When you apply, you’ll be told if you can pay to get a faster decision. You should usually get a decision within 8 weeks once you’ve applied online and you’re applying to extend a Parent of a Child Student visa. You should usually get a decision on your visa within 8 weeks once you’ve applied online to extend as a relative who’ll provide long-term care. Extend a relative who’ll provide long-term care visa You should usually get a decision on your visa within 8 weeks once you’ve applied online to switch to or extend as a child. If you need to make urgent travel overseas (for example, due to a family bereavement), we may be able to provide a faster decision. Please note that there may be circumstances which result in your application taking slightly longer. The average wait time for a decision is currently 8 months. If you’re currently applying under a 10-year route to settlement (or 5-year parent route to settlement), there are no standard processing times for applications submitted as a partner, parent or on the basis of your private life. Apply for leave to remain as a partner, parent or on the basis of your private life (10-year routes or 5-year parent route to settlement) fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner.spouse or partner (if you’re on a 5-year route to settlement).You should usually get a decision on your visa within 8 weeks once you’ve applied online to switch to or extend as a: You may be able to pay to get a faster decision - you’ll be told if you can when you apply. You should usually get a decision within 8 weeks once you’ve applied online to switch to or extend a Student or Child Student visa. You can stay in the UK until you’ve been given a decision, as long as you applied before your last visa expired. The waiting time ends for all applications when you get a letter or an email with a decision. The waiting time for Graduate visa applications starts when you’ve applied online and either attended your appointment at a visa service centre or submitted your documents using the ID Check app. verify your identity and submit your documents using the UK Immigration: ID Check app.

book and attend your appointment to submit your fingerprints and a photograph (biometric information) at a UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) centre or a Service and Support Centre (SSC).The waiting time starts once you’ve submitted your application online and ends when you get a letter or an email with a decision.Īs part of the application process, you’ll need to either: When your application’s waiting time starts and ends You’ll only be refunded if we have not started processing your application. You are advised not to book any travel before you apply or before a decision is made on your application.

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