Hi everyone,
I sent a status check email to my visa office (Singapore) and received a form reply saying, ""This application is currently pending review by an officer". I'm guessing that means that it hasn't even been touched since medical information was sent in a month ago. Have you guys had similar status updates? And a corresponding timeframe for when it is actually reviewed?
Also, I've had friends who have gone through this process with a lawyer and it went much quicker for them. Might there be any benefit at all to me involving one at this late stage in the game?
Getting increasingly frustrated as I had hoped to be seeing the end of this process by now and "officially" it's not even considered late until one year from the date of receipt, despite most cases not taking this long, and there is no official recourse to prompt action until that time. (In our case, it is almost a year since the initial application. We applied in May, but rather than requesting a missing document, the entire application was sent back to us after four months of total silence, which is why we're September applicants.
Anyway, good to read the updates from people who are finding the light at the end of the tunnel. Hope all of our families can be back together again and with this behind us soon!
I sent a status check email to my visa office (Singapore) and received a form reply saying, ""This application is currently pending review by an officer". I'm guessing that means that it hasn't even been touched since medical information was sent in a month ago. Have you guys had similar status updates? And a corresponding timeframe for when it is actually reviewed?
Also, I've had friends who have gone through this process with a lawyer and it went much quicker for them. Might there be any benefit at all to me involving one at this late stage in the game?
Getting increasingly frustrated as I had hoped to be seeing the end of this process by now and "officially" it's not even considered late until one year from the date of receipt, despite most cases not taking this long, and there is no official recourse to prompt action until that time. (In our case, it is almost a year since the initial application. We applied in May, but rather than requesting a missing document, the entire application was sent back to us after four months of total silence, which is why we're September applicants.
Anyway, good to read the updates from people who are finding the light at the end of the tunnel. Hope all of our families can be back together again and with this behind us soon!
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