Uk Settlement Waiting

[lonnie41]

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 !

My thoughts are with you and your family Jason,I shouldnt worry too much abought being out of synch.I think maybe child applications are a little more involved.I hope on Monday its a Yes because my 2 step grandchildren are nearly at top of our list.

[stament]

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

Well done, it sure is a huge relief when you finally get the visa.

[liveforever]

really well done skeets and tiggerfish, really pleased for you both, and the very best of luck to jason on monday.

good luck everyone.

cheers

[stament]

really well done skeets and tiggerfish, really pleased for you both, and the very best of luck to jason on monday.

good luck everyone.

cheers

Yes good luck Jason. I really hope you here early next week - the waiting must be killing you especially as a few of us who submitted our applications after you have heard back already.

All the best mate

[TiggerFish]

Well it's all happening now isn't it )

Congratulations skeets !!! Good luck for all the years to come.

jason, you have a result at last, that's great, I'm sure it's good news, Good luck for Monday.

A sincere thanks to everyone for their support and contributions, it has made this long wait bearable. I'm quite sure that if it had been a 12 week wait and I didn't know everyone was in the same boat then I'd have been a complete wreck by the end of it.

I'm lucky enough to be off to Thailand tomorrow (I can't wait to see my wife and stepson again) but my access to the internet will be intermittent at best for most of my stay (10 days) so I wont be able to maintain the list much during that time. I will be back though, I'd like to see this through and keep the list running until people stop contributing.

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

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

24 Jun, 17 Sep, 12 weeks and 1 day, jasonr3225, unknown

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

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

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

Still waiting (18/09/10)

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 4 days to date

20 Jul, pagan1, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 4 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 1 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 7 weeks and 1 days to date

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

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

[tpraja]

Anybody can help me about australia visa

Congratulations on getting the YES !!!

That's a long time to wait for an answer 16, weeks.

We should be due for an update on the UKBA sight with regard to processing times any time soon I would think as today is the middle of the month (ish)

I've compiled a list from this and other threads regarding processing times.

Waiting times from applications that have completed.

26 Feb, 08 Apr, 5 weeks and 6 days

03 Mar, 22 Apr, 7 weeks and 1 day

04 Mar, 26 Apr, 7 weeks and 4 days

08 Mar, 04 May, 8 weeks and 1 day

08 Mar, 05 May, 8 weeks and 2 days

10 Mar, 06 May, 8 weeks and 1 day

25 Mar, 15 Jul, 16 weeks

26 Mar, 25 May, 8 weeks and 4 days

30 Mar, 27 May, 8 weeks and 2 days

30 Mar, 03 Jun, 9 weeks and 2 days

30 Apr, 04 May, 4 days

07 May, 29 Jun, 7 weeks and 4 days

11 May, 02 Jul, 7 weeks and 3 days

24 May, 09 Jul, 6 weeks and 4 days

Still waiting

25 May, candledinner79

26 May, catch245UK

02 Jun, mikee

11 Jun, tigerjohn

24 Jun, jasonr3255 and chiang mai

25 Jun, stament

28 Jun, TiggerFish

Good work!

[chiang mai]

Well it's all happening now isn't it )

Congratulations skeets !!! Good luck for all the years to come.

jason, you have a result at last, that's great, I'm sure it's good news, Good luck for Monday.

A sincere thanks to everyone for their support and contributions, it has made this long wait bearable. I'm quite sure that if it had been a 12 week wait and I didn't know everyone was in the same boat then I'd have been a complete wreck by the end of it.

I'm lucky enough to be off to Thailand tomorrow (I can't wait to see my wife and stepson again) but my access to the internet will be intermittent at best for most of my stay (10 days) so I wont be able to maintain the list much during that time. I will be back though, I'd like to see this through and keep the list running until people stop contributing.

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

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

24 Jun, 17 Sep, 12 weeks and 1 day, jasonr3225, unknown

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

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

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

Still waiting (18/09/10)

06 Jul, Mercury and lonnie41, have been waiting for 10 weeks and 4 days to date

20 Jul, pagan1, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 4 days to date

23 Jul, yumster, has been waiting for 8 weeks and 1 days to date

30 Jul, liveforever, has been waiting 7 weeks and 1 days to date

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

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

Well done Tiggerfish, congratulations, if anyone deserves a positive visa answer in this thread it's you.

[liveforever]

just as a matter of interest within the guys still on the waiting list; what did you guys put down as arrival date? we put 8th october on ours;

cheers

[Mercury]

We applied in July and put down a date in August. Another date in September was also mentioned. The very fact that there has been no reference to any date mentioned merely reinforces my belief that they just leave your application sitting around for weeks before even opening it for the first time.

[stament]

We applied in July and put down a date in August. Another date in September was also mentioned. The very fact that there has been no reference to any date mentioned merely reinforces my belief that they just leave your application sitting around for weeks before even opening it for the first time.

Have to agree. We put our application in on June 25th and asked for I believe 11th August or roundabout then. I think we ended up getting it first week of Sept.

Perhaps if there was an urgent reason for a certain date they might take it into consideration, but if not I reckon it just gets ignored and added to the pile....

[RAZZELL]

Will be going down this road myself soon.

Seems most people are waiting 6-10 weeks..or even longer

If you look here, 100% of SV applications are dealt with within 60 working days:

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/processingtimes

But if they can process 67% in 30 working days, why does it take double that time for the other 33%?

RAZZ

Edited September 19, 2010 by RAZZELL

[Diddyman]

Hi Everyone,

Fantastic thread, most helpfull for all the anxious waiters out there. Anyway add me to the bottom of the list, application went in on August the 20th so not too anxious just yet, except that our flights are booked for the 1st November. Well at the time the visa's were taking 8 or so weeks so i thought 10 weeks would be fine. Thankfully i can change the dates one time for free so i'm now thinking 1st Decemeber just to be on the safe side.

Good luck everybody,

Diddyman

[silverdales]

We applied on 3rd Aug (seems ages ago now) and put a travel date of 1st Sept, makes no difference it seems, they put the date the ECO deals with it if your travel date is in the past! GOOD LUCK

[Stanaris]

I am so pleased to find this thread.

My wife submitted her application on the 14th September and it is driving me crazy already, so what I will be like in 9 or 10 weeks is anyones guess.

Does anyone actually know the process once the application is submitted to Regent House?

If they showed a step by step procedure and how an application is going would be useful

We applied on 3rd Aug (seems ages ago now) and put a travel date of 1st Sept, makes no difference it seems, they put the date the ECO deals with it if your travel date is in the past! GOOD LUCK

[silverdales]

Yes a track your application that makes sense would be helpful, it was the same when I had a CRB check for work, its very frustrating - just shows that there are somethings that money cannot pay for! Tomorrow will be 8 weeks for us - so another 2 weeks before its likely ---- not easy but as what has been said before it helps this thread/forum to keep each other going!

[jasonr3255]

Step son's Visa Granted after 23 weeks and two attemps we finally have lift off ! Thanks for all the words of encouragement Good luck for all those waiting !

[chiang mai]

Step son's Visa Granted after 23 weeks and two attemps we finally have lift off ! Thanks for all the words of encouragement Good luck for all those waiting !

Well done, congratulations.

[tigerjohn]

well done jason im so happy your frustration/pain whatever you want to call it has finally come to a close, good luck for the future mate and hope you are going to stick around on here cos im going for stepkids in new year and after what you have been through i cant think of anyone more suited to help with a little advice then you, well done mate

[lonnie41]

Step son's Visa Granted after 23 weeks and two attemps we finally have lift off ! Thanks for all the words of encouragement Good luck for all those waiting !

So pleased for you all hope all goes well in UK.I just hope my 2 Step Grand Daughters here same soon.!

[stament]

Step son's Visa Granted after 23 weeks and two attemps we finally have lift off ! Thanks for all the words of encouragement Good luck for all those waiting !

Nice one Jason, you certainly deserve it after the extremely long wait. All the best for the future for you, your wife and step son.

It's painful but getting a YES feels like winning the lottery!

It's one of those things that money can't buy, like health - you can never be certain of a result so when you get one it's a huge relief.

[silverdales]

A big well done, I wondered about you during the day and am so pleased it worked out - it was especially cruel when someone jumped over you in the queue (Not their fault of course) Well done!

[liveforever]

Step son's Visa Granted after 23 weeks and two attemps we finally have lift off ! Thanks for all the words of encouragement Good luck for all those waiting !

a very well done jason, all the very best fot the future.

cheers

[Stanaris]

Congratulations Jason and all others who have been successful and managed the pain barrier (long wait) better than I.

I am a complete Newbie who has struggled through the 1st week of waiting, I still believe in miracles :-)

Does anyone know how long Regent House have the visa application before sending to the Embassy?

Do they just make sure everything is there or do they check everything first?

[jasonr3255]

Hi,

If you check the online status it normally says it has forwarded the application to the british embassy after 1 day. Good luck with your application !

Jason

[lonnie41]

Just heard from solicitor grandchildrens passports will be ready tomorrow 3pm.Cannot collect though for about 4 days owing to committments!Nailbiting stuff!!

Edited September 22, 2010 by lonnie41

[7by7]

Does anyone know how long Regent House have the visa application before sending to the Embassy?

Do they just make sure everything is there or do they check everything first?

They check everything is there in front of the applicant, before taking the money. If anything is missing they will advise the applicant to go away and come back with the missing items. However, if the applicant insists then they must accept the application and forward it to the embassy; even if something vital is missing.

Applications are forwarded to the embassy at least once a day.

Pedant's corner.

Regent's House does not have the application at all; it is a building which houses, among other offices, the UK Visa Application Centre.

[lonnie41]

As I have already said,solicitor sent e mail saying my step grandchildrens passport would be ready today 3pm.Does anyone know is this normal to state a time or do you think they want to interview them?

[7by7]

Not sure what you mean when you say "solicitor sent e mail."

If an applicant has subscribed to the SMS service, then the VAC sends them a text to say that the passport is ready for collection.

If the embassy wanted to interview the applicant then they would contact them directly.

Who is this solicitor? Do you mean that you used an agent and they have sent this e-mail?

[lonnie41]

Not sure what you mean when you say "solicitor sent e mail."

If an applicant has subscribed to the SMS service, then the VAC sends them a text to say that the passport is ready for collection.

If the embassy wanted to interview the applicant then they would contact them directly.

Who is this solicitor? Do you mean that you used an agent and they have sent this e-mail?

Hello,

I now have a clearer picture,--my son and daughter inlaw used Uk Solicitor to help them .Apparently the solicitor contacted someone who told her the passports would be ready today.So she emailed my family to let them know,and since that, they have checked on line which was the way they asked to be told ,and the passports are ready for collection.So hopefully they can collect Monday ,and fingers crossed have aa favourable result

[jasonr3255]

Not sure what you mean when you say "solicitor sent e mail."

If an applicant has subscribed to the SMS service, then the VAC sends them a text to say that the passport is ready for collection.

If the embassy wanted to interview the applicant then they would contact them directly.

Who is this solicitor? Do you mean that you used an agent and they have sent this e-mail?

Hello,

I now have a clearer picture,--my son and daughter inlaw used Uk Solicitor to help them .Apparently the solicitor contacted someone who told her the passports would be ready today.So she emailed my family to let them know,and since that, they have checked on line which was the way they asked to be told ,and the passports are ready for collection.So hopefully they can collect Monday ,and fingers crossed have aa favourable result

Good Luck Lonnie41, I am sure you will get the result you are looking for keep us posted !