new to this board but just have a few questions about SET (LR) and the required documents. I was born and grew up outside the UK and have been here on various visas - tier 4 visa, tier 2 visa and skilled worker visa for past 10 years. My spouse who I met and married outside the UK still lives overseas but plans to move here in the next 6 months. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
1) For the question - "Do you have any family in your country of birth, nationality or any other country where you have lived for more than 5 years?" I put down family I have in my home country but do you have to write down if you have family in the UK as well?
2) For absences from the UK - on some trips outside I visited multiple countries in a single trip so would I just write down the main country and in the white space underneath specify which countries and how long I was in each of them? If I have visited more than 30 countries, is it ok to add them onto a separate piece of paper and upload at UKVCAS appointment?
3) For the criminal convictions section - is a penalty charge notice for council parking offences (parked on double yellow) something you have to declare?
4) For the section regarding 'Have you provided evidence of your English language ability in a previous application?' - I put down yes as when I applied for my first Tier 4 student visa, I used an international GCSE in English to prove my English language skills. It asks for evidence provided and so I put down the Home Office Reference Number for that application - is that sufficient?
5) For the section 'Do you have any other reasons for wanting to stay in the UK?' - The question made mention if there are compelling circumstances like ill health or children here - both of which are not relevant for me. My reason for staying in the UK are fairly normal - I want to regularise my immigration status as I see the UK as my long-term home for the future as it is where all my friends are and where I am settled in terms of my job. I have left this question blank as I don't know if it wants more extenuating circumstances rather than general reasons for staying in the UK?
6) For the evidence section it asks for my previous passports, travel documents and identity cards that I have used to travel or to remain in the UK. I have my current and previous passports which I plan to scan and upload. I also have an identity card from my home country which I have mentioned in previous application forms under the national identity card section but I have never used this to travel to the UK. Would I still need to upload it? Also, with respect to the visa stamps in my passport - some countries have issued electronic passes via email and some have given me pieces of paper which was to be kept inside my passport, some of which I have now lost? Would this be an issue? Would they need to be uploaded too?
7) My wife lives overseas and she has visited the UK for tourist reasons but she has never lived here and we have never formally lived together yet but she is planning to shift to the UK in the latter half of 2024. For the section asking 'Document(s) showing wife immigration status such as a passport, biometric residence card, or vignette'. Is it sufficient to just upload my wife's current passport data page at the front? Would we need to scan her whole passport? (She has recently got a new passport)
It also asks for 'Proof of my relationship status as the married or civil partner of my wife'' and 'Evidence you have to prove the relationship with your wife (for example marriage certificates), and correspondence addressed either to you jointly, or in both of your names, or addressed individually to you at the same address, to cover the last two years'. I have a marriage registration certificate in English which is the proof that we are married. Since we have not lived together yet, I do not have any correspondence of any kind which is addressed to both of us or individually at the same address. Will the marriage certificate be sufficient? Should I upload a short letter onto UKVCAS to explain why we don't have joint correspondence?9) Should I also upload all my previous UK visas and BRPs in my application as well?
Apologies for the lengthy questions - just want to do this process right the first time. Would greatly appreciate any advice that anyone has.
