ijamesf – thank you for your encouraging comments :) We have included a letter from my employer confirming my employment, my position, my salary and length of time with the company. Fingers crossed everything will be okay! Thank you batleykhan for sending the template for a letter of sponsorship. We ...

Thank you to everyone for their comments. Regarding the Sponsorship Undertaking Declaration form (SU07/12), we thought that this was only required if Part 4 of VAF4A Appendix 2 had to be completed (Part 4 – Maintenance for those exempt from the financial requirement). However, now we are thinking of ...

Thanks saw87 for your reply. We'll be sure to include photocopies of all the original documents we want back in that case. I wondered if you would mind casting an eye over the list of documents that we are planning on including. Since your application was successful it would be very helpful and ...

I am a British national living in England and have been in a four year relationship with a Turkish national who lives in Turkey. We got married last month in Turkey and we are about to apply for a spouse visa so that we can live together in England. We have prepared all the supporting evidence that ...

Hi saw87, Thank you for your nice message and thank you for the information about the marriage book. Congratulations to you and your husband on getting your spouse visa :D We are about to send off our application and we were wondering whether or not all our documentation and photos will be returned ...

I am a British National and I recently married my Turkish fiancé in Turkey. We are about to apply for a spouse visa so that he can come to the UK and we can be together. When we got married we were given a small red book called a “Livret de Famille International” which contains our names, surnames, p ...

Thank you Casa for your confirmation. We understood that the list of suggested evidence to prove our relationship was just a list of suggested points to address but we thought that proving shared financial responsibilities was important. It’s reassuring to know that it is not a requirement and we w ...

I am a UK national living in England and my boyfriend is a Turkish national living in Turkey (non-EU). We have maintained a long distance relationship for more than 3.5 years now. We are planning to marry this year in Turkey and then apply for a spouse visa which would allow us to be together ...

Oh that's great news. Such a relief. Thanks. Why is the official website misleading - that's bad.
Yes I am earning more than £18,600.
Do you know if there are any other essential requirements that are not listed on the official website?

I am a UK national living in England and my boyfriend is a Turkish national living in Turkey (non-EU). We met 3.5 years ago at a conference. Since then we have maintained a long distance relationship first by email, then by Skype and then in addition to Skyping every night we began to meet every 2-3 ...