I know it was the holidays but I feel like there should deff be more coming through this time of year with the results from her previous years .. wondering if this is a bad thing or not
This time last year, applications made in December and early Jan were generally taking a few weeks... it didn't speed up until the end of Jan.
Some examples:
1. Priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Dec 21st 2016
Passport and visa received: Jan 16th 2017
2. Priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Jan 6th 2017
Passport and visa received: Jan 26th 2017
3. Priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Jan 4th 2017
Passport and visa received: Jan 27th 2017
4. Priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Jan 3rd 2017
Passport and visa received: Feb 2nd 2017
5. Non-priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Dec 18th 2016
Passport and visa received: Feb 1st 2017
Whereas by the end of January/early Feb:
Priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Jan 30th
Confirmation email from Sheffield: Feb 2nd
Decision made: Feb 3rd
Priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Jan 25th 2017
Confirmation email from Sheffield: Jan 26th 2017
Decision made: Feb 1st 2017
Passport and visa received: Feb 3rd 2017
Non-priority
Documents arrived in Sheffield: Jan 19th
Passport and visa received: Feb 3rd