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Any reason why you cannot compare the two forms to check for differences??1. I had prepared the form in advance using the 04/2017 version. Noticed that 04/2018 has just been released - does anyone know what the major differences are or if we can just straight copy from the previous version?
Leave blank.2. Payment details - we had paid the IHS and visa fee (both basic visa fee and additional amount for premium service) online when making the booking. Do we still have to complete the payment details on page 7?
Leave blank. The question is pretty clear.3. Other forms I have filled in which are checked electronically require you to put "N/A" in spaces which are not applicable. Is this required for FLR(m) or can non applicable fields just be left blank? For example, 6.19 requires an address if different from the address given in 1.14 but if it's the same, OK to just leave blank or should we say "same address as 1.14"?
Where were you born?? Presumably your birth was registered in your birth country so you would be a citizen, unless your birth country doesn't allow dual citizenship. Husband likely only a US citizen.4. Question 1.9 and 3.4 - have trawled through the internet for hours trying to find an answer to no avail. What counts as nationality? I am the sponsor, a British Citizen for 20 years. However, I was born overseas and moved over here when I was 6 months old on my father's student visa. I have never held any other passport other than a UK passport, but was technically on my mother's documents for the first few years of being here before we obtained British citizenship. Similarly, my husband only has a US passport, but his parents are from Lebanon and he has the right to travel freely to and from Lebanon by virtue of his parent's citizenship. Is he classed as being a Lebanese national?
The month/year you got ILR (which is settlement) so 1992. for 3.17, you can state 'exception leave to remain due to conflict in home country'.5. Question 3.16 and 3.17 - date sponsor obtained settlement. This one is patchy as my parents can't find our old documents with dates. Long story short, my father was studying here and my mum and kids were here as his dependents. We obtained exceptional leave to remain (due to conflicts in home country) in 1990, shortly followed by ILR in 1992, and then British citizenship in 1997. There's not enough space in 3.17 to explain all of that, so which bit counts as settlement? ELR, ILR or citizenship?
Arrival date on Tier 2.6. Question 5.2 - when did you first enter the UK legally? - Applicant has been here for 2.5 years on a Tier 2 sponsored visa. Should the date here be the date he arrived in the UK on his Tier 2? He was in the UK for 2 months about 6 months prior to obtaining a Tier 2 visa, and also studied here for 6 months on his masters programme some years before that. Is it asking for the first ever date he came to the UK (when he was a student), or the date he arrived on his current entry clearance (tier 2)?
You could state it but likely from Tier 2 time.7. Question 6.7 - would the 2 months the applicant was here as a visitor count towards the time?
Yes, should be fine.8. Question 7.3 - financial requirement. I as the sponsor earn sufficient income by myself to satisfy this requirement (approx. 3 times the minimum requirement). My husband has been working in the UK on tier 2 sponsored visa for the last 2.5 years, but lost his job a couple of weeks ago after we booked the appointed to transfer his visa over to a spouse visa. His last payslip was March and he won't be receiving any further payslips. As he is technically no longer employed, should I leave his details out of section 7 and just include my employment income?
Yes, ANY bills that are jointly named means that the sponsor has to sign to give HO permission to check records.9. Section 14 declarations - we do not have shared bank accounts, however our council tax, water and internet are in joint names and we have submitted bills for these are proof of address. Does the sponsor therefore have to sign this declaration on page 68?
No need to pay extra fee if you have already paid when you booked online.It looks like the only difference between 04-2018 and 04-2017 is the fees stated at the beginning of the form. I have re-filled the current 2018 form, but now I'm worried about the fees. We paid the fees upfront at the time of booking the premium appointment, but they've now gone up. So by ticking the new fee on the 2018 it's not actually accurate as we only paid £993 for the visa fee back in March (plus premium service fee and the IHS applicable at that time). Is this likely to cause an issue?
You should declare your Iraqi nationality.I was born in Iraq but have lived in the UK since I was 4 months old. I was on my mother's passport until we obtained UK Citizenship but have never visited or lived in Iraq since arriving in the UK as a baby. You can't have Iraqi/UK dual citizenship. The question asks "have you EVER held any other nationality", and I'm not sure what to put here. I guess, technically yes? Before I became a British, I had to be something else right??
Simply state the additional nationalities. It won't affect the application.Apparently Husband had a Lebanese passport as a child, which has since been expired for over 15 years, so I think we need to declare that has him holding a previous nationality?