Tier 4 General Visa from India - 2017

[mahbolla]

I have applied for Tier 4 General Visa from India ( Hyderabad ) on 21st July 2017 and I have received email that "your online application has been received at the UK decision making center. Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an entry clearance officer........" on 31st July.

I haven't heard anything since then.

I resigned by job and my last working day is 11th Aug. I am worried about my visa.

1. Did someone from Hyderabad get their student visa around July-august time frame. If so, please provide your visa time frame.

2. Does the decision normally happen in 15 working days as promised?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

[ctez]

Well in my case I submitted documents at VFS Hyderabad on 13th July, received same email as yours on 20th July and since then no communication either by email or SMS. Now I am past 15 working days time frame, starting to get real tense.

Hope this gives you a little assurance.

[mahbolla]

Well in my case I submitted documents at VFS Hyderabad on 13th July, received same email as yours on 20th July and since then no communication either by email or SMS. Now I am past 15 working days time frame, starting to get real tense.

Hope this gives you a little assurance.

Thanks ctez. Please post a reply here whenever you receive an update on your application. All the best!!!

[christinar1087]

Hi ctez,

Did you receive any e-mail cause i applied on 14th July and received email from sheffield on 21st july post which i haven't received any news. Could you update us on the same.......

[christinar1087]

Could you kindly let us know if it was priority service or regular visa processing that you applied with...
Hope you received your email today kindly keep us posted and all the best.........

[Mugatiya26]

Well in my case I submitted documents at VFS Hyderabad on 13th July, received same email as yours on 20th July and since then no communication either by email or SMS. Now I am past 15 working days time frame, starting to get real tense.

Hope this gives you a little assurance.

Hi, Just created an account after seeing your reply. We are in the exact same boat.

I too applied on the 13th from VFS Colombo, Sri lanka (but it's being processed in Chennai), and received the email on the 20th. Have heard absolutely nothing since. So I decided to call UKVI on tuesday, and they said they'll notify the processing centre and that they will get back to me via email asap.

Two days later, still absolutely nothing. This is incredibly frustrating. But knowing that im not the only one going through it is indeed reassuring.

[christinar1087]

hi,

Kindly let us know if was priority service that you applied or was it regular visa processing.
Thanks for reply and all the best let us know when you receive the email.

[Mugatiya26]

hi,

Kindly let us know if was priority service that you applied or was it regular visa processing.
Thanks for reply and all the best let us know when you receive the email.

I opted for regular processing since time wasn't an issue. But I expected them to get back within 3 weeks, it's been 4 weeks now

Did you opt for priority?

[christinar1087]

Hi,

Same here opted for regular processing and not priority cause of the time i had with me.

[Mugatiya26]

Hi,

Same here opted for regular processing and not priority cause of the time i had with me.

It is just unacceptable for them to keep us all in the dark like this. Good luck! hope you hear from them soon and please let us know if there are any updates.

[mahbolla]

All the best for everyone. Let's post here if anyone has received an update on their application. It will help each one of us.

[christinar1087]

Hi All,

All of us in this discussion have one common thing and that is "Chennai".Is it that there is some issue with this processing centre for the delay.
This wait is frustrating and testing most of our patience.

[Waqasrafiq2]

Hi All,

All of us in this discussion have one common thing and that is "Chennai".Is it that there is some issue with this processing centre for the delay.
This wait is frustrating and testing most of our patience.

Tier 4 are having delays now days except the piority ones which are only 2 cases we saw on other threads. You can check other threads which shows delays in overall for both returning and new students both .

[Mugatiya26]

Hi All,

All of us in this discussion have one common thing and that is "Chennai".Is it that there is some issue with this processing centre for the delay.
This wait is frustrating and testing most of our patience.

As the previous poster said the delays may not be unique to Chennai, but the processing centre there seems to be exceptionally and consistently slower than the others, as Im yet to come across a poster who had received his/her passports having applied in early/mid July.

[Mugatiya26]

https://contact-ukvi.homeoffice.gov.uk/ ... visastatus

Btw, is this working for any of you guys? I tried with my IHS reference number but it said the number was not recognised.

[Waqasrafiq2]

Hi All,

All of us in this discussion have one common thing and that is "Chennai".Is it that there is some issue with this processing centre for the delay.
This wait is frustrating and testing most of our patience.

As the previous poster said the delays may not be unique to Chennai, but the processing centre there seems to be exceptionally and consistently slower than the others, as Im yet to come across a poster who had received his/her passports having applied in early/mid July.

20 June my bro va and got many from first week july all waiting

[Mugatiya26]

Any updates? Nothing from my end. Looks like im in for another anxious weekend

[christinar1087]

Hi,

Nope none from my side, i am assuming we have to wait another week hoping that UKVI look into regular visa processing as well and not just the priority ones.

[Navaco]

Hi, I have applied on 26th of July from bangalore on a priority service. On 27th I got mail that the application is received for processing by eco. No further communication is received. I was told priority visa will be done In 5 working days, but that not true in my case. I'm starting to worry a little.

[christinar1087]

hi mugtiaya annd mahbolla

any updates from your end.......

[Mugatiya26]

hi mugtiaya annd mahbolla

any updates from your end.......

Still nothing. What's wrong with them? Are they planning to process our visas in september or something?

[Waqasrafiq2]

hi mugtiaya annd mahbolla

any updates from your end.......

Still nothing. What's wrong with them? Are they planning to process our visas in september or something?

No one got any idea why are they delaying . Only piority got processed and that also from low risk countries . Hope they started issuing visas soon.

[Chooka_v]

There are global delays in the student visa process.

All applications *should* be processed within 30 days as their time frame states.

I have seen applications take up to 3/4 weeks.

They moved the decision centre for many countries to the UK and, unsurprisingly, they are now overwhelmed with the number of applications and things are bottle necking.

[Mugatiya26]

There are global delays in the student visa process.

All applications *should* be processed within 30 days as their time frame states.

I have seen applications take up to 3/4 weeks.

They moved the decision centre for many countries to the UK and, unsurprisingly, they are now overwhelmed with the number of applications and things are bottle necking.

I didn't know about this. Is there a way to find out for which countries/areas they've done this?

And by 30 days, did you mean 30 working days, or inclusive of the weekends?

Sorry for the questions, just super frustrated cos it's over a month since I gave my biometrics.

[Chooka_v]

There are global delays in the student visa process.

All applications *should* be processed within 30 days as their time frame states.

I have seen applications take up to 3/4 weeks.

They moved the decision centre for many countries to the UK and, unsurprisingly, they are now overwhelmed with the number of applications and things are bottle necking.

I didn't know about this. Is there a way to find out for which countries/areas they've done this?

And by 30 days, did you mean 30 working days, or inclusive of the weekends?

Sorry for the questions, just super frustrated cos it's over a month since I gave my biometrics.

There is no current information on exactly which, but I believe they will be moving all decision centres to the UK for most countries by 2018.

Did they scan your documents and return them to you when you applied?

It is apparently working days, but i have seen elsewhere that they have said this is 30 normal days. So i can't be too sure, that is just the information i have seen saying "30 days" for standard applications.

https://visa-processingtimes.homeoffice.gov.uk/y