Hi all, My wifes spousal visa has another 5 months left on it (orignally granted 2 years 9 months). We are not sure when to apply for an extension however. The concern is that we leave it too late and the current visa expires, before we get the new one. Or that we apply too early and then we will f...

I would appreciate if anyone can help me out. I'm about to go for our first extension on a 10 year route parent on private life. Our daughter was born in the UK and we applied 2.5 years ago for leave to remain under the 7 year residency. I have read I could try to switch from 10 years to 5 years an...

Where are you applying from?

She should declare all visa made to the UK. That's fine I understand. My question was does tourism visa and Tier 4 Visa which she had in the past fall under Leave to Remain category? tourist visa & tier 4 granted from abroad will be called leave to enter but you need to declare all previous travel ...

Hope someone can help In short: Are spouse applications from people who entered the UK without a visa automatically considered to be not straight forward? In full: I'm a British citizen and my husband is Chinese. He entered the UK around 7 years ago without a visa and we married in June of last yea...

There's no way round it if the cash was not deposited into the account.

Thank you Amazonian and Tod. My wife recently updated passport. The thing is, the old one has all travel history and stamps etc, should we just include this in extra information? You just need to scanned all passport pages for the new passport and provide entry dates into the country in the applica...

I probably am...but you know It's people's lives/relationships we are talking about. Can't help feeling like this. Also, in regards to the company called VFS Global, I'm I able to upload all our documents, or is it only my wife? It mentions she can upload and If I want to send any extra I have to p...

Good morning, I've previously had some great help from these boards when my wife and I applied for her spouse visa to the UK (unfortunately I've lost my log in details for original user account). However long story short - my wife and her son were granted 2.5 year spouse / family visas and we are c...

Hi all, I am a British Citizen got citizenship last year in Jan 2021 and also got divorced in March 2021, lately i got married again in India and girl was already here on student visa. We got into a relationship back in April 2021 and moved in together in Sept and travelled India to get married in ...

Can I go to VFS and scan my documents in the UK and my wife scan her documents at VFS in her country? I was thinking of sending my documents to her by Fedex actually to make it simple. I don’t have a scanner and the scanner apps on phones don’t work well. There's NO need to send documents via Fedex...

UKJPN wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:22 am

Sorry, 1 more question on Finance.

It says:

Questions, Do you want to add a previous job from within the last 12 months?

Answer: NO

I worked in Japan, but I think it's only work in the UK right? Does anyone know?

This is correct.

Dear All, Question on finance Question: What do they earn? The answer I put: The same amount continuously, above the financial requirement amount. My first-month pay which was December because I started on the 6th of December might show a bit less than the next months...does that matter? I have not...

Hi All, My wife applied for Spouse Visa and submitted an online application via a UK solicitor on November 1, 2021. All documents were uploaded online and she did her biometrics in an application centre in Africa on November, 17th 2021. We received an email on 30th December 2021 that the applicatio...

Council Tax Reduction, Housing Benefit, and Universal Credit When a person is living with a partner who is subject to the NRPF condition, they would need to find out if they have to include their partner's details on the benefit claim. If they do, they would need to find out whether they will get an...

There's a concession which allows people to apply from abroad but you do not qualify for this concession See COVID concession Eligibility criteria This section outlines the eligibility criteria for the Covid Visa Concession Scheme (CVCS). To be eligible the person must be abroad and all of the follo...

TODMATT wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:08 pm

You cannot extend a spouse visa from abroad under any circumstances.

When did you travel abroad and how long have you been there?

possibly but can you answer the question above.

Thanks, yeah I eventually figured that out. I am still unsure as to whether the "unofficial" copy of land registry title that I downloaded is sufficient or whether I have to get an official one. I only have a few day to pay and put in application so I am hoping the former rather than the latter. On...

You cannot extend a spouse visa from abroad under any circumstances.

When did you travel abroad and how long have you been there?

Hi all. I am the director of my own company. I am for insurance purposes, employed, as I pay PAYE and take dividends. However, I can't be certain of my status for visa purposes. Does anyone know if I'm employed or self employed? Ta There's a difference between a self employed and direct of a limite...

I am stack in submitting my son application documents. I have book appointment with TLS contact service with self upload documents. The system is restricting me to submit only documents on UKVI Checklist which is only my financial evidence, accomodation evidence employment evidence and parent conse...

Dear all, I need your help in regards to below matter, hope you all doing well. Thanks in advance! I have my wife and a kid Indian nationality. And both are my dependent on Spouse visa as a British/Settled Partner. I have ILR. Both got their initial 3 years visa and we will apply for next 2 years e...

Thank you TODMATT. I just got my bank statements today and got every page stamped but the stamp is a bit faded at the bottom, guess they were running out of ink. For example if the branch of the bank was “Orange Street” it’s hard to see. Everything else is clear though, like date, sort code and ban...

Accommodation report is NOT needed.

Tenancy agreement & Letter of No objection from landlord should sufficient. Council tax NOT mandatory.

I have applied for my wife spouse visa. One thing that is bothering me regarding the application fees. The application type is Applying from outside the UK (From Pakistan) and the fees should be £1523 & £1872 for application and IHS respectively. I have paid the application and the conversion rate ...