Status change in country of processing

[m0nkey]

I have a few questions regarding a sponsorship application, and was hoping some of you would be able to provide your thoughts and experiences related to this matter.

My fiance and I are planning on getting married by the end of the summer. She currently lives in the UK and is on a student visa. She has been in the UK for 3 years and has about a year and a half left on her student visa.

My questions are:

1. What happens if her visa expires before a PR is issued from the London office? Does the application automatically get cancelled?

2. If she's called for an interview after she has left, and is able to get a visitor visa to the UK, can she meet the officer in the London office as a visitor, or will that raise some issues because her status has changed and is no longer residing in the UK?

3. Is it possible to transfer it to another office depending on wherever she will be?

4. If it is possible to transfer the file, where does it stand in-terms of the que at the new local CIC office?

I'm trying to gauge the change in processing times assuming a PR isn't issued before she's meant to leave the UK after she finishes her studies.

Thanks in advance guys, looking forward to your responses.

 

[CharlieD10]

1. London has an average processing time of 7 months, and even for persons who are not UK citizens their timeline is not much longer than that, so even if she only has a year left by the time your application gets submitted, she still stands a good chance of being processed in London. If she cannot remain in the UK, she will have to advise them, and her application can still be processed there as long as she has a legal way of getting her passport to the visa office to have her visa inserted when processing is completed.

2. There should be no issue, she will be able to attend the interview on a visitor's visa.

3. CIC only transfers applications in order to maintain the integrity of the process. They decide if it needs to be done, based on a number of factors, not just the fact that she is no longer resident in the UK.

4. If the file is transferred, it goes to whoever deals with files in the same position as hers is at the time of transfer. So she won't go to the back of the line, if that's what you're asking.