Visitor Visa Applications - TIMELINES ONLY

[adeelhanif]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category
(Family/General) : visit tourist
Country/Town of Application : Karachi Gerry VFS
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 28.02.2022
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 28.02.2022
Application under process at British High Commission on : waiting
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :NA
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: waiting
Contacted for Collection : waiting
Collection made : waiting
Decision of Application : waiting

[shahdab]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category
(General) : visit tourist
Country/Town of Application : UAE/ Dubai VFS
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 17.02.2022
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 17.02.2022
Application under process at British High Commission on : waiting
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :NA
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: No Email and No SMS from VFS
Contacted for Collection : I made a paid email inquiry for status. First reply was “under process”. Second reply on 25.03.2022 “Decision is made”. Waited 4 days but no email or sms. I visited VFS myself to check the Status and found decision came to vfs.
Collection made : 29.03.2022
Decision of Application : Alhamduli Allah .Approved 180 Days. Inquiry from UKV1 by Paying 2.5 £ and once decision is made contact VFs. Now a days they are not sending sms or emails.

[CR001]

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[minhanh]

Priority Visitor Visa Sub- Category
(Family/General) : visit business trip
Country/Town of Application : Prague TLS
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 09.03.2022
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 18.02.2022
Application under process at British High Commission on : NA
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :NA
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 30.03.2022 Email TLScontact was notified by UKVI that a decision related to your visa application has been made.
Contacted for Collection : waiting for email to resubmit passport (I chose to keep my passport)
Collection made : waiting
Decision of Application : waiting

I was worried because there is no email to ask me to resubmit my passport while my colleague had both emails at the same time. Talked with TLS today and they said once the sticker is ready in Berlin, the second email will come, made me feel like I got rejected ...

[adeelhanif]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category
(Family/General) : visit tourist
Country/Town of Application : Karachi Gerry VFS
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 28.02.2022
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 28.02.2022
Application under process at British High Commission on : 'Visa Processed'
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :01/04/2022
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: Email received from VFS & Gerrys saying 'Visa Application Processed'
Contacted for Collection : 01/04/2022
Collection made : 01/04/2022
Decision of Application : 6 Months Visa Approved

[Faraz2022]

My timeline

Visa docs submitted 14th march
Bio done 14th march
Submitted to VFS 14th march
Now awaiting

[Faraz2022]

Visa applied at karachi: 14th march
Received email to collect passport on 12th apr: passport collected. Visa granted.

[CR001]

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[rahulgill]

I have applied for family visit visa for my parents in law. Below are my timelines:-

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Delhi VFS
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 25.04.2022
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 25.04.2022
Application under process at British High Commission on :
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on :
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email:

[shs332]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Delhi VFS
Application submitted & biometrics enrolled at : 06.04.2022
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 06.04.2022
Application under process at British High Commission on : N/A
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : N/A
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: 25.04.2022

Roughly 10 working days

Cheers

[eastindian90]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 8th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 15th March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

[waitingfornow]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 19th April 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 27th April 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

[HappyAlways]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Chennai, India
Biometrics enrolled: 23rd March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

[eastindian90]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 8th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 15th March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

Havent received any emails, but called the paid UK visa enquiry service on the phone number on this link - https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside- ... se/english

Was advised application has been processed this week and should have email soon by next week.

[waitingfornow]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 19th April 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 27th April 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 19th April 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 27th April 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : 2nd May 2022
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

[waitingfornow]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 19th April 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 27th April 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 19th April 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 27th April 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : 2nd May 2022
Passport collected: 4th May 2022
Decision of Application: 6 months visa granted

[WEKAYPE]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Hyderabad, India
Application submitted: 7th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 16th March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : No
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

We haven't received any update, called UK visa enquiry service on 5th May but they confirmed that decision has not been made and they are not sure how long it takes.

https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside- ... se/english

[santhkumar]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor (FIRST TIME TRAVELLER to the UK)
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Bangalore, India
Application submitted: 21st March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 28th March 2022 (Premium Lounge)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : No
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

We haven't received any update, called UK visa enquiry service on 6th May and were told that the visa processing is pending and the applications are now taking upto 8 weeks. No further update/ help was offered.

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor (THIRD TIME TRAVELLER to the UK)
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Bangalore, India
Application submitted: 7th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 16th March 2022 (Free Appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : 27th March 2022
Passport collected: 28th March 2022
Decision of Application: 26th March 2022 - Visa Granted for 6 Months

[BravoCharlie]

Visa category: 6 months standard visitor
(Family/General): Tourism (including visiting family and friends)
Country/Town of Application: Islamabad, Pakistan
Application submitted: 18.03.2022
Biometrics enrolled at: 08.04.2022
Application forwarded to UK Visas and Immigration on: 11.04.2022
Application under process at British High Commission on: waiting
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on: waiting
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email: waiting
Contacted for Collection : waiting
Collection made : waiting
Decision of Application : waiting

[WEKAYPE]

Have you received any update please ??

by eastindian90 » Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:27 am

eastindian90 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:34 am
Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Kolkata, India
Application submitted: 8th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 15th March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending
Havent received any emails, but called the paid UK visa enquiry service on the phone number on this link - https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside- ... se/english

Was advised application has been processed this week and should have email soon by next week.

[haseebali]

Standard Visitor Visa Sub- Category (Business)
Duration : 6 months standard visa
Intended Date of Travel: 07th May 2022
Country/Town of Application : Karachi, Pakistan
Online Application submitted on : 15-04-2022
Biometrics enrolled on : 21-04-2022 (Original appointment date was 09th May but we paid £51.48 for Premium lounge and done the biometrics)
Avail any premium services : Yes “Document Scanning assistance in £25.74” and “Premium lounge in £51.48” (Total £77.22)
Application forwarded to British High Commission on : 21-04-2022
Application under process at British High Commission on : N/A
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable) on : N/A
Got any consideration or delay email received from UKVI on: NO, Never
Made any Paid query via email or on phone to UKVI on: Yes on 06th May did email enquiry for which we got a reply on 07th May 2022
“Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre. Your visa application has been decided, contact us again if you do not get your passport by 12/05. Regards.”
Contacted with 'decision made' text/email from UKVI: No
Application issued email on: Nothing
Contacted for Passport Collection : 10/5/2022 via sms & email.
Passport Collection made on : 10/05/2022
Decision of Application : 6 months visa approved
Visa Starting Date: 28-04-2022

Total days it took from Submission to collection: 19 Days ( The courier took more time to deliver because of Eid holidays otherwise in actual we got the decision in 8 days.

[WEKAYPE]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Hyderabad, India
Application submitted: 7th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 16th March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : No
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

We haven't received any update, called UK visa enquiry service on 5th May but they confirmed that decision has not been made and they are not sure how long it takes.

https://www.gov.uk/contact-ukvi-inside- ... se/english

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor (FIRST TIME TRAVELLER)
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Hyderabad, India
Application submitted: 7th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 16th March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : 10.05.2022
Passport collected: 11.05.2022
Decision of Application: Granted 6 months

[HappyAlways]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Chennai, India
Biometrics enrolled: 23rd March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): pending
Email received for Collection : pending
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor
Country/Town of Application : Chennai, India
Biometrics enrolled: 23rd March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : Automated VFS email received on 12th May 2022, saying that your documents have been sent by courier.
Passport collected: Received by Blue Dart on 13th May 2022
Blue Dart Tracking: I was able to track with GWFxxxxxxxxx as ref no. All 12 characters of GWF number are needed, not just numbers.
Decision of Application: 6 months Visa granted

[Lavinarm]

Visa Category: 6 months Standard Visitor (FIRST TIME TRAVELLER)
(Family/General) : Family Visit Visa
Country/Town of Application : Mumbai, India
Application submitted: 25th March 2022
Biometrics enrolled: 30th March 2022 (Free appointment)
Sponsor contacted by UKVI (if applicable): No
Email (Your UK visa application has been issued): No
Email received for Collection : no
Passport collected: pending
Decision of Application: pending

My travel date is 25/05/2022 from BOM To LHR.

[CR001]

Kindly respect that this is not a topic for general discussion or questions about visitor visas. It is for timeline posts only and any questions, discussions or chit chat will be removed.