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by mmudigonda » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:12 am
I am v worried about whether my wife and I have the proper docs to support our application for visa extension. Very little is in joint names, and although we easily have 20 docs, we are aorried about whether what we provide will be acceptable. If I state here what we plan to provide any advice about whether it is good would be appreciated.
First, My wife and I lived with my mum and dad for the first 5 months of her being in the country, so we dont really have much in the way of docs for this period as Mum and Dad paid the bills etc.. We will enclose a letter from them confirming this. Also, we hope to include:
Letters from doctor confirming wifes registration with her (my father is outr GP so this should be easy to get hopefully)
Letter confirming period of part time work at Dad's surgery - All above board.
We moved into a flat which My mum and Dad own and have been living here since NOv 2006. Therefore most of the documentation is from thsi period although most is in my name rather than joint. My wife opened bank account and got a job last Feb, so bank statements and payslips start from here. We plan to include the following:
Mine and her bank statements
Her payslips (I am still completing my PhD so have only savings rather than wage at the moment)
Letter regarding council tax which shows both mine and her names.
Letter confirming Wife's receipt of NAtional Insurance Number.
Wifes PRovisional Driving Licence with our address.
Electric Bills addressed in my name with our address (I have now had it changed to include both our names and this should start next month)
Water Bills addressed in my name with our address (I have now had it changed to include both our names and this should start next month)
Phone bills dated form when we moved in - first three months, and the last three months, which shows that we have been in the flat over a period of time.
Home insurance in my name (evidence of address - we were never told about the whole joint name thing else we would have done it earlier)
Car insurance in my name (evidence of address)
Im not sure what they mean by spread out over 2 years. MOst is from the time we have been in the new flat i.e. Nov 2006 til now and most is in my name. We can easily provide 20 docs from 5 sources but can someone please say if the above list at least MIGHT be OK?? The thing that frightens me the most is that the immigration people may just decide that not enough docs are present and she will ultimately just be thrown out. We are honest people. My wife works and earns a wage and I am a British citizen born and brought up here and studying my PhD. None of us have EVER taken a single penny from government funds and we have no plans to do so. I am so scared that the immigration people hold so much power that they could simply decide to throw my wife out, thus in essence stopping us from living together and being married.
Please Please can someone give some advice as to whether we have a good chance? We need to extend now because my wife came in 6 weeks after start date of visa because she had to finish her degree in India. Therefore she needs to complete the probationary period, and also needs time to pass the Life in Uk test. We are planning to request a 2 year extension to visa, or at least 1 year would be fine. Our main concern is the supporting documentation. WE will explain in a covering letter but are caseworkers all evil monsters?? Please help and forgive the melodrama of this post!
