Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

[stillwaiting123]

@aadi90

No it's not straight forward basically that form contains all your details, u can see the form online here

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... form-vaf4a

U need to fill vaf4a online on visa4uk and u need to print one copy to submit with supporting documents and appendix 2 also needs to be printed and hand filled, and make sure u save a complete copy of vaf4a on your computer for future referencereference

And yes u can pay online in pak but it will take transaction in GBP so make sure u have enough rupees in

[aadi90]

Thank u so much.. May Allah give u jaza

I pray u receive a positive outcome

@aadi90

No it's not straight forward basically that form contains all your details, u can see the form online here

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... form-vaf4a

U need to fill vaf4a online on visa4uk and u need to print one copy to submit with supporting documents and appendix 2 also needs to be printed and hand filled, and make sure u save a complete copy of vaf4a on your computer for future referencereference

And yes u can pay online in pak but it will take transaction in GBP so make sure u have enough rupees in

[sajjaduk]

@asif_sharif
Been remembering you since morning bruv
Stay strong and may allah swt give you the strength
Do keep us posted with the reason why it was refused when your Mrs gets her documents next week and we will try and best advise appeal option or fresh application
It might be something really minor

[stillwaiting123]

Thank u so much.. May Allah give u jaza

I pray u receive a positive outcome

@aadi90

No it's not straight forward basically that form contains all your details, u can see the form online here

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... form-vaf4a

U need to fill vaf4a online on visa4uk and u need to print one copy to submit with supporting documents and appendix 2 also needs to be printed and hand filled, and make sure u save a complete copy of vaf4a on your computer for future referencereference

And yes u can pay online in pak but it will take transaction in GBP so make sure u have enough rupees in

Thank you for your dua inshallah you will be reunited with hour spouse very soon

[unis]

Slaam everyone like few of us am still awaiting a reply ... 7 months!!!!!

What's your timeline??

Well here's my time line

visa submitted in march 2014
refused in sep 2014
appeal in sep 2014
review in nov 2014
received call to submit passport in dec 2014
passport submitted in dec 2014
received a letter end of june stating 'eco' is doing further checks and will get back to you very soon... absolutely shambles my wife decision got turned at review and they still making me wait...

[nazkhan2015]

where shall i start here is my time line

applied online : 2nd April also paid 600 for IHC
submitted application: 20th April Mirpur
received application: 21 April Islamabad
1st email received on 27th april regarding overpayment of IHC refund will be sent
2nd email I sent 3rd July to ask what stage my application ( in progress sent my visa islamabad)
3rd email received 9th July UK visa processed and sent to VAC
4th email from VAC 10th July application for collection

DO dua people my visa gets accepted my wife will collect on monday !

[nazkhan2015]

i am curious about those people that applied before 6th april online but submitted their case after 6th by hand if they have received a email regarding about a IHC refund

thanks

[adnan111]

IT GOT REFUSED

THE IHS REFUND EMAIL CAME THROUGH

IAM BROKEN !

"As your recent UK Visa application was refused a full IHS fee refund of £600 has been made to you today. Should you choose to appeal against the refusal decision, and the decision is overturned, you will need to make a new IHS payment."

Really feel for you. I hope that the wait is not too long and do share the reasons. I have not heard anybody else mention getting IHS refund email before receiving the decision, which seems strange as some people have mentioned waiting weeks to get a refund.

[stillwaiting123]

where shall i start here is my time line

applied online : 2nd April also paid 600 for IHC
submitted application: 20th April Mirpur
received application: 21 April Islamabad
1st email received on 27th april regarding overpayment of IHC refund will be sent
2nd email I sent 3rd July to ask what stage my application ( in progress sent my visa islamabad)
3rd email received 9th July UK visa processed and sent to VAC
4th email from VAC 10th July application for collection

DO dua people my visa gets accepted my wife will collect on monday !

Inshallah brother hope it is a good outcome, do keep us updated

[Aleena97]

where shall i start here is my time line

applied online : 2nd April also paid 600 for IHC
submitted application: 20th April Mirpur
received application: 21 April Islamabad
1st email received on 27th april regarding overpayment of IHC refund will be sent
2nd email I sent 3rd July to ask what stage my application ( in progress sent my visa islamabad)
3rd email received 9th July UK visa processed and sent to VAC
4th email from VAC 10th July application for collection

DO dua people my visa gets accepted my wife will collect on monday !

InshAllah...it will be some positive news! I really hope everyone gets some good news soon and this waiting game ends for all.

[Aleena97]

Yes that's what I meant.. That's a escalation inshallah u get some good news[/quote]



Yeh hopefully I should receive an email from them on Monday. Also as my category is Fiance. I was told that the £600 health charge does not apply. I'm now panicking.....Do you have anymore about this ? As times passing I'm thinking of every worst scenario.

[stillwaiting123]

Yes that's what I meant.. That's a escalation inshallah u get some good news

Yeh hopefully I should receive an email from them on Monday. Also as my category is Fiance. I was told that the £600 health charge does not apply. I'm now panicking.....Do you have anymore about this ? As times passing I'm thinking of every worst scenario.[/quote]

If it doesn't apply they will refund it done worry

[Aleena97]

Yes that's what I meant.. That's a escalation inshallah u get some good news

Yeh hopefully I should receive an email from them on Monday. Also as my category is Fiance. I was told that the £600 health charge does not apply. I'm now panicking.....Do you have anymore about this ? As times passing I'm thinking of every worst scenario.

If it doesn't apply they will refund it done worry[/quote]



Iv actually not paid the £600 because the solicitor was like you don't need to pay. So hoping its not rejected because of that. Looking at this forum does make u question the credibility of some of the solicitors lol

[stillwaiting123]

@aleena97

Im not 100% sure but I don't think it applies as fiancé visa is not a settlement one, also if u did need to pay they would have contacted u to say make the payment

[Aleena97]

@aleena97

Im not 100% sure but I don't think it applies as fiancé visa is not a settlement one, also if u did need to pay they would have contacted u to say make the payment

Thanks sis...that puts my mind to ease. Really appreciate your help!

[tehmina]

How many people who applied in April and still waiting.
I think after Eid holidays we will start hearing from May applicants.

[nazkhan2015]

Those people that applied for visa pre 6th april 2015 online regardless of appeal should be fine as gwf number was given before 6th april those that applied online after fresh application ihc applies to them

[nazkhan2015]

IT GOT REFUSED

THE IHS REFUND EMAIL CAME THROUGH

IAM BROKEN !

"As your recent UK Visa application was refused a full IHS fee refund of £600 has been made to you today. Should you choose to appeal against the refusal decision, and the decision is overturned, you will need to make a new IHS payment."

Really feel for you. I hope that the wait is not too long and do share the reasons. I have not heard anybody else mention getting IHS refund email before receiving the decision, which seems strange as some people have mentioned waiting weeks to get a refund.

it takes 30 days to get a refund i applied for my one today all you do is login to the ihs portal put user name password thier is a option for refund

[stillwaiting123]

@aleena97

Im not 100% sure but I don't think it applies as fiancé visa is not a settlement one, also if u did need to pay they would have contacted u to say make the payment

Thanks sis...that puts my mind to ease. Really appreciate your help!

No problem don't worry inshallah everything should be fine

[stillwaiting123]

How many people who applied in April and still waiting.
I think after Eid holidays we will start hearing from May applicants.

Your right sister, the recent visa I've heard about is 21st April so inshallah may is not far off, vac r closed 17th and 20th July then watch all visas fly out inshallah

[stillwaiting123]

IT GOT REFUSED

THE IHS REFUND EMAIL CAME THROUGH

IAM BROKEN !

"As your recent UK Visa application was refused a full IHS fee refund of £600 has been made to you today. Should you choose to appeal against the refusal decision, and the decision is overturned, you will need to make a new IHS payment."

Really feel for you. I hope that the wait is not too long and do share the reasons. I have not heard anybody else mention getting IHS refund email before receiving the decision, which seems strange as some people have mentioned waiting weeks to get a refund.

it takes 30 days to get a refund i applied for my one today all you do is login to the ihs portal put user name password thier is a option for refund

This is not about a refund basically this brother applied for a visa for his wife he received an email stating his NHS charge will be refunded, his wife is going to collect passport next week and its a refusal as they have refunded it back and they only do that when visa is refused

[sophia20]

Congrats to everyone who got their visas!!

I'm still waiting
" no current updates" again!!!

Why don't you phone UKVI to ask for an update?

Cause they'll tell me lies lol

[sajjaduk]

where shall i start here is my time line

applied online : 2nd April also paid 600 for IHC
submitted application: 20th April Mirpur
received application: 21 April Islamabad
1st email received on 27th april regarding overpayment of IHC refund will be sent
2nd email I sent 3rd July to ask what stage my application ( in progress sent my visa islamabad)
3rd email received 9th July UK visa processed and sent to VAC
4th email from VAC 10th July application for collection

DO dua people my visa gets accepted my wife will collect on monday !

Wishing you all the best
May Allah swt bless you both with a positive outcome and allow you to be reunited with your partner in shaa Allah

[wasnav]

A post written by a brother on the facebook page...

A few questions have repeatedly come up, ie when do we submit to sheffield, is it before or after submitting the passport etc

Let me break it down as to how we would go about this process.

1) You have completed the online application and are in a position to submit online and pay and book the Gerrys appointment to submit your passport and biometrics (fingerprints). 
Don't forget the NHS charge which you also have to pay.

2) As soon as you submit the application online, send the pdf of the online application to your spouse in Pakistan who can get this printed off and sign and date it. At the same time you will book Gerrys to submit your Passport. Book it at a time that is convenient to your spouse in Pakistan.
Your appointment could be made within a few days depending on the time slots available at Gerrys (Visa application centre).

3) Your appointment is now booked for Gerrys. Your Pakistani spouse only has to submit their Passport and Biometrics that are done in the visa application centre. You will receive an appointment confirmation that your spouse will print out and take with them to the centre.

4) Your Pakistani spouse can send all their documents to you in the UK including the signed online application form immediately.

To be honest most of these documents could be sent to the UK well in advance (ie nikah nama, english test, tb test etc) but for my example, lets say you waited until after the online submission to send all the documents to the UK as you are required to provide a signed copy of the online application.

Use a credible courier to send the documents to the UK such as Skynet (they have locations all over pakistan) or use any other credible courier or if you have any relative or anyone coming to the UK you could ask them to take your documents.

5) It should take a few working days for the UK spouse to receive all the documents.

In the meantime your Pakistani spouse has probably now submitted their passport and biometrics at Gerrys.

6) UK spouse is also in a position now to submit all the supporting documentation to UKVI in Sheffield.

The address for supporting documentation to be sent to is:

Settlement applications 
International Operations and Visas 
6 Millsands Vulcan House 
Sheffield 
S3 8NH 
United Kingdom

Please ensure that the GWF reference number (generated when the application is completed online) is marked clearly on both the outside of the envelope and at the top right hand corner of enclosed documents.

You can send it to Sheffield with Royal Mail Special Delivery or with a courier.
DO NOT SEND ANYTHING WITH STANDARD OR RECORDED ROYAL MAIL. Your documents are very important and must be send with Special Delivery or with a Courier.

7) Patiently await your your application to be processed

Hey,
How is the GWF number supposed to be written on the right hand corner of enclosed documents, e.g on bank statements etc?? And shall we submit online application after we have collected the bank statements etc and every document is ready in our hand or we can submit online application earlier? And what will the date of submission of application as the documents are supposed to be sent to sheffield? Earlier the date of application used to be when biometrics were done at VAC. Thanks

[wasnav]

Another query is when shall we start filling the online application? How long it stays safe in the account?