In December, as a result of Vanguard’s price hike, I initiated an ISA transfer from my S&S ISA in Vanguard to my IE S&S ISA. The estimated date for completion was 12/01/2025 and it’s gone through the Request, Valuation, Transfer, Settlement phases already.
However, for about 3-4 weeks now it appears to be stuck on the Completion stage. This is my first time doing a transfer between ISAs so I’m not sure what the typical timescales are, but this seems like a long time for it to be held up.
Is to be expected or is this something I need to contact support about?
An in specie ISA transfer should generally take up to 30 business days, but regularly take in the 6 - 8 weeks range, it is also certainly not unheard of them taking over 3 months to complete.
Thanks both. At the time I selected an in specie transfer so perhaps that’s the cause of the delay. It sounds like selling to cash first is the way to go if you want it done quickly, even if the investment will be the same. Wish I’d known sooner!
