Hi Robbie

My wife had a VIP appointment in the VFS Centre in Cebu a couple of months ago. They have half hour slots and I think she was in and out in 20 minutes but it of course depends on the 'standard' of the application as to whether they are happy with the photograph, photocopies, and especially the order the docs are presented in etc but I wouldn't expect her to be there for hours. If she will be joining you in the Channel Islands ensure the covering letter states clearly her final destination as a Crown dependency as the application needs to be referred (as here in the IoM), nothing serious but the sooner it gets forwarded to the CI with the Referral Form the better.

Good luck