Hi Guys, we are in the process of applying for my wife's ILR on a 5 year route. We have all the documents ready to submit and pay for the service. However, when it comes to the payment page, it only offers the "standard service" which means waiting upto 6 months. We really can not wait that long...

Hi everyone, Applying from: VFS Taipei, Taiwan Visa type: Settlement - Wife Online application: 31/05/2017 Documents submitted at VFS: 05/06/2017 E-mail from Sheffield notifying the receipt of application: same day on 05/06/2017 I went to submit the docs in VFS Taipei (Taiwan) yesterday, and...

Hi everyone, I am going insane! I paid for priority service to get my Ancestry visa answer within 5 working days & today has been the 5th working day and still no answer! Anyone recently applied for Ancestry - how long did you wait for an answer? Hope we receive an email by tomorrow.

Hi, I have just withdrawn my application and asked for a refund, because I realized that I couldn't meet the financial requirements yet. I havent been to the biometrics appointment so it should be fine to get the visa fee refunded. I couldnt find any information regarding the refund of the...

Hello all! I just (very happily!) submitted my Online Visa application, have scheduled my Biometrics and paid all my fees. The only order of business left this morning is paying for Priority Visa Service through the VFS website. However, VFS is requesting an 'Email ID' before they allow me...

Hi Team, I am applying for UK visa for General tourism purpose. I am an Indian citizen living in USA on H1B work visa. I have completed my application and have my biometric appointment on November 25. When i was filing for my application, on last payment window, the payment options i received...

Hi everyone, hope you're all well. We will be applying for flr(m) soon and want to use the priority service but we are not yet married. Is it possible to see which priority appointments are available and where before submitting and paying for your application? Also, once we are married, do we...

Hello! I have applied for a spouse visa on 16 September. The status update service cannot track my application (https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com/). I'm getting concerned, as it has been 8 weeks now. And they are now saying that the maximum waiting time is 24 weeks, rather than 12. Is it...

my fiance's about to apply for a fiance visa right now. he's going to pay for priority service and priority mail when its time to post everything else. we're both hoping that this would help speed up the process as we already booked our wedding ceremony for the 21st of december this 2015. does...

Hello everyone, It's been a while since I posted but I have been keeping up to date reading posts! Can anyone tell me if there is a priority service available in Egypt when applying for fiancé visa please? I have seen that several people have had their application re-routed to Abu Dhabi and...

Hi all, new to the forum! My fiance and I have just filled out the visa application for me to move to England under a fiancee visa, which I have understood to be a settlement visa. I am now going to purchase the priority service, for $510. On the VFS page, I select settlement as my visa type...

Hello all fellow expats- I truly am so thankful for all the help and advice I've received here- an absolute life-saver (and sanity saver!) I am an American citizen whose applied for the Fiance Settlement Visa to marry my British Citizen fiance. Our timeline: June 13: Applied online June 19...

I'm anxiously awaiting the "decision e-mail" from Sheffield after sending out my fiance settlement visa. Here's where I'm at so far. I was trying to find out how long it was taking now that we're out of the holiday season, so if anyone has any updates or is waiting like me, please post! 29 Jan...

So we sent in our UK priority settlement visa to the Sheffield office on 7/31/2013. We got an e-mail on 08/05/2013 saying that they got the application. We bought the priority service from Worldbridge. I've been reading a lot of things saying we should have got another e-mail around 5 days...

Hi All, I am hoping someone out there is in a similar situation and can help put my mind at ease. I have just applied for a UK Unmarried Partner Visa from my home country of Canada. I sent off my documents at Worldbridge in Toronto last Friday with priority service. I tracked my documents on...