A quick question to help us out big style

[AJS]

hey guys,

many congrats to everyone who has been granted a visa.

my question is simply, can people tell me how long it has taken for successful fiance visas to be processed. We know the official time given is 3 months but reading the forum we have seen times from 1 week to 10 weeks and we are applying in December.

Any tips????

AJS

[5olidsnake]

1 week
i think 10 weeks is a good guess

[joebloggs]

its quiet this time of year, but there probably is still a backlog caused by new immigration laws and the embassy moving,,

my guess 6wks

[darren-b]

Did someone really get a settlement visa in a week? I thought they normally did checks with Philippines government agencies which would take more than a week to get the results from.

[joebloggs]

maybe not from the phils, but i use to work with 2 Libyans, and they both got married btw xmas and the new year,thou not the same year, and their wife was in the uk by the 21st of jan.. from getting married to being in the uk just over 3 wks and don't forget xmas and new year hols

[andypaul]

Did someone really get a settlement visa in a week? I thought they normally did checks with Philippines government agencies which would take more than a week to get the results from.

The Wife and I had a quick decision due to the change in procedures messing alot of people about and like you say it was over a week due to the checks.

[nigel]

Me and my Vimvie applied for a Visa around this time of year...it took about 4 weeks if I remember rightly...good luck with it anyway pal!

[Ann07]

Did someone really get a settlement visa in a week? I thought they normally did checks with Philippines government agencies which would take more than a week to get the results from.

Got mine in a week darren but that was oct 2006

[tiN]

When I applied for my fiancee visa in 2006, it was released within 2 weeks... as long as all the documentation is in order.

[Fountainhead]

We submitted our fiancee visa application one week ago on October 21st and I'm hoping we will hear by Christmas, which will be nine weeks. My fiancee did say it was busy there when she submitted her application but obviously can't tell from how many people were there that one morning how busy they are overall at the moment.

[vbkelly]

i had 4days but now it takes 3months if your lucky

[andypaul]

To many circumstances can affect the actual time taken. Poltical events, if the embassy as they oftern do change the procedure at a moments notice. Also your personal application. Thats why its best to offer all you can so they do less running around.

[tiger@tigress]

Got mine exactly 4 weeks

[marylen]

whereas mine 10 weeks, got it recently..

[menchkin]

The average waiting time for settlement visa is 10 weeks. However, it varies. Someone here in the forum got her fiancee visa after 7 weeks of waiting only but there are others who waited for 11 weeks.

[eljean]

i got my visa for 9 days

[DianaKevy]

ive got my fiancee visa just for a month this year.

[AJS]

thanks everyone for your responses i see that everyone has different waiting times for their visas i guess all we can do is apply and wait and hope for the best:P thanks everyone