Hey Guys, Just wanted to say thank you to all who contribute to this forum. It has helped me a lot and we have just received my wife's UK Spouse Visa this morning. Online application 20/09/13 Submitted Docs in Shanghai 10/10/13 Received visa 01/11/13 16 working days Good luck everyone and let me kno...

You fill in the main application online and then print it out but you fill out the correct appendix on paper, then you take it to a visa application centre and submit all your documents and give them your fingerprints etc... what are you applying for and where from?

Any thoughts on my list please?

Hi Guys, my Chinese wife is submitting her documents on Thursday. This is a list of documents we have gotten together. Background is that we have lived together in Shanghai for 2 years and are applying under Category A alone. I have a job offer starting in Feb in the UK. I know we dont need to show ...

Yea, we just did my wife's from China, you print it and fill it in by hand...online is just for the personal information!

Does anyone have a definite answer about the SU07/12 sponsorship undertaking form? As I am returning to the UK with my wife from China do I need to fill this in? On the form it I should prove my address given, but I have no UK address apart from my parents...

Thanks for any help

Does anyone know if you can translate documents yourself?

Some people tell me you can but I have seen no proof of this on the UKBA website.

Thanks

Thanks.....did you have time to look at the details of my income?

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this is not related to the other post?

D4109125 wrote:Do you have a confirmed offer of salaried or non- salaried employment in the UK, starting within 3 months of your return?

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I have been trying to tell my wife that if my salary (outside the UK) exceeds GBP18600 we do not need to evidence any savings in the application. But she really really wants to include them. (just in case) Its delaying us applying because I need to get bank statements sent from home to China which t...

bump.... Can someone check over my calculations for my income. my basic salary is 11500 RMB per month (gross) For the last 6 months I have been paid 3750 RMB overtime in 5 months and 6000 overtime in one month. (gross) I got two bonuses during this time of 500RMB and 800RMB (gross) I calculate that ...

Just read some changes coming into effect on Oct 1st. It used to be that the salary was calculated by taking the lowest pay in the last 6 months and multiplying by 12... However I have just read the statement of changes and it says this... In Appendix FM-SE after paragraph 18(b) insert: “(bb) In res...

Good luck.. .I'm applying for the spouse Visa this week for my wife too..

I only know from what I have read that because she has applied before with another guy that to prove your relationship is subsisting and genuine you might need to show lots of proof and an interview may be required for them to check you are both genuine....(which I am sure you are). Bottom line is t...

So living together is not really relevant until FLR stage? That would make sense because there are people I know who have been living separately (one in the UK and one in China) so they will have more to prove to show that they are genuine...we have a contract and some letters with our address on to...

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Hi guys, Applying for spouse visa this week. We have been living together for nearly 2 years and have 2 tenancy agreements in both our names, signed by the landlord. Our utility bills come in the landlords name, he pays them and then I pay him a lump sum for all utilities at the end of the contract....

Oh and also, They use the closing exchange rate for the date of your application which is the time you pay online....what date do they use? The Chinese Local time I pay, or the equivalent UK time? As its 7 hours different, i could pay at 1am here and that would be 6pm in the UK...or do they use UTC?...

Hi guys, Could someone give me advice on the correct way to convert foreign money to GBP. I am needing to convert Chinese RMB in to GBP, do I need the 0.xxxx value or the 9.xx value. On the site it clearly says "Currency I have" and “currency I want" Am i right in assuming I use RMB f...

If I was to have a child born in China, would this child increase the financial requirement? I am British, my wife is Chinese. From the research I have done should be able to register the child birth and then get them a British passport and renounce the Chinese citizenship... This should then keep t...

Clearly you don't know you way around the immigration rules or rights of abode for British citizens and, as such, I wonder if you have even looked at the requirements for your partner's settlement visa? Can you confirm that she would qualify for this? Actually I have researched every word of the im...

I find it hard to believe that even the UKBA would say that a British Citizen needs to apply for a visa to enter the UK. :? Why are you asking your 'hometown government' to speak to UKBA and not asking them yourself? My parents went to the local MP for some advice about my wife's Spouse visa applic...