Hi guys,

I know patience is a virtue esp about this visa thing. But am sure the waiting game is not that easy... Anyone still waiting for the result of their application esp those who lodged their application at VFS Cebu or Manila? Maybe sharing your story will help ease the anxiety

Here's my story:

I lodged my application (spouse visa) at VFS CEBU on 15th May, I didn't receive any email confirmation from VFS on that day, normally they send email confirmation few mins after submission of application. I waited a day for the email confirmation but nothing came, so I contacted UKVI Intern'l Enquiry service. In case someone wants to contact them here's the link :

https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com

Select Philippines on the drop down menu. Two options will show call us (of course not free of charge) and email form.

They normally answer your email enquiry after 3 working days.. So I will post the email from UKVI, it might be helpful to others regarding waiting/processing times.

Here's the email from UKVI:

"Dear Karen,

Thank you for contacting the United Kingdom Visas and Immigration International Enquiry Service. We understand that you would like to know about the status of your application to come to the UK. I have tracked the status of your application and found that it is waiting to be assessed by an Entry Clearance Officer. We will contact you once a decision has been made or, if necessary, during the consideration of your application. Each application is subject to an individual assessment and processing times may vary, hence applicants are requested to be patient and wait for the processing to be completed. We have service level standards for processing UK visa applications. We will process 90% of non-settlement applications within 3 weeks, 98% within 6 weeks and 100% within 12 weeks of the application (biometric taken) date; and 95% of settlement applications within 12 weeks of the biometric taken date and 100% within 24 weeks of the application (biometric taken) date. Please note that we define 1 week as 5 working days. We provide country specific information regarding visa processing times on our website Gov.UK. The direct link is.

https://www.gov.uk/visa-processing-times.

We hope this is helpful. For any further details, or should you need to contact us again please refer to our website at.

https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com.

Kind regards,
Harsha Basu
UK Visas and Immigration International Enquiry Service"

Hopefully will hear something from them next month! . Hurry up June !!! C'mon July!!! Good luck!!!