Eligibility criteria: Marriage to BC (6 years), Resident 5 years, ILR 2 years Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree Current nationality: Chinese Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Leeds Date of application: 1/11/13 Pa...

Eligibility criteria: Marriage to BC (6 years), Resident 5 years, ILR 2 years Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree Current nationality: Chinese Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Leeds Date of application: 1/11/13 Pa...

Eligibility criteria: Marriage to BC (6 years), Resident 5 years, ILR 2 years Language criteria met (UK degree, exempt countries, PBS used documents, NARIC, or B1 test): UK degree Current nationality: Chinese Method of application: NCS Council name if NCS used: Leeds Date of application: 1/11/13 Pay...

Thought I'd better update this in case this does happen to someone else. I have now received all my documents back. Apparently it is relatively common for them to send the passport of the applicant back separately to some of the supporting documents (though I still don't understand why, as they have...

My wife recently applied for a tourist visa to visit France with me (she is non-EU, I am a UK citizen). As we live a long way from London we did it by post and sent all the documents requested: her passport, my passport, her residence permit, our marriage certificate. We have now received her passpo...

Thanks Vinny. We'll gather as much info as we can and use covering letters to explain as much as possible and go for the ILR.

I've read, and re-read the UKBA website and still not sure about my wife's status. She got her spouse visa 2 years ago and we spent one year living together in the UK. We then returned together to her own country and have spent a year living there (also together). We are now about to return to the U...

I got some very useful advice here about 18 months ago when preparing my wife's application and I'm hoping some of you can help me out again. I am a UK citizen and my wife is Chinese. My wife has a spouse visa and has been in the UK since September last year. We had originally planned to live in the...

Thanks for the replies. I haven't been declaring my income from ebay and am looking into that now. I can provide evidence of the amount spent and the amount items were sold for, and virtually all my money goes through paypal so I can get statements from there showing where the money comes from. Anyw...

My wife (who is Chinese and currently residing in China) is preparing to apply for a spouse visa to come to the UK. We are going to submit the application in June as we plan for her to come in September. I am certain that we meet all the criteria and can prove everything (we have had a relationship ...