Documents for spouse application

[pt100]

Hello all

I got ILR through the Tier1G route in Dec 2015. I am looking to apply for visas for my wife and daughter. Please can you confirm the following:

- for my wife and daughter's appointment in India, they will only need to submit a print of the online application form, two UK visa photographs each and their passport (apart from the biometrics).
- when sending documents to Sheffield, I need to submit all the supporting documents, two photocopies of every document submitted as proof (if I am looking to get the original document back), Appendix 2 signed, the Sponsorship form and an envelop to return everything.

Any first hand experience of the Mumbai North center for spouse visa applications?

Look forward to hearing from you

Kind regards,

Prashant

[askhans786]

Hi Prashant,

This link might be able to help.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/immigr ... a#p1461203



Just a quick little briefing about myself - My husband and I started to communicate from Oct 2015 (via social media e.g. whatsapp calls + chat and fb), we had an arranged marriage and got married in Feb 2016 (Religious wedding), then court marraige on Oct 2016.


• Sponsorship form SU07/12 completed and attached
• VA4AF Form completed and attached
• Letter from House of Commons written by MP Roger Godsiff, who has looked into my situation of bringing my husband over to the UK, and given his in take on it.
Applicant:
• Valid Indian Passport
• Supporting letter from applicant
• Certificate Of Registration Of Marriage
• IELTS English test certificate passed (passed on 00/00/0000)
• UK Pre-Departure Tuberculosis Detection Programme Medical Certificate
Sponsor:
• Indian(Punjabi religious) Wedding was held on - 00/02/2016
• Copy of my full passport
• Copy of my birth certificate
• My Flight tickets and all my families and friends when they travelled to and from India, along with boarding passes.
• Copy of passports of my family and friends who travelled to India for our wedding, along with visa copies of passport.
• Wedding invitation cards (from both applicant and sponsors side)
• Evidence of the salon where I got my pre-bridal package done (receipt attached)
• Facebook evidence of salon where I got my makeup and hair done for my wedding (salon put my pictures up on their website on Facebook after they’d dressed me as a bride)
• Proof of wedding pics and also pictures of when ____ and I spent time together after the wedding.
Communication - from Oct 2015 - Current
• Emails
• Facebook messages between ____and I
• Whatsapp call logs between ____ and I
• Whatsapp messages between ___and I
• Proof of cards, gifts and money sent (e.g. birthdays, New Year) between ___and I
Accommodation – Property Owner is Sponsor ? ’s mother, ? name
• Photocopy of Home deeds (HM Land registry)
• Copy of Mortgage proof
• Copy of council tax
• Property Inspection report
• Letter from home owner stating she is happy for applicant and sponsor to live at her address and that there are no issues.
Employment
• Job Offer Letter (when I started employment)
• Recent salary slips (x 7)
• P60 (x 2)
• Letter of employment, from employer as proof of employment
• Bank statements where my salary goes into each month (x7)
As I did not meet the salary of £18,600, I had savings which I provided along with my salary.
• Previous bank statements from current account showing how and where the savings have come from

[pt100]

Many thanks for your reply. Actually I had copied this text from your previous post - as I thought this was as comprehensive as one can get!

Any advice on what my wife will need to take with her for the appointment in Mumbai? - now that supporting documents are to be sent to Sheffield directly

Do we have to send two photocopies of every sheet of evidence sent to Sheffield if we are looking for the original document back

Kind regards,

P

[CR001]

• Sponsorship form SU07/12 completed and attached

This is NOT required.

[pt100]

Apologies for bumping my topic and sorry for any bother

My questions still remain:

- what are the documents applicants need to take with them to the Mumbai VFS center for their appointment

- do we really need to make two copies of every document despatched to Sheffield IF we want the original back. (I am not sure where I got the idea that if one is okay to not receive a document back - as may be the case with bank statements- one doesn't need to hand in photocopies)

Kind regards,

P