Certificate of Approval - Processing Time

retromelissa
Junior Member



Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 27
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:49 pm

 

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I was wondering how long it actually takes to get one? I know the site states about 70 days processing time, but someone told me they got theirs in 2 weeks and someone else got theirs in 4 weeks. Has anyone here applied for one and how quick did you get it?

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Shae
New Member



Joined: 07 Nov 2007
Posts: 4
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:39 am

 

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Heya - I'm not sure of the time exactly but I heard about 3 weeks. Are you thinking about getting married here? I'm trying to figure out how to work all the red tape of everything. May go down the route of marriage soon.

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retromelissa
Junior Member



Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 27
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:22 am

 

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Yes we're going to get married here and then I'm going to switch to a spousal visa We'd though about going to Canada to marry as you don't need approval there, but with the cost of plane/train tickets we figured it might be better to just take our chances here. The people I've spoken to have said it's not hard to get a COA anyway 3 weeks isn't too long of a wait. I'm getting ahead of myself planning my wedding and I haven't even got the COA yet haha ^_^

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bonnie
New Member



Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Posts: 2

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:15 pm

 

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Hoping someone can help me out. I need to get a COA and have heard that it can take anywhere b/w 20-70 working days yet the home office is currently reviewing applications that were submitted in November 2007, almost 6 months ago! Has anyone gone through this application process recently? I'd like to get married in Sept this year and can't really book a venue if it's going to take approximately 6 months

any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Bonnie

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