Any updates from recent applicants?

pandapops it seems like they are taking about 4 to 4 business days to process the priority you should hear something tomorrow or latest Monday! It looks like all the applications they are getting are all with priority services so that might be delaying our process. Keeping my fingers cross for you! Hoping to get the package tomorrow to check what the decision was


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I thought mine would be by today because you and I upgraded just a couple of hours apart. Now I'm at 5 full business days since the upgrade.  For the sake of my sanity and all things in limbo, let it be tomorrow ( well today now)


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I thought mine would be by today because you and I upgraded just a couple of hours apart. Now I'm at 5 full business days since the upgrade.  For the sake of my sanity and all things in limbo, let it be tomorrow ( well today now)


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You can't always compare timelines with what other people experienced because every application is different.

It could be that the person who processed Claudia's visa is getting through their assigned applications faster than the person who will be processing yours. Or perhaps by the time they found your application and moved it to priority, several more priority applications had been put between yours and Claudia's. Or maybe because you are applying as self-employed, they need a bit longer to go through the documents to make sure you meet the requirements than other visas. Could be any number of reasons.

I thought mine would be by today because you and I upgraded just a couple of hours apart. Now I'm at 5 full business days since the upgrade.  For the sake of my sanity and all things in limbo, let it be tomorrow ( well today now)


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it will be give it tomorrow or Monday at the very latest. I know exactly how you feel I was so anxious as well. Just think so many people are doing priority now that is making the process even longer...


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panda & claudia- Fingers crossed for you both.  With the decision email and the decision. Still haven't upgraded to priority yet, but will decide in the next week or so if we want to. 

Th UK.gov website has changed their visa processing times to reflect June if anyone is interested.  It has changed a bit, but still says most are processed within 30 days.  Not sure how true that is, but c'est la vie as they say!

panda & claudia- Fingers crossed for you both.  With the decision email and the decision. Still haven't upgraded to priority yet, but will decide in the next week or so if we want to. 

Th UK.gov website has changed their visa processing times to reflect June if anyone is interested.  It has changed a bit, but still says most are processed within 30 days.  Not sure how true that is, but c'est la vie as they say!

Well, if you add the priority applications (4-5 days) in the with the non-priority applications (much longer), 6 weeks is probably an accurate average.

Yeah, I suppose that makes sense.  I've been waiting 34 business days since my "received your app" email, but I did do non-priority. 

I'm going to give it a few more "business days" before I upgrade to priority.

You can't always compare timelines with what other people experienced because every application is different.

It could be that the person who processed Claudia's visa is getting through their assigned applications faster than the person who will be processing yours. Or perhaps by the time they found your application and moved it to priority, several more priority applications had been put between yours and Claudia's. Or maybe because you are applying as self-employed, they need a bit longer to go through the documents to make sure you meet the requirements than other visas. Could be any number of reasons.

Thank you, that's exactly the answer I needed to hear. We upgraded because we are up against a new timeline and need an answer so the pressure has gotten worse. Thanks for your patience and reassurance.

I upgraded last Sunday and emailed Sheffield the priority receipt and form after hours on Monday, so they probably didn't see it until Tuesday. I mailed my package to my husband first so he could add his supporting documents (some of which may be a bit more than needed), so it might take them a little extra time to wade through the documents. This is a very busy time of year after all and many applications are priority. I'm struggling, but I'm really trying my best NOT to think about it and keeping busy by just getting out of the house.

The only feedback I've gotten from UKVI so far is an email this morning asking me to pay the NHS surcharge fee, which I'm exempt from as my husband is a member of the UK's Armed Forces (see my post on it- someone had a question recently). Grr. I even included email documentation, and I explained in my cover letter what I was told by to do about the NHS surcharge and IHS number. We struggled to get clarification on this before applying, which included multiple phone calls and emails to UKVI. Will just email Sheffield back with my documentation and re-explain the situation.

Keep in mind too that some folks don't even get a decision made email! The package could just randomly show up on your doorstep one day.

EDIT: Just got an email that the previous email was sent in error, and no further action is required of me. Yay.

I upgraded last Sunday and emailed Sheffield the priority receipt and form after hours on Monday, so they probably didn't see it until Tuesday. I mailed my package to my husband first so he could add his supporting documents (some of which may be a bit more than needed), so it might take them a little extra time to wade through the documents. This is a very busy time of year after all and many applications are priority. I'm struggling, but I'm really trying my best NOT to think about it and keeping busy by just getting out of the house.

The only feedback I've gotten from UKVI so far is an email this morning asking me to pay the NHS surcharge fee, which I'm exempt from as my husband is a member of the UK's Armed Forces (see my post on it- someone had a question recently). Grr. I even included email documentation, and I explained in my cover letter what I was told by to do about the NHS surcharge and IHS number. We struggled to get clarification on this before applying, which included multiple phone calls and emails to UKVI. Will just email Sheffield back with my documentation and re-explain the situation.

Keep in mind too that some folks don't even get a decision made email! The package could just randomly show up on your doorstep one day.

EDIT: Just got an email that the previous email was sent in error, and no further action is required of me. Yay.

Not to get your hopes up, but it sounds like it's on someone's desk and actually being looked at!   

At least it is now Friday and discouraged or not, I have no need to check my email obsessively once again until Monday morning.  Hoping I can keep my landlord at bay and will have an answer for him before the month is up or things will get more complicated.  ( he's asked us to renew our lease before the end of the month, we don't want to risk losing our store location just in case we are denied, but obviously we can't  and won't commit to another 12 months right now. Lol) 


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Not to get your hopes up, but it sounds like it's on someone's desk and actually being looked at!   

Literally cannot deal.

At least it is now Friday and discouraged or not, I have no need to check my email obsessively once again until Monday morning.

Throughout this wait I've found my anxiety definitely decreases during the weekends, since I know there's no "activity" going on at that time. Hopefully you get your answer next week!

it will be give it tomorrow or Monday at the very latest. I know exactly how you feel I was so anxious as well. Just think so many people are doing priority now that is making the process even longer...


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I agree that's making it take longer. 7 business days and counting is longer than others who upgraded around the same time as me or have just filed for priority, which in my mind, was potentially worrisome. I have gauged my need to worry based on what was happening with other applications around me from the beginning.  If you look at the past couple of weeks, almost everyone who has done an upgrade has heard within 2-3 business days. I know you said yours was 4.5 but if they didn't get your request until the following morning, it still is 3 business days.  So likely, I am aware that I am worrying for nothing but it's been double the amount of time I have been seeing and I upgraded because we had an urgent change in our situation that required a sooner answer. My online application was filed May 5th.  My application was acknowledged as received on June 1st. It has been a long process and I was annoyed to feel forced to pay the extra to try and solve the issues that this limbo has created. I could lose my only source of income if I do not have a decision before the 31st of July.
I am contemplating emailing and asking them to verify that it has been upgraded to priority( beyond the standard email that comes the second you send them anything) but I also don't want to be difficult.

Throughout this wait I've found my anxiety definitely decreases during the weekends, since I know there's no "activity" going on at that time. Hopefully you get your answer next week!

Karlee,  Try to enjoy the weekend and Monday we will wait again. Your process has had some unreal extra hurdles thrown in and you seem to have handled it a lot better than I would have.

I just want to congratulate those who have received their long awaited news and can now get on with things.... like making plans.  I also want to send heartfelt empathy to those who are still waiting for visa applications to be done.  It is absolutely one of the most aggravating things I've ever gone through (almost exactly a year ago for my fiance visa!), and the inability to make plans, know where things stand (no way to track the progress of your own application - arg!), and having my far too creative mind come up with every possible disaster that could befall my visa application was enough to make me feel like I was losing my grip on reality.  In retrospect it wasn't all that long, but it was a few days longer than several others here, which made that aforementioned creative mind of mine really kick into high gear with the dreaded "what if?" scenarios.  No one around me really understood, except people here which helped immensely.  Sadly I was simply too wrapped up in nervous limbo, so that I couldn't do what I really wanted which was to enjoy the time I had left with my friends and family.

I do hope this isn't making anyone feel worse, but hopefully just a wee bit more understood.  It will be over and you will be here with your loved one as I am, but this time spent in between one life and another is beyond stressful, so do something nice for yourself if you can and I hope and pray your wait will be over very soon.

I got the visa!!! OMG so happy this waiting is over! I got the regular "sticker" on my passport valid from 17/07/2014 to 17/04/2018. So I am guessing I don't have 30 days timeline to enter the UK and I do not need to obtain a "brp" when I arrived... Please correct me if I am wrong? Time to book flight so excited best news I ever had!!!


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