Appointment tues! finally we are applying spouse visa

[alesypalsy]

Ok we finaly took the leap, have applied online and the wifes got the appointment tuesday, so we got , 6 months bank statements with substantial savings, a job offer but i am down as unemployed as i live in philippines for 4 years with missis, tenancy agreement for a house in uk with pictures , copy of land title in philippines, copy of deed of sale of our last house here, many copies of pictures of us together, lots of bills ie telephone cabole etc to us in philippines, copies of my residancy card for the philippnes, plus numerous other stuff to show we been here together and a advert of our house thats for sale here in the philippines, I am hoping its enough to get her the visa.

We applied then canceled the appointment then got a managers cheque, then made appoinment again, was going crazy as weather to apply or not but decided to take the chance, We also have our son who has a british and filipino passport so hopefully it will go in our favour, if not a appeal for sure with human right business involved.

anyway i just hoping all goes well and we are back in sunny uk for a very nice cold christmas!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all on this site you really do make a good differance, without your help especially joe bloggs! we would not have had a hope! thanks all

[stevewool]

good luck mate wish you well:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[James Hubbard]

yes mate, it'll be a cinch!

well wishes to you and wife :)

[mistermatty]

good luck alex and jen :)

[alesypalsy]

Cheers steve! Same to you mate, i guessing you already applied! Good luck an all :D

[alesypalsy]

thanks to you all for your kind wishes, some great morale boosters here!! Thanks again all good luck to you also !!:)

[James Hubbard]

thanks to you all for your kind wishes, some great morale boosters here!! Thanks again all good luck to you also !!:)

I got woken up by a call from the wife telling me that her visa arrived today :D

[alesypalsy]

I got woken up by a call from the wife telling me that her visa arrived today :D

Excellent news James can i ask what time scale you were both waiting? Cheers mate :)

[James Hubbard]

Excellent news James can i ask what time scale you were both waiting? Cheers mate :)

She submitted papers on Friday (or was it thursday), was processed already by the next wednesday. so we're looking at 3 working days or so.

It took longer waiting for the passport to arrive back than it did to actually have everything processed.

Yours ... like mine, should be easy, because of your situation.

Although, your savings would need to be pretty darn high if you're unemployed :)

[James Hubbard]

She submitted papers on Friday (or was it thursday), was processed already by the next wednesday. so we're looking at 3 working days or so.

It took longer waiting for the passport to arrive back than it did to actually have everything processed.

Yours ... like mine, should be easy, because of your situation.

Although, your savings would need to be pretty darn high if you're unemployed :)

also

current processing times can be found by CLICKING HERE (http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/processingtimes)

thanks

[alesypalsy]

BLIMEY JAMES!!!!! thats great stuff, super fast, well done mate! I have asked that should they issue the visa to put it to start from in 3 months time , so to give us a little time to sell the house in the pines!

that is fast mate! very good stuff, lets hope they can do a job on mine!

[liane]

Good luck on your application :)

[James Hubbard]

BLIMEY JAMES!!!!! thats great stuff, super fast, well done mate! I have asked that should they issue the visa to put it to start from in 3 months time , so to give us a little time to sell the house in the pines!

that is fast mate! very good stuff, lets hope they can do a job on mine!

hope so mate, but also bear in mind, this is peak season, so it could get longer ... eg, marlyn on this forum was waiting just over 6 weeks :)

also ...

if you put on the app the date when you wish for your wife to fly, then they'll issue it from that date :)

yes, mine was very quick, but it may be anomalous! :)

another point is : we were SUPER organised with the paper work. 3.5 years of planning went into it! lol

[stevie c]

i wish you both the best of luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[LEAHnew]

Hi there good luck and stay positive as Joe keep saying "do not worry".......everything gonna be alright:):xxgrinning--00xx3::xxgrinning--00xx3::heartshape1:

[belfast_dude]

good luck dude

[mikey73]

good luck

[aryM]

Good luck :Wave:

[-sillybilly-]

GOODLUCK!
One of the staff said the visa processing at the moment is quite fast. Probably takes less than a month.
All the best!

[alesypalsy]

Thanks very much for the kind words! Fingers an toes crosssed, i may even tie a knot in little fella for some extra luck! Only worrie for me is i am down as unemployed but with a job offer in the UK and a good bit of savings! So its really a 50/50 for us i reakon,, Been in the Philippines 4 and half years now, need a bit of time back in the UK!!!!! Thanks again all:):):):Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo:

[James Hubbard]

I am of the understanding that your wife will have special priveleges if you have been married together in the Phils for 4 years, but I guess Mr Joe Bloggs would be better to advise you on that kind of thing! :)

[alesypalsy]

I been here for four years James but we only been married coming up for 2 years in december so i guess no privilages for us lol :rolleyes::rolleyes::):Jump:

[James Hubbard]

I been here for four years James but we only been married coming up for 2 years in december so i guess no privilages for us lol :rolleyes::rolleyes::):Jump:

Ah right! Okies, back to the drawing board.

Leah has given you some awesome info, and I will try to blog my/my wife's experiences later for u.

Did u get the comment I left on your profile?

JH

[Arthur Little]

All the best to Jen for Tuesday's appointment, Alex ... please keep us updated! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[stevie c]

Ah right! Okies, back to the drawing board.

Leah has given you some awesome info, and I will try to blog my/my wife's experiences later for u.

Did u get the comment I left on your profile?

JH

thats a great help james im sure that will guide many of us who will go through the same experianceas you :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[James Hubbard]

Cool

I'll do that when i get a chance :)

JH

[stevie c]

cheers mate :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[alesypalsy]

Ah right! Okies, back to the drawing board.

Leah has given you some awesome info, and I will try to blog my/my wife's experiences later for u.

Did u get the comment I left on your profile?

JH


Yes cheers james but I not going to be able to read any info now as i am off to bed shortly, we leaving for manila at 6.30am, Seeing as i am not allowed in the building i thought it only right that i should attend as morale support and wait in the nearest bar;) where i shall try not to drink too much alcohol with worrie to calm my nerves:cwm3: If it takes too long who knows what condition i may end up in :cwm24:

[James Hubbard]

Yes cheers james but I not going to be able to read any info now as i am off to bed shortly, we leaving for manila at 6.30am, Seeing as i am not allowed in the building i thought it only right that i should attend as morale support and wait in the nearest bar;) where i shall try not to drink too much alcohol with worrie to calm my nerves:cwm3: If it takes too long who knows what condition i may end up in :cwm24:

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all the best mate, hope it turns out for the best very soon :)

[alesypalsy]

LOL left a reply on ya blog, i found it from seeing a link at the bottom of the page
cheers!!!!:D

[alesypalsy]

Well what a day, It was only a half really, arrived in Makati at 9.10am with appointment booked for 9.30am,

Everything went so smoothly so I expected a FXXX up somewhere as it was to good to be true without one . Wife went in i went for a beer, 40 mins later i got the call wifey back outside but it was not good news!, The managers cheque i had obtained a few days before was 30 pesos yes 30 pesos over the correct amount, OVER 30 pesos!, they would not except the cheque, so after having given my opinion we had no choice but to leave and obtain a cheque for the right amount,

now i only hold 1 local card on me along with my id and i thought that atm card was only good for 25k a day......... well i bolted into makati bdo with smoke on my heels and was told i could get 50k and so did, obtained a new cheque with the correct amount, 47,656p not 47,686p.

All was well after that, the wife was inside for 40 mins and allowed to leave, seems the paperwork was complete and looked ok. The only thing i heard that annoyed me was they pulled all the stickys we had put on night before to separate the divisions of paperwork so the real embassy may have to do a bit of work to see which was which, hopefully its easy enough, anyway that was today, i been for a good few beers to celebrate the handling of it all :) one thing i can say is that i did not realize how much work the embassy has to deal with if today was a normal day,, the place was packed, i got a glimpse from outside when wife opened door! i have a couple of pics but dont seem to be able to post as yet? or maybe to many SML's :Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo::Hellooo: thanks for everyones help here!

[-sillybilly-]

Goodluck with your application!
Sorry to hear about the manager's check but atleast you got there in the end and wasnt asked to come back the next morning.

Im sure it wont take long to hear from the VFS. Tomorrow I start to wait for the courier to give me back my processed application. Only took 2 days!

All the best!

[alesypalsy]

Forgot to mention sillybilly, Had a text(sms) tonight from vfs on a hongkong number that the visa is being processed! No that is super fast if its been sent there already! this is to surreal for me, i need to realx and take a few breaths so much to arrange before hand:Hellooo::Hellooo: