UK Visa Settlement Processing Time

GUESS WHOSE VISA GOT APPROVED!!!!

I am so happy! All that worry over nothing. And now our family will be together again . My husband has missed out on a lot of our daughter's life so far...I can't wait to raise her in the country I love.


Here is my timeline for interested parties:

April 18: Applied online, non-priority
May 6: Biometric Appt
May 9: Documents received at consulate, email sent
June 10: Visa approved, notified by email

Total time (in business days) from docs received: 24

I want to thank EVERYONE on this board for their support and help! I would have been totally lost without it. I do plan on staying on, I think it's a wonderful community.

YAYYYYYY!

Am I the onlyone waiting on a settlement / fiance visa ?

no scotland, i'm right there with ya!! Got the notice of exceptional case last wednesday (initially applied for flrm because we were idiots and didn't research enough) Hoping that i hear good news this week, our wedding party/reception is next month!! Hang in there!!

Hey everyone! Just thought i'd share my timeline/situation so far.

My husband and I have been married since May 28 2011, but i had to return home June 1 2011 due to my visitor visa expiring  . We have a very straight forward case (in my opinion ) no overstays, no criminal records, no refusals etc.

Applied Online: June 1st
Biometrics Taken in Seattle: June 6th
Documents Overnighted w/ Priority Service: June 6th
USPS tracking states package delivered: June 7th 11AM
Email stating Documents Received/Opened in New York: June 8th

and we continue to wait! The processing times website states 48 hours for settlement priority applications, we're now into 71 & 1/2 () hours into our application after it was recieved and we're both VERY antsy! He's still in the UK and I'm very anxious to get back to my husband! Anyone else waiting recently w/ settlement priority service?

Hey everyone! Just thought i'd share my timeline/situation so far.

My husband and I have been married since May 28 2011, but i had to return home June 1 2011 due to my visitor visa expiring  . We have a very straight forward case (in my opinion ) no overstays, no criminal records, no refusals etc.

Applied Online: June 1st
Biometrics Taken in Seattle: June 6th
Documents Overnighted w/ Priority Service: June 6th
USPS tracking states package delivered: June 7th 11AM
Email stating Documents Received/Opened in New York: June 8th

and we continue to wait! The processing times website states 48 hours for settlement priority applications, we're now into 71 & 1/2 () hours into our application after it was recieved and we're both VERY antsy! He's still in the UK and I'm very anxious to get back to my husband! Anyone else waiting recently w/ settlement priority service?

It's 15 days for settlement priority, it's 2 days for the other one.  Mine got there the same day as yours (from Washington also) and I just received the visa today (after getting the email saying I had it on Friday. 

I guess I got lucky, good luck!!

It's 15 days for settlement priority, it's 2 days for the other one.  Mine got there the same day as yours (from Washington also) and I just received the visa today (after getting the email saying I had it on Friday. 

I guess I got lucky, good luck!!

Aw congrats! i was just going off of the NY website (http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations/ny/news/ukba-news/) about processing times, maybe i got it wrong! hopefully we'll hear something back soon! fingers crossed tomorrow i'm already sick of waiting and it's only been there for three business days, haha.

Aw congrats! i was just going off of the NY website (http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations/ny/news/ukba-news/) about processing times, maybe i got it wrong! hopefully we'll hear something back soon! fingers crossed tomorrow i'm already sick of waiting and it's only been there for three business days, haha.

  Thanks

Tell me about it, me and my husband were checking my mail every two minutes all last week, thankfully for our sanity's sake, we got the email on Friday morning.

Good luck with yours, I think it'll be tomorrow, I'm never wrong...

Shandy did you marry in US or UK on MVV?  Hope you don't mind me asking, but I saw that you returned from UK to apply for spouse visa?

Hey everyone! Just thought i'd share my timeline/situation so far.

My husband and I have been married since May 28 2011, but i had to return home June 1 2011 due to my visitor visa expiring  . We have a very straight forward case (in my opinion ) no overstays, no criminal records, no refusals etc.

Applied Online: June 1st
Biometrics Taken in Seattle: June 6th
Documents Overnighted w/ Priority Service: June 6th
USPS tracking states package delivered: June 7th 11AM
Email stating Documents Received/Opened in New York: June 8th

and we continue to wait! The processing times website states 48 hours for settlement priority applications, we're now into 71 & 1/2 () hours into our application after it was recieved and we're both VERY antsy! He's still in the UK and I'm very anxious to get back to my husband! Anyone else waiting recently w/ settlement priority service?

this is hysterical because that's essentially my exact timeline!! Fingers crossed!!

Shandy did you marry in US or UK on MVV?  Hope you don't mind me asking, but I saw that you returned from UK to apply for spouse visa?

Hi, we married in the USA.

this is hysterical because that's essentially my exact timeline!! Fingers crossed!!

haha no way! good to know someone else is in the same boat as me! here's to hoping we get our's back ASAP on the same day too!

Thanks

Tell me about it, me and my husband were checking my mail every two minutes all last week, thankfully for our sanity's sake, we got the email on Friday morning.

Good luck with yours, I think it'll be tomorrow, I'm never wrong...

haha yes, we've been checking mine the same amount! and i so hope you're right about this one! 

Katydid .. I got  exceptial case  email for fiance/settlement visa on May 25 saying they would let me know within 15 working days wich brings me to June 16th  thursday so that is now 2 more days it's killing me I hope I don't have to wait longer than that , cause my bf is going balistic

Still waiting...

Application Completed: May 22nd
Biometrics:May 25th
Mailed out :May 25th
Received Confirmation email: June 1st


No priority, just regular. I can probably expect to wait up to 35 business days 

Good luck everyone and i'll keep you posted!

Hang in there Scotland! I got my exceptional case email last Wednesday but I'm hoping that even though our case has been identified as exceptional, it'll still be quite straightforward. As I've said on here before, the only reason we've been refused before was because we tried to apply for the wrong visa while I was on a visitor's visa...super annoying.  We were given a certificate of approval before that scheme was over so i'm hoping that helps us...mostly i just want to go home!!! xx

Hello everyone! I'm here waiting too!

Timeline so far...

Applied June 1st
Biometrics June 13th
Sent out June 13th priority

Yeah yeah, its only been one day, but I'm just so anxious!

Good luck to all of you! I know how important it is to all of you, how much being approved means. Keep posting to keep us all updated!