If you can build up a good case to show the relationship prior to the wedding is genuine and subsisting then there shouldn't be a problem.

In my case we submitted our documents 1 week after the marriage and was successful first time.

I sent in a copy of contract, pay increase letters and P60's to accompany everything you have already listed financially.

I would personally keep all application documents, the 6 months worth, at one location, right up to the point of applying. Add in an additional section within your application pack documenting your proposed/new living accommodation - proving this is your new accommodation. Deeds/ Tenancy agreement e...

Your assumptions are correct. My wife took a Cambridge ESOL KET Exam to meet the requirement for the initial spouse VISA. I recently asked if the new requirement of english is required after the first 33 months when you have to extend, FLR (M), and the answer is still no, the higher requirement is o...

Indeed calling them would be easier, I did this and they told me to write to them.

Inevitably I am yet to have a response or acknowledgement of receipt

Good luck!

How about for the first flr (m) extension visa? Not due until early 2016 under the new rules but would the new English rules apply for flr (m) or a SET (M) only as things currently stand?

Hi there, Just a quick clarification. I have some friends who are going through the process for their first FLR(M) after being given the 1st 33 months visa, pre July 2012. They are obviously rounding up all the necessary info to show they still meet the requirements, but they also mentioned that the...

It appears our stop on the way out has had repercussions. Although my wife now has a valid VISA her record has been marked as someone with poor immigration and everytime we go through the border she is confronted with further questions and doubt of legitimacy from the UKBA official which causes dela...

Ok understood. Looks like long trips back to sunny blighty for when needs be then. The plan would be then to get a place before we go and rent it out. This, for application purposes, would be our UK home and a place we'd always intend to settle. With this and family links /correspondence /holidays i...

Within Chapter 8 Appendix FM - Annex 1.0 partners it states 3.2 LEAVE TO REMAIN AS A PARTNER 3.2.1 Requirements for limited leave to remain as a partner The requirements to be met by an applicant for leave to remain as a partner of a British Citizen; a person present and settled in the UK; or a pers...

Yes I'm struggling to find the right pages on the UKBA website which goes into this area. So to extend could my wife travel back, obtain FLR, then travel back again, or would i need to go back each time too? Not a problem if i needed to. Is there a limit to the number of times you can apply for FLR ...

Hi there, Just looking for some advice regarding applying for FLR (m). My wife got her spouse VISA a couple of months ago and she is at last now with me in the UK. However its been a plan for a while to go and live and work in the UAE for at least the next five years. With my wife being out of the U...

I am wondering the same. My wife is from Brazil and she has a 2 year spouse VISA to stay in the UK. I am British born/ UK Citizen. We are intending to go on a 4 day trip to France for tourism etc. Does she need a Schengen VISA? According to the following link, no she does not, but there is, as alway...

I hope it's as simple as the fact the guy was out of order, just didn't expect it and didn't expect a stamp to go on the actual VISA page either. I hope that's it, I'll make more enquiries into it, but from the form there is no way of tracing it back to the immigration officer. We're going to France...

My wife returned to the UK today with a spouse VISA stamped into her passport. At border control at Heathrow she was put to one side and questioned over and over about how she came about the visa, asked about me (husband), told her that they couldn't believe she got a VISA, then told her they were d...

Talking from my experiences, and as said above, they do not stamp you out but they will make a note of your passport number and previous VISA number which is stamped into your passport upon entry to the UK. They also asked a few questions about my wife's stay but as long as you have answers they won...

My fiance and i recently and voluntarily returned to her home country after she had overstayed, to marry and apply for a spouse VISA. Of course you are allowed to leave We got through check in and security fine, only when we got to the gate to board the plane were there UKBA officials waiting, not n...

You should also add in a copy of your contract of employment (sponsors employment). Have it stamped/signed by your employer if you're worried about putting in a copy etc In your employers letter i assume the following is stated, your role, how long you have been with company, gross annual salary, th...

The general rules for a spouse VISA is to apply from your home/resident country. Under a spouse VISA application your overstay should be disregarded so long as you and your sponsor meet the requirements. My wife and I recently applied, albeit no baby on the way, from her home country, she had also p...

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... s/#header4

This link ought to help you. The crux of it is that you can use the new and old passport together, or you apply for a separate BRP card for a fee.

Please read through link though to ensure im correct though.

I should have scrolled up and read your earlier message! We were just uncertain having read too many contradicting stories on here which lead us to doubt stupid things to do with the application, but as you said before, being confident in the documents is and was key! Just a case of the documents be...

My wife has just recieved the following email from RIDEJVisaInfo@fco.gov.uk Subject: Your Visa Application at Rio de Janeiro (Ref: ******) Your visa has been issued. Your documents will be dispatched the following working day. We want to hear your views on the service we provided, please complete ou...

I had photocopies of non-impediment cert, my passport (sponsor), birth certificate and Certificate of residence (from my local council), birth certificate all certified at my wife's embassy in London (Brazillian) and they stamped all the copies i needed to prove they were genuine. (Average £10 per s...

I have also submitted online / company print outs for the payslips and P60's as this was all that was available to me for my wives application. I didnt think to have them stamped by my company as the pdf docs have all the company info on them, would be difficult to copy for the conmen out there. Alt...

Yes we have done very much the same as you ahead of applying. We didnt even know of this forums existence. Just had the UKBA website and its maze of PDF docs to go by. Many of the same thoughts are going through my mind too after reading the horror stories on here, im just using the same stories and...