mjrmantastic wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:24 pm
I am a British citizen. My American wife’s initial leave to remain in the UK as my spouse was awarded in January 2017 (she transferred from Tier 4) and it expires on 28 July 2019.
We’re going to apply from within the UK for an extension (FLR(M)) next week and we’ll book a UKCVAS appointment as soon as possible after. We'll be paying for a 24 hour decision to give us piece of mind of having some time to apply again/do something if the application is rejected for a reason that can be addressed.
We're yet to complete the online application (it’s basically all filled out we just need to do last bits and complete it on 1st July), pay Immigration Health Surcharge and to print off and sign relevant declarations.
Any advice you guys can provide on our evidence as it stands would be welcome!
Our assembled evidence currently looks like the following:
Travel Documents and Photos
- Applicant's valid passport (valid from Sep. 2013 - Sep. 2023)
when scanning should we scan all pages of the passport or just the "photo page"?
I scanned all pages, reason being this gives UKVI evidence of your travel history through entry/exit stamps and Entry clearance stamp for UK if any. Remember the question in the form to the effect: Where all have you (applicant) travelled?
- Applicants valid BRP (valid until 28 July 2019)
- 2 X passport photos of applicant -
Not needed. They will take a picture, during Biometrics appointment
- Sponsor's valid passport (valid from Jul 2010 - Jul 2020)
when scanning should we scan all pages of the passport or just the "photo page"?
For consistency, we scanned Sponsors full passport, but I dont think its necessary. Still if you want to play safe, scan all pages.
- 1 X passport photo of sponsor -
Not needed at all
Proof of our relationship
- Original marriage certificate (issued in USA)
Correspondence
- Aug 2017 bank statement in applicant’s name
- Aug 2017 credit card statement in sponsor’s name
- Nov 2017 electricity bill in joint names
- Mar 2018 water bill in joint names
- Jul 2018 credit card statement in sponsor’s name
- Sep 2018 bank statement in applicant’s name
- Jan 2019 letter from HMRC to sponsor
- Feb 2019 letter from HMRC to applicant
- Mar 2019 water bill in joint names
I split the last 2 years into six 4 month blocks and made sure that each block either had one item of correspondence to us jointly or that we both had an item of correspondence to us individually in the block. Now I’m looking at it thinking that we could do with another piece of correspondence for the period between March and now. We could submit a joint bank statement we received in June. What do you think? Necessary?
It will be advisable to get latest Joint June bank statement.
Accommodation
- A letter dated June signed and stamped by our Letting Agent explaining our assured short-hold tenancy is now a periodic tenancy and confirming the cost of rent (addressed to UKVI caseworker care of the applicant)
- Our original assured short-hold tenancy (joint tenancy) -
Ensure it mentions no of rooms and who all are tenants. If not, get the landlor/ letting agency write a letter to that effect
- A letter dated June 2017 confirming details of our last rent renegotiation (addressed to sponsor)-
This serves no purpose
- Our March 2019 Council Tax bill (addressed to us jointly)
- Photos of our flat
Necessary? -
No, not needed
Finances
We’re working off my income alone. I’m in permanent full time employment and whilst my job role hasn’t changed since 2017 my pay went up in April due to a union negotiated pay award and I received a pay increment. I’m applying under category A and quoting my lower salary from last financial year. Others seem to do this so I’m hoping this is ok….-
wont you submit last 6m/12 m salaryslips (whichever is applicable to you). Its okay to show pay increment, kind of helps your application. Get a letter from HR, confirming that salary was revised on MM YY.
- A letter from my employer (FAO UKVI Caseworker) confirming details of my employment and giving both my salary now and my salary from last year.
- 6 stamped payslips for sponsor’s income (Jan-June)
- 6 bank statements, each showing the income from the payslips, addressed to us jointly
Supplementary Stuff
- We’re thinking about adding a short cover letter and appending a few photos of us from the last two years (8 photos on 4 sides of A4).
Advisable? You may do that
- If you see a previous post I made, you can see that I was concerned about a lack of stamps in my wife’s passport showing her re-entering the UK from a few trips. Advice from a few forums was not to worry. I do have electronic boarding passes and tickets covering the “missing stamps”. I was thinking of including these with a note.
Advisable? Yeah, better to clarify in a cover letter
That’s it!