Hello house,
I applied for a tiurist visa on the 26th of August 2011 and still have not gotten a feedback from the UK embassy. I went to the VFS last week thursday to find out the reason for the delay and was told that it is a general problem with applications sent to the High Commission in abuja. How true is this? I have already missed my appointment in the UK and my leave period is almost coming to end. meanwhile, i emailed the same VFS at few days ago and was told that that the "application is still undergoing verification at the visa section of the high embassy"    . hOw long does this whole process take. its really frustrating.
pls who else is experiencing the same delay. Justwise where are you when i need your advise?

jenny2007:

Hello house,
I applied for a tiurist visa on the 26th of August 2011 and still have not gotten a feedback from the UK embassy. I went to the VFS last week thursday to find out the reason for the delay and was told that it is a general problem with applications sent to the High Commission in abuja. How true is this? I have already missed my appointment in the UK and my leave period is almost coming to end. meanwhile, i emailed the same VFS at few days ago and was told that that the "application is still undergoing verification at the visa section of the high embassy" . hOw long does this whole process take. its really frustrating.
pls who else is experiencing the same delay. Justwise where are you when i need your advise?

Unfortunately, this sort of thing does happen, and as harsh is this may sound, your visa application is highly likely to be refused for reason of "Change Of Circumstance", and the explanation would be that the visa sought is for a given period which has likely become invalid as your circumstances have changed. Next time, it is advisable to apply about 3 months prior to your intended use of the visa.

Oh, don't mistake me for Justwise, i'm not He

Vicjustice:

Oh, don't mistake me for Justwise, i'm not He

you are in for it, i know many pple will be thinking the same as our IDs look similar.

jenny2007:

Hello house,
I applied for a tiurist visa on the 26th of August 2011 and still have not gotten a feedback from the UK embassy. I went to the VFS last week thursday to find out the reason for the delay and was told that it is a general problem with applications sent to the High Commission in abuja. How true is this? I have already missed my appointment in the UK and my leave period is almost coming to end. meanwhile, i emailed the same VFS at few days ago and was told that that the "application is still undergoing verification at the visa section of the high embassy"    . hOw long does this whole process take. its really frustrating.
pls who else is experiencing the same delay. Justwise where are you when i need your advise?

Vicjustice has given you one possible outcome but you can still be issued the visa with the hope that you may use it in future since the delay wasn't necessarily your fault.

@vicjustice, don't worry i know the difference between you and justwise. lol. actually i hope that what you just said wont apply to me by God's Grace because my appointment was for 22nd - 26th of September 2011. i applied way ahead of time on the 26th of august and according to the basic information, the processing time takes 14 working days (even though it is more than that now). Justwise what is your opinion?

thanks @ justwise. i hope so because the delay wasn't my fault.

justwise:

Vicjustice has given you one possible outcome but you can still be issued the visa with the hope that you may use it in future since the delay wasn't necessarily your fault.

This is the correct advice. If you are refused, it won't be because the time you proposed to use the visa has lapsed. Afterall they issue it for 6months minimum

Best of luck

jenny2007:

@vicjustice, don't worry i know the difference between you and justwise. lol. actually i hope that what you just said wont apply to me by God's Grace because my appointment was for 22nd - 26th of September 2011. i applied way ahead of time on the 26th  of august and according to the basic information, the processing time takes 14 working days (even though it is more than that now). Justwise what is your opinion?

   Yes, you may be right about the processing time, ie 14 working days. But if you have been following their bulletin, you would see that they advice visa seekers to make their applications early enough to allow them plenty of time to access and process their applications: the 14 working days is for those with straight-forward and easy-to-access applications, some could even take lesser days.
I'm only suggesting my opinions to prepare your heart for a likely scenario, i really do hope my opinions do not come true.

dancewith:

This is the correct advice. If you are refused, it won't be because the time you proposed to use the visa has lapsed. Afterall they issue it for 6months minimum

Best of luck

   If a Visa Officer observe that the purpose of a visa application has expired, or has become invalid, or that there is a change of circumstance whether it is due to their delay or it is due to the applicant's pace, the Visa Officer would have no choice but to refuse the application; this is a protocol: in no circumstance would a visa be issued once the original purpose of the application has become invalid even though the visa would be valid for 6 months

hey guys,
i just got an alert late yesterday that the application is ready for collection. God help me pls.

jenny2007:

hey guys,
i just got an alert late yesterday that the application is ready for collection. God help me pls.

Hope its good news

@Justwise
I know that this thread belongs to UK visit visa but i just write here so that u can respond to me on time,
I wanna ask a question before i apply for a US visa appointment, Do you have any idea for the documents to be presented at the US Embassy for non-immigrant visa, I also want to know if bank statement will follow, Hearing from u soonest, One Love!!!!
SHALOM!!!!!!

Feichi:

@Justwise
I know that this thread belongs to UK visit visa but i just write here so that u can respond to me on time,
I wanna ask a question before i apply for a US visa appointment, Do you have any idea for the documents to be presented at the US Embassy for non-immigrant visa, I also want to know if bank statement will follow, Hearing from u soonest, One Love!!!!
SHALOM!!!!!!

Visit the US embassy website for the specific visa requirement, if there is anything you are not sure of then come here and ask.

@jusywise

i very happy the way you respmd to pples comment on these forum.god bless you.pls i m thinkin of travelling to usa but the agent that i want to use said is not possible to travel to usa if ive not travel to any of these advance country be4.pls i just wanna confirm hw true it is.i want to go there for a visit.pls help me.

omobaba_on:

@jusywise

i very happy the way you respmd to pples comment on these forum.god bless you.pls i m thinkin of travelling to usa but the agent that i want to use said is not possible to travel to usa if ive not travel to any of these advance country be4.pls i just wanna confirm hw true it is.i want to go there for a visit.pls help me.

Don't listen to that agent, if you met the requirements and have reasonable reason (s) to visit US, ur application will be considered purely on that.

The last we heard from Jenny2007 was:

jenny2007:

hey guys,
i just got an alert late yesterday that the application is ready for collection. God help me pls.

jenny2007:

hey guys,
i just got an alert late yesterday that the application is ready for collection. God help me pls.

@jenny2007
Can we share from the outcome of your application please. We are yet to hear from you after your last post.