Hi everyone,
Has anyone applied for the UK Spousal visa within UK? I am married to a British National and I am currently working in UK earning salary in £. I am applying the visa based on my own financial income as my husband has only newly set up his own company which will not meet the financial requirements. I have a few questions regarding how to fill out the application - can anyone help?
Under Nationality details:
1)
Section - "Do you currently hold, or have you ever held, any other nationality or citizenship?" :
I was trying to fill out my second passport (not the one I am applying the Spousal visa on), and I am required to fill Date held from (which I put date the passport was issued), and then "
Date held to" which I would have thought is when the passport expires - which is in the future as this is still a current passport. However, I am not allowed to proceed because the application informs me that I have to enter a date that is in the past?
2)
Section - "Have you been out of the UK since you started living here":
It is prompting me for date I left the UK and returned to the UK, as I have been living here for 4 years and 4 months under a different work visa, I have 64 travel records. Am I expected to fill out every single travel record using this format?
3)
Section - "What family or friends do you have in the country where you were born and/or any other country whose nationality you hold? Please provide details of these family and friends, for example, their names, relationship to you and where they live":
As I have lived in Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, USA and UK – how extensive do I fill this out? Do they mean immediate family? Also how do you determine which friends to include?
Under Spouse/partner details:
4)
Section - "Please list your shared financial responsibilities and how much you each pay each month":
We are going to be moving back to his parent's place for the next few months so when we apply for the application online, we will not be paying mortgage or rent, council tax etc. so is it better to provide what we had shared over the past 4 years and 4 months rather than the new living arrangement when it would have only been effective for 2 months?
Under Immigration History:
5)
Section "Conditions of entry - When did you enter the UK":
Does this refer to the date for my current visa? I had the ICT 2 extended whilst I was in UK.
Under Current partner:
6)
Section "What is your partner's basis for living in the UK?":
I will be providing my husband's current British passport - can this be a photocopied version? And does every page need to be certified? Or if providing birth certificate does it need to be original document or can it be copied and certified? Is there a link where I can reference for properly having the documents certified?
Under Finance:
7)
Section "Employer":
Company details - phone number and email – would it be best if I can put this down as my manager's contact details or best to put HR or general switchboard details?
8 )
Section "My Contract and Job title":
My job title has changed due to nature of department re-organisation but with same contract, do I just use the current job title?
9)
Section "Evidence required for Finance: Are they a director or non-executive director of a limited company based in the UK?":
Who is being referred to as “they”? The person providing the financial support (myself in this case)?
10)
Section "Evidence of monthly housing costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live - For example, a tenancy or mortgage agreement":
Will bank transfers be sufficient as I don't have a tenancy or mortgage agreement.
11)
Section "About my home":
Is this for the home I will be staying in once visa is approved?
Under Documentation:
12)
Section "Living with your Partner documentation":
Can I repeat some from the list (e.g, two separate bank statements from different banks addressed to myself) as him & I need to each provide 6 items, as we have very limited documentation that have both our names on the same document. I will be asking our GP to give us a letter that proved both myself and my husband are registered with the GP at our current address, the rest we just have separate documents in separate names but same address. What other documentation is acceptable?
13)
Section "Payslips":
In application it shows need 12 months worth of payslips – is this not 6 months? I have changed banks within 12 months via switching over – so I do not have old account records anymore, what should I do?
Applying for Same Day appointment
14) Can I check appointment availability before I complete/pay for the application? And am I applying based on Settlement SET(M)? As I am married to a British national...
Any help will be much appreciated, thank you so much!!
