CHUDHARY wrote:Hi fellow senior members
i have A question on behalf of a friend of mine. He is going to apply for ilr on the basis of 10 years in first week of Feb. HE also need to apply for her wife s visa as his dependent and ask home office to hold her application. his wife is on student visa and he himself is her dependent. let me give you their visa history first...
He came to uk in jan 2005 on student visa. got married in 2007 at home country and his wife came to uk on student visa in 2008. so he himself switch his visa to her wife s dependent. now he is going to complete his 10 years in feb.
He has soon a famous solicitor in London who asked him to pay £850 + vat per application means £1700 + vat. i stop him to paying solicitor. now please i have request to all members to comment and let me know what application form should he use to apply for her wife. i thing it is FLR (M). PLEASE GIVE YOUR OPINION. THANKS IN ADVANCE
If there is no gap in your friend's visa history and its a straight forward case for him and he can do it by himself without taking any solicitor's help.
All he needs.
All passport he has got since his first entry in the UK including any BRP card.
Life in the UK test result
Proof of English language competency by providing UK degree or approved B1 level test.
Latest SET LR application and £1093 fee
Two passport size photos with his name written on its back.
Photocopies of all the supporting documents.
Is your friend's wife visa is running out then she can apply for visa extension through FLR M application and request HO to hold her case until your friend's SET LR application sorted.
But bear in mind if his wife gets visa under FLR M application then she will need to spend further 5 years in the UK in order to get her ILR and all of her previous stay in the UK will be null and void.
However, she can apply on the basis of 10 years route after 3 years since she arrived in the UK in 2008.