Thanks casa. I did tell my wife just take my surname but she insisted! Hopefully someone else can clarify. Its common in Pakistan. My surname was my family name( i.e it was surname of my father ) . My wife changed her surname as my first name after marraige so i never had any issue You did the same...

Thanks casa. I did tell my wife just take my surname but she insisted!

Hopefully someone else can clarify.

Just to add to this, my question is that my wife took my first name as her surname, would this cause any issues?

Also she has a visa until May 2017, when we would have to apply for FLR. What preparation can i do before then? I heard the english requirement is A2 now?

Hi, My wife came to the UK 1.5 years ago on a spouse visa in her maiden name. Her passport expired a few months later, so we got a new passport with her married name. However she decided to take my first name as her surname , instead of my surname. Can we still use the marriage certificate as proof?...

Obie/casa: thanks for the confirmation. At least i know now im only £100 short, which means i need over £16k in savings (ridiculous!) but i will hopefully be earning more by then.

Yes i am a British citizen, and my son was born recently in the UK, so i guess he is not included? Wish the rules were clear, been worrying about this recently!

So i just need to meet the £18600 requirement? Only £100 short lol, may have to ask for a small payrise

Hi, My wife came on a 2.5 year spouse visa which was granted in Sept 2014, and will expire on May 2017. Our current income is salaried £18,500. I also get working/child tax credits, child benefit and housing benefit on top, but i guess this can't be used. All benefits are in my name only, apart from...

As strange as it may seem, both working tax credits and child tax credits must be claimed in joint names. This won't affect your wife's status under the rules . It will if they accept the second adult element of working tax credits before their first child is born. They claim in both names as his w...

Any more clarification? Would like to fill out the working tax credit form this weekend

So i can apply for working tax credit in both names, but not receive the second adult thing? How do i stop that from happening? Do i tell them my wife isn't allowed public funds on the application form?

Hi, So my wife successfully joined me last year, many thanks to the help i had from this forum. I am now considering applying for working tax credits. I have read the sticky on this forum but i'm still confused. I think i am right in thinking that my wife can not have any public funds. So do i apply...

Got the visa! So happy now. Thanks for the advice and good luck to everyone.

Yeah you can use just benefits that you receive as long as it is higher than the income support level (i.e adequate maintenance = income support you, partner and kids would get) minus accommodation costs. But you first need to calculate adequate maintenance for you. Im afraid i don't know the income...

Well they completely missed out my cash savings. Completely. Not even a reference to it! Ridiculous isnt it.

Got the passport back today with the visa stamped. Really happy hope your visa gets sorted soon.

Hey i'm not that experienced so hopefully an expert can help you. But i'll try and tell you what i know, as my wifeapplied as a carer and should be picking up her passport with visa today (we got rejected but then got sent a call in letter. So adequate maintenance basically means the level of income...

Applied Sept 2013 Rejected Jan 2014 Appealed Jan 2014 Deadline given June 2014 Call in Letter Sept 2014 So in early September wife got a call from the BHC saying to submit her docs with a call letter and TB test. Did that and now waiting to pick up on Monday. Oh we got a court date a few days ago fo...

khawaja9 wrote:Any update waqar17

Yes, got a call to say to collect documents on Monday.

If theres no visa on there i'll kill myself lol. But im sure there will be inshallah.

Rayking: thanks for your advice

I followed the advice and got a new tb certificate for my wife and went to Gerrys without an appointment. All docs submitted today

Thanks! Just two things. Firstly my wifes TB test expired as its been a year since application. The lady from BHC said its fine to submit an expired TB test, but obviously get a valid one for travel. Does this seem right? Secondly, do we need to make an appointment to submit passport to Gerrys? If s...

I received the call in letter today :) But does this mean they will definitely give the visa, they still dont make it clear. Here's an extract: Dear Mrs. ***********, With reference to your application(s) for entry clearance please go to your nearest Gerry's International Visa Application Centre on ...

BHC called my wife on Friday morning and said they will send the letter via email. Its now Monday and haven't got anything. Whats the best way to chase the letter up? I sent an email to the visaenquiries email but i don't think they check that much. I have found a phone number on this website: https...

Sounds like good news, likely the appeal has lapsed following an ECM reconsideration. Hopefully :) But what i'm upset with, along many other people i suspect, is they had 6 months to reconsider their rejection from when i appealed (Feb) up until June. We had no response. Its only now when we are wa...

Hi, My wife's visa got refused in Jan 2014 due to financial reasons, well actually due to the visa office not assessing my application properly as they missed out my cash savings! We appealed in Feb 2014 and have been waiting for a hearing date. Well my wife got a call from the BHC in ISB saying tha...

This has been a nightmare. I rang the first tier board a few days ago who said i have loads of time to submit documents. Rang today and they said they already sent my appeal without supporting documents!! They advised me to email the visa.enquiries islamabad email directly with my supporting documen...

Please can someone advise. Will they reject me again?