Cappuccino
VIP Member
- Jun 23, 2009
- 409
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- London
- NOC Code......
- 3131
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 30-Aug-2010
- AOR Received.
- 15-Dec-2010
- IELTS Request
- Sent with app - 8.5 band score
- Med's Request
- 13-Apr-2011
- Med's Done....
- 19-Apr-2011
- Passport Req..
- 28-June-2011
- VISA ISSUED...
- 21-July-2011
- LANDED..........
- 27-Aug-2011[br][br]ECAS[br]Recd By VO.....: 11-Feb-2011[br]In Process.......: 15-Mar-2011[br]Decision Made.: 25-Jun-2011
One of the members of the British Expats forum is a former (now retired) visa officer and he told me that immigration officers work at different speeds.
So IMO there are going to a lot of things which effect how fast they mi
ght issue medical requests
1) Aformentioned speed/efficiency of the immigration officer reviewing your case
2) Complexity of your case - how many dependents, how many countries you have lived in, if you've held any government positions, your travel history etc
3) NOC code - some NOC codes may be faster than others. I imagine science-based NOC codes may involve more thorough checking than manual labour related work with regards checking authenticity of work references and educational documents etc
And there's probably a bunch more factors as well that I haven't listed here.
So basically we are going to see medical requests come out in a somewhat random order. We've already seen this at Manila and New Delhi so no reason to believe London will be any different.
Of course, it does add stress and paranoia to earlier applicants who are wondering why they haven't had their medical requests yet!
But let's see what this week brings.
Wayne.
So IMO there are going to a lot of things which effect how fast they mi
ght issue medical requests
1) Aformentioned speed/efficiency of the immigration officer reviewing your case
2) Complexity of your case - how many dependents, how many countries you have lived in, if you've held any government positions, your travel history etc
3) NOC code - some NOC codes may be faster than others. I imagine science-based NOC codes may involve more thorough checking than manual labour related work with regards checking authenticity of work references and educational documents etc
And there's probably a bunch more factors as well that I haven't listed here.
So basically we are going to see medical requests come out in a somewhat random order. We've already seen this at Manila and New Delhi so no reason to believe London will be any different.
Of course, it does add stress and paranoia to earlier applicants who are wondering why they haven't had their medical requests yet!
But let's see what this week brings.
Wayne.