Partnership visitor visa delay

[Harryk]

Hi I have applied for my partner’s visitor visa on January 26, 2019, and still haven’t heard anything from INZ. Not even allocated to CO, Can someone please share partnership visitor visa application timeline, and what sould we do, i have called INZ but they didn’t give any information, why there is so much delay.

[EGoodhue]

It's taking up to 4 months for partnership visitor visas to be processed at the moment (if this is the type of visa you've applied for). It's so slow because INZ went through a huge restructure lately, where the various types of visas were allocated only to a certain branch for processing - so all types of each visa category are processed by one specific branch each now. This was a poorly-planned restructure and has caused massive delays right across the system. This is in addition to the already inefficient processing model which was in place before the restructure. Keep checking with INZ - your application will get to the front of the queue eventually.

[Harryk]

It's taking up to 4 months for partnership visitor visas to be processed at the moment (if this is the type of visa you've applied for). It's so slow because INZ went through a huge restructure lately, where the various types of visas were allocated only to a certain branch for processing - so all types of each visa category are processed by one specific branch each now. This was a poorly-planned restructure and has caused massive delays right across the system. This is in addition to the already inefficient processing model which was in place before the restructure. Keep checking with INZ - your application will get to the front of the queue eventually.

Thanks Egoodhue.,

[Harryk]

It's taking up to 4 months for partnership visitor visas to be processed at the moment (if this is the type of visa you've applied for). It's so slow because INZ went through a huge restructure lately, where the various types of visas were allocated only to a certain branch for processing - so all types of each visa category are processed by one specific branch each now. This was a poorly-planned restructure and has caused massive delays right across the system. This is in addition to the already inefficient processing model which was in place before the restructure. Keep checking with INZ - your application will get to the front of the queue eventually.

Hi Egoodhue. Is there any option that we can complaint to ombudsman or we can write a complaint to immigration about the partnership visitor visa delay. As there are some application which are still under processing from November las year and those are over 4 months and the current processing time (49 days)

[shreerang2007]

Hi, my partner has applied for the same visa on 17th Jan. and we have not heard anything from INZ yet. As per the current timeframes (4 to 5 months) we hope that the CO will be allocated in May or June. However, some people are saying that they have applied in Nov 2018 and still waiting for CO to be allocated.
EGoodhue thanks for the explanation.

[Harryk]

Hi, my partner has applied for the same visa on 17th Jan. and we have not heard anything from INZ yet. As per the current timeframes (4 to 5 months) we hope that the CO will be allocated in May or June. However, some people are saying that they have applied in Nov 2018 and still waiting for CO to be allocated.
EGoodhue thanks for the explanation.

Hi Shreerang have you got any update yet?

[Aakarv23]

Visa Application Process Timeline:
Application submitted to TT Services: 03/12/2018
Application sent to Delhi Office: 05/12/2018
CO assigned: 10/06/2019
CO sent an email asking for further clarification and evidence: 12/06/2019

Good luck to all who's been waiting for CO to be assigned.

[shreerang2007]

Yes. We got case officer day before yesterday.

[Harryk]

Yes. We got case officer day before yesterday.

Thanks, I hope you get your results very soon.

[shreerang2007]

We got the visa yesterday. Timeframe-
Applied on 17th January
CO allocated - 18 June
Visa approved- 24 June
All the best👍🏻