The British High Commission yesterday issued a statement about the UK visa application process, including the current processing times, and a warning about the activities of unscrupulous agents.
“We decided to make this announcement because we are aware that unscrupulous agents are exploiting some applicants and giving them misleading visa information. These agents are taking money to arrange appointments at the visa application centres and encouraging applicants to submit fraudulent applications. It is important that our customers know that there is no charge for appointments and fraudulent applications will be refused and mean longer processing times for everyone” said Director of Visa Services, Peter Chaplin.
“We have taken a number of measures to improve the service to customers and prevent abuse of the visa system.”
“All applicants must obtain an appointment to submit their visa applications. They do this by telephoning Gerry’s on 0900 10411 or 8865 from a mobile phone. Gerry’s have taken on more staff to respond to the increased number of calls and requests for appointments.”
“We are seeing more fraudulent visa applications. As a result, genuine applicants wait longer for their visas, as visa officers are required to carry out extensive anti-fraud checks. We would ask applicants not to listen to agents who say that they can guarantee them a visa and that it is easy to do so using forged documents. Agents have no power to guarantee visas. We will detect false documents and, through the biometrics process, we will detect all false identities. This kind of abuse of the visa process will result in the visa application being refused and the applicant risking a ban on travel to the UK for the next 10 years.”
“We would like to remind customers that visa application forms are free of charge and available from the Gerry’s website: www.ukvacpk.com. It is important that these application forms are completed fully.”
“Currently, customers need to allow the following number of weeks for end to end processing: approximately 4 weeks if the application is made at Mirpur Visa Application Centre (VAC), 5 weeks at the Islamabad VAC and 6 weeks at Lahore and Karachi VACs. The processing times are available and regularly updated on Gerry’s website, www.ukvacpk.com”
“We welcome genuine visitors to the UK and are working hard to make the waiting times shorter. We would ask our customers to make their visa applications in very good time before they intend to travel and not to take up the services of unscrupulous agents”
http://ukinpakistan.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroomnew/?view=PressR&id=19079147
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if a child turns 18 during settlement visa then can he go to the uk please help me and tell me about it
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let me come with a new concern, the appellants from afghanistan are facing a big problem with the government of pakistan, due to this visa delays, ex: the PK embassy in afghanistan give you only stay for 22 days, and the passport gets a long time to return back from the embassy, while returning back to afghanistan the police ask for a lot of money in the border and sometimes refuses to give us exit, in fact my brother’s wife was given the visa in 20 days by the BHC islamabad, but she got call from gerry’s after two months to collect her passport, i hope this problem will be considered in the issuance of visa for afghan citizens, the stay usually is given to them 22 days and the visa should be issued in 19 or 20 days, then the problem will be solved
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I want to visit uk but unfortunately i have no worth to do it who can guide me that how can i visit uk
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dear sir/madam
i have been applied for UK student visa on 18th of june through gerrys and after a couple of days i received a message that your application is under process, but i don’t know what to do my course starting date is on 28th of july can you guide me or phone# of Gerry.
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i have been applied for UK student visa on 20th of April through gerrys and after a couple of days i received a message that your application is under process, but i don’t know what to do my course starting date is on 28th of july can you guide me.
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I applied EEA Family permit visa on 2nd September my status was application forwarded to Islamabad oc from the first day but after 15 days my status changed on gerry’s site is visa application is under process at the British high commission.
Now my question is that is it BHC Islamabad or BHC Abu dhabi where my application is processing please reply me soon and oblige,
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ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THAT AFTER APPLY VISA HOW MUCH STATUS APPEARED.
MY STATUS IS ;processed application returned to AC; WHAT DOES IT MEAN>??????????
yar mjy plz koi bata sakta ha jiska visa laga ho k apka pasport k kitna aur kia kia status aie thayy???????//
mera pahla din proceed to british high comision tha phr proceed to ambassy aur ab arha ha k processed aplication returnd yo AC….can anyone help me..
i m also in same situation….. processed application returned to Ac. means ur application is processed and insha Allah u will got a msg from few days to collect ur pasport
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i submitted my visa form on 11 jan 2011 for General student visa now thay showing status that “Your visa application has been forwarded to the Embassy for processing. 01/13/2011″ so in how much days thay vil back my passport they said 15 days so i count 15 days from 11 or 13
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I applied for Tier 4 visa on 7th December 2010, my current status(application under process at British High commission) changed on 22 December. What does that mean. And much more………. time they will take …my uni already started.
I want to visit uk. how can I visit there. Plz guide me in this matter. thanks
I hope information will be helpful in regards of processing time:
Family visit visa of 6 months.
Applied thru UKVAC lahore : 15/07/2010
Rejected and passport recived on : 9/8/2010
Appeal sent to Uk embassy Abudhabi: 28/08/2010
Letter recived about the date of hearing: 2/11/2010
Determination recived (appeal allowed) : 15/01/2011
Email recived to submit my passport: 25/01/2011
passport sent thru UKVAC on : 11/02/2011
Passport recived wih 6 month visa on : 28/02/2011
umer bhai i win the appeal of visit visa and i get visa of 6 months.plz guide me what i do.mujay wapis pakistan ana chahyeai ya nahe.ya kiya tareeka hai wahaan settele honay ka.kiya main wahaan 6 months main koe contract hareed sakta hun.kiya karoo jo wahaan settele ho jao legal plz .mujay 5 april 2011 ko visa issiue howa hai.aur 30 maorh ko ja raha hun uk london.london main mere sister with family britain citizen hai red passport holder.mere behnoee nay hearing pay ja mere gurantee de thee k main wapis aooon ga plz ap mujay koe achi c advise day k kiya karun ,i m waiting ur reply.waqas ghumman
maujy appeal per visa issue howa hai family visit.koe mujay achi advise dy sakta hai k uk london main main kese settele ho sakta hun.k wapis na aoon aur legal rahun wahaan per,agar wapis ana b parray to uk doobara ja sakoon.q k ab dubara apply per visa chances buhat kam hai.main uk main visit kay dooran koe contract hareed sakta hun k nahe.main 4 ya 5 lacs pakistani harach kr sakta hun.for settelemnt in uk.plz reply me who know.i m waiting for reply
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i m bilal from Karachi Pakistan.koi mujhe ye bata sakta hai k mera college suspend tha temporary magar ab college list mai agya hai.mera passport embassy main 5month se hai magar ab tak koi response nahi mil tha.kisi ko koi idea hai k kitna time lag sakta hai.plz email kr k batay koi
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Aslam O Alaikum Im Zubair from Lahore. Sir i have filed my application for UK visa under Tier 4 on 9th june 2011. The classes have already started and we have not received any reply from UK Embassy. The last date of classes was 26th of Auguest 2011. I also sent them reminder in august they advice me to wait. Now its 26 october 2011. Kindly guide me what should i do now.
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I want to visit uk. how can I visit there. Plz guide me in this matter. thanks my STATEMENT is ok but you tellme now ok
Hi,
dear friends I want to go UK, Can you help me,?
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SALAM Bhaio kya koi muje bata sakta ha k UK ka Work Visa kitna kharcha ayga study nai work visa Direct Any1 Please?
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i wana get UK nationalty,please let me know about prosses how i can go there how much need money for this all prosses and also time.
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salam to all…….i was refused for settlement visa from ukba then i have appeal against thier decion and appeal was withdrawl now problem iz I didnt recieve any email or mail (call letter ) to resubmit my passport…..my appeal was withdrwal on 6 december 2011 and today is 12 of febroury 2012.help me please..any suggestion
How can i download uk visa form??
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i am 47yrs old lady.want to go england.plz tell me it is possible for me in any case.
I’ve submitted my documents for settlement visa and it’s been 14 weeks now but I didn’t get any reply plz can any1 help me that how long is gonna take time?
I’ve submitted my documents for study visa plz can any1 help me that how long is gonna take time?
minimum 14 days maximum 25 days bro…..
hi im samina i submitted my documents in 22 june 2012 i havnt heard anything back yet every time i fphone the gerrys call centre they say minimum wait and processing time is 6 months or 180 days tey say your documents are still in process at the british high commision i know how u must feel hina it is so frustrating that there is nothing you can do to speed things up