Originally Posted by
JandM
The difference in people's backgrounds, qualifications and work experience are enough to cause differences in processing times. COs have to check with third parties about each piece of evidence submitted, e.g. education provider, did Mr Applicant attend your establishment between these dates, and get the qualification he says? and past employer, did Mr Applicant work for your business between these dates, carrying out these responsibilities and earning this salary? If any one of these third parties does not respond promptly, this delays the processing of the whole case - the CO cannot just ignore the unticked box, but has to wait for a reply. The more pieces of evidence supplied, the more chance there is that there will be a holdup somewhere, due to a respondent who's gone on a month's holiday, or changed their contact details, etc., etc..
JandM, I usually bow down to your knowledge on immigration matters, but surely most of the above only applies to the SMC rather than the Talent Accredited Residence visa?