Visa granted - next steps?

[viseasypeasy]

Hi again,

We've still not had the documents back, and are starting to get a bit jittery about it. Is there any way of contacting Vulcan House directly? Or a better way of getting information? After dealing with them for nearly two months, I've come to the conclusion that phoning that the HO is an expensive waste of time.

Also, am I right in thinking that my fiance will need a TB certificate and notarised copies of my passport to enter the UK? Is there anything else?

[seagul]

Also, am I right in thinking that my fiance will need a TB certificate and notarised copies of my passport to enter the UK? Is there anything else?

Copy of TB test should be fine. Your copy of passport won't be needed.

[viseasypeasy]

Also, am I right in thinking that my fiance will need a TB certificate and notarised copies of my passport to enter the UK? Is there anything else?

Copy of TB test should be fine. Your copy of passport won't be needed.

Ok, thanks. Do you have any ideas in the first question? The TB certificate is one of the documents we’re waiting to get back. I’m guessing we could just get another one done?

[seagul]

I’m guessing we could just get another one done?

No need. just use the photocopy of old one even expired for airport purposes.

[viseasypeasy]

Hi there,

As stated above, my fiance is due to move to the UK on a fiance visa next month. Once we are married, we will then be applying for the 2.5 year extension.

On the extension application, would she need to proof that she is living with me at my flat? And would the way to do this to be to provide utility bills etc (as with the fiance visa application)?

My concern is that it's potentially going to be tricky to her name on said utility bills. And does the proof of address need to cover a certain time (i.e. would we need to prove that she will have lived at this address from May 2019 - September 2019)?

Any advice from people that have been through this process would be hugely helpful!

[seagul]

When you will switch into the first stage of spouse visa from fiancee visa then you won't need the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation but will need almost the same documents as were attached with fiancee visa.
However, after 2.5 years when you will extend the spouse visa then you will need to attach the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation which can include anything apart of utilities bills as long as they have your names & addresses on it. These documents need to be either 6 (if joint) or 12 (if individually named) and should be from at least 3 sources.

[viseasypeasy]

When you will switch into the first stage of spouse visa from fiancee visa then you won't need the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation but will need almost the same documents as were attached with fiancee visa.
However, after 2.5 years when you will extend the spouse visa then you will need to attach the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation which can include anything apart of utilities bills as long as they have your names & addresses on it. These documents need to be either 6 (if joint) or 12 (if individually named) and should be from at least 3 sources.

Thank you. So in the next application (the one we'll make once the six months is up/we're married) will we need to provide evidence of cohabitation?

[seagul]

When you will switch into the first stage of spouse visa from fiancee visa then you won't need the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation but will need almost the same documents as were attached with fiancee visa.
However, after 2.5 years when you will extend the spouse visa then you will need to attach the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation which can include anything apart of utilities bills as long as they have your names & addresses on it. These documents need to be either 6 (if joint) or 12 (if individually named) and should be from at least 3 sources.

Thank you. So in the next application (the one we'll make once the six months is up/we're married) will we need to provide evidence of cohabitation?

No. Any recent proof of address should be fine.

[viseasypeasy]

When you will switch into the first stage of spouse visa from fiancee visa then you won't need the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation but will need almost the same documents as were attached with fiancee visa.
However, after 2.5 years when you will extend the spouse visa then you will need to attach the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation which can include anything apart of utilities bills as long as they have your names & addresses on it. These documents need to be either 6 (if joint) or 12 (if individually named) and should be from at least 3 sources.

Thank you. So in the next application (the one we'll make once the six months is up/we're married) will we need to provide evidence of cohabitation?

No. Any recent proof of address should be fine.

OK - so I'm guessing that applies to both me and her? And will be stuff like utility bills etc?

[seagul]

When you will switch into the first stage of spouse visa from fiancee visa then you won't need the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation but will need almost the same documents as were attached with fiancee visa.
However, after 2.5 years when you will extend the spouse visa then you will need to attach the 2 years of proofs of cohabitation which can include anything apart of utilities bills as long as they have your names & addresses on it. These documents need to be either 6 (if joint) or 12 (if individually named) and should be from at least 3 sources.

Thank you. So in the next application (the one we'll make once the six months is up/we're married) will we need to provide evidence of cohabitation?

No. Any recent proof of address should be fine.

OK - so I'm guessing that applies to both me and her? And will be stuff like utility bills etc?

Any recent item (even other than utility bills) with address and in joint or individual names should be fine.

[viseasypeasy]

Hi all,

My fiancé has arrived on the six month spouse marriage visa. Does she need to register with the police? The online guidance is quite unclear.

[seagul]

Hi all,

My fiancé has arrived on the six month spouse marriage visa. Does she need to register with the police? The online guidance is quite unclear.

The letter that come along with BRP card must state this requirement and if it hasn't been mentioned on it then maybe she not need to register with police.

[viseasypeasy]

Hi all,

My fiancé has arrived on the six month spouse marriage visa. Does she need to register with the police? The online guidance is quite unclear.

The letter that come along with BRP card must state this requirement and if it hasn't been mentioned on it then maybe she not need to register with police.

Thanks! She doesn't have a BRP as she's only entitled (at the moment) to stay in six months.I think I'm right in saying that she'll get that once we're married and extend her visa. The only document we got from the HO was the vignette, which doesn't say she needs to register. I'm guessing they would tell us if she did need to?

[seagul]

Hi all,

My fiancé has arrived on the six month spouse marriage visa. Does she need to register with the police? The online guidance is quite unclear.

The letter that come along with BRP card must state this requirement and if it hasn't been mentioned on it then maybe she not need to register with police.

Thanks! She doesn't have a BRP as she's only entitled (at the moment) to stay in six months.I think I'm right in saying that she'll get that once we're married and extend her visa. The only document we got from the HO was the vignette, which doesn't say she needs to register. I'm guessing they would tell us if she did need to?

Also be informed that spouse/fiancee/unmarried partners of settled or British citizen are exempted from registering with police.

[viseasypeasy]

Oh ok, so she doesn’t have to register, basically?

[CR001]

Oh ok, so she doesn’t have to register, basically?

Only certain nationalities and certain visa categories have to register with police. She would have been told in a letter or on her visa if this was required.

[seagul]

When you’re exempt
You don’t need to register with the police if you have permission to live permanently in the UK, or are a family member of an EEA citizen.

You also don’t need to register if you’ve got permission to stay in the UK as:

a seasonal agricultural worker
a private servant in a diplomatic household
a minister of religion, missionary or member of a religious order
the partner (spouse, fiancé(e), civil or unmarried partner) of a person settled in the UK
a person with access rights to a child resident in the UK
the parent of a child at school
someone who’s been given asylum

[viseasypeasy]

Hi there,

My fiance (who is currently here on the six-month finance visa) and I are currently looking into the documents we will need to provide when applying for the marriage visa after our wedding later this year.

I noticed that it says we need to provide a tenancy agreement with both our names on it. My landlord said he was unable legally to put my fiancee's name on the tenancy agreement, as it runs out in February 2020 and she is legally (for now) only here for six months. He has, however, specified on the agreement that we signed earlier this year she can live with in the property with me (there's a section where it says TENANT is entitled to live in property with SPACE, which he has filled in). Do you think that this, coupled with a signed letter from the landlord explaining the situation and adding that she can be added to the tenancy agreement once she has the two-and-a-half year marriage visa, will satisfy the HO?

Also, where it says correspondence should be "spread out", do people know how strict the HO are with this? It's obviously not easy to get joint correspondence within a few weeks of your fiance moving in from abroad!

[CR001]

Proof of cohabitation is not required for switching from fiance visa to spouse visa.

Submit why limited documents you will have.

[seagul]

Do you think that this, coupled with a signed letter from the landlord explaining the situation and adding that she can be added to the tenancy agreement once she has the two-and-a-half year marriage visa, will satisfy the HO?

Yes it will definitely work. Also try to attach council tax/any utility bill in joint name if possible (its optional)

[viseasypeasy]

Hi there,

As discussed earlier on in this thread, my soon-to-be-wife and I will be applying to switch a fiance visa into a spouse visa next month. I've been employed by the same company for the past year and a half, but in the past month or so they've "rebranded". The name on the branding has changed (I don't want to give away which company it is, but the change is effectively to abbreviate the name and add 'media' at the end), as has the company logo, but the actual company name on payslips is the same. If I provide a letter explaining this change, will that be sufficient? Or could it be a potential issue?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[seagul]

Hi there,

As discussed earlier on in this thread, my soon-to-be-wife and I will be applying to switch a fiance visa into a spouse visa next month. I've been employed by the same company for the past year and a half, but in the past month or so they've "rebranded". The name on the branding has changed (I don't want to give away which company it is, but the change is effectively to abbreviate the name and add 'media' at the end), as has the company logo, but the actual company name on payslips is the same. If I provide a letter explaining this change, will that be sufficient? Or could it be a potential issue?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Safest will be to provide 12 months of payslips and corresponding bank statements.

[KristianDLloyd]

Hi there,

As discussed earlier on in this thread, my soon-to-be-wife and I will be applying to switch a fiance visa into a spouse visa next month. I've been employed by the same company for the past year and a half, but in the past month or so they've "rebranded". The name on the branding has changed (I don't want to give away which company it is, but the change is effectively to abbreviate the name and add 'media' at the end), as has the company logo, but the actual company name on payslips is the same. If I provide a letter explaining this change, will that be sufficient? Or could it be a potential issue?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Has the name of the legal trading entity changed? If not, the branding alone is irrelevant.

Provide a letter on letter-headed paper to accompany your payslips, having your HR team explain this rebranding. This letterhead will no doubt have the new branding.

Further, there is a legal requirement in the UK for letterheads to include the registered (or legal trading entity) name together with registered company number and registered trading address. This will all match up.

This, combined with the letter, should be sufficient.

[viseasypeasy]

Hi there,

As discussed earlier on in this thread, my soon-to-be-wife and I will be applying to switch a fiance visa into a spouse visa next month. I've been employed by the same company for the past year and a half, but in the past month or so they've "rebranded". The name on the branding has changed (I don't want to give away which company it is, but the change is effectively to abbreviate the name and add 'media' at the end), as has the company logo, but the actual company name on payslips is the same. If I provide a letter explaining this change, will that be sufficient? Or could it be a potential issue?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Has the name of the legal trading entity changed? If not, the branding alone is irrelevant.

Provide a letter on letter-headed paper to accompany your payslips, having your HR team explain this rebranding. This letterhead will no doubt have the new branding.

Further, there is a legal requirement in the UK for letterheads to include the registered (or legal trading entity) name together with registered company number and registered trading address. This will all match up.

This, combined with the letter, should be sufficient.

Thank you! The name of the trading company hasn't changed, so even though the branding on my payslips has changed, the company name has stayed the same and matches up with the employment contract I signed 18 months ago. I was going to get my employer to write a letter confirming that my employment details- if I got them to mention the branding change in there, do you think that would be sufficient?

Also, it is suggested in the comment above that I could provide 12 months worth of payslips. Out of interest, why would that make a difference to the situation? I'm not disputing it, I'm just curious.

[KristianDLloyd]

Hi there,

As discussed earlier on in this thread, my soon-to-be-wife and I will be applying to switch a fiance visa into a spouse visa next month. I've been employed by the same company for the past year and a half, but in the past month or so they've "rebranded". The name on the branding has changed (I don't want to give away which company it is, but the change is effectively to abbreviate the name and add 'media' at the end), as has the company logo, but the actual company name on payslips is the same. If I provide a letter explaining this change, will that be sufficient? Or could it be a potential issue?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Has the name of the legal trading entity changed? If not, the branding alone is irrelevant.

Provide a letter on letter-headed paper to accompany your payslips, having your HR team explain this rebranding. This letterhead will no doubt have the new branding.

Further, there is a legal requirement in the UK for letterheads to include the registered (or legal trading entity) name together with registered company number and registered trading address. This will all match up.

This, combined with the letter, should be sufficient.

Thank you! The name of the trading company hasn't changed, so even though the branding on my payslips has changed, the company name has stayed the same and matches up with the employment contract I signed 18 months ago. I was going to get my employer to write a letter confirming that my employment details- if I got them to mention the branding change in there, do you think that would be sufficient?

Also, it is suggested in the comment above that I could provide 12 months worth of payslips. Out of interest, why would that make a difference to the situation? I'm not disputing it, I'm just curious.

If all payslips look identical, don't mention the branding change. If not, it would do no harm for your HR team to mention that the company branding has changed.

If you have been with the same employer for >6 months earning above the financial requirement, then you will apply under Category A which requires 6 months' payslips and corresponding bank statements.

The above has suggested 12 months of payslips, which is a requirement for Category B; the category for individuals with their employer for <6 months. Given that the name of the legal trading entity has not changed and you have been with the same employer for >6 months, best not to confuse matters and stick to the requirements for Category A (6 months' payslips).