Hi, I'm a British Spouse to an Australian and last year, following the pause during the MM Case we were refused a visa due to not meeting the financial requirements. I am a Self-Employed Sole Trader and I was told I need to supply Audited accounts as evidence of my earnings. I think this was a mista...

I think Aug to what'll soon be Feb is too long for unmarried partner visa now, should be last two years cohabitation.... SET5.12 Assessing whether the relationship has subsisted for two years ‘Living together’, should be applied fairly tightly, with a couple providing evidence that they have been l...

I was under the understanding that you are allowed six months apart?

Aside from the fact that I have spent the whole of December in Australia with her, we should be able to apply for this visa til Feb 25th (She left the UK Aug 25th)

Is that correct?

I am collating my evidence and read this paragraph in 'Appendix_FM_1_7' 'a sponsor wishing to rely on earnings from self-employment as a sole trader, as a partner or in a franchise will need to arrange to file their self assessment tax return to HMRC on a timescale geared to meeting this requirement...

Hi Casa, Vinny, or others. A couple of follow up questions if I may. As described in the initial post above, Elizabeth now resides in Australia, as of August 25th 2016, and we are assembling our application to apply via the Unmarried Partner route. I read, if we are engaged (as we are) then we MUST ...

My taxable income for 2015/2016 was £18.8k, whereas 2014/2015 was £14.3k, how will this affect us?

Thanks for the prompt reply Vinny, Casa. We have been living with one another for the past 3 years in the UK, shared tenancy agreement and various other bills. We also lived with one another prior to this period for 1 year in Australia. As she is returning to Australia for a period (Hopefully no lon...

Hi all, My apologies if this has been answered before but I've scrolled through 20 pages and cant see anyone in the forum talking about it, although I would have thought it would be a common query. My partner Liby (Australian) and I (English) have been dating for 5 years and she has lived in the UK ...