SET(M) Application - Supporting Documents?

[hsh]

I am an American citizen with temporary leave to remain in the UK as an unmarried partner. I am now applying for permanent leave to remain but I have three questions pertaining to the SET(M) application:

1. My partner and I have lived in two different residences in London over the past 2 years. Do we need to show a total of 6 documents in our (combined) names TOTAL over the two years (ie 3 documents from the first address and 3 from the second) or do we need to show 6 documents (or the equivalent of double individual docs coming in each of our separate names) for EACH residence?

2. I am a recently-graduated PHD and travel a great deal for research purposes. For much of the past two years, I have had to be in NY completing a postdoctoral fellowship. The application says we need to show ‘proof of staying in touch’ if I have not lived with him the entire past two years. What documentation is needed to show that we stayed in touch? The application says phone records suffice, but the majority of our communication takes place via Skype and Facebook, and sometimes long distance calling cards. Do I need to show Skype and Facebook records, and if so, how do we keep private the content of our conversations?

3. My partner owns his own social enterprise and so his finances are somewhat unpredictable. I earn more money, but my main income comes from the US right now. What documentation is needed to prove our income and finances? Will my US bank account details suffice (to show I am earning $42,000 per year)? In addition to showing his bank account details, can documentation of his property ownership be used to show that he has assets and thus be proof that we won’t use public benefits?

Thanks for your help.

[Amber]

Absences should be limited and for good reason, of which employment should be. The cohabitation proof should be of the same address for each to show cohabitation, a joint letter or one each for roughly every 4 months over the last 2 years from a total of at least 3 different sources.