Quote Originally Posted by vernier caliper View Post

On my personal opinion, approval rate depends on three things
1. application form has been completely accurately
2. original/authentic AND enough documents as evidence have been provided
3. the ratio of the application/staff available in the UKBA Office
Having been a bit of an "anorak" on these stats and someone who is currently actively involved in the processing of submitted papers, my feeling is that there is a little bit of luck involved too as to how quickly a particular application is processed. I get the impression it can be quite random.

I know someone for whom it took a day. And there has been an example on the forum where this has happened also. For others it has taken a lot longer. For us it took 2 weeks which was slower than most at that time, but quicker than most at other times.