Something between two weeks and six months! It is actually impossible to quantify, I'm afraid - I've seen many reports of applications taking less than a month, but I've also seen reports of them taking up to six months. Using NCS seems to speed things up, though...

paul

The IND website gives an average waiting time of 4.88 months as at the end of August - and that is down from over five months the previous month, if I recall correctly. Still shorter than the six months they advise it might take....

i just want to know how long it takes before your application is completely processed.