nats wrote:Thanx malavan for valuable info. My peo is Sheffield. I m more worried bcoz they refused wife's ilr when she applied as dependent on my set(o) form by post previously. I called ukba n lady said set(o) is for 10 year basis. So i thought for peo with all forms now. Pray 4 me.
malavan1234 wrote:nats wrote:Congrats malavan, thats great news. Can you please tell what did you selected in FLR(M) form section 2 point 2.2 "Is it the 1st time you applying as partner"? if elect NO, what reason you gave below?? Also did u filled Financial Requirement Section or Maintenance section? It would be great if u help me out in this. I have appointment for FLR(M) on 4th April, really worried how will it go. I will follow the same on 1st window with FLR(M) and SET(M). now its seem like we have to take SET(O) as well :S Have you explained them any paragraphs or rules under which they should consider Settlement? If yes which ones..? and any additional documents you took with u except those mentioned in FLR(m) and Set(m) form?
malavan1234 wrote:I was at UK BA today to get visa for my wife and like to share my experince to anyone who likes to know.
first of all would like to thanks from every one who gave me advises and suggestions. (specially punjabi)
As some of you might know, I got my ILR(10 years) just last week and wanted to apply for my wife who was on student depandant visa and psw dependant perviousley for 5 years.
we booked the appointment under Flr (M) as we thought she needs to get visa under that. as I read some experinces of people here, we then decided to fill form Set(M) too and take both forms.
so we went to ukba today, and they asked us for the form on the first window! I showed them both forms as we dont know which form she is eligable. The lady said let me talk to my supervisor! she then called us and said wife has to apply under Set(M) which was great news for us.
after 2 hours waiting (already paid £1337 for set(m)) the case worker called us for checking the documents then we got shocking news!!
She said both Flr(M) and Set(M) are wrong forms and my wife should fill the Set(O) form!!!
she then brought the form for us and (thanks god) asked me to fill the form over there!! I quickly filled the form and after checking not even our all douments (except our marrige certificate and passports) she said wait for 15 minutes.
after 15 min she called again and gave a letter to my wife which was granted for her ILR. YES ILR.........
I think even them self dont know which form is right for 10 years long residancy dependant!!!
So my wife got her ILR same as me.....
Thanks again from every one who helped me in this forum..
In section 2.2 I have selected Yes cos I have just granted for settel and it was first time my wif was applying under my ILR ( pereviously she was on my tier 4 dependant)
Reagarding finance, I filled both finance and maintance cos we had covered more than £18600 and als no problem on maintance.
they didnt give me chance to explain them the rule, u have to be very wise on the sitution I think, from their body language and communication I thought I do whatever they are going to say......so becarful what you gonna say to them...
which peo u have appointment on 4 april?
I took everythings what i thought gonna be useful....like, all bank statment from since last year, all pay slips for me an my wife since last year ( I work part time my wife works full time), last 2 years electricity bills which is in both name, my mortgage letter, even mine and my wife driving licence which the case worker had a look on wife driving licence date which was for 3 years ago....
dont worry, hope u get it.....just more confidance and think optomistic....I do pray for u.....
GOOD LUCK......
Hi all....
malavan and nats, thanks a lot for sharing your experiences with us. I'm pretty much on the same boat as you guys and just wanted to clarify a few things.
I've just been granted ILR (10 years route) a couple weeks ago after 8 months waiting. I have also just applied for my baby's naturalisation this week and now am in the process of sorting out my wife's situation. I was previously on a student visa and my wife is still a student dependant, just like malavan's case.
I was hoping for the same same outcome as malavan had but have just now seen nats' outcome as well as these new rules that came into effect last 6th of April. Did I get it right, as from 6 April 2013 time spent as a student dependant does not count towards settlement on the spouse route? If so, all chances of achieving something like malavan did are pretty much gone, right?
Also malavan, from further reading I've been doing today here, SET(M) really would not be the right form as it's for settlement of spouses/partners of people that have been granted ILR under PBS route only, not under 10 year rule. So, did the case worker mention anything with regards to why SET(O) was the right form for you? Or did they just do it by discretion?
I was thinking of even going from London to Liverpool to try and get the same supervisor who authorized yours.
I remember someone else a bit more than a month ago on this thread that had a similar case and also managed to get settlement straight away. Does anyone remember? I'd like to know what their exact situation was and which PEO he went to.
Anyway, as for the the last changes of 6th April, that doesn't bother me much as my wife will complete 10 years this September and her case is pretty straight forward in that matter, no gaps or anything. However, I definitely would still like to try and go straight for settlement and avoid going through/paying one extra application.
Lastly, Damanishallo, if I try and sum up my current situation from what I understand, could you just try and put your 2 cents?
- Better chance of going for FLR(M) rather than settlement for my wife.
(Will try and take the SET forms to PEO appointment and see what happens anyway.)
- As she's been a PBS dependant for 6/7 years, she falls under old rules (before 9th July). That means maintenance instead of financial requirements. You mentioned something previously along the lines of £150 pounds spare per week after living costs (rent & council tax), right? Income of both myself and my wife is counted.
- MY MAIN DOUBT - As far as money, my wife has been on a 20K + commission contract for 3 to 4 years but went into maternity leave for 10 months and has been back at work for 4 months now on a part-time basis. She's currently earning around £1.000 net a month. I have not been earning much myself as I've been studying until just now, about £500-600 net a month. In addition to that, my parents have been helping out these last 6 months by sending £800-900 a month by western union (I have about 3 to 4 receipts by western union). So, as far as maintenance we can show my wife's 20 K contract + letter from her employer + two p60s of her previous years showing 22K total + payslips from both our jobs covering a long time + western union receipts + bank statements + savings statement covering 2/3 months (not longer) with £4 K in it. I do not have a contract but can get a letter from my employer. My wife's latest payslips (last 12 months) are for around £1000 net (last 3 months) and around £600 (9 months maternity leave). My payslips show an average of £150 net weekly. Our current rent is £1050 a month but we're moving soon to a place that will be £875 a month. I could take the contract of the new property to the appointment.
Sorry for the long text, but do you reckon that's enough to cover the maintenance requirements?
- Lastly, I've also seen something about 28 days period to switch from current status to whichever one after partner has been granted ILR. How strict are these 28 days? My wife's student dependant visa is valid until 2014.
- So basically,I'll book an FLR(M) apointment, take all the maintenance documentation, marriage certificate (UK), co habitation docs, tenancy agreement, english test certificate, and also her life in the UK certificate (she has it already), baby's birth certificate, acknowledgement letter of baby's naturalisation, mention she's close to 10 years, take SET(M) and SET(O) forms,
, and see if I can blag settlement straight away. What do you guys reckon?
Thanks a lot once more and to everyone else waiting for their ILR, keep the faith!
Hopefully my ordeal with all of this will soon be over....
Cheers
but they delivered on Monday 8th April coz of UKBA closure due to strike. But anyway they consider postal date so fingers crossed