Spouse Visa UK - Extension

[CR001]

There is no absence limit.

He must return before his visa expires to apply for an extension.

For extensions, WhatsApp chats are Not required. Evidence of cohabitation at the same address in both names is what is required.

[shyamgorasia]

Yes you mentioned that earlier

The only reason I ask is because there's a question on the form that goes: "Is there any period where you didn't live together, if yes then it asks for a reason." Would it lead to doubts/refusal if I just put: went to visit family etc?

I just thought WhatsApp chat evidence may show that we've been talking at least during that period apart for 2-3 months?

[Ticktack]

Yes you mentioned that earlier

The only reason I ask is because there's a question on the form that goes: "Is there any period where you didn't live together, if yes then it asks for a reason." Would it lead to doubts/refusal if I just put: went to visit family etc? I think that question is only in the initial entry clearance form. The renewal FLR doesn't have that question. Your relationship isn't in doubt anymore (genuineness). They just need to know if it's continuing and subsisting.

I just thought WhatsApp chat evidence may show that we've been talking at least during that period apart for 2-3 months? Not required, you're completely overthinking it.

[AmazonianX]

Yes you mentioned that earlier

The only reason I ask is because there's a question on the form that goes: "Is there any period where you didn't live together, if yes then it asks for a reason." Would it lead to doubts/refusal if I just put: went to visit family etc?

I just thought WhatsApp chat evidence may show that we've been talking at least during that period apart for 2-3 months? Not required, evidence of cohabitation is what you need.

[shyamgorasia]

Thanks Amazonion and Ticktack. This is the question that's on the flr form for your information:

"Have you lived together since marriage?, If no provide details."

So if she went abroad for couple of months, I would have to say no here right? this is what I was referring to. Wouldn't they doubt and wonder why she spent that long apart from partner?

Or would this not matter?

Thanks
Shyam

[shyamgorasia]

Also had a different question On a separate note, regarding financial combinations:

E. G. Given, I earn more than the 18,600 income, If I provided 6 months employment payslips and statements but 3 months I took unpaid leave, would I need to combine cash savings with this, if so how much would I need to show in cash savings?

Or can I just provide 12month payslips so they can see I didn't receive a salary for 3 months, but still make above the limit anyway even without them 3 months?

Thanks
Shyam

[AmazonianX]

Thanks Amazonion and Ticktack. This is the question that's on the flr form for your information:

"Have you lived together since marriage?, If no provide details."

So if she went abroad for couple of months, I would have to say no here right? this is what I was referring to. Wouldn't they doubt and wonder why she spent that long apart from partner?

Or would this not matter? It wouldnot matter, however it does not have to be so so lengthy that it brings to question if the relationship is subsisting. Cohabitation evidence should also be generated at such period.

Thanks
Shyam

[shyamgorasia]

Wouldn't be more than 3 months.

So the cohabitation during that period, she would need to show where she was living in that period apart?

Or do you mean cohabitation evidence as in our UK address I. E. Letters/correspondence etc, during those months where she was abroad and I was in uk?

Thanks
Shyam

[shyamgorasia]

For example, if it was urgent/emergency I. E. Medical or family emergency etc, then could we provide evidence to Support this that she had to be there for 2-3 months?

[CR001]

UK cohabitation evidence only.

It doesn't matter if they go abroad. You are over thinking this completely.

[shyamgorasia]

Also had a different question On a separate note, regarding financial combinations:

E. G. Given, I earn more than the 18,600 income, If I provided 6 months employment payslips and statements but 3 months I took unpaid leave, would I need to combine cash savings with this, if so how much would I need to show in cash savings?

Or can I just provide 12month payslips so they can see I didn't receive a salary for 3 months, but still make above the limit anyway even without them 3 months?

Thanks
Shyam

OK thanks.

1) can you advise on above please?

2) Would it be a problem for my visa decision if I worked from abroad if I was allowed?

[shyamgorasia]

For example, if it was urgent/emergency I. E. Medical or family emergency etc, then could we provide evidence to Support this that she had to be there for 2-3 months?

Also this, would this be necessary or not?

[CR001]

For example, if it was urgent/emergency I. E. Medical or family emergency etc, then could we provide evidence to Support this that she had to be there for 2-3 months?

Also this, would this be necessary or not?

No!

[shyamgorasia]

OK no Probs. Thanks.

Also had a different question On a separate note, regarding financial combinations:

E. G. Given, I earn more than the 18,600 income, If I provided 6 months employment payslips and statements but 3 months I took unpaid leave, would I need to combine cash savings with this, if so how much would I need to show in cash savings?

Or can I just provide 12month payslips so they can see I didn't receive a salary for 3 months, but still make above the limit anyway even without them 3 months?

Thanks
Shyam

1) can you advise on above please?

2) Would it be a problem for my visa decision if I worked from abroad if I was allowed?

[shyamgorasia]

Hi guys. Just a random question.

If my wife is on spouse visa, am I able to get travel insurance online for both of us as a couple? As one of the terms is she must be living in the UK permanently so not sure if being on a spouse visa counts as Permanent?

Looking to travel so need travel insurance for both of us.

Thanks
Shyam

[shyamgorasia]

Hello guys, hope you're all well.

I'll be submitting my partners' Spouse Visa Extension application in May. I have the following documents which I will be submitting. Can anyone kindly confirm if this list is sufficient or if I'm missing anything please?

-----APPLICANT EVIDENCE-----

ID Evidence
1. Applicant Previous Passports & Stamps
2. Applicant Birth Certificate
3. Applicant Foreign Citizenship Registration
4. Applicant Foreign ID Card
5. Applicant Current Foreign Passport (I've read some where that we need all pages - is this really necessary even if they're blank?)
6. Applicant Parents Passports
7. Applicant Driving Licence (UK)
8. Applicant BRP Card

Studies Evidence
9. Applicant School Certificate
10. Applicant English Language Certificate (IELTS Life Skills B1)
11. Applicant English Language test Booking Confirmation and Correspondence

Employment Evidence
12. Employment Letter
13. Employment P60
14. Employment Bank Statements showing salary
15. Employment Payslips

Other Evidence
16. Declaration Printout
17. Applicant Supporting Letter
18. Document Checklist (Printed from ACCESS GOV UK auto)

-----SPONSOR EVIDENCE-----

ID Evidence
20. Sponsor Drivers Licence
21. Sponsor British Passport & Stamps (all pages necessary?)
22. Sponsor Previous Passports & Stamps
22. Sponsor Name Change Deed
23. Sponsor Birth Certificate
24. Sponsor British Parents Passports

Studies Evidence
25. Sponsor Degree Certificate

Employment Evidence
26. Sponsor Employment Contract
27. Sponsor Employment Letter

Accommodation Evidence
28. Sponsor Copy of Title Register AND PLAN (UK Property)
29. Sponsor Council Tax Bill 2021 2022 2023 (UK Property)
30. Sponsor Parents Accommodation Letter
31. Sponsor Photographs (India Property lived in)
32. Sponsor Photographs (UK Property)
33. Sponsor Utility Bill Receipts (India Property) - Recent
34. Sponsor Utility Bills (UK Property - last 6 months) - Water
35. Sponsor Utility Bills (UK Property - last 6 months) - Gas
36. Sponsor Utility Bills (UK Property - last 6 months) - Electricity

Financial Evidence
37. Appendix 2 VAF4A Financial Requirements Form (Is this needed for extension application?)
38. Sponsor Bank Statements (6 months - Oct 2022 to April 2023 with May In branch printout)
39. Sponsor Employment Payslips (6 months - Oct 2022 to April 2023)
40. Sponsor P60s (2021, 2022, 2023)
41. Sponsor Payslips Authenticity Letter
42. Salary Increase letters x 3


Relationship Evidence
43. Photographs together
44. WhatsApp Convos during time apart abroad
45. WhatsApp Call and Video Logs during time apart abroad
46. Marriage Certificate
47. Flight bookings
48. Outing bookings and receipts
49. Cohabitation Docs (Joint)
a. Nov 2020 - present - Bank account statements, Broadband bills, Bank letters
50. Cohabitation Docs (Sponsor)
a. Nov 2020 - present - Mobile bills, Breakdown, Tax returns, Bank statements, Car insurance letters, Pensions letters, broadbands, credit card statements, specsavers letters
51. Cohabitation Docs (Applicant)
a. Oct 2020 - present - NHS letters, National insurance, order invoices, life insurance, payslips, p60s, employment letters, p45, bank letters, drivers licence letters, bank statements

Travel and Residency documents
52. Travel History

Other Evidence
53. Sponsor Supporting Letter
54. Visa Application Fee Paid
55. IHS Surcharge Fee Paid
56. Declaration Printout
57. Uploaded Documents List - On Cover Letter

[CR001]

Hello guys, hope you're all well.

I'll be submitting my partners' Spouse Visa Extension application in May. I have the following documents which I will be submitting. Can anyone kindly confirm if this list is sufficient or if I'm missing anything please?

-----APPLICANT EVIDENCE-----

ID Evidence
1. Applicant Previous Passports & Stamps Not required
2. Applicant Birth Certificate
3. Applicant Foreign Citizenship Registration Not required
4. Applicant Foreign ID Card Not required
5. Applicant Current Foreign Passport (I've read some where that we need all pages - is this really necessary even if they're blank?)
6. Applicant Parents Passports Not required
7. Applicant Driving Licence (UK) Not required
8. Applicant BRP Card

Studies Evidence
9. Applicant School Certificate - Not required
10. Applicant English Language Certificate (IELTS Life Skills B1)
11. Applicant English Language test Booking Confirmation and CorrespondenceNot required

Employment Evidence
12. Employment Letter
13. Employment P60 Not required
14. Employment Bank Statements showing salary
15. Employment Payslips

Other Evidence
16. Declaration Printout
17. Applicant Supporting Letter Not required
18. Document Checklist (Printed from ACCESS GOV UK auto) Not required

-----SPONSOR EVIDENCE-----

ID Evidence
20. Sponsor Drivers Licence Not required
21. Sponsor British Passport & Stamps (all pages necessary?) Stamped paged not required
22. Sponsor Previous Passports & Stamps Not required
22. Sponsor Name Change Deed For what purpose, when was name changed??
23. Sponsor Birth Certificate Not required
24. Sponsor British Parents Passports Not required

Studies Evidence
25. Sponsor Degree Certificate Not required

Employment Evidence
26. Sponsor Employment Contract Not required
27. Sponsor Employment Letter

Accommodation Evidence
28. Sponsor Copy of Title Register AND PLAN (UK Property)
29. Sponsor Council Tax Bill 2021 2022 2023 (UK Property)
30. Sponsor Parents Accommodation Letter What purpose is this for??
31. Sponsor Photographs (India Property lived in) Not required
32. Sponsor Photographs (UK Property) Not required
33. Sponsor Utility Bill Receipts (India Property) - Recent
34. Sponsor Utility Bills (UK Property - last 6 months) - Water
35. Sponsor Utility Bills (UK Property - last 6 months) - Gas
36. Sponsor Utility Bills (UK Property - last 6 months) - Electricity

Financial Evidence
37. Appendix 2 VAF4A Financial Requirements Form (Is this needed for extension application?) Not required
38. Sponsor Bank Statements (6 months - Oct 2022 to April 2023 with May In branch printout)
39. Sponsor Employment Payslips (6 months - Oct 2022 to April 2023)
40. Sponsor P60s (2021, 2022, 2023) Not required
41. Sponsor Payslips Authenticity Letter Not required. You need a letter summarising your employment details
42. Salary Increase letters x 3


Relationship Evidence
43. Photographs together Not required
44. WhatsApp Convos during time apart abroad Not required
45. WhatsApp Call and Video Logs during time apart abroad Not required
46. Marriage Certificate
47. Flight bookings Not required
48. Outing bookings and receipts Not required
49. Cohabitation Docs (Joint)
a. Nov 2020 - present - Bank account statements, Broadband bills, Bank letters
50. Cohabitation Docs (Sponsor)
a. Nov 2020 - present - Mobile bills, Breakdown, Tax returns, Bank statements, Car insurance letters, Pensions letters, broadbands, credit card statements, specsavers letters
51. Cohabitation Docs (Applicant)
a. Oct 2020 - present - NHS letters, National insurance, order invoices, life insurance, payslips, p60s, employment letters, p45, bank letters, drivers licence letters, bank statements

Travel and Residency documents
52. Travel History Not required

Other Evidence
53. Sponsor Supporting Letter Not required
54. Visa Application Fee Paid Not required
55. IHS Surcharge Fee Paid Not required
56. Declaration Printout
57. Uploaded Documents List - On Cover Letter Not required

You are submitting way too much stuff. Why are you submitting so much totally unnecessary documents?

You simply need :

Applicants Passport and BRP card
English A2 as a minimum
6 months Payslips (only one of you need to meet the financial requirement)
6 months corresponding bank statements
Employer letter confirming employment details.
2 years evidence of cohabitation WITHIN the UK in both your names, from 3 to 6 difference sources and items for every 3 to 4 months.

[shyamgorasia]

Hi guys thanks for all your help. I've just submitted my application. I've booked the visa appt for 1st of June as that was the free one available.

1) Will it be a problem if its this far in future?

On another note, I'm having few issues with uploading certain docs on ukvcas.

It keeps moaning and say try a different device or browser which I have. I've even recreated the pdf and it's still saying it. Rest of my pdfs have uploaded with no problems, I have 7 documents yet to upload which is causing problems.

They're not oversized at all or have special characters in the file name. Only character I have used is underscore on file names and it's worked for the rest of my files.

Any help? I've messaged ukvcas but wanted to see if anyone else faced similar issues and had solutions?

Thanks
Shyam

[shyamgorasia]

1) will it be problem if I've booked for 1st june, as my partners visa in brp expires on 25th may?

[CR001]

1) will it be problem if I've booked for 1st june, as my partners visa in brp expires on 25th may?

No! The date of application is the date you submit and pay online. It is not the biometric appointment date.

[shyamgorasia]

On another note, I'm having few issues with uploading certain docs on ukvcas.

It keeps moaning and say try a different device or browser which I have. I've even recreated the pdf and it's still saying it. Rest of my pdfs have uploaded with no problems, I have 7 documents yet to upload which is causing problems.

They're not oversized at all or have special characters in the file name. Only character I have used is underscore on file names and it's worked for the rest of my files.

Any help? I've messaged ukvcas but wanted to see if anyone else faced similar issues and had solutions?

Thanks
Shyam

Thanks CR001. Are you able to shed any light on above issues I'm having?

[AmazonianX]

On another note, I'm having few issues with uploading certain docs on ukvcas.

It keeps moaning and say try a different device or browser which I have. I've even recreated the pdf and it's still saying it. Rest of my pdfs have uploaded with no problems, I have 7 documents yet to upload which is causing problems.

They're not oversized at all or have special characters in the file name. Only character I have used is underscore on file names and it's worked for the rest of my files. Though others worked that way and size not over 6MB I presume, can you try removing the underscore on one of them and retry?

Any help? I've messaged ukvcas but wanted to see if anyone else faced similar issues and had solutions?

Thanks
Shyam

Thanks CR001. Are you able to shed any light on above issues I'm having?

[shyamgorasia]

I think I tried that, I'll try again. Thanks.

I just realised a mistake I've made on the application under The Immigration section. My partner was born in India so I've included this and the dates from and to under the section that asked "Have you lived anywhere outside the Uk including your country of birth?"

However I forgot to also add that she lived in Kenya (in which she is citizen and has Kenyan passport) as she moved there afterwards.

Will this be an issue? I did put the reason that she lived in India becusse she was born there and moved to Kenya afterwards at age **. I've also put the reference number to her initial spouse visa application we made, not sure if that would help?

Getting a bit worried now.

Kind regards
Shyam

[AmazonianX]

I think I tried that, I'll try again. Thanks.

I just realised a mistake I've made on the application under The Immigration section. My partner was born in India so I've included this and the dates from and to under the section that asked "Have you lived anywhere outside the Uk including your country of birth?"

However I forgot to also add that she lived in Kenya (in which she is citizen and has Kenyan passport) as she moved there afterwards.

Will this be an issue? I did put the reason that she lived in India becusse she was born there and moved to Kenya afterwards at age **. I've also put the reference number to her initial spouse visa application we made, not sure if that would help?

Getting a bit worried now.

Kind regards
Shyam

Address any error or oversight in a cover note and upload.

[shyamgorasia]

Thanks I'll do that.

The upload still didn't work, one of the documents is just a title register pdf I downloaded from the Land registry website. Not sure why it's not letting me upload. I even removed all characters and just put a simple name.

Kind regards
Shyam