they didn’t say they would announce anything on 31st, what they said was they would trial the extra Covid test between 16-31 December, then they would look at the results between then and I think it was 14 January. But the way things have developed I’m not confident of things changing,also they just announced that people from Uk will no longer get an hour freedom per day until 14th day of quarantine due to this new strain of the virus
I sent it 27 November and got it back 2nd December, they received in on the Monday and put it back in the post on Tuesday so I’d say that’s a good turnaround! But there’s a couple of bank holidays next week and they have been isolating due to a positive Covid test in the office this week
I got my visa back after 4 working days (UK) sent it Friday and got the passport back the next Wednesday, just apply for the visa it’s £30 then when you have that book the rest around that but I’m not sure how long the Coe takes?
I had that problem I just used I phone and it gave me the option to resize it, it wouldn’t accept a screen shot but would accept a photo using the phone camera
no in Uk you can get your intended dates and get the visa, then when you have the visa stamped into your passport you then get a 3 month time that the visa is valid to enter.
You then book your flights and ASQ and other things needed to apply for the COE