Originally posted by admin@Jul 29 2005, 07:55 AM
You find the UK page quotes 'worse case scenario'. My wife's UK passport was quoted as 9 months, it took 6 weeks, her VISA renewal quoted at 3 months, took 2 days!!!
I think they're a bit speedier in the UK than out at the Embassy, who have only just received the official memo informing them of the demise of the shilling and its replacement with this new fangled decimal system idea. It'll never catch on, apparently.

6 weeks is probably the average waiting time for a settlement visa - if they're quoting October, they're either getting busier than normal, or they're just getting even more inefficient.

If immigration in the UK says 3 months, it'll be done in half the time. If the Embassy says 3 months, expect to wait at least 6.