Originally Posted by
JandM
When it says 'Approved' online, that means you're Approved In Principle - it's gone through all the procedures. All that remains is for you to pay the Migrant Levy and send in your passport to have the visa sticker put in it.
It's perfectly normal for there to be a wait before you receive the packet through the post with information and instructions. Your name will have gone on a list to another department where clerks will fill the envelopes and get them ready for mailing, so it's in yet another INZ queue! Many people have to wait several weeks. If it gets to be three weeks and nothing has come, it is reasonable to get in touch with INZ just to check that nothing has gone astray in the post, though.