A direct quote from you, SYH "How many posts do you need to get to the next level?" conducted whilst offering obviously lame, moralistic, useless 'advice' to a poster in trouble. Anyhoo, our application was successful, despite worries of a financial nature. I presented them with a 'househo...

John, you've been a great help in your postings, many many thanks.

It's a pity some other members can't stay on the topic at hand and like to post comments to increase their own ratings.

Well, it says here http://www.gherson.com/articles/third-party-support-interpretation-of-huang "The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) has decided in AM (3rd party support not permitted R281 (v)) Ethiopia [2007] UKAIT 00058 that applicants for entry clearance (a visa) cannot rely upon third ...

I've heard that too, but can't find a post here about it - ?

edit...ok, found some stuff... has anyone had a recent application turned down because of a refusal to acknowledge co-sponsorship?

Can a friend of my wife act as a co-sponsor? He is a US resident/citizen. Would this be looked at favourably? Or does it have to be a relative?

Does anyone know if it's possible for a friend to be a co-sponsor? More specifically, my US wife has a well-off friend who may be willing to act as co-sponsor. He's a US citizen, resident in the US. Would this be ok as long as I remain the sponsor (which obviously I will!!) ?

Many thanks for your help, it's appreciated.
now I'm off to the florist

limey - I am a British citizen, that's all. VictoriaS - thanks for your reply. She's a pensioner so I guess payslips are out of the question. I was thinking we could use a statement of her savings to show an ability to provide some financial support to us initially. How about certified passport phot...

I don't live with my mum - I flew the coop, er, "several" years ago!
Would it be sufficient to just include a letter from her, stating her willingness to "help out" if necessary? How about bank statements? Would they be required?

Many thanks for the reply

How would I go about including someone else - possibly a family member - as an additional sponsor? What documentation would I need to include?

My American wife is due to shortly apply for a spouse visa to join me (a UK citizen) here in the UK. We are concerned about the financial aspect of my sponsorship - I am a full-time student and my income is low. We expect, with my part-time work and bursary, to be able to get by, tho it will be tigh...

Wildeep - hope you find a solution to your situation ... I recently married my US girlfriend - in the US - and we are about to go through the application process to get her here in the UK on a spouse visa. She is 3 months pregnant and we would obviously love to be living together in the UK by the ti...

Waiting a year isn't an option so we're gonna go ahead with it hopefully in a couple of months and see what they say. I'm guessing I would point out our good prospects for the future in some kind of covering letter, or in the sponsorship letter?
Thanks again for replying.

stedman - yeah, she's working full-time just now, and has a full employment history with good qualifications and I believe she could get good references too. Right, I'm not exactly on the breadline either, I was wondering how much future prospects were weighed up against the current situation. Thank...

I'm planning to marry my US fiancee and then hopefully get her over here on a spouse visa. I'm a British citizen. The only thing I'm concerned about is the strength of our financial situation, which from my point of view seems a bit less than solid. I'm a full time student on a bursary of 650 GBP / ...