Spousal Visa Application - Pakistan (Timeline Only)

HELLO786 · Post by **HELLO786** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:05 pm

I dnt think the bhc has got bak to anyone in these past cnuple of days hence no mps are replyng to us

Sameena akhtar · Post by **Sameena akhtar** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:09 pm

HELLO786 wrote:I dnt think the bhc has got bak to anyone in these past cnuple of days hence no mps are replyng to us

Iv emailed Gerrys again.. but no1 has gt RFC's before 70 working days.. :@..

HELLO786 · Post by **HELLO786** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:13 pm

Sameena akhtar wrote:
HELLO786 wrote:I dnt think the bhc has got bak to anyone in these past cnuple of days hence no mps are replyng to us
Iv emailed Gerrys again.. but no1 has gt RFC's before 70

working days.. :@..

How many days r u at ? I dnt knw hw to work it out lol

HELLO786 · Post by **HELLO786** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:24 pm

Sameena akhtar wrote:
HELLO786 wrote:I dnt think the bhc has got bak to anyone in these past cnuple of days hence no mps are replyng to us
Iv emailed Gerrys again.. but no1 has gt RFC's before 70 working days.. :@..

Ive just counted nw and excluding public holidays am at 75 days . . . .

Sameena akhtar · Post by **Sameena akhtar** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:27 pm

HELLO786 wrote:
Sameena akhtar wrote:
HELLO786 wrote:I dnt think the bhc has got bak to anyone in these past cnuple of days hence no mps are replyng to us
Iv emailed Gerrys again.. but no1 has gt RFC's before 70

working days.. :@..

How many days r u at ? I dnt knw hw to work it out lol

I think 73 or 74..im nt 2 sure..

rimmy · Post by **rimmy** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:59 pm

Thanks for the link sameena, some usefull information, however these holidays are for the application center only and not BHC,or Abhu Dhabi or wherever else it is that the visa decision is made. Or is it all the same ? Doesn't make much difference either way as its only a few extra holidays.

khanlondon · Post by **khanlondon** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:35 pm

rimmy wrote:
akhan47 wrote:
naCC wrote:Hi I applied for my Wife's Visa a few weeks ago , every thing is fine but I am concerned about the English Language requirements.

For English Language requirements we sent

1) Original Degree
2) Letter from University stating Degree was taught in English.
3) UK NARIC statement of comparability.

Would that be sufficient ? As some here are mentioning that Spouse Visa can be rejected because of this ?
or would that be advisable to take the A1 English test and send that as well as extra evidence ?
B1 NOT FOR SPOUSE VISA ITS ONLY A1
NO ITS NOT B1 ITS A1 FOR SPOUSE VISA PPL
It should be sufficient but I would have my wife do the english test. When did you apply? I heard it is now the B1 test that is required?
The B1 test is for settlement application and not for an entry clearance visa I think

khanlondon · Post by **khanlondon** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:38 pm

A1 is the English test for spouse visa B1 is for another visa but you can do aB1 but its A1 for spouse visas

Britzy26 · Post by **Britzy26** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:39 pm

Javeria wrote:
Sameena akhtar wrote:
Javeria wrote:No RFC after 78 working days

hats off to you BHC
I dont think its been 78.. theres been 4.. well tmrw 5 public holidays

U applied 2 days b4 me..

its 78th working day u can count it.

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WOWWW....! Well done, perfect way for all of us to kill time waiting for rfc msgs... Hats off to you sister!

Javeria · Post by **Javeria** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:46 pm

Sameena akhtar wrote:
Javeria wrote:No RFC after 78 working days

hats off to you BHC
I dont think its been 78.. theres been 4.. well tmrw 5 public holidays

U applied 2 days b4 me..

You are at 76th working day dear

Sameena akhtar · Post by **Sameena akhtar** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:33 am

Javeria wrote:
Sameena akhtar wrote:
Javeria wrote:No RFC after 78 working days

hats off to you BHC
I dont think its been 78.. theres been 4.. well tmrw 5 public holidays

U applied 2 days b4 me..

You are at 76th working day dear

Sorry sister i was wrong..

I cant count lol!!..

Omg 76 working days... now im just more frustrated!!

soldier1 · Post by **soldier1** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:12 am

Britzy26 wrote:
Javeria wrote:
Sameena akhtar wrote:
Javeria wrote:No RFC after 78 working days

hats off to you BHC
I dont think its been 78.. theres been 4.. well tmrw 5 public holidays

U applied 2 days b4 me..

its 78th working day u can count it.

23rd April 1st working day
24th April 2nd Working day
25th April 3rd working day
26th April 4th working day
27th April saturday
28th April Sunday
29th April 5th Working day
30th April 6th working day
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8th August EID holiday
9th August EID holiday
10th August saturday
11th August sunday
12th August 77th working day
13th August 78th working day

WOWWW....! Well done, perfect way for all of us to kill time waiting for rfc msgs... Hats off to you sister!

king2be98 · Post by **king2be98** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:24 am

akhan47 wrote:It should be sufficient but I would have my wife do the english test. When did you apply? I heard it is now the B1 test that is required?

Don't "hear things" look up the official requirements. I haven't checked the legislation for a few months now, so it may be they have made it into a B1 requirement. The B1 requirement was for ILR.

Sameena akhtar · Post by **Sameena akhtar** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:11 am

Javeria wrote:
Sameena akhtar wrote:
Javeria wrote:No RFC after 78 working days

hats off to you BHC
I dont think its been 78.. theres been 4.. well tmrw 5 public holidays

U applied 2 days b4 me..

You are at 76th working day dear

Sorry sister i was wrong..

I cant count lol!!..

Omg 76 working days... now im just more frustrated!!

tallojani · Post by **tallojani** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:23 am

Few days ago there was a threat from the admin of closing down the forum because of the increased number of pages caused by ppl just chatting pretty much rubbish. looks like most of us has not taken any notice, don't be surprised if the forum closes down.

iyanu · Post by **iyanu** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:30 am

tallojani wrote:Few days ago there was a threat from the admin of closing down the forum because of the increased number of pages caused by ppl just chatting pretty much rubbish. looks like most of us has not taken any notice, don't be surprised if the forum closes down.

You are very much correct about this ... you guys should stop all these immature acts, honestly!

I will not empathize with you guys if this particular forum is closed. You are all acting like small children, common grow up and behave now before it is too late.

abidabzhussain · Post by **abidabzhussain** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:04 pm

People also need to learn how to quote an earlier post.

They keep quoting irrelevant posts and some times obe reply has 4/5 of them.

Just select what you want to highlight and delete rest.

khanlondon · Post by **khanlondon** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:15 pm

I like to know when will the may application start I applied on the 29th if may 2013 so when should the visa start coming out

naumanmumtaz · Post by **naumanmumtaz** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:15 pm

rimmy wrote:Thanks for the link sameena, some usefull information, however these holidays are for the application center only and not BHC,or Abhu Dhabi or wherever else it is that the visa decision is made. Or is it all the same ? Doesn't make much difference either way as its only a few extra holidays.

All UK and Pakistani National Holidays are counted towards non working days. i.e Eid in Pakistan and Easter or Monday Bank Holiday in UK are not included in working days. Hope that helps.

naumanmumtaz · Post by **naumanmumtaz** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:04 pm

Sallam everyone,
I have decided to write letter to my MP to intervene and look into Embassy Performance. ANY SUGGESTION TO ADD OR DELETE SOMETHING WILL BE HELPFUL
My letter is as follow:

Dear ... MP....

I am writing this letter in regards to settlement visa application for wife and son in Lahore, Pakistan. Their application was submitted to British High Commission on 17th May 2013 and time frame for such applications advertised by Home Office is 90 days which has been passed but we have not heard anything from them.

I don't mind waiting longer for visa application to be processed but we have circumstances which needs urgent attention. I applied for my son's school admission in Essex County School for September 2013 enrolment and they advised me that his application can not be dealt with unless they see his UK Visa.
I explained situation to Essex County School that his Visa application in its final days and should be dealt with any day now but school is unwilling to help us.
Now problem what we have is, if embassy takes another month or even longer process application and to issue visa then child will lose space in school and potentially one year of his education as deadline for admission would have been passed by then and school would not be accommodating any further admission applications due to limited spaces in school.

I would also like to bring this to your attention that according to Home Office website what they have mentioned:

If our visa processing service is experiencing delays, we will publish a news story on this website to explain what is happening. You can find recent news stories on the right side of this page.
If we have taken more than 3 weeks (for non-settlement visas) or 3 months (for settlement visas) to process your application, and we have not published a news story to explain the delay, you can email the Gerry's, who will forward your email to us for reply.
You can find their contact details on the Gerry's in Pakistan website. We will not respond to your enquiry if you contact us before this time has elapsed.

And they have not mentioned anything if they are experiencing delay.

Therefore I would request you to look into this as a matter of urgency and ask British Embassy in Pakistan to deal with my wife's and child's application urgently. For us its not only the matter of waiting but also the one year of my son who will not be able to get admission this year because embassy took longer than their standard advertised time scale for such applications.

Details of my wife and child's application are as follows.

Name: ------ ----
D.O.B: 00/00/0000
Application Submitted on 17/05/2013
Application Reference Number: LHE/000000/000000/0
Nationality: Pakistani

Name: --- -----
D.O.B: 00/00/0000
Application Submitted on 00/00/0000
Application Reference Number: LHE/000000/000000/0
Nationality: Pakistani

Any comments guys

Thanks
Wasallam

Smiggy · Post by **Smiggy** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:02 pm

Question to all.

If one needs to provide wedding pictures or itemized bills. Can you provide submit a USB stick with your application?

arsalank · Post by **arsalank** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:03 pm

NO u cant submit any USB/DVD with ur application.

Javeria · Post by **Javeria** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:54 am

Any RFC today?

arsum1516 · Post by **arsum1516** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:06 am

salamaz everyone.. my hubby has received rfc and collecting today plz do dua for us....

we applied 15 may....

naumanmumtaz · Post by **naumanmumtaz** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:07 am

arsum1516 wrote:salamaz everyone.. my hubby has received rfc and collecting today plz do dua for us....

we applied 15 may....

Inshallah sister he will get visa stamped. Remember us in duaa too/

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