If your wife’s visa, submitted from abroad, has been under consideration for over 7 months, this is beyond the normal timeframe. The first step is to check with your solicitor whether the application is being processed, and then contact UKVI directly to clarify the status.
When waiting becomes abnormally long
If a spouse visa is submitted outside the United Kingdom, the processing timeframes usually fall within reasonable bounds. Waiting longer than 7 months is a sign that something is going wrong or the process has stalled.
It’s different if the visa is submitted from within the United Kingdom: there the timeframes do stretch longer. But even in this case, such prolonged waiting requires intervention.
First check: ensure your application is being processed
Contact the solicitor or representative through whom you submitted the visa. They should check whether the application remains under review. Sometimes due to technical reasons or document errors, the process may stall, and this is not communicated automatically.
Action plan for visa delay
- Check status with your solicitorFirst stepEnsure your application is under review
- Call UKVISecond stepPremium rate line 43 07727347212
- Clarify status onlineAlternativeThrough your account on the UKVI portal
How to contact UKVI directly
If your solicitor confirms that the application is still awaiting a decision, contact UKVI directly by telephone 43 07727347212. This is a premium rate line—charges apply for each minute of the call. Through the call you will receive clarification on your application status.
Alternatively, you can check the status online through your account on the UKVI portal.
What else you should know
Do not delay the check. If the application has stalled, it will take time to resume it. The sooner you discover this, the sooner you can solve the problem.
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