Priority Spouse Visa FALL Timeline (Oct-Dec)

Hi all, 5:30 am EST and I was woken up by an email alert on my phone. I was annoyed and sure it was an advert, but it was my decision email! BD20/21(never have been sure how to count it) - shortly after that I got my tracking email, but UPS tracking isn't showing anything. I understand based on past posts that it won't go out until end of day today. Fingers crossed for a yes.

hopefully this is the first of many responses today!

Great news!  . Very often the results come in 'flurries'!  . Lets hope for more today!

Great news!  . Very often the results come in 'flurries'!  . Lets hope for more today!

fingers crossed for loads more responses today!

My fingers are crossed for you!! 

I don't think the solicitor did, he had tracked the package had been delivered and signed for. 2 weeks later they were back at his workplace with a letter from Sheffield. It was only when i decided to ring he told me that they had sent the documents back very quickly. So much for keeping me updated eh!

To be fair, he is swamped at the moment with loads of applicants.

I'll just have to wait and see..
I've sent an email to them asking them if they've linked my documents. Waiting for their reply.

Congrats, hope it's good news. Although this is a little disheartening as we submitted 9 days before you. Hope this doesn't sound bad, I'm genuinely happy for you.

I think it's a completely natural reaction and doesn't sound bad at all.

It's a tense, nervous wait.  Hopefully it's not too long for you also.

WE GOT IT! 28 bd later and we got the decision email. 

WE GOT IT! 28 bd later and we got the decision email. 

Ahhh!! Happy for both that received decision emails today!! Hopefully we get a few more before the day is up! ♥️♥️♥️

Hi all, 5:30 am EST and I was woken up by an email alert on my phone. I was annoyed and sure it was an advert, but it was my decision email! BD20/21(never have been sure how to count it) - shortly after that I got my tracking email, but UPS tracking isn't showing anything. I understand based on past posts that it won't go out until end of day today. Fingers crossed for a yes.

hopefully this is the first of many responses today!

Congratulations...
It will be a Yes! I submitted right next to you.. Oct 10th..

Congrats, hope it's good news. Although this is a little disheartening as we submitted 9 days before you. Hope this doesn't sound bad, I'm genuinely happy for you.

I don't understand why this would happen, any insight? If applications a and b are put in a priority pile based on when they are received, how can the one lower in the stack get done first?

Makes it sound like it's totally random and if you are in the priority pile it is just luck of the draw and not based on first come first serve. Or am I missing something?

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I don't understand why this would happen, any insight? If applications a and b are put in a priority pile based on when they are received, how can the one lower in the stack get done first?

Makes it sound like it's totally random and if you are in the priority pile it is just luck of the draw and not based on first come first serve. Or am I missing something?

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I see your point but chances are the Priority One's can be divided to various other Entry Clearance officers.. So they will just pick out the application thats sitting right ahead... Your application could be with some other officer..

WE GOT IT! 28 bd later and we got the decision email. 

I am really really happy for our 2 decision emails today... It will be good news.

WE GOT IT! 28 bd later and we got the decision email. 

Congrats! Let's hope there are even more to come in the hours left in the business day GMT...

I don't understand why this would happen, any insight? If applications a and b are put in a priority pile based on when they are received, how can the one lower in the stack get done first?

Makes it sound like it's totally random and if you are in the priority pile it is just luck of the draw and not based on first come first serve. Or am I missing something?

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There is no real rhyme or reason to it - each application is different and will not necessarily take the same amount of time to process as another application.

It could be for a number of reasons. For example:
- it’s likely that the ECO’s are each assigned a pile of applications... and it may be that one ECO works through their pile faster than another ECO
- an ECO may go off sick and so their applications would have to be reassigned to another one
- one person’s application may be more complicated than another, so it will take longer to make the decision
- if more documents need to be requested, that can take longer as well


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WE GOT IT! 28 bd later and we got the decision email. 

Excellent! 

There is no real rhyme or reason to it - each application is different and will not necessarily take the same amount of time to process as another application.

It could be for a number of reasons. For example:
- it’s likely that the ECO’s are each assigned a pile of applications... and it may be that one ECO works through their pile faster than another ECO
- an ECO may go off sick and so their applications would have to be reassigned to another one
- one person’s application may be more complicated than another, so it will take longer to make the decision
- if more documents need to be requested, that can take longer as well


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Got it, thank you.

Sooo pleased and happy for those that are hearing something. The silence was getting deafening!

It's interesting to hear that there can be a 9BD (and presumably more) discrepancy in this process. That's almost 2 weeks, and we've all paid a fair chunk of change to be processed as promptly as possible. If information is missing or incomplete then that's fair enough, but aside from that a 2 week difference seems excessive to me. I guess that's government workers for ya!

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