Confused Regarding FLR (M) document requirements

Hi everyone. I'm in need of some help regarding my wife's application for FLR (M) application. This will be her first extension since entering on a Spouce visa.

I'm just a little confused as to what documentation is required of us.

Due to Covid19 (my wife stopped working) so the application will be using my income as a PAYE earner to cover the financial obligation. I will use the same combination of documents as the original settlement visa application. Pay slips, bank statements, employment contract and letter from employer. (Anything else?).

Accommodation docs will be pretty much the same as the original settlement application.

She will take the A2 English test and include certificate.

We are struggling to put together correspondence letters at the address in her name, though we have some that we think are useable.

Marriage cert and translations that were used in settlement application.

Do we need to include birth certificate again?

Is there any medical requirement? For settlement visa she needed the TB test.

Anything else?

Many thanks for any help.

Accommodation docs will be pretty much the same as the original settlement application.

There is no requirement to prove adequate accommodation for an extension.

We are struggling to put together correspondence letters at the address in her name, though we have some that we think are useable.

You need documents in both your names, either jointly addressed or individually. Anything such as council tax, utility bills, NHS letters, HMRC letters, TV licences etc etc.

Do we need to include birth certificate again?

Whose birth cert?? Your partner's?? Was never a requirment and still isn't.

Is there any medical requirement? For settlement visa she needed the TB test.

No.

^Hi CR001. Thanks for a fast informative reply. Do you know if there is a document check list for FLR on the forum anywhere? I'm searching about but cant find anything.

Are there no documents regarding accommodation required at all?

Thanks again

Do you know if there is a document check list for FLR on the forum anywhere? I'm searching about but cant find anything.

There isn't. You will get a checklist at the end of the application process online.

Are there no documents regarding accommodation required at all?

Not the proof of adequate accommodation etc required for a spouse entry clearance visa no. You need to prove subsisting relationship at the same address for the last two years which can include tenancy agreement or mortgage documents etc. But a property inspection report is not required etc.

^Thanks again for the info. I have some more questions but will post them in this thread over time as I get the paperwork together. Application is not until December but my main concern is now the shared correspondence to our address. Simply through my own ignorance to the process this has been somewhat overlooked. We dont have tenancy agreements, shared mortgage or anything else jointly in our name. I have docs for our address in my name, but for her we can only find the following:

2 x HM Revenue & Custons letters.
2x NHS letters
1x DVLA letter
2x Bank letter
1x Nest pension letter
1x DBS certificate

This has got me rather concerned.

Anything in either of your names is fine. From 3 to 6 sources, spread evenly for every 3 to 4 months.

What are the dates if the evidence you have?? Does she have bank statements or bank letters? What about P60s? Or employer correspondence?

Steve Wells wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:31 pm

^Thanks again for the info. I have some more questions but will post them in this thread over time as I get the paperwork together. Application is not until December but my main concern is now the shared correspondence to our address. Simply through my own ignorance to the process this has been somewhat overlooked. We dont have tenancy agreements, shared mortgage or anything else jointly in our name. I have docs for our address in my name, but for her we can only find the following:

2 x HM Revenue & Custons letters.
2x NHS letters
1x DVLA letter
2x Bank letter
1x Nest pension letter
1x DBS certificate

This has got me rather concerned.

Note that for the evidence of cohabitation requirement, the documents you are presenting should have and even spread of 3-4 months covering the last 2 years. Keep checking to see what documents you can get for evidence and there if applying in December you can still get at least one other source in.

We cant find P60 but I believe she can get a duplicate from HMRC.

She can go in to bank and print of statement that shows address.

Dates on letters she has in her possession are.

DVLA letter is not even dated!

Bank letter June 2018
Pension letter August 2018
NHS letter November 2018
NHS letter January 2019
DBS check letter July 2019
HMRC letter March 2020

*Note. We have just found a further NHS letter from June 2019 and NINo allocation letter from May 2018

Steve Wells wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:56 pm

We cant find P60 but I believe she can get a duplicate from HMRC.

She can go in to bank and print of statement that shows address.

Dates on letters she has in her possession are.

DVLA letter is not even dated!

Bank letter June 2018
Pension letter August 2018
NHS letter November 2018
NHS letter January 2019
DBS check letter July 2019
HMRC letter March 2020

You have indicated intention to apply FLR(M) in December 2020, the evidence of cohabitation should cover the 2 years preceding the application. The new bank statement will carry the date it is printed.Find documents, correspondences that cover the period with spacing of 3-4 months.
You can still get at least 1 of such evidence between now and your intended time of application.

Steve Wells wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 15, 2020 1:08 pm

*Note. We have just found a further NHS letter from June 2019 and NINo allocation letter from May 2018

Keep looking and take note of the spacing and the duration it is to cover.

Steve Wells wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:56 pm

We cant find P60 but I believe she can get a duplicate from HMRC.

She can go in to bank and print of statement that shows address.

Dates on letters she has in her possession are.

DVLA letter is not even dated!

Bank letter June 2018
Pension letter August 2018
NHS letter November 2018
NHS letter January 2019
DBS check letter July 2019
HMRC letter March 2020

How about mobile bill, voter electoral registration form, car insurance documents, any private/public body questionaire or any marketing stuff in post etc.

Thanks for the replies. She will try and get s bank statement next week, and I'm thinking of a way to get some other form of letter through the post from local council or a government agency, just looking online at the moment.t for ideas.

I read that including a personal letter from someone stating they can confirm that the applicant is living at that address does not hold any weight in the application, however my next door neighbour is Chief Inspector of local police force, would a letter from him stating that the applicant lives at that address be of any help? I would only ask him if I thought there is a good chance that doing so would be beneficial.

Thanks again for any thoughts.

Such letters are irrelevant and carry no weight or influence for an application.

^Thanks, that is what I suspected.

CR001 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:11 pm

Are there no documents regarding accommodation required at all?

Not the proof of adequate accommodation etc required for a spouse entry clearance visa no. You need to prove subsisting relationship at the same address for the last two years which can include tenancy agreement or mortgage documents etc. But a property inspection report is not required etc.

This can be missed quite easily but the adequate accomodation requirement sits under the financial requirements in E-LTRP.3.4.

Just as it sits under the financial requirements under entry clearance in E-ECP.3.4.