Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

[zoopla]

Salaam and Eid Mubarak , please can someone tell me know, how many days does the visa gives you to leave pakistan, does it give you 30 days or 90 days to enter uk because I am going to apply soon for my wife,I am just waiting to get all my payslips together, then make application, so please let me know , thanks in advance

30 days. But by the time you inshallah get the visa it will be less than this depending how long it takes for them to send it and you to collect it.

[Qasimx25]

Salaam and Eid Mubarak , please can someone tell me know, how many days does the visa gives you to leave pakistan, does it give you 30 days or 90 days to enter uk because I am going to apply soon for my wife,I am just waiting to get all my payslips together, then make application, so please let me know , thanks in advance

30 days. But by the time you inshallah get the visa it will be less than this depending how long it takes for them to send it and you to collect it.

Thank you Zoopla , I was hoping it would be 90 days because we'd like to do ruksati and need to make arrangement and that would take at least 4 to 6 weeks

[irfan278]

Hello and Salaam to all,

I have been viewing this forum for a week or so and have decided to join

My timeline is below. I am coming up to 12 weeks since my wife applied for her Spouse visa in Islamabad.

I have sent 4 or 5 emails to request the status of our visa and I keep receiving the standard 'no updates' emails. The most recent email received was last Thursday (16/07/15). This was after they requested additional info in order to 'expedite the case'.

Does anybody know of any early May applications which are being/have been processed? Is it worth making a call when the offices re-open?

Many thanks

[naza733]

My wife submitted documents at Lahore on 15/07/15.

[MGH]

My review pending deadline is 27th August 2015, people with deadlines after that have at their decisions overturned, don't know what's going on!!

[timewarp]

quick question,

I have been nominated to collect my wifes BRP card from London post office.
But I am located all the way in the north west which is over 300 miles away from London lol.

who can I contact to get this amended to a closer post office. No information on the letter

Thanks

How come they gave you a London post office? It should have been a post office close to your address as stated in the visa application.

From this document:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... eaflet.pdf

Can I collect my biometric residence
permit from a different Post Office
branch to one in my decision letter?

Yes. If you or a nominated party who has
been authorised by the Home Office to
collect your BRP on your behalf, wishes
to collect your BRP from a different branch to
the one in your decision letter, you or the
nominated party should go to the Post Office
branch from which you would like to collect
the permit and speak to a Post Office
employee. You will have to pay a fee
for each and every permit you wish to re-direct
to that branch. Not all branches offer the
collection service. Details of Post Office
locations offering the service and their
opening times can be found at:
http://www.postoffice.co.uk

Thank you ALKB for the information.

In the application form it did not ask me what office I would like to collect the BRP card from.
Maybe I filled in the online old application form saved it for a few months and submitted it in April.

But even then you would think they would have some sense to select a nearest post office to me.

Anyway I need to go to the post office when my wife arrives with the letter and passport and get it changed.
Which will cost another 24 pounds lol

[Worried about review]

My review pending deadline is 27th August 2015, people with deadlines after that have at their decisions overturned, don't know what's going on!!

Aoa What was your refusal reason if you don't mind me asking

[nasir631]

Slaam to All,

does anyone know if UK embassy Islamabad is open tomorrow 21-07-2015?

Thanks,
Nasir

[amz786]

Slaam to All,

does anyone know if UK embassy Islamabad is open tomorrow 21-07-2015?

Thanks,
Nasir

W/salam bother Nasir,

To my knowledge, the ECO's will be in tomorrow and according to the Gerry's website they will also be open tomorrow. I hope someone on this forum will double confirm this.

[adnan111]

Slaam to All,

does anyone know if UK embassy Islamabad is open tomorrow 21-07-2015?

Thanks,
Nasir

W/salam bother Nasir,

To my knowledge, the ECO's will be in tomorrow and according to the Gerry's website they will also be open tomorrow. I hope someone on this forum will double confirm this.

Yes Gerrys and High Commission will both be open tomorrow, their holidays are listed in advance for the whole year, although Government of Pakistan has given an extra public holiday on Tuesday.

[stillwaiting123]

yes they are opening tomorrow but obviously things will start off a bit slow

[nasir631]

Slaam to All,

does anyone know if UK embassy Islamabad is open tomorrow 21-07-2015?

Thanks,
Nasir

W/salam bother Nasir,

To my knowledge, the ECO's will be in tomorrow and according to the Gerry's website they will also be open tomorrow. I hope someone on this forum will double confirm this.

Yes Gerrys and High Commission will both be open tomorrow, their holidays are listed in advance for the whole year, although Government of Pakistan has given an extra public holiday on Tuesday.

Salam to all,
Many Thanks to amz786,adnan111 and stillwaiting123 for answering my question. May Allah make things esier for all of us. Ameen
Nasir

[Lahore90210]

Gerrys is open today and they received a delivery also I.was there in there office in lahore Opp Gaga ram hospital

[shfh7815]

Anyone updates?? :/

[Lahore90210]

Escalated my case after a decision has been made on 9th July still received nothing

[Aleena97]

Escalated my case after a decision has been made on 9th July still received nothing

I escalated my case on 10th July they sent an acknowledgment email on Saturday 11th July after that iv not heard anything. This is my 10th week going and no news as to yet. It's fifth working day so I was expecting an email today.

[sajjaduk]

Escalated my case after a decision has been made on 9th July still received nothing

I escalated my case on 10th July they sent an acknowledgment email on Saturday 11th July after that iv not heard anything. This is my 10th week going and no news as to yet. It's fifth working day so I was expecting an email today.

You should be getting a reply soon
Keep in mind they have been closed for eid so that's what has caused the delay

[Aleena97]

Also they've not even updated the UK visa processing times this month. It's still showing May Applications. Would have been good to look at the statistics. I'm
Thinking maybe on Thursday and Friday so ppl will get decisions InshAllah

[Aleena97]

Escalated my case after a decision has been made on 9th July still received nothing

I escalated my case on 10th July they sent an acknowledgment email on Saturday 11th July after that iv not heard anything. This is my 10th week going and no news as to yet. It's fifth working day so I was expecting an email today.

You should be getting a reply soon
Keep in mind they have been closed for eid so that's what has caused the delay

Inshallah 12 weeks will
Be up on 3rd August I'm
Hoping that by next week they would have processed it anyway. It's just me being impatient lol.

[sajjaduk]

In Shaa Allah aleena
I'm lookin to hear by end of next week also

[stillwaiting123]

looks like Karachi are catching up now, processed emails from applicants who applied 29th April

[alivis2015]

Hi,

Anybody recently applied from sheffield? Need to know if you've received any emails/confirmation that:

1/ if passport arrived in islamabad
2/ if the docs have been received in sheffield?

Regards

[aprboom]

Dear Sajjaduk/Stillwaiting123,

I hope you both are well and that you had a good Eid. I was in the process of filling out Appendix 2 - Financial Requirement Form but little unsure about how to answer two points, your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

1.6 How often do you meet?

I got married in December last year and last saw my wife in January, As English is not my first language so I'm struggling to think of the correct term.

3.22 If your sponsor had not been employed by the same employer for 6 months prior to the application does their total income (before tax) from salaried employment received in the 12 months prior to your application meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? YES or NO

I have been employed with the same employer for 7 months and exceed the requirement but was self-employed with the same employer for 4 years before that and did not meet the £18,600 threshold....

I just cannot grasp the sentence

Thank you for your help

[aadiuk02]

looks like Karachi are catching up now, processed emails from applicants who applied 29th April

i was applied on 1st may from Lahore,anyone know when will get decision, my timeline below

Online Submit: 23rd April 2015
Biometric : 1st May 2015
Islamabad Received Doc: 4th May 2015
Escalated : 1st July 2015
Reply From UKVI : 7th July 2015
Online Verification Conducted,Under Process - Further Checks and Inquiry......
Waiting ....

Please Help me for this,Advance Thanks everyone and Please Pray for me

[Az7980]

Dear Sajjaduk/Stillwaiting123,

I hope you both are well and that you had a good Eid. I was in the process of filling out Appendix 2 - Financial Requirement Form but little unsure about how to answer two points, your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

1.6 How often do you meet?

I got married in December last year and last saw my wife in January, As English is not my first language so I'm struggling to think of the correct term.

3.22 If your sponsor had not been employed by the same employer for 6 months prior to the application does their total income (before tax) from salaried employment received in the 12 months prior to your application meet or exceed the financial requirement you must meet? YES or NO

I have been employed with the same employer for 7 months and exceed the requirement but was self-employed with the same employer for 4 years before that and did not meet the £18,600 threshold....

I just cannot grasp the sentence

Thank you for your help

I was in a similar situation as you.

1. Write once a year or annually
2. Your employer has been employed by the same employer for 6 months or more so what i did was i left 3.22 blank and wrote your circumstances in more information.

Write the truth so if they interview you, you can state what is the truth.

This is what i did.