Yes o,what's important is that I got in without hassles. Now the next phase begins...

oxygyne:


The main thing is you got in without issues. Usually, these questions are subjective and totally at the discretion of the IO.

In my case I wasn't asked a single question at all, I had to deliberately tell the IO to stamp the spouse visa vignette because he was looking at my visit visa instead.

Lol...I travelled at exactly 2 weeks and 4 days after I got the visa cos I had give them notice/resign properly at work. Moreso, I had to see family and a few friends. It seemed as tho that immigration guy had issues with me cos I felt some of his questions were uncalled for. In all,I jumped and passed. I picked up my BRP today. Hope madam is doing good.

MreSBee:
Wow.... It took you ages to enter lol.... I got my visa two weeks or so after yours and I already have spent almost a week in the UK before you arrived. Well, its all good.....at least you are here now.... I was lucky not to have met a very inquisitive immigration officer like yours (maybe its because I landed in Birmingham though)....the only funny question he asked was the name of my spouse lol....then he asked 2/3 more and that's it.... didn't meet any other officer or person till I got out to the arrival lobby of the airport.

I hope you haven't forgotten that you only have one month on your vignette visa... Go get your BRP ASAP.

Good luck to others waiting for their good news

Hi everyone,
I got to the UK yesterday and the immigration officer asked quite a number of questions. He asked me when and where I got married,how I met my husband,if I had resigned from work in Nigeria and if I planned to work in the UK,if I already had a job offer here,where my husband works and what he does there,then he asked me where his office was located. Well,I knew where he worked but didn't know the location and I told him so. He didn't seem too pleased that I didn't have that info. He then told me to try and get to Southampton by Monday to pick up my BRP. Na so I run leave am o,before he'd look for something out of the blues to ask.

Amen,it shall end in praise

readynow:

Yes we have contacted them my wife called twice they have called her employer and they also called her to ask her some questions too. The second call she made they said they are done with all they needed to do and waiting for home office to respond to them as all investigation have been done.Well I believe God that it will end well in Jesus name.

Hi Readynow,I can imagine the tension as this has taken too long. Have you tried contacting them?

readynow:

No update o still waiting well I trust God it will turn out well

Lol...I'm still around o, got some things to tidy up at work,then a few family commitments to take care of before I leave.

MreSBee:
Thanks dear. I believe you landed safe. How was the flight and how is hubby?

Yaaayyyy...congrats. Been looking out for your good news. So happy for you

MreSBee:
Hello good people,

I’m pleased to inform you guys that I have finally gotten my spouse visa. After an initial refusal of an almost 6 months application in December 2016, I waited the whole of 2017 together with my wife to work on getting it right for the next application and thank God, the long wait paid off now.

Timeline:
Application submitted: March 2nd
Biometrics: March 8th
Documents submitted: March 15th
Ready to pick up email: June 18th
Passport picked up: June 19th

Wife called UKVI at around 60 working days and they said a decision has been made.

No “decision made” email

Total of of 69 working days (excluding bank holidays)

Thank God and thanks to everyone that contributed one way or the other on this forum. I’m happy to tell you guys that I’m officially a graduate of this school now �

Lol...thank you Lexus,I appreciate. Pls how do I pay my tithe ooo?

Lexusgs430:


Congratulations Madam, I remember when you joined this University of Spousal Visa in February.

You have been a very attentive student, paying attention to all details, bought all the necessary handouts (although I caught you stretching your neck a few times), it's all forgiven now.....

I wish you well in your new sojourn (I hear life in the UK is another journey altogether)........


NB : Remember to pay your 56% tithe......

Whew...I got my passport/visa today,I am over the moon with joy.

To God alone be all the glory. The pressure was crazy but it ended in praise.

My timeline

Submission of application 1st March 2018
Biometric 5th March 2018
Application received on TLS 5th March 2018
Documents sent to Sheffield 13th March 2018
Decision made email 12th June 2018
Passport ready for collection 12th June 2018
Collected my passport today,13th June 2018
Vignette stamp on my passport with one month left to be in Nigeria
A very big thank you to Lexus. You are just one great guy with a large heart. Thanks for being there for us all. To every single person who took out time to drop a line to help ease off tension by way of advise/suggestion,God bless you real good.
To those still waiting for their result,it shall surely end in praise.
Thank you.

Thanks Oxygyne. I got a mail arnd 5pm yesterday that my passport was ready for pick up. I've received it and it was a successful

oxygyne:


No hard and fast rule really, I received the email to pick up a day before or the same day we got our documents back. But for some, they received the email to pick up and didn't receive supporting documents until days after and for others the reverse of this process.

For now, just keep calm and be hopeful that you got the visa. All the best.

Lol...no they are not. I submitted my application on the 1st of March and did my biometrics on the 5th. I applied from TLS VI.

MreSBee:
Hi Embellish..... I think we both applied around the same time (this is me quoting one of your replies a few weeks ago.... I think you mentioned that you applied a week after readynow which was when I applied to...2nd of March to be precise) please what date exactly did you submit your application and did your biometrics? I’m asking all these because if going by the fact that we applied around the same time, I’m wondering why we haven’t gotten a pick up email yet and also why my wife hasn’t received my own documents just as your hubby has. And also which of the TLS office did you applied from (Ikeja, VI or Abuja)?

Hope you don’t think my questions are too much lol.....

Hi all,
My hubby has just received our supporting doc. Pls when do you think I'd likely get a mail to pick up my passport? This is taking forever and the apprehension is building up as the days go by...

Awww,so sorry to learn this. Like Nomad said,Id have thought the proper thing to do was to contact hubby to get the outstanding doc across. Nevertheless,it is well

nomad26:
This is really sad and I think unfair on the part of the home office - they could have contacted your husband to submit the missing payslips. Here's what I advise: as soon as you complete the new application and receive your visa, your husband should contact his MP to write to the home office to see if the cost of the first application can be refunded. It's a worth a shot to recover your money back.

It's not just you o...I've been looking out for her update since yesterday..

MreSBee:
Amen. Good luck to you too..... we shall all smile at last.

Is it just me... I’m just wondering why we haven’t heard from Shemafia though. I was expecting her to actually share her good news today.

It's really frustrating. Let's just hang in there, it's almost over. Hopefully between 2mm and Fri,we would get positive results.

shemafia:


Hi.
I submitted a standard application in February, did biometrics 1st march, my documents were sent 6th March. It is 65 working days today, still no mail or update on the tls site. Hubby called last week, he was told a decision has been made, and was also asked how I will get my passport. So on monday, I went to the TLS center (Abuja), but the guy who checked told me my passport was not ready for collection. So hubby called again, and they said a decision has been made, but we should wait till Friday, and that if we dont get my passport by Friday, hubby should call so they can track what the ish is. So I will check back on friday, mail or no mail. I honestly wish i had paid for priority.

Wow...urs has really taken awhile. Hubby called ukvi yesterday and he was told that a decision has been made, that we should expect to hear from them before the week runs out or early next week

readynow:


Hello Mresbee still waiting to hear from them too going 4months now will keep you posted

Hi,I applied at about a week after him too and I've not heard anything. It's really worrisome. It's bad enough we've had to wait for 60 working days including the numerous public holidays. Now this!!!

MreSBee:
Hi Readynow,

Regarding this post about you not being updated yet by UKvI on the status of your application on the 22nd May. Any update now? I’m asking cos I applied about a week after you and I’m still waiting too... not heard anything, I haven’t even gotten that type of email you got from someone saying your application is in the final stage and that a decision will soon be made.

Anyone else in our shoes... anyone apppied around end of Feb/beginning of March, please indicate. Thanks

Congrats dear

Maryam30:
I got my settlement visa yesterday Glory to God and I am pregnant. U will need a TB certificate,It will be ticked in the certificate that u r pregnant,cos it was ticked in mine. It won’t affect ur application tho if it’s straightforward. I was given a 5 years straight visa yesterday,it’s so surreal I wanted to pass out. So apply for ur visa and make it genuine. If u can apply for priority if u r far gone. I applied with priority cos I was already 5 months gone. Traveling next week with my bump lol. Goodluck!

Hi...any update?

readynow:
Want to congratulate everyone that has gotten their visa and to all of us still expecting result it shall be good news in Jesus name.
I submitted standard application since Feb 23 don't know if anyone is in my shoes,it has past 50-60 day now,but got a mail today that its in the final stage and decision will be made soon.

Good morning all, I've just done my biometrics but they didn't ask for my passport photo. I even had to ask the person conducting the biometrics if my passport photo wasn't required. He said no,that they've already captured me on camera. Abeg is this correct?

Wow,congrats dear. Pls o,do they usually conduct interviews when you go for biometrics?

Lolas89:
I actually mailed them to ask if I can change it but they said no that I should withdraw the application and I said OK to the withdrawal and they said they will return my passport within 15working days. So I was just waiting for them to return it so I can reapply.

Then I got the usual passport ready for collection yesterday evening. When I got to tsl and they gave me my passport I just noticed a paper in it so I already gave up that it's the refusal letter so I didn't bother checking the passport, just opened the folded sheet to see that my application was successful and my passport stamped. Come and see the way I shout for inside danfo.
The lord is good, he is kind and faithful.

Thanks Lexus and Joygirl. I appreciate...

Good evening all, been following the thread for a while now. Nice job ure doing here Lexusgs430, Justwise,Joygirl etc. Thanks to u all, and to as many that have been so selfless,patient and consistent in answering our numerous questions.
A quick question pls...does it matter who submits the online application?I am the applicant,resident here while hubby's the sponsor in the UK. Someone told me that I'm meant to fill the online application but hubby prefers to do it himself. What's your take pls...

fijiano202: if God didnt use mary he would have used another virgin to Manifest his Glory

But God chose the Blessed Virgin Mary afterall,and dat makes ALL the difference! Catholic and Very Proud

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this is very comprehensive. Thanks bros

mimzy007: For those who asked I have fowarded the gmat. Ladies & Gentlemen,I had wanted to wait before giving you this because I felt it was too early, however some of us here are eager to start running so this is it. Like I told the NA & NN pple,download an app called Endomondo (bb app world), Set it to running,once the Gps is connected it will tell you the distance u have ran & the time you used to cover it. I don't intend to start running now but it will be good to knw you are covered for the practice ahead.

the lady wit d golden heart...ure just a darling. Ur effort won't go unrewarded. Thank u

mimzy007: Embellish wats ur FB name pls?

Chinenye Orizu

mimzy007: Embellish I checked & saw nothing,pls send it again.

I've resent it. Thanks dear

Hello evryone,tho am puttin up a post on n/land for d ist tym,I follow wit interest,its activities,esp on dis thread. We'll all get there By His Grace. Mimzy uve bin so wonderful and tolerant. God bless u real good. I got ur fackbook contact on d thread nd sent u a msg on sat,the 21st. Pls am stil awaiting ur reply