VFS EXperince

[mistermatty]

Missus is visiting the VFS in the mornin and was wondering whats the avergae length of the visit is it hours or mins , i mean they take finger prints , photo and take the application , do they check it to make sure its all there ????

Would like to hear your experinces

[belfast_dude]

my asawa...10am until 2pm....finger printed..photographed...and the interveiw...the interview lasted 45 mins...most time taken to check the requirements...

my advice...just relax and enjoy the day...it will last most of it

[malditako]

took 45 mins for me or less...less 5 mins checking the documents and application form..the rest mins spent waiting for biometric?...is VFS do interview?...never had interview with them:Erm:

[-sillybilly-]

Missus is visiting the VFS in the mornin and was wondering whats the avergae length of the visit is it hours or mins , i mean they take finger prints , photo and take the application , do they check it to make sure its all there ????

Would like to hear your experinces


My appointment tomorrow is at 10am so no idea what its like. But one of the member said that it will only take 20 minutes. I really hope so.
Im feeling really anxious now and i hope they go through all the documents and would tell us if everything is okay.

Things are quite stressful at the minute. My husband just had their work meeting and its all about redundancies. The company will remove 5 out 10 but they do not have whos who.
They will know next week.

Oh my God, I hope hes not one of them as hes been working with the company for 7 years now.
And we really hope that we get the visa as we need each other specially right now....:cwm3:

[mikey73]

My appointment tomorrow is at 10am so no idea what its like. But one of the member said that it will only take 20 minutes. I really hope so.
Im feeling really anxious now and i hope they go through all the documents and would tell us if everything is okay.

Things are quite stressful at the minute. My husband just had their work meeting and its all about redundancies. The company will remove 5 out 10 but they do not have whos who.
They will know next week.

Oh my God, I hope hes not one of them as hes been working with the company for 7 years now.
And we really hope that we get the visa as we need each other specially right now....:cwm3:

hope everything goes well tomorrow, hope your husbands job is safe too, all the best

[mistermatty]

My appointment tomorrow is at 10am so no idea what its like. But one of the member said that it will only take 20 minutes. I really hope so.
Im feeling really anxious now and i hope they go through all the documents and would tell us if everything is okay.

Things are quite stressful at the minute. My husband just had their work meeting and its all about redundancies. The company will remove 5 out 10 but they do not have whos who.
They will know next week.

Oh my God, I hope hes not one of them as hes been working with the company for 7 years now.
And we really hope that we get the visa as we need each other specially right now....:cwm3:

I have just been online with My wife Lyn helping with the updates for the application folder so fingers crossed ....her appointment is at 11.10 so if you see a 4"8 Princess there with a pink folder/ wallet say hello to her .

Just told her to have early night as she has a early start from Batangas City .

Good luck with the app Sillybilly

[-sillybilly-]

I have just been online with My wife Lyn helping with the updates for the application folder so fingers crossed ....her appointment is at 11.10 so if you see a 4"8 Princess there with a pink folder/ wallet say hello to her .

Just told her to have early night as she has a early start from Batangas City .

Good luck with the app Sillybilly

Pink folder...sure mistermatty!

Goodluck to your wife also!

[-sillybilly-]

hope everything goes well tomorrow, hope your husbands job is safe too, all the best

Thank you so much mikey! really appreciate your thoughts!

[sparky]

it took Myrna less than 2 hours she reckoned

basic questions only- where did you meet/ whats your husbands moms maiden name (tho they ask it 2nd name ) etc

but like many things there one experience can be totally different from another

good luck with it mate- sure she will be fine:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[liane]

It only took less than 20 minutes, just arrange the documents beforehand :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[mistermatty]

it took Myrna less than 2 hours she reckoned

basic questions only- where did you meet/ whats your husbands moms maiden name (tho they ask it 2nd name ) etc

but like many things there one experience can be totally different from another

good luck with it mate- sure she will be fine:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Questions what in the visa application , no mention of interview or questions at this stage of the process

[LEAHnew]

I submitted mine (Spouse visa) last Tuesday, it took only 20 mins.
If she arrived earlier to her appointment time, tell her to go straight in VFS office to get her a number to be called, together with a form to fill up,it's for SMS and email service, she need to put her mobile number and email address, then signature at the back.

The checklist form should be follow on how to organize the papers so it's easy for them to check it.

after that she will be receiving receipt and a purple tag:Erm:I think that's the bar code of the docs,then wait her name to be called for biometrics that takes few minutes:)

btw there's additional charges for SMS 110 pesos and courier fee 330:doh coz I want it deliver here in my town:)

Goodluck to your wife Mistermatty
and Clarice (Sillybilly) Goodluck as well:)txt txt na lang sis!..xxx

[sparky]

Questions what in the visa application , no mention of interview or questions at this stage of the process


ignore me- i was thinking CFO- i got a lot going on at the minute and my brain is scrambled:crazy:

[mistermatty]

i got a lot going on at the minute and my brain is scrambled:crazy:

Why you thinking bout opening a chain of girly bars ??

[sparky]

Why you thinking bout opening a chain of girly bars ??


might be a more respectable situation than i currently find myself in:cwm24:

[stevie c]

Oh dear sparky enlighten us :yikes:

[stevewool]

Thank you so much mikey! really appreciate your thoughts!

all will be well , take care :)

[sars_notd_virus]

it only took 23mins for me and my daughter

[James Hubbard]

Yes, for my wife, the short time in the Visa Application Centre was the easiest part of the whole (week-long) ordeal for when she went to apply for her spousal visa! :icon_lol:

[Arthur Little]

Yes, for my wife, the short time in the Visa Application Centre was the easiest part of the whole (week-long) ordeal for when she went to apply for her spousal visa! :icon_lol:

:Erm: ... and has she HAD the result you'd both been hoping for yet, James?

[James Hubbard]

Still nothing yet! She's awaiting the envelope with the Passport in it! (more in the PM i sent you)!

Thanks for asking Arthur!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

JH

[mistermatty]

Pink folder...sure mistermatty!

Goodluck to your wife also!

Clarice thank you for making the time to say hello to Princess Lyn and helping her out i knew she was having a few issues with the papers , she said it was very nice to meet you and hope that you stay in contact .

Salamat po nalang

Mistermatty

[-sillybilly-]

Clarice thank you for making the time to say hello to Princess Lyn and helping her out i knew she was having a few issues with the papers , she said it was very nice to meet you and hope that you stay in contact .

Salamat po nalang

Mistermatty

No worries! It was my pleasure to meet your wife too.

I just spotted on her as she was sitting in the corner quietly and when i looked on the folder...it was pink! :Jump:

She did have a few issues but she got there in the end. It took all of us the whole day.

Goodluck with your wife's application. :)
Very stressful and tiring day....wives needs a good massage now for the hardwork! :D:D

[mistermatty]

Now the wife was told to leave out all the photos of my house , our wedding etc etc

Can this be right ??

Slightly concerned as i think these add evidence .

Worried .

[James Hubbard]

whatever they consider excessive, they'll recommend that she leaves out.

I understand your feeling mate.

My mrs spent days and days printing pages of chats and emails for our evidence ... but in VFS, they said that those pieces of evidence weren't needed.

So chill out ... :)

you don't have that to worry about :)

[stevie c]

bit confused her as bher was refused visa for not enogh evidence ie ym chats emails letters ect ect its worrying the vfs wont let you submit photos of your wedding & of your house its all good evidence surely:Erm:

[stevie c]

sorry about my grammar i must learn to type slower lol i can spell promise just to quick with the keys then miss or press the wronk key:Cuckoo::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[mistermatty]

bit confused her as bher was refused visa for not enogh evidence ie ym chats emails letters ect ect its worrying the vfs wont let you submit photos of your wedding & of your house its all good evidence surely:Erm:

i am confused too mate and slightly worried

[stevie c]

Ithink you have every reason to be concerned it that happens to florsel i will tell her to question that decision & demand the photos are included in the application as its our job to supply all the evidence needed to convince the ECO:Erm:

[James Hubbard]

I will say it again ...

If in VFS they say that something you have provided isn't needed, it's not needed. They are the ones who do the processing!

Ours is not to question why - ours is but to do and die!

:)

It's ok :) nothing to be worried about.

As for Bher's situation ...I can't get my head around it... but I am sure it was an anomaly.

[stevie c]

I will say it again ...

If in VFS they say that something you have provided isn't needed, it's not needed. They are the ones who do the processing!

Ours is not to question why - ours is but to do and die!

:)

It's ok :) nothing to be worried about.

As for Bher's situation ...I can't get my head around it... but I am sure it was an anomaly.


YES JAMES BHERS REFUSAL IS A MYSTERY TO ME AS SHE SUPPLIED ALL THE NEEDE DOCUMENTS THAT WAS REQUESTED THEN TO BE REFUSED FOR NOT ENIUGH EVIDENCE STRANGE I THINK THERES MORTO THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE:Erm:

[James Hubbard]

YES JAMES BHERS REFUSAL IS A MYSTERY TO ME AS SHE SUPPLIED ALL THE NEEDE DOCUMENTS THAT WAS REQUESTED THEN TO BE REFUSED FOR NOT ENIUGH EVIDENCE STRANGE I THINK THERES MORTO THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE:Erm:

Exactly what i was thinking - more than meets the eye. From her words it would seem that she had everything organised properly, so why did she get rejected? Perhaps it was just the wrong person she got in the Embassy, ... I still think that instead of being fatalistic and saying "God doesn't want me to go there now", I think it would have been wiser to lodge an Appeal! If everything was in order, then there will be no problem in getting it sorted out.

[stevie c]

JAMES SHE LODGED HER APPEAL THE DECISION CAME BACK THIS JUNE & SHE LOST THE APPEAL TATS WHY IM THINKING MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE HERE :Erm:

[stevewool]

sorry about my grammar i must learn to type slower lol i can spell promise just to quick with the keys then miss or press the wronk key:Cuckoo::xxgrinning--00xx3:

:icon_lol::icon_lol:steve they are convince we are the same and now we are spheling the saim two:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

[James Hubbard]

me dont no wot all d big deel is wif spellin aneway! :) :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[-sillybilly-]

Now the wife was told to leave out all the photos of my house , our wedding etc etc

Can this be right ??

Slightly concerned as i think these add evidence .

Worried .

I have included all our wedding photographs, the house photos that i will be staying and the rest supporting docs.
The staff know it adds up to the evidences so why asked to keep them. It even says on the checklist!

were you refering to Lyn?

[James Hubbard]

I have included all our wedding photographs, the house photos that i will be staying and the rest supporting docs.
The staff know it adds up to the evidences so why asked to keep them. It even says on the checklist!

were you refering to Lyn?

yeh, clarisse, why was lyn told by VFS not to give all her photos to them? they told her they're not all necessary!

salamat 'te!

[-sillybilly-]

sorry about my grammar i must learn to type slower lol i can spell promise just to quick with the keys then miss or press the wronk key:Cuckoo::xxgrinning--00xx3:

Ive got one bit concern with regards to my application form.

Ive just realized i made mistake giving the wrong date of birth of my mover! will they go throught it and check and will say your visa has refused as your mover's date of birth is wrong? oh :action-smiley-081:! im dead now!
it was a handwritten answer.

[James Hubbard]

Ive got one bit concern with regards to my application form.

Ive just realized i made mistake giving the wrong date of birth of my mover! will they go throught it and check and will say your visa has refused as your mover's date of birth is wrong? oh :action-smiley-081:! im dead now!
it was a handwritten answer.

mover? do u mean mother?

I am lost!

[James Hubbard]

'reese, I'll send u an email tomorrow (sat) ok :) thanks for ur email by the way :) hope you are successful, as my wife also :D:D:D

[-sillybilly-]

yeh, clarisse, why was lyn told by VFS not to give all her photos to them? they told her they're not all necessary!

salamat 'te!

she went back to the counter a few times and i dont know what was wrong with these staff!

Just a thought if the documents werent properly arrange and the applicants have made the effort to get there then i think they should give the applicants a hand with submission of the application.

I have no idea why they didnt take them photos as they know its one of the important evidences.

The staff seemed to be rushing as it was 3 pm, they havent had their luch, trying to finish off the qeue and here comes Lyn having just one bit of problem and they could not helped her.

She was even asked to go back on monday but ive asked her what was wrong. They said she didnt have her application form...so i have to show her mine and she actually have one. So i told her to go back to the counter as theres one left and they accepted her application in the end. But she didnt tell me that they didnt want them photos. If ony she told me i could have asked her to go back to that woman and demanded to take the photos as it will help big time with her application.

Ive noticed only 2 out of 6 staff were friendly. Unfortunately me and Lynn went to the miserable ones!

It was such a stressfull day for me and Lynn.
I would say i had a bad experienced at the VFS.
O well never mind as long as its done now..just waiting for the result. I hope this time the visa processor will be too kind enough to consider and will grant our visas!

Fingers cross!

[-sillybilly-]

mover? do u mean mother?

I am lost!

yes mover as mother! sorry for the wrong spelling....:D

[mistermatty]

she went back to the counter a few times and i dont know what was wrong with these staff!

Just a thought if the documents werent properly arrange and the applicants have made the effort to get there then i think they should give the applicants a hand with submission of the application.

I have no idea why they didnt take them photos as they know its one of the important evidences.

The staff seemed to be rushing as it was 3 pm, they havent had their luch, trying to finish off the qeue and here comes Lyn having just one bit of problem and they could not helped her.

She was even asked to go back on monday but ive asked her what was wrong. They said she didnt have her application form...so i have to show her mine and she actually have one. So i told her to go back to the counter as theres one left and they accepted her application in the end. But she didnt tell me that they didnt want them photos. If ony she told me i could have asked her to go back to that woman and demanded to take the photos as it will help big time with her application.

Ive noticed only 2 out of 6 staff were friendly. Unfortunately me and Lynn went to the miserable ones!

It was such a stressfull day for me and Lynn.
I would say i had a bad experienced at the VFS.
O well never mind as long as its done now..just waiting for the result. I hope this time the visa processor will be too kind enough to consider and will grant our visas!

Fingers cross!

Lyn said some of the staff there were very rude and grumpy ...i am going to send a e mail to the ECO team at the Embassy stating my concerns over the rejection of picture evidence of my home and our wedding .

[-sillybilly-]

Lyn said some of the staff there were very rude and grumpy ...i am going to send a e mail to the ECO team at the Embassy stating my concerns over the rejection of picture evidence of my home and our wedding .

Yes they were! Miserable, grumpy and rude!
And besides she was the last applicant anyways and they should have asked Lyn to show all the papers that shes got on her hand so they could find the application form rather than asking her to come back on monday! All the staff were Filipino and they should be helping and guiding us to be able for us not to waste another time from coming back. Lyn told me that she lives in Tacloban and thats too far and shes made a lot of effort to get there on time just to have that kind of treatment.
A few people were quite scared to these 2 staff.....i wanted to look for their boss to complain that miserable cow but i just have to keep my head down as it might just cause problems or delays with my application.

[malditako]

[QUOTE=-sillybilly-;235923]Yes they were! Miserable, grumpy and rude!


i do agree sillybilly...

went to VFS just before submitting my application just to clarify something and this girl from information desk seems not in the mood giving information nor explaining things further...her face looks irritable and grumpy always makes conversation short as possible...nasty i can say and not being helpful as she should be...then goes my turns giving me a face like no one wouldn't want to approach her...so i told her is ur face and attitude really like that as no one feels comfortable going to your desk and ask a question...i was really like :cwm23:...i told her..been to british embassy a lot of times and never i seen a face like that from any of their staff and im expecting same courtesy here...cant imagine her reaction..lol...serves her right!!!

[-sillybilly-]

[QUOTE=-sillybilly-;235923]Yes they were! Miserable, grumpy and rude!


i do agree sillybilly...

went to VFS just before submitting my application just to clarify something and this girl from information desk seems not in the mood giving information nor explaining things further...her face looks irritable and grumpy always makes conversation short as possible...nasty i can say and not being helpful as she should be...then goes my turns giving me a face like no one wouldn't want to approach her...so i told her is ur face and attitude really like that as no one feels comfortable going to your desk and ask a question...i was really like :cwm23:...i told her..been to british embassy a lot of times and never i seen a face like that from any of their staff and im expecting same courtesy here...cant imagine her reaction..lol...serves her right!!!

Good for you! I wanted to make a complain as soon as i was called because that woman on the counter thinks im daft asking for the photocopies of the documents...i was just only thinking of my application but if not i wold have a word with her right infront of the applicants.

[marlyn&kenny]

VFS accepted our wedding photos i pasted on a4 papers, but she refused to get our videos as ECO wont have time to watch it she says.

[alesypalsy]

my wife has got around 50 piccys, after reading mrmattys trouble i am going to tell my wife to DEMAND they take all her documents, i am sure mrmatty will be ok though as its only a couple of pics, his wife had everything needed i think.
Its a shame that the staff are so mean, i wonder why they intimidate there own people, maybe a bit of jealousy in the office as they will not be going to the UK??

[malditako]

[QUOTE=gparry2007;235936]

Good for you! I wanted to make a complain as soon as i was called because that woman on the counter thinks im daft asking for the photocopies of the documents...i was just only thinking of my application but if not i wold have a word with her right infront of the applicants.

u have all the right to complaint if u think they are being nasty to u ...and they should not refuse any application from applicants especially if there is nothing wrong with it...its their job they need to it right....know ur right and fight for it :)

[sparky]

I will say it again ...

If in VFS they say that something you have provided isn't needed, it's not needed. They are the ones who do the processing!

Ours is not to question why - ours is but to do and die!

:)

It's ok :) nothing to be worried about.

As for Bher's situation ...I can't get my head around it... but I am sure it was an anomaly.


looks like this advice is :censored:

obviously too brainwashed to accept authority when told to do so:NoNo:

[James Hubbard]

looks like this advice is :censored:

obviously too brainwashed to accept authority when told to do so:NoNo:

:doh

[febmary]

hi belfast_dude,

nice to know you here..where are u belfast situated. my fiance lives in Belfast and working in a museum..maybe one day you can meet....

regards,
Ann