Well, my wife finally got her visa yesterday and her CFO sticker today and we are very happy. But we have had a very stressful time with the Embassy.

My wife sent her passport back to the Embassy via VFS on the 27 Dec after her refusal decision had been overturned once I had pointed out their mistake on her English test result. Thinking it would be returned quickly, I was wrong. 20 days later - on the 16 Jan - my wife gets a phone call from the Embassy saying she had to go to Manila on the 27 Jan in person to pick up her passport and visa as there was a signature missing from her earlier visa application. On arriving at the Embassy she signed the paperwork, and then was told to come back the next day to pick up her passport and visa.

So it has cost us an extra 18,000 pesos for air tickets, hotel stay, taxi fares and food. Plus, my wife took 2 days unpaid leave from work.

Surely VFS should have noticed it was missing at the beginning - and why wasn't it mentioned on her visa refusal?

My thoughts are, because I complained and some one got told off.

I am going to send in a complaint to the Embassy once my wife has passed through immigration in the UK. Haha, rant over, my wife has her visa that's all that matters and we can now get on with our lives together.