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Thread for Outland LONDON, UK Applications!

taffy7

Champion Member
May 23, 2013
2,482
69
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10th April 2014/June 10th 2014 application complete
Doc's Request.
09 June 2014 same doc's requested again 6th Oct 2014. docs not needed again mistake by cic
AOR Received.
sponsorship approval 05 Aug 2014
File Transfer...
05 Aug 2014
Med's Request
28 July 2015
Med's Done....
30th Dec 2013
Passport Req..
in process 18th July 2015/ DM 5/12/2015
LANDED..........
28/12/2015
Gazzae said:
Hi All,

Received SA recently and file has been transferred to London. What is the average processing time for British applicants in London? We were hoping to be in Canada by December but not sure if this is possible.

Thanks all!
Congratulations on getting SA. You are looking on about 10/11 months to get corp. You never know though it could speed up.
 

SchnookoLoly

Champion Member
Mar 5, 2012
1,147
78
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25 Jan 2012
File Transfer...
24 Apr 2012
Passport Req..
26 Jun 2012
VISA ISSUED...
21 Aug 2012
LANDED..........
08 Dec 2012
Gazzae said:
Hi All,

Received SA recently and file has been transferred to London. What is the average processing time for British applicants in London? We were hoping to be in Canada by December but not sure if this is possible.

Thanks all!
Don't see you on the spreadsheet, do you want to be added? If so then I need to know the date you applied, when you got SA, if yuo applied married or common-law, and where you're currently living.

As for "what is the average processing time", the spreadsheet linked in my signature answers that.
 

NVJ

Star Member
Aug 8, 2014
68
1
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-02-2015
Doc's Request.
2 requests in error, nothing needed
AOR Received.
10-04-2015
Med's Done....
30-12-2014
VISA ISSUED...
DM on ecas 19-10-2015
pete_sk said:
Was it sent/addressed to the applicant or the sponsor? Just trying to work out where the letter will go for us
It was an email sent to the sponsor (same email address that AOR was sent to).
 

Gazzae

Full Member
Feb 19, 2015
24
0
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
05-03-2015
AOR Received.
15-04-2015
Med's Done....
26-02-2015
VISA ISSUED...
07-11-2015
SchnookoLoly said:
Don't see you on the spreadsheet, do you want to be added? If so then I need to know the date you applied, when you got SA, if yuo applied married or common-law, and where you're currently living.

As for "what is the average processing time", the spreadsheet linked in my signature answers that.
Thanks

Yes, please add me to the spreadsheet.

Date we applied was 5th March 2015
SA - 30th April 2015
Married and currently living in Belfast, UK
 

pete_sk

Star Member
Feb 15, 2015
74
33
Category........
Visa Office......
Unknown at the moment
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24 Feb 2015
AOR Received.
10 April 2015
Med's Done....
19 Jan 2015
NVJ said:
It was an email sent to the sponsor (same email address that AOR was sent to).
Thanks!
 

sublime2014

Full Member
Nov 17, 2014
26
0
andrew-brit said:
No point getting in a flame war, but the argument of us paying taxes to support them is nonsense. If there was no monarchy do you think the UK government would tax us less? No.
Yeah got it. no point getting in flame war. £40 - £50 million tax money is nothing, its birth right.
 

brucem

Hero Member
Apr 21, 2014
570
37
Edinburgh
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-07-2014
Doc's Request.
23-01-2015
AOR Received.
22-08-2014
File Transfer...
22-08-2014
Med's Done....
26-06-2014
VISA ISSUED...
08-05-2015
LANDED..........
08-07-2015
COPR received today, only extended my medical by a couple of weeks so we have to land by 9th July. Not sure whether to hit the whisky or the red bull.
 

kks1234

Full Member
Oct 29, 2014
38
2
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-08-2014
brucem said:
COPR received today, only extended my medical by a couple of weeks so we have to land by 9th July. Not sure whether to hit the whisky or the red bull.
Hi Brucem, congrats on the COPR, I hope you can easily get over there in time. Can I ask when your original medicals were due to expire?

I am expecting to have a similar situation of probably not having much time on my COPR.

Thanks,

kks
 

brucem

Hero Member
Apr 21, 2014
570
37
Edinburgh
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-07-2014
Doc's Request.
23-01-2015
AOR Received.
22-08-2014
File Transfer...
22-08-2014
Med's Done....
26-06-2014
VISA ISSUED...
08-05-2015
LANDED..........
08-07-2015
kks1234 said:
Hi Brucem, congrats on the COPR, I hope you can easily get over there in time. Can I ask when your original medicals were due to expire?

I am expecting to have a similar situation of probably not having much time on my COPR.

Thanks,

kks
Mine was due to expire on 26th June so they only gave me two weeks extra but we were processed through Ottawa. Someone else posted recently but I can't remember whether they were through London or Ottawa but their medicals were extended to March next year!
 

warzo

Hero Member
Aug 4, 2014
701
15
Category........
Visa Office......
London, UK
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-10-2014
AOR Received.
29-11-2014
File Transfer...
01-12-2014 - In Process...: - 17-08-2015
Med's Done....
06-08-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
02-11-2015
VISA ISSUED...
13-11-2015
LANDED..........
28-12-2015
brucem said:
Mine was due to expire on 26th June so they only gave me two weeks extra but we were processed through Ottawa. Someone else posted recently but I can't remember whether they were through London or Ottawa but their medicals were extended to March next year!
from what I can tell is that it's upto the VO how they decide on the extension of the med.
 

mgrandolini

Star Member
Jan 12, 2015
115
0
Dublin
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa (London)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-04-2015
Doc's Request.
Batch Email 23-10-2015
AOR Received.
29-04-2015
File Transfer...
29-04-2015
Med's Done....
17-03-2015
Passport Req..
In Process: 09-10-2015
VISA ISSUED...
DM: 17-12-2015 COPR: 22-01-2016
LANDED..........
10-03-2016
Not sure if anyone can answer this but in regards to cic requesting your passport....at what stage is this done and how long do you have to submit it? We got sa last week and file has gone to ottawa so thinking its at least 7 months wait or? We are planning a holiday and I don't want to mess things up :-X
 

RKevin

Full Member
May 6, 2015
20
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ALL. The reason why some applications are being processed in Mississauga is if the principal applicant states their residential and mailing address as one in Canada!

If your not actually living in Canada you would have probably stated your UK address on the application form.

If you are living in Canada but still used your residential address as the UK one, don't be surprised if you application is being processed in London office and not MISSISSAUAGA!!!
 

kks1234

Full Member
Oct 29, 2014
38
2
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-08-2014
brucem said:
Mine was due to expire on 26th June so they only gave me two weeks extra but we were processed through Ottawa. Someone else posted recently but I can't remember whether they were through London or Ottawa but their medicals were extended to March next year!
thanks for letting me know. I have pre-emptively written to London to ask if we should redo our medicals or if they can extend them by 3 months for us but as yet have not heard anything back...
 

andrew-brit

Champion Member
Jan 16, 2014
1,651
149
Calgary, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
London, UK
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-09-2014
Doc's Request.
15-10-2015
AOR Received.
SA: 31-10-2014 In Process: 07-09-2015
File Transfer...
31-10-2014
Med's Done....
26-08-2014 extended until 19-10-2016
Passport Req..
DM 05-12-2015
VISA ISSUED...
17-12-2015
LANDED..........
30-12-2015
RKevin said:
ALL. The reason why some applications are being processed in Mississauga is if the principal applicant states their residential and mailing address as one in Canada!

If your not actually living in Canada you would have probably stated your UK address on the application form.

If you are living in Canada but still used your residential address as the UK one, don't be surprised if you application is being processed in London office and not MISSISSAUAGA!!!
Not true, at least for. I put down my Canadian address for residential and current and my application went to London.

Where did you get this info from?
 

RKevin

Full Member
May 6, 2015
20
0
Not true, at least for. I put down my Canadian address for residential and current and my application went to London.

Where did you get this info from?
I believe the process changed recently. We could do a show of hands of those who quoted their UK address as oppose to those quoting Canadian and see the results? Perhaps an extra column in the spreadsheet?