Hi guys,
As I type this message my fingers tremble with joy and excitement.
Finally my moment has arrived. Its PPR!!!!
After a wait of 388 days it arrived in my inbox.
Below is my timeline -
2 applicants (my wife is the primary applicant)
AOR - 17th September 2018
Medical Passed - 17th October 2018
ADR 1 - Police clearance certificate for my wife some issue with the format (November 13th 2018)
...Long Silence...
First GCMS ordered - 9th January 2019 received - 6th February 2019 (Review required for job duties and responsibilities)
Sent an LOE(Letter of explanation)
Nobody touched the file after November 2018.
...Long Silence continues...
Tried to send a webform.
Somewhere around March end got a response that the file is transferred to London Visa Office.
Tried to contact LVO directly.
Got a response on April 11th 2019.
"Your file was recently transferred to our office and awaiting review by an officer."
...Silence...
Second GCMS ordered - 12th May 2019 received - 17th June 2019 (No updates - Review required for job duties and responsibilities)
Nobody had touched the application yet.
1st August 2019 - Boom! first ghost update
Additional documents status said - We need additional documents to continue processing your application.
9th August 2019 - ADR 2 - Employment contract for wife experience, all the pay-slips, last 6 months bank statement
20th August 2019 - Medical expired
Medical status changed to - You do not need medical exam. We will send you a message if this changes.
25th September 2019 - ADR 3 - Schedule A, Travel history, Additional Family Info, Police certificate for resident country(for both the applicants)
1st October 2019 - Background status changed to - We are processing your background check.
2nd October 2019 - Medical passed (extended as no re-medical)
10-10-2019 - PPR!!
This wait has taught me many lessons of life.
This group had been my only ray of hope during this excruciating and never ending wait.
Whenever I saw someone's PPR message, it used to give me a boost to continue with my life.
Whoever is waiting, don't lose hope guys, don't stop living, it'll come.
Thanks.