May timeline

Funny thing here is my other half (Nazzy) was freaking out seeing so many people get confirmation emails lately.

I laughed and reminded her that the people on the below aren't the only people applying. It's a good yardstick of course but there are literally thousands of people who've applied at the same time as us hence the delay 

I always said we'd know by mid-June so still on track!

Updated 29th June.  If you are a Guest readng this please join (£1) and post your timeline! The more people who join in the better the data for everyone in the community.

Priority Spouse Applications March, April, May and June 2017
March Average 20.25 Business Days
April Average   28.75 Business Days with 1 application pending.

Date received by Sheffield email /  Username  /  Date of Decision Email from Sheffield Business Days taken for Decision Email
Mar-1  katoo    Mar-29                20BD
Mar-2  FormerlyFromNYCACT Mar-28 18BD
Mar-2  Guy P   Mar-28                18BD
Mar-2  Rparkes  Mar-28              19BD
Mar-3  steviereed  Mar-27           16BD
Mar-3  ashlynnray28   Mar-29     18BD
Mar-7  yeomissyeo  Apr-13         27BD
Mar-8  Victoria_S   Mar-28          14BD
Mar-16  eball31   Apr-18             21BD
Mar-16  JoeFromNJ Apr-18        22BD
Mar-20  alexgirl82  Apr-18          19BD
Mar-23  BeeCee  Apr-25             21BD
Mar-23  leen89   Apr-20              18BD
Mar-29  TechguytoUK May-03    22BD
Mar-30  hchillin May-02               20BD
Mar-31  Binzab      May-17          30BD   
Apr-05  jtjizzle      May-10            21BD   
Apr-05  JacquelineHyde May-12  24BD
Apr-06  TexanAlways  May-16      26BD
Apr-07  antoniaallegra May-11     21BD
Apr-10  Katoo  June-01                34BD
Apr-12  LukeandAdriana June-01 32BD
Apr-12  UKBound   June-06         35BD
Apr-12  hawkphx   June-08          37BD    **Retrospectively upgraded to priority (Apr-26)**
Apr-12  Missizz                                           **June-21 confirmed no Decision email yet**
Apr-13  James91  June-01          31BD
Apr-13  purplepeopleeater May-22 24BD
Apr-13  ston   May-30                 29BD
Apr-18  hayleeonfire June-01      30BD
Apr-18  Lammr14  June-06         33BD
Apr-18  anxiousandwaiting May-31 29BD
Apr-19  jessmed3  June-06         32BD
Apr-20  j4j  May-31                      27BD
Apr-21  Monica_40  June-12       34BD
Apr-21  nonmerci  May-31          26BD
Apr-21  AshCasey11 June-22      42BD     
Apr-24  Legitbrit2016 June-05     28BD
Apr-24  AV June-02                      27BD
Apr-26  kateaz04  June-02           25BD
Apr-26  troutlaw  June-01             24BD
Apr-30  Tiffany  May-30               19BD
May-01   Alyssa   June-01           21BD     
May-05   Rschaudh June-16       29BD     **Newborn settlement visa**
May-05   dbendick   June-26       35BD
May-08   Vik   May-31                 16BD
May-08   Windle
May-08   mbmoffat   
May-08   40GreenGrapes                            **Retrospectively upgraded to Priority (June-2)**                                   
May-08   BeeAllen June-27         35BD   
May-10   EmilyUK                                        **Initially sent to wrong processing centre address in Sheffield**
May-10   Kaybees June-26          32BD   
May-11   ReturningHome June1  14BD
May-12   Kris107   June-21          27BD
May-12   Charmskac10 June-5    15BD
May-15   AmericanMom                             **Retrospectively upgraded to Priority (June-2)**
May-15   whit92   May-31            11BD
May-15   chaitealatte June-28      31BD    *****Most recent decision email*****
May-17   LeapLiz  June-28          29BD    *****Most recent decision email*****
May-18   new-yorkshire June-27 27BD   
May-22   hgkg         June-27        25BD   
May-23   GerrittP     June-20       19BD
May-23   ahindocha  June-26      23BD
May-25   pondxrs     June-27      22BD   
May-26   UKBound419     
May-28   livelytania
May-30   tazzymundo
May-30   hne                                              **Retrospectively upgraded to Priority (June-20)**
May-31   quinoaeggroll
May-31   LKP   June-19              13BD
May-31   leanne1989  June-27   19BD 
June-1    tjkreg
June-2    saie09
June-5    sunshineusa
June-8    Suzane-muz
June-9    jckane8118                                 **UPS Tracking shows received at Sheffield**   
June-13  SHL2017   
June-14  Robinsnc
June-15  DusitinDep             
June-15  jessica321
June-16  Janette Phillips
June-16  PhoebesMum
June-26  Mamamia


FLR(M) Apps
Date received by Sheffield / Username / Date of Decision Email from Sheffield / Business Days
May-02   Sez2004  June-26       38BD
May-10   Beatlemania
May-18   Freespirit02
May-23   mathremuk
May-26   brenzie

Funny thing here is my other half (Nazzy) was freaking out seeing so many people get confirmation emails lately.

I laughed and reminded her that the people on the below aren't the only people applying. It's a good yardstick of course but there are literally thousands of people who've applied at the same time as us hence the delay 

I always said we'd know by mid-June so still on track!

Do you mean mid-July? Hope you hear very soon. How many do apply at once in any given month from US to UK and more broadly to UK? Do we know the figures?

Hi Emily,

Yes sorry meant mid July!

I'm not sure as I don't have stats to hand but up till this point in our heads we'd envisaged that it would only be everyone on this list in the forum completely removing ourselves from the real world. If only!

Do you mean mid-July? Hope you hear very soon. How many do apply at once in any given month from US to UK and more broadly to UK? Do we know the figures?

So luckily I was in for the redlivery - we received my husbands BRP in the letter! No documents or passport etc yet just the BRP but I am so glad that arrived first! Best birthday present (my birthday) ever! Haha! BRP is dated as being issued on 26th June

Yay!!!!! Many congrats thats awesome 😁

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Funny thing here is my other half (Nazzy) was freaking out seeing so many people get confirmation emails lately.

I laughed and reminded her that the people on the below aren't the only people applying. It's a good yardstick of course but there are literally thousands of people who've applied at the same time as us hence the delay 

I always said we'd know by mid-June so still on track!

Going by stats published up to March 2016 about 117 Spouse visas are granted per day but I believe this includes FLR(M) and ILR.
Assuming a natural drop out rate for FLR and ILR it would be reasonable to assume an average of 40-50 first time UK Spouse Visas total are granted each day.

Where are you getting your stats from? 117 per day sounds about right for fiancé/spousal visas only, not for FLR or ILR as well.

The stats for spousal visas, FLR(M) and ILR are published separately under different categories and they are all processed in different offices in different cities/countries.

From the UKVI statistics, they process approximately:

- 38,000 family visas (Entry Clearance) each year, across the world. That's about 160 per day (not just in Sheffield), assuming 20 working days per month

- 56,000 FLR(M) applications each year... which is about 235 per day

- 62,000 ILR applications each year (all applications, not just marriage-based)... which is about 260 per day.

So, if you consider all of the visas together, that's about 655 decisions per working day.


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I'm new here! My name is Brenna and I'm from Austin. My husband and two children and I are moving to York hopefully in August. Sheffield recieved my settlement visa application on June 7th, however, we did NOT pay priority. Now I'm thinking that was a big mistake. We would like to arrive in England no later than August 15. From what I've read on this forum, that will be a long shot without priority. Ideally we would get visa in late July so we could book plane tickets a couple weeks before departure. So if anyone can help guide me, I'd like to pay for the priority retroactively (or whatever the expression is)...can anyone give me a link or instructions on how to do this? Do you think it would be worth it or actually even help me speed up the process to get visa by late July? Thanks guys!

I'm new here! My name is Brenna and I'm from Austin. My husband and two children and I are moving to York hopefully in August. Sheffield recieved my settlement visa application on June 7th, however, we did NOT pay priority. Now I'm thinking that was a big mistake. We would like to arrive in England no later than August 15. From what I've read on this forum, that will be a long shot without priority. Ideally we would get visa in late July so we could book plane tickets a couple weeks before departure. So if anyone can help guide me, I'd like to pay for the priority retroactively (or whatever the expression is)...can anyone give me a link or instructions on how to do this? Do you think it would be worth it or actually even help me speed up the process to get visa by late July? Thanks guys!

Hi Brenna, welcome! 

I think the advice would have to be, don't try to upgrade now.
The instructions on the VFS global website, specifically state that it can't be done and although a couple of our members were successful earlier in the year, we have at least one outstanding which has not been honored.
The best thing to do is just hunker down and wait it out, I'm afraid.

Hi Brenna, welcome! 

I think the advice would have to be, don't try to upgrade now.
The instructions on the VFS global website, specifically state that it can't be done and although a couple of our members were successful earlier in the year, we have at least one outstanding which has not been honored.
The best thing to do is just hunker down and wait it out, I'm afraid.

Thank you for your quick input. So...without priority, what's the longest I could be waiting? I know 12 weeks is usually max, but realistically, is it possible it could come much sooner and I could still get it in late July? I know no one can say for sure, I'm just feeling really discouraged today :/

Thank you for your quick input. So...without priority, what's the longest I could be waiting? I know 12 weeks is usually max, but realistically, is it possible it could come much sooner and I could still get it in late July? I know no one can say for sure, I'm just feeling really discouraged today :/

We have a non-priority thread somewhere, here it is!  http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=90536.0

I think they have a spread sheet going there. 

We received our decision made email today! The tracking details updated at 4:55pm with a delivery date of Monday 3rd July.

Let the real panicking commence, utterly terrified of a rejection.

Congratulations. Hope it is good news!

We received our decision made email today! The tracking details updated at 4:55pm with a delivery date of Monday 3rd July.

Let the real panicking commence, utterly terrified of a rejection.

Thank you for your quick input. So...without priority, what's the longest I could be waiting? I know 12 weeks is usually max, but realistically, is it possible it could come much sooner and I could still get it in late July? I know no one can say for sure, I'm just feeling really discouraged today :/

Last summer non-priority applications took 4-5 months.  Unfortunately Sheffield is processing MANY more countries this year and we are experiencing wait times much longer than last year.  With a bit of luck, they'll stay within the 60 business day target but I would NOT count on it.  We only know historical information and are just estimating this years times to the best of our knowledge. 

We received our decision made email today! The tracking details updated at 4:55pm with a delivery date of Monday 3rd July.

Let the real panicking commence, utterly terrified of a rejection.

How exciting! Congratulations! 

The UPS truck just left and thank god it was APPROVED! I will be flying out on Monday. Just enough time to frantically pack and see friends and family.

Thanks to everyone here for your help and support! Best of luck to those still waiting!