Hi everyone! Thought I’d share my live timeline (also for my own sanity).
Submitted and emailed my endorsement request to GTV Home Office — 20 May 2026. Received the automatic reply email a few minutes afterwards.
Because my current visa expires in a few months, I am currently working on submitting Stage 2 of the application.
Extremely nervous and anxious about this 🥹
hi everyone! a quick explanation: i’m in the process of completing my application for the ACE under the combined arts route for exceptional promise. my current visa expires in September of this year and i’ve been reading that the process times have increased from 8 weeks to 12 weeks and in some cases 14 weeks and even longer. originally, i was going to submit stage 1 and wait to hear back from the council, but i’ve been reading it may be beneficial to submit both stage 1 & 2 at the same time as stage 2 won’t be processed until the endorsement is received. so the new plan was to submit both stages at the same time and pay for both fees.
i am a bit anxious about the whole thing and was curious in the case stage 1 gets rejected and stage 2 gets denied, will i have to submit a new application for stage 2 and pay the application fee again?
thank you in advanced! :)