更新：收到签证了 有谁收到SPOUSE VISA了吗？收到UKBA的回复了

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#101

7月份递交申请的朋友们，what do they know更新：

  1. Please provide how many FLR (M) applications were received in July
    2012?

There were a total of 3,448 FLR (M) applications received in the period from 1 to 31
July 2012.

  1. All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
  2. Figures relate to main applicants.
  3. Figures relate to cases raised (received) between 1 to 31 July 2012.
  1. How many of these applications were received before 8th July 2012?

There were a total of 2,524 FLR (M) applications received between 1 to 7 July 2012.

  1. All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
  2. Figures relate to main applicants.
  3. Figures relate to cases raised (received) between 1 to 7 July 2012.
  1. From the applications received before 8th July 2012, how many have been processed and despatched and how many applications are pending to be decided. Out of pending applications how many applications are pending for Biometrics.

Of the applications received in the period 1 to 7 July 2012, a total of 497 cases have been decided, and 2,027 are pending a decision. Of the pending cases 64 are awaiting biometric enrolment.

  1. All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
  2. Figures relate to main applicants.
  3. Figures relate to cases raised (received) between 1 to 31 July 2012.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/137098/response/349819/attach/3/6.Response%20template.pdf

#102

T1 在 temporary migration范围里吗?

#103

这样下去是不是要干等一年啊？疯了

#104

UKBA的数据表明，1-8 July的申请超过80%pending.

#105

这是哪里得到的？我是6月末申请的，也在这里面？

#106

是属于这范围的

#107

我收到了。不过我是面签的。
1月3号面签，当场退还护照告之结果，大概1月11号收到卡了。

#108

这个问题我太有话说了。
去年回国过年，因为之前懒散，想着学生签证还没过期，不如过完年回来以后再换配偶签，结果回来过海关的时候还好一阵惊险，就不提了。回来后，开始准备签证材料。这一年反正也不用去哪，下次回去过年还有一整年的时候，不急，所以就选择了寄签。于是，2012年2月中寄材料，5月初按指纹，然后就等~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~等到11月中，就算从提取指纹开始算起，也够6个月了。就写了封信去催。地址是按照指纹信上的地址，谢菲尔德。渺无音讯。然后就是圣诞元旦，就没做无谓地挣扎。直到上个星期四，寄了第二封信去croydon。然后，昨天收到了ID卡和护照材料。看看ID卡上的签发时间，1月14号！！！！！ 就是说，在他们收到信以后就马上办了。HO这群吃干饭的，不催他们就当没看见呐！不过，可能也是因为我实在等得太久了吧。这里等得比我还久的可能就是那个14个月的。话说回来，催催还是有用的吧，但是得催对地方。

#109

我当初就是计划去面签的，{:5_145:} {:5_145:} 早就知道这个HO做事慢，
可是12年6月11号出的那个鬼政策，搞的我没办法面签，只能去递签。
现在都马上7个月了，

#110

他娘的HO, 我找MP帮我催的是CROYDON的那个地方的，我自己催谢菲尔德的，不知道会不会有好消息

#111

我觉得吧，虽然催没用，但是找找MP说不定还能起点作用，别听律师了，经验来看那些律师基本上也是吃干饭的

#112

你好，请问croydon地址是多少，我也写信去催催看，我都写了很多封信去谢菲尔德都没有回复，我也等了好久了。谢谢！

#113

是申请表格的解释材料里面附的地址：

UK Border Agency
Initial Consideration Unit - FLR(M)
Lunar House
40 Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR9 2BY

#114

我收到指纹信和确认信都是谢菲尔德的，不过我写信都没有回过，我都等了快7个月了，晕。都不知道有什么办法？

#115

我也是在改政策前申请的。

说起来比较幸运，7月5号在网上提交的申请，7月9号改政策了。
他们算时间是按照你网上提交申请的时间算的，就是表格上打印出来的那个时间。不是面签时交材料的时间。
我是去年7月5号在法国网上申请的未婚妻签证
7月24号去巴黎的签证中心交材料按手印，9月18号收到未婚妻签证，9月29号入境英国。
等待的这段时间也很焦虑心急，怕被拒了，因为我法国的签证也快到期了。
如果英国签证拒了还要再申请法国的居留，也很麻烦。事实上29号来英国的时候法国居留已经过期了几天。
不过幸好是等待的时间不长，不到两个月给了签证。
来了英国本来打算马上登记结婚，结果家里打电话说外婆癌症病重快不行了。
心碎下马上订机票回国一个月。结果出发前一天外婆去世了。
到国内那天正好举行完追悼会，我是晚上到的。为了这个破签证我也没赶上见外婆最后一面，变成终生的遗憾和心结。

10月底从国内回来，11月2号登记结婚。
1月3号面签配偶签证，1月11号收到签证。这个过程比较顺利。也许是外婆冥冥中保佑吧。
只不过交了两次签证费，1050欧加860多磅。不过能省心一点也算是物有所值。
看到有些递签的朋友居然等了那么长时间我很惊讶，本以为法国人算是够效率低下的了，没想到跟HO比是小巫见大巫。
以后能面签还是尽量选择面签吧。看在钱的面份上他们总会积极点吧～

没少因为签证的事情跟老公吵架，担心焦虑夜不成寐，或争吵一些签证的细节。
也吃了很多苦，奔波辗转，从法国到英国又回国，经历了结婚成家丧失亲人等等的大喜大悲。
前几天陪老公参加了入籍宣誓，我们为签证居留的纠结和焦虑也算暂时告一段落，前方还有更多生活上的困难与艰辛。
人生就是这样吧，“一波未平一波又起”希望自己能保持积极的态度和积极的行动去面对。
也希望大家能早日收到好消息！

#116

3:38 am, Thu 22 Nov 2012
‘100,000 letters left unopened’ by UK Border Agency
UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff dealt with a backlog of immigration cases so inefficiently that at one point 100,000 pieces of post were unopened.
In March 2011, there were 147,000 unfinished cases that were passed to an audit unit tasked with dealing with the backlog.
More than 150 boxes of post, including letters from applicants, MPs and lawyers, lay unopened.
In a sample of 135 files examined as part of the inspection, each case had lain dormant for an average of 87 months before they were reopened in 2010 for consideration.
The shortest period of inactivity was six months and the longest period of inactivity was 17 years and nine months.
A total of 115 cases were found to have entered the UK illegally, and there were only 10 cases where active efforts had been made to trace absconders.
Politics
UK Border Agency
Immigration

看了之后是不是更生气，看了一晚上对UKBA 的新闻报道，2012年初就一直在讨论工作效率太慢，挤压的CASE太多，一年了竟然丝毫没有改变？

#117

生气也没有用啊。 静心等吧。。
你也等了6个月了， 差不多应该快有头绪了把。。。
抱抱 》》

#118

2:59 am, Thu 22 Nov 2012
UK Border Agency condemned over immigration backlog

UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff dealt with a backlog of immigration cases so inefficiently that at one point 100,000 pieces of post were unopened, a report said today.
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration John Vine found that security checks were not properly carried out on old cases and that workers had failed to check the records of other Government departments.

Applications were placed into an archive of unresolved cases after “very minimal work”, despite the agency assuring MPs that “exhaustive” checks had been carried out, he concluded.

#119

上面那两个都是去年11月的新闻报道，看了才明白UKBA是如何处理我们的申请的，哎。。。。。。。只能靠运气了

#120

还差10天就7个月了呀，欲哭无泪中，国内好多紧急的事情必须马上回去