Hiya John basically my wife put down 4 weeks from when she actually handed in the application form hoping that a quick decision would be made.

The reason for that was that she was actually 26 weeks pregnant at the time so we thought it would rush things along.

We actually received confirmation of the visa after 8 weeks but I believe now straight forward decisions are done within that time frame.

So I woud say put it down within that 4 week period or before because I have heard some decisions have been made a lot sooner.

Good luck Buddy and hope everything works out for the both of you.