Got my spousal visa its a miracle!!!!

Thanks to everyone on the board especially the moderators, Coco your case also inspired me to take the bull by the horn and go back home to apply.
it went far better than i thought, i submit the application on the 26th of oct it was issued on the 3rd of nov, can you believe that, i was never interview, i guess i gave them enough documents. The only thing that happened was that i got a call earlier in the morning on the the 3rd of nov from an Eco she wanted to find out if i paid for using NHS when i had my baby in the uk, i answered truthfully that i had not paid any money, because my husband had asked and he was told since he paid his tax it was ok. Infact after she ended the call i was sad coz i thot it will count against during decision time.Coz she never indicate if i was successful at all.
when i called the application centre where i submitted the forms on the 7th nov, they said for me to come for my envelope, lo and behold it was my visa that wasnin it , when i thot i was going to be getting an interview date!!!! and to top it all the issue date was the 3rd the same day the lady called asking the nhs question. this is a miracle all the things i thot would come up didn't, i never physically went before any eco and it happened in less than two weeks, there sure is a God, and also the right documents too

I got in thru heathrow this afternoon , did the health check, everything went perfectly well, no stress. Thanks again to everyone. i am the happiest woman in the world now. Pls anyone trying for spousal visa should make sure they give enough documents its better more than less and pls pls proper presentation is a key factor. make sure they are in seperate folder, I am happy i found this site i helped me prepare my application well, am sure it made the eco's job easy. thanks again

Slim, many congratulations! Glad it all worked out! But then, with hindsight, why not?!!!!!

Now, just get on with the rest of your life! Well actually, don't overlook the need to use form SET(M) in nearly two years time to apply in the UK for your ILR. It will be extremely helpful to you if you downloaded the form now ... click here .... and study the section that talks about the evidence to be submitted with that application.

That is, start building up the evidence you will need to support the ILR application.

Thanks alot john, But i have a question, i am due for ILR in Nov 2008 at the same time with just a couple of days in between my husband will be due for is british passport to in nov 2008, am confused

1. am i going to be applying as one married to a british citizen

2. which form do i fill.

3. would i be given a british passport or Ilr.

4. do i wait for him to apply first for his british passport before i do, but if i wait i will be be late submitting by a week, because we just have 7 days in between our submissions.

5. do we submit both our applications together.

Thanks alot John your advice has always been most helpful.

Slim you need to have your ILR before you can apply for Naturalisation. So you need to get that out of the way first.

As regards when, after you have your ILR, you can apply for Naturalisation, can you remind me of your UK immigration history? When did you first come to the UK? On what sort of visa? Have you been "legal" at all times when in the UK?

hi john this is my reply am just abit lazy to write it again.
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... light=slim

thanks

So Slim, was it the case that you breached the condition of your visitor visa, for no one visit to exceed six months? It sounds like that was the case.

Accordingly I think there were periods of you being an "illegal" ... an overstayer .... prior to you getting your two year spouse visa.

So I think your plan should be thus. You say your husband can apply for Naturalisation in November 2008. He should proceed to do make that application. About the same time you will need to apply for your ILR. If your husband's application for Naturalisation is granted, surprise surprise, you will be married to a British Citizen. It therefore follows that your qualidying period is reduced to three years.

It is not clear exactly when you returned to the UK after getting your spouse visa. However I think your earliest date for applying for your Naturalisation is just after the third anniversary of the date you returned to the UK on your spouse visa.

That is my conclusion because it is essential for the applicant to have been "legal" at all times when in the UK during their qualifying period.

hi john thanks for your reply, pls can you explain this am not too clear

''However I think your earliest date for applying for your Naturalisation is just after the third anniversary of the date you returned to the UK on your spouse visa''

i returned back on the 11th nov that was on saturday..

I think that say 12.11.09 is the earliest date you can apply for Naturalisation. Do appreciate that in any case you need to have been physically in the UK exactly three years before IND receive the Naturalisation application.

Time in the UK before you returned to your own country? I don't think all of that time was "legal", in the sense that I think you were an overstayer for at least part of that time. Accordingly, as regards a Naturalisation application, it must be the case that at all times when in the UK you must have been "legal", in the three year qualifying period, you cannot count that time in the UK prior to you leaving the UK.

I am assuming that by the time you apply for your Naturalisation your husband will already be a British Citizen, otherwise there is a five year qualifying period rather than a three year one.

It is totally possible I have misunderstood your visa status prior to you leaving the UK. But I think you were on a 2-year visitor visa, but as visits on such a visa are limited to 6 months maximum each, I think you were are overstayer. If that is wrong, then do correct me.

Do not overlook, as already mentioned in this topic, your need to apply for ILR using form SET(M). That application needs to be made near the end of your current two-year spouse visa.

Hi Slim

Just a quick question, I am in a similar situation to you and I wanted to know - were you completely honest about your overstaying and did you provide eveidence like bank statements and bills under your name etc from the time you were overstaying?. I am trying to find out if I should supply this information and if it was not a problem for you it would give me far more confidence.

thank you in advance

mike

Hi mrmike, as there was no outright question on the form about overstaying i didn't fill that in and i would have come outright at the interview but i wasn't interviewed physically i had like a telephone interview where the eco asked why i used NHS without paying, because i had my child who is bristish here, i didn't submit any bill in my name all were in my spouse's only his car insurance that named me as a second driver.

thanks for the reply

as far as bills etc go, did you supply these bills under your spouses name to cover the proof od accomodation section etc?

also did you provide any bank statements of your own as proof of savings or were they joint accounts under both of your names?

thanks once again

Mike