FLR M Living with Parents

Covee wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:10 am

God Willing I'm going to be applying for spouse visa extension soon for my wife and I am the sponsor.
I am a British citizen.
We have 1 child who is a British citizen.
My wife arrived in the UK on 07 Sep 2020 and my wife's BRP/Visa is valid until 22 April 2023.
My aim is to submit documents by 03 April or 04 April (I will be on holiday for most of March so will submit on my return)
I will be the sponsor.

1. For proof of living together, we live with my parents and my wife and I don't have any council tax letters or bills in our name and our GP only sends texts and not letters. I don't have many official letters as most things are online now. All the tax and bills are in my parents name.
I live with my parents who own the house with a mortgage. We have been living here since my wife arrived in the UK. What evidence can I submit as proof that we live together and have a relationship? As much as possible correspondence addressed to you both 6 or individually 12. Any online letter showing your address can be printed off too.

2. Do I need to submit the marriage certificate which was submitted for the first spouse visa again? No harm in submitting it

3. Do we need to submit anything like photos of us together like we did for the 1st spouse visa? No

4. Do I need to (or should I) submit any information/ID/evidence relating to our child (who is British)? Submit it, buttresses subsisting or progression of the relationship/marriage IMHO.

5. Also, I will be using cash savings to meet the financial requirement, I have had over £64k in my account (a high street uk bank) since July 2022. The source of funds are mostly my work savings and some savings I have transferred over from my wife's account from her salary in the UK. What will I need to submit for evidence for this? Account statements

6. How do I testify to the source of funds? Is there a form? Do I need something official/notarised from a lawyer? Or do I just save and upload something like a word document which says I confirm the source of these funds are from salary earnings, earned in the UK and saved by (Sponsor name) and (Applicant name)? There is no form, a simple declaration of source of income stating how you came about or accrued the funds will suffice.

6. For English language requirement my wife did the IELTS Life Skills A2 (at British Council in Manchester) and passed in June 2022. Is the date ok? And I assume I just need to upload the pass certificate. That will suffice, and if UER number input it.

7. What Sponsor and Applicant ID documentation do we need to submit? and (I am the sponsor) I recently got a new passport do I need to also submit my old passport or only the new one? Current passport will suffice.

8. Is there anything else I should upload for evidence?

9. How does booking the biometric appointment work? Do I book the appointment after I have submitted the application? Yes

10. Can I start filling out the application online then save it and submit later? I am going on holiday 01 March and returning on 17 March, so I want to get a head start in completing stuff before I submit the application. Yes you can start

thanks for your help, I am sure I will have lots more questions when I am filling out the form,
I used an immigration advisor last time for the spouse visa as I did not want to make an accidental mistake on the form, but this time I will complete it myself , so all your help will be really valuable.

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:48 pm

Covee wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:10 am

1. For proof of living together, we live with my parents and my wife and I don't have any council tax letters or bills in our name and our GP only sends texts and not letters. I don't have many official letters as most things are online now. All the tax and bills are in my parents name.
I live with my parents who own the house with a mortgage. We have been living here since my wife arrived in the UK. What evidence can I submit as proof that we live together and have a relationship? As much as possible correspondence addressed to you both 6 or individually 12. Any online letter showing your address can be printed off too.

Thanks, im looking through all the mail ive kept over the 2 years and will post a list of what I have later.

With regards to living with parent what evidence do i need to submit to show they own the house?

Is it same as last time with updated council tax bill, and mortgage statement with a letter from my parent to say we have been living there and can live continue to stay with them?

Covee wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:06 pm

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:48 pm

Covee wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:10 am

1. For proof of living together, we live with my parents and my wife and I don't have any council tax letters or bills in our name and our GP only sends texts and not letters. I don't have many official letters as most things are online now. All the tax and bills are in my parents name.
I live with my parents who own the house with a mortgage. We have been living here since my wife arrived in the UK. What evidence can I submit as proof that we live together and have a relationship? As much as possible correspondence addressed to you both 6 or individually 12. Any online letter showing your address can be printed off too.

Thanks, im looking through all the mail ive kept over the 2 years and will post a list of what I have later.

With regards to living with parent what evidence do i need to submit to show they own the house?

Is it same as last time with updated council tax bill, and mortgage statement with a letter from my parent to say we have been living there and can live continue to stay with them? Correct

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:48 pm

6. For English language requirement my wife did the IELTS Life Skills A2 (at British Council in Manchester) and passed in June 2022. Is the date ok? And I assume I just need to upload the pass certificate. That will suffice, and if UER number input it.

After you pass the test, you will be given a SELT unique reference number which you must use when making your application. If you do not include your reference number, your application may be refused.

You will find your SELT unique reference number on your test result as:

‘UER’ for Trinity College London tests
‘UKVI number’ for IELTS SELT Consortium tests
‘Candidate URN’ for LanguageCert tests
‘SELT URN’ for Pearson tests
‘URN’ for PSI Skills for English tests

Covee wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:06 am

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:48 pm

6. For English language requirement my wife did the IELTS Life Skills A2 (at British Council in Manchester) and passed in June 2022. Is the date ok? And I assume I just need to upload the pass certificate. That will suffice, and if UER number input it.

I've just checked the certificate, its IELTS Life Skills A2 Speaking and Listening.
Test is dated 04 June 2022.
I can't see anything on the certificate called 'UER' number , but it does have a UKVI number. Provide the UKVI number

I just did a quick check on .gov site, it looks like each test provider has a different name for the SELT reference number Correct(just to make this whole process even more easier for us (Not!!) )

After you pass the test, you will be given a SELT unique reference number which you must use when making your application. If you do not include your reference number, your application may be refused.

You will find your SELT unique reference number on your test result as:

‘UER’ for Trinity College London tests
‘UKVI number’ for IELTS SELT Consortium tests
‘Candidate URN’ for LanguageCert tests
‘SELT URN’ for Pearson tests
‘URN’ for PSI Skills for English tests

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prove-your- ... -test-selt

Covee wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:01 am

When scanning bank statements to use for evidence as cohabitation, do i need to scan every page or can i just scan and upload the 1st page which has address and bank details on them?
most of the statements are 3 pages so will take a long time to do all

Will she need to take and submit a TB test for the FLR M like we did for the first spouse visa?

CR001 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:30 am

You are overthinking. There is no issue.

Covee wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:42 am

CR001 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:30 am

You are overthinking. There is no issue.

I disagree about overthinking, we all know how silly/illogical immigration rules can be in UK sometimes.... It doesn't help when so many people try and abuse the system and make it difficult for genuine people. But that is life.

Can somebody please share with me the latest link to the online FLR M application form, as I will try to start filling in the details.

Covee wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:07 am

When we did the first visa for my wife we submitted her passport as well as her home country national ID card,

do i need to submit the national ID card again this time?
Would it cause any issues if i submitted again?

Covee wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:13 am

Alternatively can i go to the bank and get a print out of my transactions and have it stamped? Yes you can though online printouts resembling what you will normally get by post is acceptable.
Do home office still accept bank stamped print outs for financial requirement for FLR M?

AmazonianX wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:04 am

Covee wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:13 am

Alternatively can i go to the bank and get a print out of my transactions and have it stamped? Yes you can though online printouts resembling what you will normally get by post is acceptable.
Do home office still accept bank stamped print outs for financial requirement for FLR M?

Not sure you will find it easy getting bank to stamp printouts. Some banks will give statements printed out from their machine already with electronic stamp or watermark and will decline chomping the pad.

meself2 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:24 am

Family - her leave to remain as a partner is on Family route