I too have used the online service for my wifes settlement visa and no problem.. joint bills i dont think are a problem.. what you need is proof your marriage is genuine.. all the papers regarding this photos and bills of the wedding.. reception etc photos of you and your wife before and after the m...

thank you

ok thanks.. that makes more sense

Hi people.. with my wife and sons arrival imminent(sp).. I got to thinking about the future.
when my wifes 2 year settlement visa is up and we then go to ILR i believe, in the 2 years what sort of documentation should we build up for this process.
thanks

hi.. im looking into my wife opening a bank account.. she will be here on a settlement visa and i was looking at the halifax easy cash a/c but it says you have to be a uk resident and i assume this to mean uk passport holder..
does anyone have any uptodate info..
many thanks

ok thanks.. i am happy with the family visit visa for now anyway.. obviously we did show enough evidence of intention to return after 6 months..we didnt just get the family visa so we could change to a settlement but if the custody was settled within the 6 months then we would like to change to sett...

advice for spouse visa.... receipts, receipts, receipts.. instead of calling cards try online calling cards.. they dont itemise the bill but you do have a record of how many purchased. only problem is when you begin your relationship as with mine, you are not actually thinking maybe in 2 years we wi...

Hi folks.. just a quick update.. we applied for a family visit visa for our son on 16 Feb and got a reply 9 march that it has been approved.. woohoo
should have it in a few days..
anyone know how dificult it will be to try and change to settlement visa during this 6 months?
many thanks

of course a full hearing can take months where as papers take weeks usually, i thought i had gone the best way but waiting for another 6 months was just not going to work(personal reasons)
I hope whatever you decide to do works for you

hi shazhad, you will find the details of my case in the post of mine you answered the other day about the family visit visa.
if you need more info pm me
we did not appeal in the uk but from the country of residence of my wife

As far as i understand it the husband MUST be the wifes sponsor, i believe you can use family members to help support the visit financially with all the necessary paperwork.
hope this helps

I guess it differs from which country you apply but we recently did appeal on papers and we got a reply in approx 2 weeks by telephone, unfortunately we lost it but I hope you are succesful.

thankyou shahzad, this is what we intend to do

thanks very much for that information but i think we have now decided to get my stepson a family visit visa for 6 months and see how that goes.
thanks again

Hello again, I have a question about the spouse settlement visa and i hope someone can help. My wife was granted her settlement visa in Dec 2010 but due to not getting her sons(my stepson) visa may have to wait in her country of origin until the sons visa is sorted. I believe she has 4 months from t...

Hi and thanks for your reply, it was only issed for 12 months because my wife is still in the process of being legally granted sole custody. She has always been solely responsible for him as his father abandoned him before he was born but as in some countries never got any legal documents to prove t...

thanks for your input, i did wonder this myself but as the embassy official who telephoned my wife to say he hasnt won his appeal suggested this alternative i figured maybe its ok. Can anyone else confirm that he is unlikely to be issued a visitor visa because of the failed resident visa? thanks aga...

Hi, i posted about a month ago my wife got her resident visa but my stepson was turned down due to us not providing sufficient evidence of sole responsibilty, we appealed and gave the evidence they required plus a document that shows my stepson has permission from his govt. to leave the country, pro...

thanks,
im angry with our lawyer as it seems to me it was something they should have known was needed in our case,
going to cost us more time apart from each other not to mention financial loss

update: we had a refual letter with the passports, so i am gutted, seems we didnt provide enough evidence of sole custody so im hoping we can appeal and supply what they need.. is that how it works?
please any thoughts
thanks

Hi, my first time here on this board and i need some help My wife and stepson ( 2yrs old)both applied for visa resident for the uk but when passports returned my wifes had a visa inside but my stepsons did not, only a basic ink stamp with location of embassy and date. Does this mean he was refused a...