Settlement Visa Applications - INDIA TIMELINES ONLY

[justjigar]

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement - Wife
Priority/Non-Priority: Priority
Application and documents scanned online: 24.02.20
Biometrics: 27.02.20 at VFS Mumbai North ( 0 WD )
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: 28.02.20 ( 1 WD )
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Emailed UKVI for status: No
Decision made: -
Contacted with 'decision made': -
Contacted for Collection: 13.03.20 ( 11 WD )
Collection made:
Decision:
Date of visa approval:

[K12837J]

I am a British Citizen applied for my wife's settlement visa on 24th Feb 2020 at VFS New Delhi for Leave to Enter as we recently got married on 16th Feb. My Wife is an Indian National.

Here is timeline for this application and we were surprised to receive such a lightning fast decision.
Type of visa applied : Settlement Visa (Wife/Spouse)
Type of application :Priority
Application centre : New Delhi
Date of application online : 19th Feb 2020
Biometric and documents scanned at VFS New Delhi: 24th Feb 2020
Email stating "Your Application is currently being prepared for consideration by an ECO": 26th Feb 2020
Employer contact : No
Sponsor's contact : No
Checked status of the application UKVI Customer Care Number: 1st March 2020, 7th March 2020 where they mentioned that a decision has been made.
Email from VFS that the processed application has been received at the application centre: 9th March 2020
Status : Visa Granted
Passport Received: 11th March 2020

Received passport from the date of biometrics in: 13 working dates

[justjigar]

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement - Wife
Priority/Non-Priority: Priority
Application and documents scanned online: 24.02.20
Biometrics: 27.02.20 at VFS Mumbai North ( 0 WD )
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: 28.02.20 ( 1 WD )
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Emailed UKVI for status: No
Decision made: -
Contacted with 'decision made': - 13.03.20 ( 11 WD )
Contacted for Collection: 13.03.20 ( 11 WD )
Collection made: 16.03.20
Decision: Approved with 1 month vignette

Got approval in 11 working days from date of bio-metrics

[shazam2020]

I have applied for my Wife's settlement visa from Cochin.

Visa type:( Priority) Settlement -wife Application.
Online Application: 01 March 2020
Scanning & Biometrics: 06 March 2019
Application under process at SHEFFIELD: 09.03.2020
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable):
Emailed UKVI for status:
Decision made:
Contacted with 'decision made':
Contacted for Collection:
Collection made:
Decision:
Date of visa approval:

[zaman1]

Hi,

If you submit all the right documents then the process can be comparatively quick.

Online Application submitted: 7th Feb
Biometrics taken: 12th Feb
Email received stating 'Your application has been received by UK Decision making department and is being processed to be presented to the entry clearance officer': 13th Feb

(5th March: Received email saying they have not received documents and to submit sponsor documents asap. But, it took us couple of days for my lawyer to reach out to them to say we only uploaded documents and did not sent any (we applied online).

2nd Email: 12th March
Then, we received email saying it was email sent by mistake and in fact a decision has been made already.
Same day my wife receive text message that application documents (passport) has been forwarded to the address.

Received passport (via mail): 13th March

Total: 35 days

[Aarav086]

Hi everyone

Sharing my husband and my timeline as well:

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement
Priority/Non-Priority: Priority
Application online: 11 March 2020
Documents send to BHC: 12 March 2020 (experiencing error continuously when trying to upload online)
Biometrics: 12 March 2020 at VFS Delhi ( 0 WD )
Message saying passport sent to BHC: 12 March 2020 (0WD)
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: 16 March 2020 ( 2 WD )
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Emailed UKVI for status: No
Decision made: -
Contacted with 'decision made':
Contacted for Collection:
Passport couriered:
Decision:

[Aarav086]

Hi everyone

Sharing my husband and my timeline as well:

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement
Priority/Non-Priority: Priority
Application online: 11 March 2020
Documents send to BHC: 12 March 2020 (experiencing error continuously when trying to upload online)
Biometrics: 12 March 2020 at VFS Delhi ( 0 WD )
Message saying passport sent to BHC: 12 March 2020 (0WD)
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: 16 March 2020 ( 2 WD )
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Emailed UKVI for status: Yes
Decision made: -
Contacted with 'decision made':
Contacted for Collection:
Passport couriered:
Decision:

[Aarav086]

Hi everyone

Sharing my husband and my timeline as well:

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement
Priority/Non-Priority: Priority
Application online: 11 March 2020
Documents send to BHC: 12 March 2020 (experiencing error continuously when trying to upload online)
Biometrics: 12 March 2020 at VFS Delhi ( 0 WD )
Message saying passport sent to BHC: 12 March 2020 (0WD)
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: 16 March 2020 ( 2 WD )
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Emailed UKVI for status: Yes
Decision made: -
Contacted with 'decision made':
Contacted for Collection:
Passport couriered:
Decision:

[hardeepsingh09]

Type of visa applied: Settlement spouse visa(Wife)
Type of application: Standard
Application center: Chandigarh
Date of application online: 7 February 2020
Biometric:14/02/2020 Chandigarh VFS
Documents: scanned at VFS LONDON but also uploaded online.
Status: Waiting

[shazam2020]

I have applied for my Wife's settlement visa from Cochin.

Visa type:( Priority) Settlement -wife Application.
Online Application: 01 March 2020
Scanning & Biometrics: 06 March 2019
Application under process at SHEFFIELD: 09.03.2020
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable):
Emailed UKVI for status: Yes
Decision made:
Contacted with 'decision made':
Contacted for Collection:
Collection made:
Decision:
Date of visa approval:

It's been over 60 days and I have not received any communication . I have escalated by email but received generic email to confirm they are still considering my application.

[hardeepsingh09]

Type of visa applied: Settlement spouse visa(Wife)
Type of application: Standard
Application center: Chandigarh
Date of application online: 7 February 2020
Biometric:14/02/2020 Chandigarh VFS
Documents: scanned at VFS LONDON but also uploaded online.
Status: Waiting

Type of visa applied: Settlement spouse visa(Wife)
Type of application: Standard
Application center: Chandigarh
Date of application online: 7 February 2020
Biometric:14/02/2020 Chandigarh VFS
Documents: scanned at VFS LONDON but also uploaded online.

06/07/2020: Homeoffice contacted me to provide last year's Accounts/ Balance sheet.
Accounts sent on 07/07/2020

Status: Waiting

[Covee]

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement - Wife
Priority/Non-Priority: Non-Priority
Application and documents scanned online: 11/03/2020
Biometrics: 13/03/2020at VFS Ahmedabad
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: 16/03/2020 (1WD)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Employer contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Date of visa approval: 15/07/2020
Contacted with 'Passport has been dispatched via courier': 20/07/2020 (around 87WD since application under process email)
Contacted for Collection: 21/07/2020
Decision: Granted


It appears that UKVI Sheffield have started to process Visa applications for India which have been submitted via VFS Ahmedabad.

[hardeepsingh09]

Type of visa applied: Settlement spouse visa(Wife)
Type of application: Standard
Application center: Chandigarh
Date of application online: 7 February 2020
Biometric:14/02/2020 Chandigarh VFS
Documents: scanned at VFS LONDON but also uploaded online.

06/07/2020: Homeoffice contacted me to provide last year's Accounts/ Balance sheet.
Accounts sent on 07/07/2020

Status: 22/07/2020: NO EMAIL NO TEXT MESSAGE FROM VFS OR BLUEDART. PASSPORT DELIVERED WITH 3 MONTHS VISA. Issue date 20/07/2020
THANKS EVERYONE

[Aarav086]

Hi everyone

Sharing my husband and my timeline as well:

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement
Priority/Non-Priority: Priority
Application online: 11 March 2020
Documents send to BHC: 12 March 2020 (experiencing error continuously when trying to upload online)
Biometrics: 12 March 2020 at VFS Delhi ( 0 WD )
Message saying passport sent to BHC: 12 March 2020 (0WD)
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: 16 March 2020 ( 2 WD )
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Emailed UKVI for status: Yes (many times due to Covid issues)
Decision made: - 20 July 2020
Contacted with 'decision made': 20 July 2020
Contacted for Collection: 20 July 2020
Passport couriered: 25 July July 2020 (delay due to complication with address change)
Decision: Approved!

93 working days (excluding UK bank holidays) for decision to be made. Thanks to everyone on this forum for support during this nail biting experience!

[Af19]

Hi everyone

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement For wife from India
Priority/Non-Priority: standard
Application online: 31st March 2020 online
Documents scanned by : 05th July 2020 (uploadEd online)
Biometrics: 06 July 2020 at VFS Ahmedabad

Still waiting for reply

[CR001]

Can members please ONLY post in the TIMELINE format below.

Application and documents submitted & biometrics enrolled at :
Application forwarded to British High Commission on :
Application under process at British High Commission on :

Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable)

Contacted with 'decision made' :
Contacted for Collection :
Collection made :
Decision of Application :

[Rsoni21]

Here is timeline my family application
Type of visa applied : Settlement spouse visa(Wife) and children under 18 years
Type of application :Non Priority
Application centre : Chandigarh
Date of application online : 05 July 2020
Biometric and documents scanned at vfs chd 08/07/2020
Email stating "Your Application is currently being prepared for consideration by an ECO": 08/07/2020
Employer contact : No
Sponsor's contact : No
Child IHS payment email : 17 July 20 and online paid on the same day
Additional documents requested : On 26July child birth certificate and online updated on 26 July
Email from Vfs for collection :10/08/2020
Status : Visa Granted with 3 months vignette
Passport Received:11/08/2020

[CR001]

Can members PLEASE respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY THREAD. Any question posts, chit chat or discussions have been and will continue to be removed.

[Jigar2020]

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement
Priority/Non-Priority: Non priority
Application online: 22nd June 2020
Documents send submitted :Ahmadabad 17th July 2020
Bio-metrics: 17th July 2020 at VFS Ahmadabad
Application received email from VFS Sheffield - 20th July 2020
Home office contact made - Twice and both time they said Decision still pending
Decision - still waiting.

It has been 5 weeks as of today and still heard no response back from them yet.

Moderator edit: question post removed.

[CR001]

Can members PLEASE respect that this is a TIMELINE ONLY THREAD. Any question posts, chit chat or discussions have been and will continue to be removed.

[mohansharma1]

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement - Wife
Priority/Non-Priority: Non-Priority
Application and documents scanned online: 05/09/2020
Biometrics: 10/09/2020at VFS Chandigarh
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: -
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Employer contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Date of visa approval: -
Contacted with 'Passport has been dispatched via courier':
Contacted for Collection: -
Decision:

[ssgk2019]

Finally we received the visa for my 5year old for settlement, both the parents have ILR.

Timeline:
Application type: Settlement to join parents
Application: 6th August 2020
Biometrics in Mumbai : 7th Aug 2020
Decision: 23rd Sep 2020
Passport collected: 24th Sep 2020

Thank you all for your help!

[patelavenger]

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement
Priority/Non-Priority: Non priority
Application online: 4th AUGUST 2020
Bio-metrics: 14Th AUGUST 2020 at VFS
Application received email from UKVI & SMS - 14Th AUGUST 2020

No reply since Biometric ,

Decision - still waiting, Multiple contact made to home office , Decision not made yet
unsure of WD to get a decision

[mohansharma1]

Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement - Wife
Priority/Non-Priority: Non-Priority
Application and documents scanned online: 05/09/2020
Biometrics: 10/09/2020at VFS Chandigarh
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: -
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Employer contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Date of visa approval: - 25th Oct 2020
Contacted with 'Passport has been dispatched via courier': 29th Oct
Received Passport with 90 days visa on 30th Oct
Decision: Approved

[mct]

AWATING DECISION - ANYONE IN SAME BOAT???
Type Of Visa Applied: Spouse Settlement - Wife
Priority/Non-Priority: Non-Priority
Application and documents scanned online: 24/09/2020
Biometrics: 28/09/2020at VFS Pune
Application under process (ECO) e-mail: -
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Employer contacted by UKVI (if applicable): N/A
Date of visa approval: - Awaiting Decision

Contacted with 'Passport has been dispatched via courier': -
Received Passport - N/A
Decision: pending