Now I'm confused. You say " My husband is applying for spouse visa (settlement) " and now post that you have never been to the UK. Where are you currently resident? Canada? Your husband. Does he have any 'immigration history'? Sorry for confusion. My wife wrote the first post. Anyways, bo...

If an applicant has an Immigration history which necessitates further checks then the visa application will be deferred while these are carried out. The delay in making the final decision depends very much on what checks need to be made and how quickly they are able to clarify the points which are ...

My husband is applying for spouse visa (settlement) and we received the following email from the embassy: "Please be advised that an Entry Clearance Officer has reviewed your application. The Entry Clearance Officer has assessed that your application must be deferred in order to make further ch...

I am new to this forum, I have a question regarding renting a house in the UK before going there. We are moving to England in January, how can we rent a house there before we move because most letting agencies require UK professional references and we don't have any because we're moving from Canada....