British visa website goes TITSUP... just before XMAS HOLIDAYS

get in bed with Microsoft and that's what happens. Don't say you weren't warned UK gov

Take My Non British Wife...

Or somebody else's.

There must be quite a few non-British wives, maybe children, who want to visit UK for Christmas.

As it happens, we don't, and if we did, we'd have started the visa application process at least a month ago. The days when one got one's visa the next day, or anything like it, are loooong gone.

"Earlier this year, Theresa May, the Home Secretary, slammed UKBA's "inadequate" IT systems for being "incompatible" and unreliable".

She probably regards every non-Brit allowed in as a failure of the system. That's standard-issue attitude for Home Secretaries (of whatever party) and Sun readers.

Same people that brought you phones4U?

Re: Perfect time for an upgrade because noone *ever* leaves their visa renewal to the last minute.

Oh, I can believe it.

I can also believe that they have machines that take a half-hour to boot. I once did some consulting work for some boys who had ancient Win NT 4 systems which took that long to start. I made sure to get my money up front.