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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 �

Congratulations happy for you the waiting has finally become fruitful.

MreSBee:
Congratulations dear. I’m so happy to read your great news. I know mine is next. I am still waiting for their “decision made” and “passport ready for collection” email. Fingers crossed

And thanks for your response to my previous questions.

Still waiting for their decision made email too we shall rejoice in Jesus name

Embellish:
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.

Congratulations.

MreSBee:
Update: my wife called UKVI yesterday and she was told that a decision has been made on my application already. They said the delay might be from the courier service bringing it down to Naija or the VAC (TLS Ikeja). Whatever or whenever the delay is from, fingers crossed.

We shall all share our good news soon

Don't worry it's good news still waiting here but all will end in celebration in Jesus name

MreSBee:
Don’t worry. Soon... we shall all share our good news

Please when did you do your biometrics? Thanks

Amen o thank you.it will be good news in Jesus name

MreSBee:
It’s good to know that I’m not alone in this. We just have to keep praying and hoping for a quick response.

Please don’t hesitate to let me know if/when you hear anything from them. I will do the same if/when I get anything from them.

Good luck to us and all others waiting for a response on this platform

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

Congratulations

Embellish:
Hi...any update?

hello still waiting to hear from them

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!

just want to know why 5 years thought you are suppose to get 2 and half year first or am i missing something

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.

congratulations.we will all rejoice too in Jesus name

Asapuma:
It has ended in praise. Visa granted. Am so very happy and wish the same for everyone who is still waiting.

congrats,on the waiting list too

Asapuma:
It has ended in praise. Visa granted. Am so very happy and wish the same for everyone who is still waiting.

congrats.on the waiting list too

Please urgent. I need someone that can translate Italian to english

hello good people please i got this from ukvi today please any hint from this graduate please help

Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre. Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer.

If you have made a Settlement application (except for applications lodged in USA and Canada): you must ensure that your UK sponsor has sent all relevant supporting documentation to the UK Decision Making Centre in Sheffield. The documents should be arranged in this order: application form and relevant Appendix* (See below); English language evidence; relationship documents; maintenance documents; accommodation documents. If documents are not received a decision will be taken on the basis on the information that has been provided.

If you have already had your supporting documents scanned in at the Visa Application Centre, or if you have already sent them in to us, please ignore the request for documents.

Please note that UKVI aims to complete all Visit Visa applications within 15 working days and all Settlement Visa applications within 12 weeks of the application date. If it is not possible to complete your application within this timeframe a member of our team will contact you to explain why.

If you have paid for Priority Service, your application will be placed in front of the queue and assessed ahead of other non-priority visa applications. As indicated in the terms of service, the amount paid for the priority service, as well as the visa fees, is not refundable if the visa application is refused or if the decision is delayed.

We regret that we are unable to respond to enquiries asking about the status of any application. Any status enquiry should be made to the international enquiry service, details of which are on the GOV.UK website. Staff at Embassies, visa processing centres and visa application centres cannot assist with visa enquiries. You may also wish to view the current processing times for applications made in your country.

A further email will be sent to you to confirm when your application has been assessed and dispatched. If your application was made in a Visa Application Centre, the staff there will contact you when your documents are ready – please do not attend the Centre until you are requested to do so.

Please note that you are advised not to purchase flight tickets until you have secured a visa for travel to the UK.

*List of Appendices:
Appendix 1 - Children / Other Dependants
Appendix 2 - Spouse / Partner
Appendix 4 - Pre-flight family members of Refugees
Appendix 5 - Access Rights to Child

Further information is also available on the UK visas and immigration website.

Kind regards,

UK Decision Making Centre


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oxygyne:
Again, wonderful group of people you all are and give an awesome service for free. It's just awesome, thanks.
Assistance required, so just about to send documents to Sheffield and I am getting confusing information on where to send the documents to. PLEASE NOTE APPLICATION IS SETTLEMENT - PRIORITY.

Should we send to:
UK Visas and Immigration, International
PO Box 3468
Sheffield, UK
S3 8WA

or

Settlement Applications
INternational OPerations and Visas
6 Millsands Vulcan House
Sheffield, UK
S3 8NH

Thanks in advance.

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The bolded is the answer[/quote]please send it to the second one which is milisand.i sent all my document last week to the first one with the PO Box i use UPS and i insisted the document be sent to the first but the attendant at UPS gbagada said they dont sent to P O box that i should send it to milisand ie the second address i refused and i insisted that what they gave me at TLS ikeja was to sent to P O Box so after much aguement she decided to sent it to the PO BOX at sheffield but on tracking my application when it got to the UK they redirected it to milisand and this week i got a mail from home office that the application has been received. so send it to the second address although both address are the same

Good day lovely people please I am at UPS now want to send my document but the attendant said they dont send to PO Box but they send to Vulcan house but I said I needed it to be sent to the P O box in shiefield given at the TLS center Ikeja please has anyone used UPS before please your response is needed urgently

Or which other courier service can I use that will deliver to shieflied

Aphrodite007:
Just put the photo in the pile of documents. And you need just one Envelope that can carry all your original documents.

thanks you so much i appreciate

please am i attaching a passport photo to the application form if yes am i going to staple it on the form or just include it to the application

also for the self address envelope how many envelope can i send

will appreciate

mzapplication:
I got mail to come and pick up tomorrow...

it is well start rejoicing

deept:
Send the documents to someone she trusts in the UK giving instructions to send the addressed envelope. With the other documents

Or

Send the documents and when she gets back send the envelope with a letter stating you forgot to add the envelope and give your application number. Downside of this option is the entire might not get to where it supposed to go and you may have to make several calls and there might be a delay in getting your documents back.

Thank you so much i appreciate

i did my biometric today at the Ikeja centre.well quite fast and with 45 mins all done please what is next
please another question my wife is here on vacation and we have to send all the documents am planning to send the document tomorrow since everything is ready but my challenge now is the self address envelope since she has two weeks to spend with me here i dont know how to do that as we are planning sending all document directly from here tomorrow but how do i go about the self address stamp envelop.please its urgent

good morning all will be doing my biometry in Ikeja tommorrow please as for the passport photograph on the application what is the size and how many.
also how do i arrange my documents i have done all the photocopy and every thing is ready
should i use envelopes,or transparent bag please advice as am trying to tidy up every thing

will appreciate

phatbaby1:
I checked the email we received to confirm. It contains the same information.
They do not take that evidence at the TLS any way. You have to send it all to Sheffield in the order they will give you on the sheet.
Good shout paying for priority, at least you will have less frustration. I just think it is too pricey to add to all the other costs.

Good luck and keep your mind positive.

thanks you i appreciate phatbaby1 you will rejoice in Jesus name

phatbaby1:
I checked the email we received to confirm. It contains the same information.
They do not take that evidence at the TLS any way. You have to send it all to Sheffield in the order they will give you on the sheet.
Good shout paying for priority, at least you will have less frustration. I just think it is too pricey to add to all the other costs.

Good luck and keep your mind positive.

Thank you for you r kind response

Good I hope to graduate one day too
Please I got a transaction confirmation email with transaction reference indicating they will send email of my reference number but I have not gotten email of the reference number but during the cause of the payment for IHS I printed a reference number that they said will be sent to my mail but up till now I have not seen any mail with reference number.but during the cause of the IHS payment I printed a page containing the following

Application reference number 47545668( example)
Your IHS payment Reference is:IHS558566(example) please is this what am expected to get in my mail or is there more information

deept:
I could be wrong but if you are using the card from Nigeria might not work, because of the ip address you will be using to pay, the bank might think it's fraud if your wife did not inform them she will be traveling so transaction might not go through

Thank you so much for your kind response

payment made for IHS surcharge and Application paid 876 dollars for IHS and 2053 dollars for appilication fee is there any other to pay am i also paying at the TLS contact centre my tls contact for appointment is Ikeja.what will be required there.
after completion of the application it took my back to the application page to register for a at a tls contact what does that mean? and do i have to pay also again at the centre

dorox:
Ask your wife to call Barclays and OK the the transaction with them. It wouldn't take her more than a couple of minutes to do.

Thank you so much for your kind response

payment made for IHS surcharge and Application paid 876 dollars for IHS and 2053 dollars for appilication fee is there any other to pay am i also paying at the TLS contact centre my tls contact for appointment is Ikeja.what will be required there.
after completion of the application it took my back to the application page to register for a at a tls contact what does that mean? and do i have to pay also again at the centre

Please can someone help out here please i try paying for the IHS surcharge using my wife Barclay debit card but the transaction is being decline please what can i do this is my 4th attempt and if i try again the 5th time am going to start the application process again.please can someone help out on how to go about the payment.My wife is currently on vacation in nigeria.

good morning all good to be here again please i am making the subsmission of my application by next week.please what can anyone that has graduated kindly advice on how

1.to arrange the papers together
2. how to hold them should i use a paper clip or just stack them together.
3. do i need to make copies of these documents or do i wait and make copies when i get to the biometric center please advice

will appreciate

Good morning good people please I work as an IT Manager in my company. Should I include letter from my employer and my bank statement. I am the applicant here in Nigeria and my wife is the sponsor.my employer here is willing to assist with employment letter that I work with them but if it is not necessary I will forget it ,just your opinion. I had already fill the online form that I work