Visit Visa UK Embassy Email - Your UK visa application has been issued

[Alina657]

Hi Guys,

I have received the following email for a visit visa application. Any idea/experiences of what this means:

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

Your UK visa application is currently under consideration at the British Embassy Abu Dhabi.

Unfortunately the processing of your application has not been straightforward. This means that we will be unable to make a decision within our published customer service standards.

We will notify you when your application has been concluded, and you will be contacted by the Visa Application Centre when your documents are ready for collection. Please do not go to the Visa Application Centre before they have contacted you.

Please avoid making travel arrangements until you have collected your passport.

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.

Important note: If you have purchased the ‘Keep My Passport When Applying’ service from VFS, please ignore this email. You will shortly receive separate instructions on re-submitting your passport.

Kind regards,

UK Visas and Immigration
British Embassy Abu Dhabi
www.gov.uk/ukvi

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Any information will be appreciated.

Any follow-up?

Nothing yet. That was the last email I received from them. Did you receive a similar email?

If yes, what was your the timeline of your application?

[razijaan]

Guys I'm still waiting for call to collect the passport after issued email since 7th May 2019. What should I do if they taking too long?

[talal12345]

Hi Guys,

I have received the following email for a visit visa application. Any idea/experiences of what this means:

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

Your UK visa application is currently under consideration at the British Embassy Abu Dhabi.

Unfortunately the processing of your application has not been straightforward. This means that we will be unable to make a decision within our published customer service standards.

We will notify you when your application has been concluded, and you will be contacted by the Visa Application Centre when your documents are ready for collection. Please do not go to the Visa Application Centre before they have contacted you.

Please avoid making travel arrangements until you have collected your passport.

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.

Important note: If you have purchased the ‘Keep My Passport When Applying’ service from VFS, please ignore this email. You will shortly receive separate instructions on re-submitting your passport.

Kind regards,

UK Visas and Immigration
British Embassy Abu Dhabi
www.gov.uk/ukvi

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Any information will be appreciated.

Any follow-up?

Nothing yet. That was the last email I received from them. Did you receive a similar email?

If yes, what was your the timeline of your application?

Yes, received the same e-mail on Sunday. Today I got the "application has been issued, VAC will contact you for passport collection" e-mail. Fingers crossed.

Timeline:
Standard Visitor Visa: 3 applications
Country/Town of Application : Lahore, Pakistan
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 2nd May 2019
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : NA
Application under process at British High Commission on : NA
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : NA
Contacted with "application not straightforward" e-mail: 19th May 2019
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 21st May 2019
Contacted for Collection : Waiting
Collection made : Waiting
Decision of Application : Waiting

[shussain77]

Seems too long normally its with in 5 working days.I think you should contact UKVI for this issue.

[razijaan]

Seems too long normally its with in 5 working days.I think you should contact UKVI for this issue.

How can I contact them?

[shussain77]

Seems too long normally its with in 5 working days.I think you should contact UKVI for this issue.

How can I contact them?

Follow this link "https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside-outside-uk"

[rizlagunner]

Hi guys.

Has anyone been refused a visa after receiving 'issued' email? Gerrys taking a long time for collection here in Lahore, every day makes me more nervous.

[razijaan]

I called ukvi in morning and complaint to them after one hour my mother got call from gerry to collect passport tomarrow Wednesday with issued email. Let's see...

[razijaan]

Hi guys.

Has anyone been refused a visa after receiving 'issued' email? Gerrys taking a long time for collection here in Lahore, every day makes me more nervous.

So far not. Every one is a green upon issued mean is "VISA has issued "

[razijaan]

Hi guys.

Has anyone been refused a visa after receiving 'issued' email? Gerrys taking a long time for collection here in Lahore, every day makes me more nervous.

So far not. Every one is a green upon issued mean is "VISA has issued "

[rizlagunner]

Received visa today! Confirming the trend of issued = approved.

[shussain77]

I called ukvi in morning and complaint to them after one hour my mother got call from gerry to collect passport tomarrow Wednesday with issued email. Let's see...

All the very best !!

[Alina657]

Hi Guys,

I have received the following email for a visit visa application. Any idea/experiences of what this means:

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

Your UK visa application is currently under consideration at the British Embassy Abu Dhabi.

Unfortunately the processing of your application has not been straightforward. This means that we will be unable to make a decision within our published customer service standards.

We will notify you when your application has been concluded, and you will be contacted by the Visa Application Centre when your documents are ready for collection. Please do not go to the Visa Application Centre before they have contacted you.

Please avoid making travel arrangements until you have collected your passport.

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.

Important note: If you have purchased the ‘Keep My Passport When Applying’ service from VFS, please ignore this email. You will shortly receive separate instructions on re-submitting your passport.

Kind regards,

UK Visas and Immigration
British Embassy Abu Dhabi
www.gov.uk/ukvi

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Any information will be appreciated.

Any follow-up?

Nothing yet. That was the last email I received from them. Did you receive a similar email?

If yes, what was your the timeline of your application?

Yes, received the same e-mail on Sunday. Today I got the "application has been issued, VAC will contact you for passport collection" e-mail. Fingers crossed.

Timeline:
Standard Visitor Visa: 3 applications
Country/Town of Application : Lahore, Pakistan
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 2nd May 2019
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : NA
Application under process at British High Commission on : NA
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : NA
Contacted with "application not straightforward" e-mail: 19th May 2019
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 21st May 2019
Contacted for Collection : Waiting
Collection made : Waiting
Decision of Application : Waiting

Good to hear about the issued email. I had a similar timeline and got the "issued" email yesterday:

Standard Visitor Visa: 1 application
Country/Town of Application : Lahore, Pakistan
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 30th April 2019
Contacted with "application not straightforward" e-mail: 16th May 2019
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 21st May 2019
Contacted for Collection : Waiting
Collection made : Waiting
Decision of Application : Waiting

Have they called yet for passport collection?

[talal12345]

Good to hear about the issued email. I had a similar timeline and got the "issued" email yesterday:

Standard Visitor Visa: 1 application
Country/Town of Application : Lahore, Pakistan
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 30th April 2019
Contacted with "application not straightforward" e-mail: 16th May 2019
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 21st May 2019
Contacted for Collection : Waiting
Collection made : Waiting
Decision of Application : Waiting

Have they called yet for passport collection?

Nope, still waiting.

[Saminak82]

Time line: applied on 2may
Email received: 13 May your visa application is concluded
Decision received today by email
Still didn’t receive sms to collect passport

[aaliyaan]

I applied for my mother visit visa uk for 6 months.
Received visa application issue email on 19 may.
Still waiting for the call or email for passport collection from mirpur visa application centre.

[aaliyaan]

Hi talal any update on your case.

[aaliyaan]

Time line: applied on 2may
Email received: 13 May your visa application is concluded
Decision received today by email
Still didn’t receive sms to collect passport

Best of luck samina.

[aaliyaan]

I called ukvi in morning and complaint to them after one hour my mother got call from gerry to collect passport tomarrow Wednesday with issued email. Let's see...

All the very best !!

Please confirm the outcome of your mother visa

[razijaan83]

I called ukvi in morning and complaint to them after one hour my mother got call from gerry to collect passport tomarrow Wednesday with issued email. Let's see...

All the very best !!

Please confirm the outcome of your mother visa

Yes dear,She got her visa yesterday, Allahamdulillah,
visa was issued on 7th of may 2019 exactly when i received email from UKVI abu dhabi,
thanks to all of you ,

[razijaan83]

I applied for my mother visit visa uk for 6 months.
Received visa application issue email on 19 may.
Still waiting for the call or email for passport collection from mirpur visa application centre.

if you dont get call within next few days just call to ukvi they will sort out it as soon as earliest.
just have to spend 10£ on phone.
issued is confirmed visa has issued..just chill

[aaliyaan]

I applied for my mother visit visa uk for 6 months.
Received visa application issue email on 19 may.
Still waiting for the call or email for passport collection from mirpur visa application centre.

if you dont get call within next few days just call to ukvi they will sort out it as soon as earliest.
just have to spend 10£ on phone.
issued is confirmed visa has issued..just chill

Thanks dear for your reply.really appreciate it as am very worried about the outcome of my mom's visa.
Will update here once she received the passport.

[AhsanFX]

Good Morning Everyone

I hope you are having a great day so far and it gets better!

So, my experience and anaysis as follws:

We submitted application on 7th May 2019

We recieved an email on 22nd May 2019 @ 10.15 GMT stating due to it not being straightforward the desicion is still under review.

We recieved a further email on today 23rd May 2019 @ 03:26 GMT stating Your UK visa application has been concluded.

From the little that I know, I understand from the experiences of others that their is to variations of the emails being sent. One states issued the other states concluded. You either get one or the other and never both. Those that say issued ultimatly go on to collect their passports with a issued visa whilst those who have recieved the concluded email go on and do not recieve a visa - is this a fair analysis?

Has their been people who have recieved a concluded email and actually recieved their visa because from the lack of knowledge that I have, concluded just means the desicion on the visa has been made regardless of positive or negative?

A further comment is, we on here including me are most likley the impatient ones and their maybe people with the concluded email but do go on to recieve the visa?

Regardless of the above, this thread is to conclude the above debate and furthermore, discuss if rejected what options do the applicants have and does one have to re do a new application and resubmit papers with a new fee?

[shussain77]

Good Morning Everyone

I hope you are having a great day so far and it gets better!

So, my experience and anaysis as follws:

We submitted application on 7th May 2019

We recieved an email on 22nd May 2019 @ 10.15 GMT stating due to it not being straightforward the desicion is still under review.

We recieved a further email on today 23rd May 2019 @ 03:26 GMT stating Your UK visa application has been concluded.

From the little that I know, I understand from the experiences of others that their is to variations of the emails being sent. One states issued the other states concluded. You either get one or the other and never both. Those that say issued ultimatly go on to collect their passports with a issued visa whilst those who have recieved the concluded email go on and do not recieve a visa - is this a fair analysis?

Has their been people who have recieved a concluded email and actually recieved their visa because from the lack of knowledge that I have, concluded just means the desicion on the visa has been made regardless of positive or negative?

A further comment is, we on here including me are most likley the impatient ones and their maybe people with the concluded email but do go on to recieve the visa?

Regardless of the above, this thread is to conclude the above debate and furthermore, discuss if rejected what options do the applicants have and does one have to re do a new application and resubmit papers with a new fee?

Unfortunately "Concluded" means refusal as of latest threads i have been following too from ABU DHABI for Pakistanis.If "issued"word in email visa is granted 101% "concluded" means rejected 99%(as few years back in threads i saw some got visa on concluded too).This year threads i have not seen any one saying visa granted with "concluded"word.But u can pray maybe there can be an exception in your case .Secondly if its rejected then there is no appeal option available in visit visa category you can reapply immediately once you know what were the causes of rejection and try to remove those in your next application (with new fees)..(One tip is that try to avoid apply for visa when its peak time like recently (as worldcup so many applications around the world) so its highly chances application might me rejected even if anything little is missing or wrong)..............All the very best

[AhsanFX]

Thank you shssain77! very helpful response.