Hi Folks, I hope everyone is well. Im helping a friend apply for Further leave to remain, as his spouse visa is now coming to an end. I have a couple of questions regarding the form, and i thought i would run it by the good peeps here : For the financial requirement, he will be using his and his wif...

Hi everybody, I have a question on behalf of a friend. He currently is in the uk on a spouse visa from pakistan, the 33 month visa will expire in 2018. The question is about the financial requirements. Basically the plan is to be earning around 22k and they have a child born in the uk, so is the fin...

Hi everybody, I have a question on behalf of a friend. He currently is in the uk on a spouse visa from pakistan, the 33 month visa will expire in 2018, but the pakistani passport is due to expire in april 2017, this will be renewed around that time, but how is the visa managed, do you keep the old p...

By the grace of allah, my bro in law has been granted his visa. After recieving the email that the documents are ready, he got a call a few hours later, telling him to come and collect the documents today, thankfully it was a positive result :) For info, he applied on Feb 20th (they got married in O...

Hi Everyone, Just a quick question, my bro in law applied for spouse visa via mirpur back in Feb 2015. Yesterday he got and email stating as below : "This is an email to confirm that your UK visa application has been processed and will now be returned to the Visa Application Centre for collection. Y...

Hi Peeps, Ive recently applied for a schengen visa from Belgium for a few days in Belgium and France, I applied at the VFS handling centre in Manchester. Im just wondering if the processing time is working days or calender days, as the website is a touch unclear.Its been 14 calender days since i app...

I guess for this to apply, you need to apply direct at the embassy?

Hi There, Im the wife of a British national, I hold ILR, but im a pakistani national. I recently applied for a Schengen Visa to France, and it was refused, they claim I did not provide proof of sufficent funds, even though we supplied them with a the last 3 months joint bank statements showing £350,...

I used the scs service is nottingham. It took 6 weeks in total. They didnt submit my payslips or p60s as my bank statements showed salary going in etc. I was a bit nervous but it all worked out great. The lady did mention that you shouldnt include too much paperwork as it just cloggs up the officers...

gm21 wrote:Hi Wassap many congrats for your partner visa, just a quick question, when you used settlement services did they return your spouse orginal passport and BRP back ? or was it just yours original returned.

Hi, yes both our passports were returns, but she was advised not to travel until she got ILR.

It took my wife 4 weeks after the biometric was done to receive ILR.

Hi All, Just wanted to say thanks for all the support/info on this great forum. And thank god, it all went smoothly. My wife received her BRP this morning. Its taken around 6 weeks, which isn't bad as I expected 3 months at least! Nottingham council seemed very experienced, so im glad I used them in...

Good news this morning, got a letter from HO stating we will have the BRP sent to us via secure courier in the next 7 working days! Happy days and thank god its been a simple and reasonably quick process, and the £100 spent at the Nottingham SCS service has been well spent imo ! Application submissi...

Here's our updated timeline. Date Applied: 13/08/2013 Date of payment taken: 19/08/2013 Date of the acknowledgement letter: 16/08/13 received 20/08/13 Biometric letter: 27/08/13 received 30/08/13 Biometrics done: 30/08/13 Date of approval: Note on Biometrics: Post Office website is RUBBISH at tryin...

Hi All, We got the acceptance letter yesterday and also the biometrics letter, were going to get the bio's done shortly.

My wife got her spouse visa granted in august 11, and its valid till October 2013, so about 27 months in total.

Keeping fingers crossed it all goes smoothly!

Hi All, Just wondered if there are any August ILR applicants, my wife submitted her SETM form at Nottingham council, using the SCS service on the 9th of August, her 2 years are due to finish on the 20th of August. Just wondering if we can do a tracker thread, ive seen threads for other months and I ...

Any advice please?

Hi All, My wifey came over in Aug 2011 as my spouse, im a UK national, and its time to apply for ILR using SETM. Just after some more quick advice, ive got an appointment with Nottingham council for the SCS soon, and im just looking to clarify the following documents will be enough? Wifey entered as...

Thanks for that. I thought as much, just needed clarification

Hi All, Apologies if this question has been asked before. My wife came here nearly 2 years ago so its time to get the wallet open and apply for ILR. The form is pretty clear on the whole and we have no issues in terms of salary slip housing etc. But I need to clarify what documents we need to submit...

Hi Folks, Just a quickie! My wife arrived to live with me from Pakistan on 20th of August 2011, on a spouse visa, her visa was granted on 10th of august 2011. Just wondering when she is meant to apply for ILR, im just in the process of getting all the paperwork together in terms of letters and photo...

Hi There, hope the below helps. my question is will my having no bank balance and 50 pounds income,as this is common private teacher income in Pakistan, will be a problem for my visa?.my would be wife has good income and you can say she is rich and i am poor As long as she has a decent income and ac...

I am frustrated just as much as any of you, because a man and wife can't be together. I am frustrated when I read or hear about refusals, hence I sound intimidating. I think it's absolutely clear now, whatever degree you have, whoever you get to confirm it, it's all useless if it don't do the Engli...

@ Nazema I returned from Pakistan last weekend and had just 2 days within which to gather all my documents to lodge an appeal. I lodged the appeal on Thursday last week. Has anybody any idea how long it is before we hear from the IAT and I am sure that this question has already been asked but I wou...

I've seen and heard about many applications being refused because of people assuming that the degrees or masters they have achieved in Pakistan being sufficient. I know of my dad's friend's daughter being refused for the same reason. My wifes masters (from quaid e azam uni, isb) nor bachelors (AJK ...