Hi all,
I am in the same boat as many of you - applying for spouse visa for my wife who is in UAE (I am a British citizen who is in UK). I am considering submitting the application in UAE rather than sending the application via post to Sheffield.
I do have one question, when applying from Dubai, do they photocopy the originals and give you the originals back? I see there is an option for 'Keep your passport' as additional services at
https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/uae/.
I was planning on going to UAE while my wife submits the documents at VFS, but I just want to confirm that my (sponsors) passport won't be kept by VFS after submission (if this is the case I can't obviously go, I will have to send all the documents to my wife while she submits it herself)
If they don't keep sponsors passport I was thinking of going to help my wife out during the submission process.
Thanks for the help! (P.S I paid and contacted UKVI to ask these questions, but they gave me generic answers and did not answer a single of my questions directly, which was disappointing. They said: "Directing you to the guidance material is the only advice we can give you" )