So relieved!!!! Thanks everyone for your support.

Good luck to all those waiting.

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, successful

25 Jun, 15 Sep, 11 weeks and 5 days, akaloco, unknown

28 Jun, 16 Sep, 11 weeks and 3 days, skeets, unknown

28 Jun, 17 Sep, 11 weeks and 4 days, TiggerFish, successful

Still waiting (17/09/10)

24 Jun, jasonr3255 has been waiting for 12 weeks and 1 days to date

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 3 days to date

20 Jul, pagan1, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 3 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 0 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 7 weeks and 0 days to date

03 Aug, silverdales, has been waiting 6 weeks and 3 days to date

17 Aug, sonicdragon, has been waiting 4 weeks and 3 days to date

Excellent News Tiggerfish good luck for you and your family in the UK..!

We have received confirmation that Passport is ready for collection, we will post on Monday when we have the result. We are just a little concerned we were the first out of sequence but also hopeful as he was not interviewed like last time. A long weekend ahead !

[tigerjohn]

WELL DONE TIGGERFISH MATE, im so happy for you and you certainly deserve the good news after what you have contributed on here, so good luck for you and the family in the future mate and to everyone else waiting im sure you will get the result you want very soon, so come on jason stop pissing about lol, really good luck now mate,

[stament]

I spoke with Mrs CM today and she tells me she finally picked up her passport from the Phuket office, her work hours had prohibited her doing this sooner - she tells me that her visa was granted, we asked for 15 August and they gave us 2 September.

Many congratulations. Besto of luck for you and your wife in the future.

[stament]

WELL DONE TIGGERFISH MATE, im so happy for you and you certainly deserve the good news after what you have contributed on here, so good luck for you and the family in the future mate and to everyone else waiting im sure you will get the result you want very soon, so come on jason stop pissing about lol, really good luck now mate,

Couldn't agree more. Thanks for your superb efforts and all the best for the future.

[silverdales]

All fingers crossed for Jason on Monday - god knows they have waited long enough!

[skeets]

Oh my goodness sounds like great news all round, the husband got his visa too. only took 2 attempts ,7 months and 74,000 baht. bargin!

good luck Jason and best of luck to all on the list.

Skeets xx

[lonnie41]

Oh my goodness sounds like great news all round, the husband got his visa too. only took 2 attempts ,7 months and 74,000 baht. bargin!

good luck Jason and best of luck to all on the list.

Skeets xx

CONGRATULATIONS!! to Skeets and Family and All The Best for Uni.Also to Team Tiggerfish!! and thank you for all the hard work you have put in ,keeping the list up to date,and trying to console all of us who are still waiting.

Edited September 18, 2010 by lonnie41