I'm sure it'll be fine for you. Sorry to ask another seemingly idiotic question, but...am I right in thinking that the visa centre (in St Petersburg) will keep her passport until the initial 30 day entry visa is ready to collect, or they only scan your passport at the biometrics appointment and the...

benbridge wrote:Thanks, Andrew

You're welcome, good luck with it all. We applied non priority, today is the 56th working day since my wife gave her biometrics, so it's just possible we may get some news this week:-)

benbridge wrote:thanks. regarding the Appendix 2, your wife filled this in by hand and sent it to you?

Yes that's right, and I sent that with everything else to Sheffield.

Hello, The information on the official sites seems very vague and unclear regarding the documents submission for spouse settlement visas. My wife (currently in Russia) has done the online application, and has her biometrics appointment in Russia next week. Am I correct in thinking that she needs on...

Ours were received in Sheffield on May 24th, but they have never emailed to acknowledge, I think that's very common!

Yes it's encouraging! We didn't pay priority, but I see that that in May they were still saying 95% of all applications were done with 60 working days. I must admit I've always expected the first development would be getting the supporting documents back, as I've heard that reported several times be...

Good news, and almost exactly 60 days! Fingers crossed for you!

Andrew

Hi Simon

Thanks for your reply. Yes it is frustrating, but learning to be patient! We did get the email a few days after the biometrics, so all good.

I'll keep you updated when I hear more

Andrew

Hi Im a UK citizen, and my wife is Russian. We married in Cyprus in January, and once her passports had all been changed to her married name, we applied for the spouse visa through the office in Moscow (non priority). She gave her biometrics and passport on May 19th, and I sent all other documents f...

Hi Everyone, Alhumdullilah my spouse got her visa from Russia - Moscow. Took exact 3 months applied on 4th April received aproval on 6th July. Many thanks for this board and members for sharing tips and stories. No email from UKBA straight decision. Kind Regards, AK My spouse submitted her biometri...

My wife has just got her TB test certificate, but I notice that the visa category says "Family Reunion", which is incorrect, it should be "family of a settled person"

I presume it will be ok, since it's still a TB test for a UK visa?

Can anyone advise?

Thanks for your speedy reply!

She does want to change her to mine, how easy is that to do on a Russian passport once in the UK?

Hi My girlfriend and I are marrying next week in Cyprus. I am British, living in the UK, and she is Russian. Once we are married, she will apply for a spouse visa to join me in the UK. We want the process to be as quick as possible. We already know from previous visa's that she's had that she will n...