SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

[KHANAFRIDI]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Yes you can apply from Dubai if you get a valid resident visa. However, be aware that You'll have to reside in UAE and wait for 1 full year before you can be eligible to apply from Dubai as per CIC's rules. We applied from Dubai hoping for faster processing and honestly, I would not recommend it to ANY soul after our BAD experience so far bcz of two primary reasons:

1. Processing time:
Processing time for Pakistan is 24 months and for UAE it's 14 months. but as you'll have to wait for 1 year so add 12 months to the UAE's processing time of 14 months. so total processing time from Dubai will be 26 months ??? Also the 1 year time starts when you get stamped visa and time spent on visit visa do not apply. I am not even sure if UAE's time will apply on us as Pakistanis' applications are processed at London visa office and not at ABu Dhabi unfortunately.

2. Costs and struggle associated with application preparation:
Getting stuff done in Dubai is a costly uphill battle. I was asked to pay 2500-5000 Dirhams per document 4 getting documents notarized. Medical Fees, document translations, Police clearance certificate, making certified copies and fees 4 sending documents to Canada and London is two to three times higher compared to Pakistan. In general, people here are uncooperative, rude, unprofessional and finding legit resources is very difficult. If we knew all that we would hv never filed our application from here.

On top of that it is an added struggle for CIC as they will have to do background check from Pakistan and UAE. Staff in UAE embassy just don't want to do anything and give you hell of a run around 4 the simplest things. Getting Permanent residence photos was a nightmare. I got our UAE visa's done here under my husband's sponsorship and it was too stressful/tiring/lengthy.

I hope our bad experience and struggle stays as an exception and you get yours done smoothly. I have not come across any expat who is happy with UAE's procedures.

Thank you .
and what document should be notarized

 

[KHANAFRIDI]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Both Pakistan and UAE times doesn't apply to us We come under UK time

U mean its not 24 months?

 

[Landing_PR]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Anyone else losing their mind today?

Join the club...:'(

 

[user7932]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Anyone else losing their mind today?

Join the club...:'(

yes I am really freaked out received Notes and my eligibility went to Review required. :-\

 

[JulieMord]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Yes the wait time is brutal now more than ever.

 

[wmate]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Anyone else losing their mind today?

Join the club...:'(

joining you..

 

[Landing_PR]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

yes I am really freaked out received Notes and my eligibility went to Review required. :-\

That means interview, I'm guessing. Have you tried sending them more proof/pictures/chats, voluntarily?

 

[Landing_PR]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

joining you..

Yes the wait time is brutal now more than ever.

I'm at my wits end. I feel the need to do something but I just can't figure out who's cage to rattle! :-\

 

[user7932]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

That means interview, I'm guessing. Have you tried sending them more proof/pictures/chats, voluntarily?

Yes I did provided them Pics Boarding passes from my 4 Trips to Pakistan and pics from our anniversary trip to Australia etc...
I don't know what went wrong... :-\

 

[wmate]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

I'm at my wits end. I feel the need to do something but I just can't figure out who's cage to rattle! :-\

Today i sent gentle reminder email to LVO stating my medical expiring in 10 days as I have sent all requested docs and never heard back. Lets see when they respond as I have subjected email with URGENT

 

[flx2015]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

seeing "review required" doesn't necessarily mean you're going to have an interview, though it does increase the chances of the applicant being requested an interview. review required means exactly that: they found some red flags and felt that your file needs to be looked at more closely.

user7932, if you feel comfortable, you can PM me the last section of your notes where the VO wrote a summary of the PA's relationship and background (usually found on the last or second last page). i can take a look at it and let you know what things you can send voluntarily to get things moving along.

 

[flx2015]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

U mean its not 24 months?

no, the average is between 8 to 11 months.

i've said this countless times... the 24 month average listed on the CIC site is skewed due to the older files that were transferred from islamabad to london back in 2013.

 

[Landing_PR]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Yes I did provided them Pics Boarding passes from my 4 Trips to Pakistan and pics from our anniversary trip to Australia etc...
I don't know what went wrong... :-\

Well, hopefully it's nothing wrong and we are overthinking things.

I suggest reordering your notes now to get a sense of what the officers are thinking. I reordered mine in October.

 

[Landing_PR]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

Today i sent gentle reminder email to LVO stating my medical expiring in 10 days as I have sent all requested docs and never heard back. Lets see when they respond as I have subjected email with URGENT

Just so you know, I've sent Case Specific this morning too reminding them that our medical is expiring in a month. Hoping (praying) to get noticed.

 

[miss black]

Re: SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

So after a long wait finally today i got remed request n Alhamdulillah m happy even on getting remed request atleast it gave me hope .in addition to this background check also went in progress .