Thanks Seagul for you help. The sponsor can satisfy the 2 conditions that you mentioned if there is no problem with the period that he was unemployed during that 12 months.

Thank you knowledgable members of the board for your help. Can you please advice on this situation. The applicant is applying for a spouse visa entry clearance from abroad. The applicant's husband lives in the UK and meets all the requirements but has doubts on the financial requirement. He has been...

Hi Hamza
Did you apply under priority service or by the standard process?

Great news! :D A relief certainly. Thank you Katie for your advice. I was a bit hesitant at first but was encouraged by your advice as well as CR001 confirmation. Glad it went smoothly Excellent news. I think if you can list the documents which brought success then it would be more helpful for othe...

KatieWills wrote:Great news!

A relief certainly. Thank you Katie for your advice. I was a bit hesitant at first but was encouraged by your advice as well as CR001 confirmation. Glad it went smoothly

Just to update the board my daughter in law received her passport with the visa stamped on today exactly 14 days from the day she submitted her biometrics and the supporting documents in the visa application centre in Abu Dhabi It was really worth the extra fees for the priority service. I would lik...

She has submitted copies. She printed all the photo, Skype screen shots , WhatsApp messages all in A4 letter printouts but you can submit the originals if you wish. They will ask him in the visa centre for the original documents he is submitting which he wants to be returned to him. They will then p...

I have been living and working in Abu Dhabi UAE for a long time and my daughter in law has just submitted a spouse visa application in the Visa Application Centre in Abu Dhabi just last Sunday 26th of March 2017. I can definitely answer your first question through experience but will leave your othe...

Ok. My daughter in law submitted her application on Sunday 26th of March (She advanced the appointment by one day and used priority service). She clarified her answer by handwritten comments on the printout of the online application. The visa application centre asked her to sign on her handwritten c...

Thank you CR001

We will do just that and hope for the best

[quote][/quote] Thank you Katie for your reply and advice. I was thinking along the same lines but she is worried to death that technically speaking when she signed the declaration he was not in the UAE. Knowing the prevailing thinking of the Entry Clearance Officers these days I wouldn't blame her ...

Knowledgeable members of the board Can you please advice me on an error we made in Spouse visa application from outside the UK. My daughter in law applied for her spouse visa application from Dubai online. She has submitted the visa application on 22nd of March 2017 and paid both the visa fees and t...

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Can any of the Knowledgeable members advice please. It is not clear from the guidance although only one Job is mentioned in Category A and in Category B it is required to submit 12 months evidence but the sponsor has been working for six months only and has had no other jobs for the past 12 months. ...

Any Advice please.

Hello Members A Friend is asking for your help about meeting the financial requirement for a spouse entry visa. The applicant's partner is on a salaried employment with an annual gross of 17000 Pounds. He is also doing a second non-salaried job on the weekends for another employer to cover the short...

Members any advice please as to the answer of the above 2 questions in the Financial requirement appendix 2? 3.11 What is your sponsor’s annual income from this employment before tax? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> £ and 3.12: Has your sponsor been in employment with the same employer and earning the amount, as det...

Yes, 6 months payslips like this should be fine. If you have a letter informing you of increase, you can submit that too. As both of your salaries meet the financial requirement, you are ok, unless there is something specific you think will be an issue. Actually the full wording in the form is: Has...

Thank you CR001. No specific issue really. Just was a bit confused about the wording of Appendix F2 (the Financial Requirement Form to be submitted with the visa application. "3.11 What is your sponsor’s annual income from this employment before tax? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> £ 3.12 Has your sponsor been ...

Hello Members. Can any one please advice. Spouse Entry clearance visa applicant's sponsor is paid an annual gross of 30,000 Pounds. He has been working for the same employer more than 3 years now and has his salary increased to 36,000 Pounds effective from April 2016 with the same employer. He is pl...

Thanks for your reply Is she in salaried or non-salaried employment? Non-salaried (i.e per hour) she would just work the extra weeks she was off sick, as you mentioned, and she would need have earned an average of £9300 prior to the application for Cat A. Salaried she would need to show she received...

Kindly help me. A friend of mine is applying for spouse visa from abroad. His wife earns 300 - 390 Pounds per week working for the same employer more than 5 years. So they intend to use category A. ( in employment and working for the same employer more than six months), but she will be a bit short o...

Thanks Imshzd When you said "Non EU spouse require A1 level in English and that it is not a big deal" I visited the UKBA website to check the level of English she requires to pass. To my pleasant surprise there is actually a long list of countries other than the English speaking countries ...

Thank You Lucapooka for your swift reply. She definitely wants to settle in here with her "husband" but not by getting pregnant and citing human rights to a family life but I can see your point of view which is valid. It is just that her prospect of learning English will immensely improve ...

I am writing on behalf of a relative. A British Citizen living and working in the UK is planning to marry a Non-EU visa national outside the UK. He is employed by the same employer for more than six months with an annual gross salary of 27,500 Pounds. His prospective wife can not speak English and w...