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by Izzy72 » Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:59 pm
Dear All,
If anyone could give me advice for the questions below, I would be grateful. I am going to apply on Monday.
1. I am going to apply for myself and for my son who is 15 years old as he came with me ten years ago. He had been my dependent for the first 6 years, then he took his own student visa. I know he should apply independently but not as a dependent, so I am preparing his application form too.
Just recently, I found out his passport has expired in May. But his student visa expiry date is in 2016. I soon applied for his renewed passport and we can get it on this Friday. I was wondering if this gap between May and August will be a problem for the 10 years requirement… because the passport needs to cover for the all 10 years stay, doesn't it? Or if his visa covers 10 years, there will be no problem? I have asked a immigration advisor about this and she said 'no problem', but now I can't trust her words for some reasons previously mentioned, so I am asking if anyone know about this to make sure.
If it will be a problem, what kind of document is appropriate to submit? He is 15 years old and doesn't have any public document which has his name on..
2. In previous forum answers, I read that we should photocopy all of the pages of the current passport, but for the old ones only visa page is ok. In my son's case, as the reason above, the current passport will be all blank pages but do I need to photocopy for the all of them?
3. Even though my son is 15 years old and he has no bank account or utility account or anything, should he sign the section 5, page 22?
It's strange because on the section 6, they say parent or legal guardian should sign if applicant is under 18, but for the section 5, there is no mention about this, so I was wondering if someone know about this.
4. When I applied my current Tier 4 student visa, I was living in temporary place and didn't know the next address when the granted letter and BRP would be sent. So I used my friend's address as corresponding address. I could move in to a new place which is my current place, but the granted letter and the BRP arrived the corresponding address and there was no problem.
My question is should we notify this kind of address change when we were waiting the BRP comes? I don't know if BRP hold address information too, but if so, my current address is different from that record, so will it be a problem? Anyway I made a list of my addresses in the last 5 years to put after B14, B15, so is that enough to show my address changes?
5. Does anyone know if it's ok to put my application and my son's application together in one envelope to send? Because he was my dependent for certain period, also I am his parent and signed his form, so I think sending together is more sensible..
If anyone give me prompt answers, I would be appreciate.
Thank you.
Izzy
