I submitted an application recently in India, which was approved pretty surprisingly quickly. I did not have any free form letter from me. You'll see another post where I have said that UK Visas told me by email the sponsorship form SU 07 was not necessary. However, VFS application centre asked us t...

This is the one I used for my wife's visa application in early February 2015. Visa since granted.

Yes, I did that. Visa was correctly issued. I just updated this post so that any one else in the same situation has the details of what we did.

Just FYI

The VFS application centre in Mumbai nonetheless asked for this sponsorship declaration form.

FYI this was resolved in the end: Email 1: Thank you for contacting the UK Visas and immigrations international enquiry service. The information on the passport have to match with the application form and when you complete application form you may copy the first mane in the same field and mention ev...

I don't think there's any option really - the UK has tightened rules on ADRs. There's the Surinder Singh route, but I am not sure exactly how it would work.

Thanks guys.

I think there's an allowance of some 180 days of holiday out of the country in the 5 year period?

Hi guys As some of you may know, my wife has been granted a spouse visa. Her visa ("visa 1") appears to be have been granted for a period of 33 months. Is anyone aware of any time limit for travel to the UK? In other words, can she wait in India for a couple of months and then travel to the UK? Even...

Lots. Main documents: Visa application Appendix 2 for financial requirement Supporting documents: Salary slips - 9 months I think although only 6 required - original National Insurance card photocopy Bank statements showing salary credit - original Mortgage statements - original Title deed of proper...

Thanks. Applied on Monday, passport received back on Friday - we must be very lucky!! I was preparing for a 2 month wait to be honest!!

Good luck to the others!

Visa granted!!

Sure

Thanks, I'll update this when I know more.

If it is a refusal, do they not first contact you to allow you to provide any other information they need? I notice that the application timeline at Mumbai seems pretty quick: http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/India/pdf/India_Publishing_Weekly_Processing_times_070215.pdf See page 5 here where it says settl...

Your Visa Application at the British Deputy High Commission, Mumbai

No - but I do have it from the application copy that I have

Hi We applied for a spouse visa for my wife on Monday in Mumbai. I am a British citizen, so her visa is a family of settled person visa. Today we have received an email: Your UK visa application has now been processed and a decision has been made. Your passport and documents will be dispatched from ...

Thank you. I asked the Visa4UK team, and they responded as follows, for the benefit of anyone else reading this: With regards to your query, Applicants only need to provide the sponsorship declaration form if they are applying as a parent, grandparent or other over 18 dependant relative of a British...

Hi Having completed the form further, I notice that there is a section called "Sponsor details" and in here, it asks for details of the sponsor. In my case, this is me, as a British citizen, sponsoring my fiancée, once we have married later this month. However, where it asks for "What is their relat...

Great, thanks so much Ray, much appreciated.

Hi, I am a British citizen (thanks to everyone who helped me earlier on this forum with my application!). I am getting married in January, and my fiancée will be applying for a visa after our wedding, as my spouse. She's currently outside the UK / EEA. I'm trying to complete the online application a...

I've just noticed that the online application process requires a last name for the creation of the application. This is a bit disconcerting - should I just press the spacebar once to make it a blank last name?

Any guidance appreciated!!

Well, it's not abnormal for the part of the country she resides in (South India) but it will be for other parts of the country.

Hi My fiancee will be applying for a family of settled person visa shortly. She only has a first name - i.e. no middle name and no last name. This is consistent on all her documents e.g. current passport, birth certificate, university certificates etc. Has anyone else had experience of applying for ...

I got there for around 9 40 and got my token. I work nearby, so I took the opportunity then to go get a coffee and a photocopy of my naturalisation certificate. I returned around 10 30 I think, and then my token got called only around 12 noon. So it looks like it'll be a long wait if you take my lea...