Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

[Ket1]

Hey Ket1

Congratulations im so happy for you, i applied on 24th september too but from karachi, hopefully i should be getting an email soon. remember in your prayers. When did you recieve the emails ?

TimeLine

Applied 24th Sept (KHI)[/quote]
Aww thanks for ur kind words inshallah not long left now its jus a killer thy emailed today and are closed monday so i have to wait til tuesday :/ dyu guys think he should go as soon as the email comes that it has arrived at lahore or wait for a fone call?
The first email came 6.30 and and the other 7 am so half hour apart . Its a gud thng i was asleep would have had a hart attack only seing one email lol

[humawakas2014]

Hey Ket1

Congratulations im so happy for you, i applied on 24th september too but from karachi, hopefully i should be getting an email soon. remember in your prayers. When did you recieve the emails ?

TimeLine

Applied 24th Sept (KHI)

Aww thanks for ur kind words inshallah not long left now its jus a killer thy emailed today and are closed monday so i have to wait til tuesday :/ dyu guys think he should go as soon as the email comes that it has arrived at lahore or wait for a fone call?
The first email came 6.30 and and the other 7 am so half hour apart . Its a gud thng i was asleep would have had a hart attack only seing one email lol[/quote]


Congrats Ket! You deserve it! Happy for you

[hope786]

Guys i haw jus received the 2 emails i am sooooo happy!!!

Congrats
Wish you all the best !!

[reggie123]

Guys i haw jus received the 2 emails i am sooooo happy!!!

Am soo happy for you Ket1 Inshallah it will be a good outcome finally you received a response I think theyve just left my app on the side its been 16 weeks :/

Hey Laiba,

I feel the same although my wife applied on the same day as Ket1's application but different city, kinda feel worried, but fingers cross we might hear something next week i guess. keep me posted if you hear anything.

[xtr3m3]

Guys i haw jus received the 2 emails i am sooooo happy!!!

Congrats! All the best to you!
Did you get a reference number in the email subject?

[Sugarplum786]

Guys i haw jus received the 2 emails i am sooooo happy!!!

Congratulations!!!! Wish u all the best xxxx

[Laiba1234]

Guys i haw jus received the 2 emails i am sooooo happy!!!

Am soo happy for you Ket1 Inshallah it will be a good outcome finally you received a response I think theyve just left my app on the side its been 16 weeks :/

Hey Laiba,

I feel the same although my wife applied on the same day as Ket1's application but different city, kinda feel worried, but fingers cross we might hear something next week i guess. keep me posted if you hear anything.

Hey reggie I think Lahore are ahead of the rest of the visa centers as usual. Where did you apply from? I applied from Islamabad and I got a reply saying delayed whilst further enquiries are being conducted on the 22nd December then I received a response in progress. Whats your latest status?

[reggie123]

Hey Laiba,

I feel the same although my wife applied on the same day as Ket1's application but different city, kinda feel worried, but fingers cross we might hear something next week i guess. keep me posted if you hear anything.[/quote]

Hey reggie I think Lahore are ahead of the rest of the visa centers as usual. Where did you apply from? I applied from Islamabad and I got a reply saying delayed whilst further enquiries are being conducted on the 22nd December then I received a response in progress. Whats your latest status?[/quote]

Hey,

My wife applied from Karachi, to be honest i was told not to rely on the status updates so i only done 1 which was a month ago and it stated that the couldnt locate my application or that it hasnt been reviewed by the ECO. As if they want to contact they will so i kind of left it to that. I guess our applications are getting close although i wasnt expecting people would hear anything before 5th Jan, it seems like UKVI were working over xmas and new year, at this rate we should hear something next week inshallah.

[Laiba1234]

@reggie
I dont know what further enquiries theyre even conducting maybe theyre doing checks in pakistan because UK checks dont really take long but I guess its all a waiting game really there is not much we can do other than just wait. Yeah inshallah I hope we hear next week or within this month. Keep me updated

[Mrs N]

Hi guys

I finally asked for an update on our visa .. I got this response

Thank you for contacting the United Kingdom Visas and Immigration
International Enquiry Service.

Please be advised, your case has been escalated to the relevant department
for an update. As soon as we get a response we will update you accordingly.

For any further details, or should you need to contact us again please
refer to our website at https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com/, select
appropriate country, click next and then select 'E-Mail form' and complete
as instructed. We will aim to come back to you within 1 day.

What does this mean? 'your case has been escalated to the relevant department
for an update.' And how long should I wait for them to get back in touch with me?

Anyone received this email before?

[rudey786]

Awww.good.for.you Ket1. MashaAllah

[Laiba1234]

Hey xtr3m3 I saw your timeline and you pretty much applied the same time as me from Islamabad I was just wondering what was the last status update you received before your app was processed?

[Ket1]

Humanwaks. Sugarplum, Reggie, rudey , hope and xtreme thank u so much for ur suport! Means alot. Sucks that i have to wait til tuesday to find out!

[xtr3m3]

Hey xtr3m3 I saw your timeline and you pretty much applied the same time as me from Islamabad I was just wondering what was the last status update you received before your app was processed?

I didn't email or telephone for an update. I thought it best to not bother them.
The only update I got was the standard template five days after it was submitted.

Here it is: (I'm guessing you got the same thing?)

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Update on your UK visa application - ############

Dear Customer,

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. THIS MAILBOX IS NOT MONITORED.

This email is to notify you that your UK visa application has been received at the British High Commission Islamabad and will now be prepared for assessment by an Entry Clearance Officer.
 
Although our published service standards say that we will process settlement applications within 12 weeks, we are currently not meeting our service standards in this area and your application will therefore take longer to process.  We are currently processing settlement applications within approximately 36 weeks.
 
Please note: We strongly recommend that you do not book a flight to the UK until your visa application has been approved and you have collected your passport. We do not accept responsibility for any financial loss incurred as a result of delays in processing applications and we will not fast-track applications solely because of travel plans.
 
Once a decision has been made on your application we will email you to let you know. You will then be contacted by the Visa Application Centre with instructions on how to collect your documents. Please do not go to the Visa Application Centre before they have contacted you.

In some circumstances, applications require further assessment which can take longer than our published customer service standards. If your application is going to take longer than expected we will let you know.

We would be grateful if you could keep your correspondence to a minimum during the consideration process.  If however you need to contact us or would like to track the progress of your application, you can do so via our International Enquiry Service at www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-outside-uk


Kind regards,

UK Visas and Immigration 
British High Commission Islamabad 
www.gov.uk/ukvi

UK Visas and Immigration is an operational command of the Home Office

[Laiba1234]

@ket1 aww dont worry Inshallah this weekend will fly. You so deserve it considering last time you waited a year. Your patience will be paid off on Tuesday inshallah

[Laiba1234]

@xtr3m3 thanks for your response. I am just waiting now Inshallah I hope its a positive response

[Ket1]

@ket1 aww dont worry Inshallah this weekend will fly. You so deserve it considering last time you waited a year. Your patience will be paid off on Tuesday inshallah

Lol im in shok i expected to b waiting much longer again! Thanks sis rely sweet of u inshallah! I guess having 2 emails has put me at ease x

[Laiba1234]

@ket1 aww dont worry Inshallah this weekend will fly. You so deserve it considering last time you waited a year. Your patience will be paid off on Tuesday inshallah

Lol im in shok i expected to b waiting much longer again! Thanks sis rely sweet of u inshallah! I guess having 2 emails has put me at ease x

Aww bless you but just in general Lahore processing times are faster than the rest. Finally when you get soo excited then the not so good news is you have to wait for next week oh well its just round the corner

[Sugarplum786]

If British High Commission accepted wedding videos that would be amazing, they could watch my 8 hour long wedding film and fast forward on all the different days and the thousand of people that came and see its a genuine marriage. Surely videos show more proof then pictures lol well not in all cases but yh :/

[Ket1]

@ket1 aww dont worry Inshallah this weekend will fly. You so deserve it considering last time you waited a year. Your patience will be paid off on Tuesday inshallah

Lol im in shok i expected to b waiting much longer again! Thanks sis rely sweet of u inshallah! I guess having 2 emails has put me at ease x

Aww bless you but just in general Lahore processing times are faster than the rest. Finally when you get soo excited then the not so good news is you have to wait for next week oh well its just round the corner

Yh looks like it. Yh inshallah dyu thi k he should go as soon as thy email that its arrived bk at lahore?

[b41]

I enquired about the status yesterday and received a reply today!!

'We understand that you would like to know about the current status of your
visa application. I have tracked the status and date of birth and found that the application has been processed and it should
be with you in the next few days.'

What does this mean?!
I've not received any emails from the bhc yet.

[Laiba1234]

@ket1
Yeah as soon as he gets the email tell him to go straight away inshallah am waiting to hear good news from you

[Laiba1234]

I enquired about the status yesterday and received a reply today!!

'We understand that you would like to know about the current status of your
visa application. I have tracked the status and date of birth and found that the application has been processed and it should
be with you in the next few days.'

What does this mean?!
I've not received any emails from the bhc yet.

It means your application has been processed and hopefully you will receive this email from BHC on tuesday inshallah. Theres no need to worry just pray it is a positive response inshallah.

[stillwaiting123]

hi everyone back after a month

visa was refused 25th november, because of savings not meeting the financial..but everything is sorted now and applying again inshallah next week

just wanted to ask my hubby has had to re do his english test he has taken the city and guilds a1..just wanted to ask can we just submit results sheet with application or will we have to wait for the certificate and then submit?

thanks

@ket1 mashallah sis im so happy i have prayed a lot for u and i know it will b good news INSHALLAH!

[Ket1]

@ket1
Yeah as soon as he gets the email tell him to go straight away inshallah am waiting to hear good news from you

Looks like tuesday then cuz ther closes tomro ah thas sweet of u! x