Uk Settlement Waiting

[TiggerFish]

Congratulations Stanaris !! Feels good doesn't it ?

Yes I agree Suhari the vague message is a killer but it is sent from VFS who have no idea of the outcome, only that the application has been returned to them for collection.

[Stanaris]

Congratulations Stanaris !! Feels good doesn't it ?

Yes I agree Suhari the vague message is a killer but it is sent from VFS who have no idea of the outcome, only that the application has been returned to them for collection.

Thanks Tiggerfish and yes it does feel good. It was made even better listening to the excitement in my wifes voice

Come on Chris555 its your turn next good luck mate

[Stanaris]

they all get granted - why the freak out?

I am a loss to understand the total lack of feeling you have. Most of us on this forum have worked hard to put together the application for our wives and it is very important to us. Do not forget that there are some who get declined and my heart goes out to them, because I care about people.

If you cannot be happy for us then I would suggest you should keep quiet

[bryangiggs]

they all get granted - why the freak out?

I am a loss to understand the total lack of feeling you have. Most of us on this forum have worked hard to put together the application for our wives and it is very important to us. Do not forget that there are some who get declined and my heart goes out to them, because I care about people.

If you cannot be happy for us then I would suggest you should keep quiet

Well said!!

It is the worst thing in the world being apart & the waiting is terrible.

Good luck to all still waiting

[quadisking]

The man from Del Monte he say YES!!!

Congratulations to you Stanaris, good luck Chris555 any day now mate.

Down from about 13 weeks to about 7 or 8, wow unbelievable. I'd like to say a really big thankyou to Tiggerfish and TigerJohn, and a massive thankyou to 7by7 for all your excellent help and advice, it is really appreciated.

I guess I'm a bit different to most of the others on this forum in that I'm already in Thailand with my wife and my son. But to the bloke that posted that 'they all get granted why freak out', I would like to say that first of all they don't all get granted, especially if you are an expat returning to the UK. It may be that you don't own your own home, don't have a job in the UK, don't have much money in your bank account etc, any number of reasons which might put your application in jeopardy, so you're wrong. A friend of mine's wife's application got rejected because of a couple of those reasons in the past. I haven't got a job to return to, so I think I had every right to be a bit concerned. Secondly, since 6th Sept when we returned from the UK (tourist visa last time) we continued to rent the house we were staying in in the UK which has cost us a lot of money, and also we have not been able to send our son to school during this time. So that was 'freaking me out' a bit too. Quite honestly, you are talking out of your backside.

The only slight downside to me being ecstatic right now is that they appear to have given my wife the wrong stamp in her passport which I was half expecting. To 7by7, it's stamped VISA SPOUSE/CP and is for 27 months, but no mention of ILE subject to KOL. I think you've already answered this question in another topic, but I'm assuming that I should get it changed (to save cash on the yearly price hikes of the KOL test), and that it would be easier to do this when we get back to the UK?

[chiang mai]

I have a question, when is the best time to submit a UK visa request in order to receive the quickest response? Clearly, June 2010 was not the best date but I'm curious, January, February would be my guess.

[TiggerFish]

That's great news quadisking !! Good luck for the future.

Not 100% sure yet chiang mai as we don't have a full years data but I suspect you are right.

[chris555]

Congratulations Stanaris !! Feels good doesn't it ?

Yes I agree Suhari the vague message is a killer but it is sent from VFS who have no idea of the outcome, only that the application has been returned to them for collection.

Thanks Tiggerfish and yes it does feel good. It was made even better listening to the excitement in my wifes voice

Come on Chris555 its your turn next good luck mate

cheers m8....im reckoning mine will take a bit longer as i live in the channel islands so has to be referred from london to here.

[Stanaris]

Congratulations Stanaris !! Feels good doesn't it ?

Yes I agree Suhari the vague message is a killer but it is sent from VFS who have no idea of the outcome, only that the application has been returned to them for collection.

Thanks Tiggerfish and yes it does feel good. It was made even better listening to the excitement in my wifes voice

Come on Chris555 its your turn next good luck mate

cheers m8....im reckoning mine will take a bit longer as i live in the channel islands so has to be referred from london to here.

Thanks for letting me know, I was getting a bit worried but I am sure everything will be good for you.

I will keep looking out for you.

Got my flight booked for Wednesday so hopefully you hear before I fly out

[Philbot44]

looks like my wife has been given another visa we received this today!!

Your Visa application reference number:XXXXXX has been processed by the British Embassy

and is received at the UK Visa Application Centre.

Please note this is an auto generated e-mail. Please do NOT reply to this email.

Regards,

Visa Application Centre.

will update you next week when she goes to the centre to pick it up along with my files

Hope this helps in tracking the process time, good luck to all the others who are waiting.

Phil

ps can someone delete my earler triple post, dont know what went wrong there?

Edited November 5, 2010 by Philbot44

[Stanaris]

looks like my wife has been given another visa we received this today!!

Your Visa application reference number:XXXXXX has been processed by the British Embassy

and is received at the UK Visa Application Centre.

Please note this is an auto generated e-mail. Please do NOT reply to this email.

Regards,

Visa Application Centre.

will update you next week when she goes to the centre to pick it up along with my files

Hope this helps in tracking the process time, good luck to all the others who are waiting.

Phil

ps can someone delete my earler triple post, dont know what went wrong there?

Thats great news Phil, I wish you good luck with the result which I am sure will be the right one for you

[Desertexile]

I guess I'm a bit different to most of the others on this forum in that I'm already in Thailand with my wife and my son. But to the bloke that posted that 'they all get granted why freak out', I would like to say that first of all they don't all get granted, especially if you are an expat returning to the UK. It may be that you don't own your own home, don't have a job in the UK, don't have much money in your bank account etc, any number of reasons which might put your application in jeopardy, so you're wrong. A friend of mine's wife's application got rejected because of a couple of those reasons in the past. I haven't got a job to return to, so I think I had every right to be a bit concerned.

My apologies:

'they all get granted why freak out [unless you are a 'Teacher']

Secondly, since 6th Sept when we returned from the UK (tourist visa last time) we continued to rent the house we were staying in in the UK which has cost us a lot of money, and also we have not been able to send our son to school during this time. So that was 'freaking me out' a bit too. Quite honestly, you are talking out of your backside.

What's that got to do with the price of fish (or a visa application being successful)?

[Desertexile]

they all get granted - why the freak out?

I am a loss to understand the total lack of feeling you have. Most of us on this forum have worked hard to put together the application for our wives and it is very important to us.

I'm happy for everyone, check the posts......

I don't think offering an option on how the posters should just cool their boots and not freak out, equate to a lack of feeling. Have you been in Thailand long?

[TiggerFish]

That's great news Philbot44, good luck for the right result, sounds like you deserve it having gone through this once already. Stay in the UK this time, three years is good if you can manage it.

To everyone else. This thread has been a source of information and support since tigerjohn started it back in July of this year.

If you happen to read any comments that you feel do not contribute in a positive way please just ignore them.

I think you'll find we all feel the same way, ignoring them is usually the quickest way of making them go away.

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, successful

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

06 Jul, 22 Sep, 11 weeks and 1 day, lonnie41, successful

20 Jul, 06 Oct, 11 weeks and 1 day, pagan1, successful

23 Jul, 01 Oct, 10 weeks and 6 days, brotch, successful

30 Jul, 08 Oct, 10 weeks and 0 days, liveforever, successful

03 Aug, 08 Oct, 9 weeks and 3 days, silverdales, successful

06 Aug, 11 Oct, 9 weeks and 3 days, simmsc, successful

23 Jul, 13 Oct, 11 weeks and 4 days, yumster, successful

17 Aug, 18 Oct, 8 weeks and 6 days, sonicdragon, successful

20 Aug, 19 Oct, 8 weeks and 4 days, Diddyman, successful

02 Sep, 28 Oct, 8 weeks and 0 days, scuba4, successful

03 Sep, 26 Oct, 7 weeks and 4 days, Friend of Desertexile, successful

14 Sep, 04 Nov, 7 weeks and 2 days, Stanaris, successful

16 Sep, 04 Nov, 7 weeks and 0 days, quadisking, successful

01 Oct, 03 Nov, 4 weeks and 5 days, Quan, successful

22 Sep, 05 Nov, 6 weeks and 2 days to date, Philbot44, unknown

Still waiting (07/11/10) Good Luck All !!

13 Sep, waiting 7 weeks and 6 days to date, chris555

04 Oct, waiting 4 weeks and 6 days to date, bryangiggs

06 Oct, waiting 4 weeks and 4 days to date, AllThaidUp69

27 Oct, waiting 1 weeks and 4 days to date, Suhari

Edited November 7, 2010 by TiggerFish

[QuickRick]

Hello all, great thread, we submitted an application last monday at VFS ,had the SMS that it had gone to the Embassy,.we are re applying for settlement after being out of the UK for 4 years ,are any of you re applying and if any of you have obtained a visa for the 2nd time how long did you wait for a decision, we are a family of 3 myself and my daughter have British passports, Wife previously had a UK residence visa ,,we lived in the uk for 2.6 years,

[TiggerFish]

Welcome to the list QuickRick, I think you'll find Philbot44 is in a similar situation to yourself, have a read back through this thread and you will see.

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, successful

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

06 Jul, 22 Sep, 11 weeks and 1 day, lonnie41, successful

20 Jul, 06 Oct, 11 weeks and 1 day, pagan1, successful

23 Jul, 01 Oct, 10 weeks and 6 days, brotch, successful

30 Jul, 08 Oct, 10 weeks and 0 days, liveforever, successful

03 Aug, 08 Oct, 9 weeks and 3 days, silverdales, successful

06 Aug, 11 Oct, 9 weeks and 3 days, simmsc, successful

23 Jul, 13 Oct, 11 weeks and 4 days, yumster, successful

17 Aug, 18 Oct, 8 weeks and 6 days, sonicdragon, successful

20 Aug, 19 Oct, 8 weeks and 4 days, Diddyman, successful

02 Sep, 28 Oct, 8 weeks and 0 days, scuba4, successful

03 Sep, 26 Oct, 7 weeks and 4 days, Friend of Desertexile, successful

14 Sep, 04 Nov, 7 weeks and 2 days, Stanaris, successful

16 Sep, 04 Nov, 7 weeks and 0 days, quadisking, successful

01 Oct, 03 Nov, 4 weeks and 5 days, Quan, successful

22 Sep, 05 Nov, 6 weeks and 2 days, Philbot44, unknown

Still waiting (08/11/10)

13 Sep, waiting 8 weeks and 0 days to date, chris555

04 Oct, waiting 5 weeks and 0 days to date, bryangiggs

06 Oct, waiting 4 weeks and 5 days to date, AllThaidUp69

27 Oct, waiting 1 weeks and 5 days to date, Suhari

01 Nov, waiting 1 weeks and 0 days to date. QuickRick

[chris555]

Had a phone call this morning from channel islands immigration.They have received the referral for my wife and will process it this week,they couldnt tell me if it was a yes or a no but said its generally a straight forward procedure and will call me if they need any further information.....so fingers crossed everything will be ok and i'll keep you posted on the outcome:)

[Stanaris]

Had a phone call this morning from channel islands immigration.They have received the referral for my wife and will process it this week,they couldnt tell me if it was a yes or a no but said its generally a straight forward procedure and will call me if they need any further information.....so fingers crossed everything will be ok and i'll keep you posted on the outcome:)

Sounds like everything is progressing nicely for you Chris, Good Luck and I will keep fingers crossed for you too

[TiggerFish]

Had a phone call this morning from channel islands immigration.They have received the referral for my wife and will process it this week,they couldnt tell me if it was a yes or a no but said its generally a straight forward procedure and will call me if they need any further information.....so fingers crossed everything will be ok and i'll keep you posted on the outcome:)

Good Luck Criss555, nearly there.

[chris555]

my wife got the sms today.....processed visa application is ready for collection at uk visa application centre:)....collecting it tomor,fingers crossed:)

[silverdales]

The best of luck - I am sure it will be fine ... Its a nervous wait though!!

[chris555]

and the answer is YES:))))).....so so happy the wait is finally over,thanks to everyone for the support and good luck to all:)

[bryangiggs]

and the answer is YES:))))).....so so happy the wait is finally over,thanks to everyone for the support and good luck to all:)

Congratulations, Great News. Hopefully we are up soon.

Good Luck to those of us still waiting

[TiggerFish]

Fantastic news Chris555 let the good times roll.

Good luck to all those still 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

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

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

06 Jul, 22 Sep, 11 weeks and 1 day, lonnie41, successful

20 Jul, 06 Oct, 11 weeks and 1 day, pagan1, successful

23 Jul, 01 Oct, 10 weeks and 6 days, brotch, successful

30 Jul, 08 Oct, 10 weeks and 0 days, liveforever, successful

03 Aug, 08 Oct, 9 weeks and 3 days, silverdales, successful

06 Aug, 11 Oct, 9 weeks and 3 days, simmsc, successful

23 Jul, 13 Oct, 11 weeks and 4 days, yumster, successful

17 Aug, 18 Oct, 8 weeks and 6 days, sonicdragon, successful

20 Aug, 19 Oct, 8 weeks and 4 days, Diddyman, successful

02 Sep, 28 Oct, 8 weeks and 0 days, scuba4, successful

03 Sep, 26 Oct, 7 weeks and 4 days, Friend of Desertexile, successful

14 Sep, 04 Nov, 7 weeks and 2 days, Stanaris, successful

16 Sep, 04 Nov, 7 weeks and 0 days, quadisking, successful

01 Oct, 03 Nov, 4 weeks and 5 days, Quan, successful

22 Sep, 05 Nov, 6 weeks and 2 days, Philbot44, unknown

13 Sep, 10 Nov, 8 weeks and 2 days, chris555, successful

Still waiting (11/11/10)

04 Oct, waiting 5 weeks and 3 days to date, bryangiggs

06 Oct, waiting 5 weeks and 1 days to date, AllThaidUp69

27 Oct, waiting 2 weeks and 1 days to date, Suhari

01 Nov, waiting 1 weeks and 3 days to date. QuickRick

[chris555]

cheers guys:) dont worry about my visa taking 8 weeks 2 days,that was because it was referred from london to channel islands so took a bit longer,its looking like 7 weeks max at the moment for uk,and decreasing all the time....good luck to all:)

[Desertexile]

I wonder what the ratio is of approvals:rejections.

Any ideas?

[Philbot44]

Just for the record my wife was sucessful. Good luck to those all still waiting, now I will have to go on another topic to find out which one we have been given but think its jsut start again from beginning and do 27 months until have to pay the next wack of money, unless of course they change the rules again which is also likely during these timescales, whatever happened to restrospective!!

Phil

[TiggerFish]

I wonder what the ratio is of approvals:rejections.

Any ideas?

Most are.

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.

[TiggerFish]

Just for the record my wife was sucessful. Good luck to those all still waiting, now I will have to go on another topic to find out which one we have been given but think its jsut start again from beginning and do 27 months until have to pay the next wack of money, unless of course they change the rules again which is also likely during these timescales, whatever happened to restrospective!!

Phil

Thats great news Philbot44, I hope you have an easier time of it this time around.

[Desertexile]

Yes, most are indeed.

And thus this thread should have a calming effect, no?