Hi All Mine is a bit more complicated cos after 5 years of marriage/visa I was getting divorced as well, so I have applied for ILR but with few complications. (long story) Application sent on 01.06.2012 Acknoledgement Letter received on 05.08.2012 Still waiting for the rest, it has been 4 months now...

Hi there, ideally would be better if ur partner would find a job b4 opening a bank account. Then one thing can link to another. Banks will accept a national insurance number letter (which is required for working in uk anyway) and another option would be to make a uk provisional driving license, u do...