You mean you think as we've been married 20+, no kids and have some capital, in your experience, though it took them 7 months to pick up, they'll be speedy at processing us as it's a 'simple' case? I've heard the London Visa Office is super slow.....
Your seven month gap was right in the midst of covid, so yes, I think should be faster. (Not sure that 'faster' meets your definition of speedy, but hopefully well within the 12 month validity of your medicals.)
Hi. There is a panel physician a few stops from the biometrics place on the central line. It's called visa medicals and I think that you get off at Bond Street station and it's about a 5-10 minute walk from there. When I checked with them they had good appointment availability. That is of course if you want to kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
It sounds like, in your experience, we might be good to go by July 2020? Even if it goes to London VO?
I am not saying that or giving specific date guesses. You said you were concerned you'd have to do the medical again if you do them now. I think it's a reasonable guess that your file will be complete before 12 months from now.
Well, yes - meds are valid for a year, and that's what you asked about. Perhaps will go much quicker but I don't know.
For all transfers, it's not a scanning system of 'arrived'. It changes in the system not when physically received but when registered and possibly assigned to a task. It doesn't mean it's lost in the post, metaphorically in a mail room unopened.
