British Embassy Manila

[joebloggs]

[B]
"This expansion spells a big vote of confidence in Manila as a major hub for business process outsourcing," Beckingham said.

making most people wait more than 10wks and charge you £500+

great service

will this make any difference ? will they process the jap ones first ? and brits last

time will tell, but good news is a rare thing from any gov so i doubt it

[Fitzy]

Ohhhh dear :-((

I am planning to marry my girl in Cagayan De Oro, then travel to Manila for her Spouse Visa.
I was assuming that I could get it straight away, and bring my new Wife home???

Oh well, what can you do huh

[Ady]

Ohhhh dear :-((

I am planning to marry my girl in Cagayan De Oro, then travel to Manila for her Spouse Visa.
I was assuming that I could get it straight away, and bring my new Wife home???

Oh well, what can you do huh

I think most applications take 12-14 weeks for Spouse/Fiancee. Remember Business/Work/Visit visas take precedence. And now, they have all the HK and Japanese people joining the queue too. Most will be applying for Business/Visit visas from these places. So, I can only see waiting times growing :-(

But, with Manila's penchant of refusing Visit Visas, the British Economy will suffer even further as the Japanese tourist is made extinct! Sorry for the sarcasm...

[Fitzy]

I think most applications take 12-14 weeks for Spouse/Fiancee. Remember Business/Work/Visit visas take precedence. And now, they have all the HK and Japanese people joining the queue too. Most will be applying for Business/Visit visas from these places. So, I can only see waiting times growing :-(

But, with Manila's penchant of refusing Visit Visas, the British Economy will suffer even further as the Japanese tourist is made extinct! Sorry for the sarcasm...

Is ok Ady.

I need to be more patient anyway, lol
Suppose I will go home, as annual leave constraints from work apply!!
As soon as she gets her Visa, I can send her an airline E ticket

Thanks for the insight

[Ady]

making most people wait more than 10wks and charge you £500+

great service

will this make any difference ? will they process the jap ones first ? and brits last

time will tell, but good news is a rare thing from any gov so i doubt it

I searched for fiancee visas in Google, and got sites from all around the world. Some say they get a fiancee visa approved inside 2 weeks! I thought everyone had to wait 12 weeks haha. With even more applications to deal with, maybe that will lengthen the processing time.

[joebloggs]

I searched for fiancee visas in Google, and got sites from all around the world. Some say they get a fiancee visa approved inside 2 weeks! I thought everyone had to wait 12 weeks haha. With even more applications to deal with, maybe that will lengthen the processing time.

part of it depends on the country and how many visa apps they get, like the 2 Libyans i use to work with, they both got their wife a spouse visa in a few days

so much for the excuse the British embassy use in Manila, that they are doing local/police checks, does it take 10wks and only a day in Libya, Libyans are one of a few countries that are on a gov watch list, and with their links to terrorism in the past you would have thought they do extensive checks

you've just got laugh at this visa game

[Ady]

part of it depends on the country and how many visa apps they get, like the 2 Libyans i use to work with, they both got their wife a spouse visa in a few days

so much for the excuse the British embassy use in Manila, that they are doing local/police checks, does it take 10wks and only a day in Libya, Libyans are one of a few countries that are on a gov watch list, and with their links to terrorism in the past you would have thought they do extensive checks

you've just got laugh at this visa game

What sorts of checks do they do in Manila? I know that, in our case, we submitted the police checks (CBI is it? I forgot the 3 letters!). I am always curious about the processes ECOs use. Some say that ECOs look for reasons to accept - but it seems the opposite in Manila. Or am I being cynical? Are they more stringent in Manila than, say, in Libya or Russia? Maybe, because Manila has a higher rate of rejections apparently, that is why they were chosen to deal with HK, Jap and SK too.

[flomike]

part of it depends on the country and how many visa apps they get, like the 2 Libyans i use to work with, they both got their wife a spouse visa in a few days

so much for the excuse the British embassy use in Manila, that they are doing local/police checks, does it take 10wks and only a day in Libya, Libyans are one of a few countries that are on a gov watch list, and with their links to terrorism in the past you would have thought they do extensive checks

you've just got laugh at this visa game

the filipino linemen who works in carillion (work visa permit) when they get their dependant most of them only takes 15 days to get their family and the fastest one is just 3 days....for visa dependant the maximum according to them is 15 days so why for spouse of brits need to wait weeks and weeks i don't understand that, assuming its the same proof of evidence to submit