Mods, can I suggest that we split this discussion into two separate threads?
Spousal visas and FLR(M) visas are two different applications, processed in different cities/offices, with very different processing times. For example, spousal visas can be processed as priority or non-priority, while FLR(M) applications are processed as either in-person or by post... which means there's no such thing as a priority or a non-priority FLR(M) application.
It's getting confusing having the out-of-country application times mixed in with in-country application times.
In the past few years, we have had the following 2 topics for these visas:
- one for all the settlement visa applications made outside the UK, regardless of priority or the month of application
- one for all the FLR(M) applications made inside the UK
Or we could have the following topics, maybe:
- priority settlement applications (all months)
- non-priority settlement applications (all months)
- FLR(M) applications (all months)
At the moment we have about 5 different threads covering all the outstanding applications, and it's hard to keep track of them... which also means we end up repeating ourselves in each thread when people have questions about their application or processing times
