Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent example (or template) of a cover letter that i (UK citizen and sponsor) and my fiance (applicant) could send with our spouse's visa application?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Just out of interest madhouse - which marriage certificate did you submit? The full unabridged or just the manual certificate (the one hand written on the day of the wedding? We're only going to submit the manual one (because we will be applying two days after the wedding and it takes 12 weeks to ob...

[quote="madhouse92"]I agree. Getting an ECM to review it first would also save a lot of pain and agony. My wife was distraught when she read the refusal letter. At least common sense prevailed.quote] Absolutely. The same thing happened to us when my fiance applied for the working holiday v...

You'd think the ECM would review refusals before they issue the refusal notice. At the very least it would save them time and money in letters and phone calls. Incidentally madhouse - my fiance and i are applying through VFS in Durban - when you filled out your online application were there only app...

Me - British Fiance - South African Applying for spouses's visa. Hi all, Have applied online for the spouse's visa but when it came to the part where you choose your appointment date and time there were no appointments available for January and in fact no appointments for the whole of 2010. This was...

Me - British
Fiance - South African

Do my documents (passport, birth cert., etc.) need to be certified or notarised? I ask this because having them notarised is more expensive than just having them certfied.

Thanks in advance for any help.

We are in the process of applying for spouse's visa and have been filling out the online application. There is a question on the application that asks "What date do you intend to leave the UK"? As this is a settlement application my fiance does not intend to leave the UK. The online applic...

They're just being cautious. Scar tissue in the lungs always makes them look more closely. If it turns out that it is TB (although this sounds unlikely from what you've already said) and it is the treatable type (some strains of TB do not respond to treatment) they will put her on a course of medica...

Casa wrote:Is this for spouse ILR application? If so, it doesn't have to be utility bills.

Sorry - should have stated that. Yes this is for spouse's visa. So i guess what i've got is OK.

I read somewhere that you need to provide a utility or council tax bill as proof of address and that no other document will suffice. Is this true? All utility bills and council tax are included as part of my rent so i don't have these documents. I do however have bank statements, copy of electoral r...

Thanks for that. That's the bit that threw me - having to put a date in the future on the online application for an event (our marriage) that is supposed to have already happened.

Anyone else have any experience of applying in advance? Specifically with an online application?

Me - British Fiance - South African. My fiance and i will be getting married on 16th January 2010 in South Africa. Is it possible to apply for the visa before we get married so that we can go and hand in our documents a couple of days after the wedding? We were going to start the application now so ...

sorry to say mate but your English is much different then some one who is born in the UK and your spelling are horrible.or either you didn't go to school.. I am totally agreed what Obie said earlier in his post.there is something wrong. Forgive me if you mind that... Hilarious - pot . . . kettle . ...

Thanks BatelyKhan - that makes sense. We'll put 'yes' and then explain. I guess they can see exactly what happened from their computer records anyway.

Hi my South African wife to be was refused a WHM visa in 2007. We were going to appeal but a couple of months before the court date the High Commission in Pretoria overturned their decision and issued the visa. So my question is what should we put in section 6 of form VAF4A where it asks whether the...

You could try a charity. I am an ESOL tutor and when people come in, who are in the same position as your wife, we refer them to New Life Christian Centre. They hold ESOL classes for free. I can't vouch for the quality of teaching or the amount of tution she would receive but it might be worth looki...

I'm not applying for EEA - please read the post before making irrelevant comments. I find your comment immature! I thought you came on board to learn some thing that would help you???? If that's the case, learn when to use which word & where to use it.Your emotions won't work on this board. Wel...

I'm not applying for EEA - please read the post before making irrelevant comments.

Thanks for your reply Obie. I thought that was the case. Does anyone know whether they still do a TB check on entry for those countries where they don't conduct a medical in advance? When my fiance first came here on a WHV they were going to do a chest X-ray when she arrived at Heathrow but it meant...

Do they do medical checks in South Africa for spouse's visa? If they do what do they check for? Is it just TB or do they also check for HIV?

Thanks for the reply Obie. We wont be applying for a fiance visa - we are getting married and will apply for the spouse's visa. So i will need to prove straight away that i can support her. My question was more about the fact that supporting her now (as i am) impacts on my finances and makes it look...

I have a question about finance. My fiance is here on a WHV (i'm British). As she had to stop working in June (due to only being allowed to work for 12 months on WHV) i have been supporting her since then and will continue to do so until we get married in January. At the moment i only manage to save...

Junai I am somewhat confused by your comments. You appear to contradict yourself. In your first post you say you live with friends and pay rent, but you don't have a tenancy agreement, whilst in your second post you say you have one and is longer than 12 months. Also what is this lodgers agreement ...

I take your point but i really don't see how they could refuse me on this basis. For one i will have a tenancy agreement with at least a year left on it. Secondly i live in a three bedroom house - not a flat. Whilst i understand that an ECO can basically do what they want, i doubt they would refuse ...

Me - UK citizen, finance - South African My finance is here on WHV and she will return to SA in December where we will get married and apply for the spouse's visa. Currently we stay with my friend (i pay rent). I don't have a tenancy agreement as my friend doesn't require one (he trusts me to pay re...