Spouse Visa Extension- Core Service Point Queries

[bluedove]

Hello,

I have submitted my wife appliation couple of weeks ago and now compiling documents to make them ready to be uploaded on www.ukvcas.co.uk.

My query is home office website has given me date until 30/01/20 to arrange appointment with www.ukvcas.co.uk however my wife visa has expire on 10/12. I submitted her application before this expiry date so will there be any problems with her stay ? I am slightly confused with this new online system in place.

My second question is once I have booked appointment for documents etc can this appointment be amended if I am able to find another appointment that is before the actual date?

Any ideas what happens when you visit Core Service Point for documents checks etc ? Do they interview that my wife needs to be prepared beforehand ?


Any help would be much appreciated.


Thanks

[geoeng]

Hello,

I have submitted my wife appliation couple of weeks ago and now compiling documents to make them ready to be uploaded on www.ukvcas.co.uk.

My query is home office website has given me date until 30/01/20 to arrange appointment with www.ukvcas.co.uk however my wife visa has expire on 10/12. I submitted her application before this expiry date so will there be any problems with her stay ? I am slightly confused with this new online system in place.

No, as long as the application was submitted before expiry, leave is extended while the application is processed.

My second question is once I have booked appointment for documents etc can this appointment be amended if I am able to find another appointment that is before the actual date?

You can amend the appointment date, but if I remember correctly from when I applied a few months ago, you have to give up your current appointment before you can search for a new one so there is obviously a risk of losing your appointment and having to wait long, especially given the current high demand for appointments.

Any ideas what happens when you visit Core Service Point for documents checks etc ? Do they interview that my wife needs to be prepared beforehand ?

It's done by a third-party company and not UKVI staff, so they really just perform an administrative function (scanning, uploading, checking, etc.). No interview that I am aware of.

[bluedove]

Thanks for your reply.

Does it matter if I get an appointment at the end of January as it seems none of the appointments are now available. I have been looking for this over two weeks now and it seems only appointments available are last week of January.

My other query is if any of the documents are not uploaded can ukvcas question this during our appointment? Is it worth buying their extra services to check documents etc.

I am sorry I have never used online services and this is my first time so got lots of confusion?


Thanks

[geoeng]

Does it matter if I get an appointment at the end of January as it seems none of the appointments are now available. I have been looking for this over two weeks now and it seems only appointments available are last week of January.

The application page will give you a date you have to book an appointment by. Book an appointment before this date. It seems there has recently been a high demand for appointments and little availability so I would suggest booking one as soon as you can. Also take a look at service points farther away if you're willing to travel or you can pay extra for appointments outside of usual hours or on weekends (though it seems these are often all taken quickly as well).

My other query is if any of the documents are not uploaded can ukvcas question this during our appointment? Is it worth buying their extra services to check documents etc.

Whether it's worth it depends on how confident you are in scanning and uploading the documents yourself. See the website linked below for a description of the additional services. The checking service really only looks at the quality of the scans you have made yourself. You can also pay extra to have them scan the documents for you. With both you are responsible for ensuring the documents provided includes all of the supporting evidence necessary for the application; they will not check that, it's all on you. All Sopra Steria does is provide an administrative function. All of the documents must be uploaded prior to the appointment unless you are having them scan the documents for you; again, this is not something they are responsible for checking.

https://www.ukvcas.co.uk/additional-services

I am sorry I have never used online services and this is my first time so got lots of confusion?

I entirely understand it can be difficult to figure out a new process, especially online ones, but I will say you are running out of time to get things done if it has already been several weeks since you submitted the application. Book an appointment, scan and upload your supporting documents (or pay to have them do it), attend the biometric appointment. Keep asking any questions you have about the process and there are several other threads on here discussing uploading documents, but I really think you need to get moving on this because any available appointments are likely to get snapped up quick.

[geoeng]

I'm going to amend my post a bit for the sake of completeness having read the information on the page leading to the application form -
https://visas-immigration.service.gov.u ... ily-routes

"You must submit your documents within 10 working days of submitting your online application. If you do not do this, your application may be rejected."

Not at all sure how much leniency there is in this, but it is likely best to get moving on any outstanding items.

[bluedove]

Thanks for your detailed response.

i have booked my appointment and now uploading documents. However I have also checked immigration.service.gov.uk by logging back in to confirm that I have been given time until 30/01/20 to book my appointment.
It says: Attend an appointment to provide your documents and biometrics by 31 January 2020
so I am sure I be fine.

The other point if you could clarify is you said get your biometric done? Will this be done on the same day when I am visiting https://www.ukvcas.co.uk/ on our appointment or do I need to do this separately ?

Ukvcas website also says bring all your original documents with you does it mean I will have to take print out of all online statements including council tax, etc.

There are atleast two items where home office has requested proofs:

Evidence to support my claim it would be difficult for me to establish a private life outside the UK
** what document do I need to provide for this as they have included this in Other documents that I need to provide proof**

Evidence of monthly housing costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live

** house is own by me husband so do I disclose all my mortgage info to ho or just a land registry will do ?**

[geoeng]

The other point if you could clarify is you said get your biometric done? Will this be done on the same day when I am visiting https://www.ukvcas.co.uk/ on our appointment or do I need to do this separately ?

Yes, all that will be done at the appointment booked through UKVCAS and does not have to be booked separately.

Ukvcas website also says bring all your original documents with you does it mean I will have to take print out of all online statements including council tax, etc.

They ask you to bring all of the supporting documentation in case they come across anything that does not appear to have been scanned or uploaded properly. You may not end up needing any of it, but they do recommend bringing it.

Evidence to support my claim it would be difficult for me to establish a private life outside the UK
** what document do I need to provide for this as they have included this in Other documents that I need to provide proof**

This usually comes up if you answer in the affirmative to questions asking if it would be difficult or impossible to integrate or establish a private life in a country other than the UK and would be used to assess your application for any exceptional circumstances generally related to the FLR(FP) route in the event there were FLR(M) criteria you did not meet. If you are confident in your application, the supporting evidence provided could be as simple as a letter detailing the difficulties you would face if you had to leave the UK but it is really up to you to decide what to submit to support why you answered that question the way you did.

Evidence of monthly housing costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live
** house is own by me husband so do I disclose all my mortgage info to ho or just a land registry will do ?**

You need to provide evidence of housing costs, so for a house you own this would be mortgage expenses and council tax.

[bluedove]

Many thanks for your reply.

I am thinking about writing a letter to just mention that I have developed a family life in UK and have kids so would be difficult to live without them. I hope this would be enough ? or do you think I should acknowledge my mistake that I didn't understand the question properly?

I am having real difficultly in choosing which Category on UKVCAS website the document are to be uploaded under? Am I okay to upload documents in whatever category I think its suitable or will there be problems? In case I have uploaded documents to wrong category then will UKVCAS on my appointment would be able to move documents or will they ask me to delete documents from incorrect folder and then upload to a new category? If later is the case I think I will have to take these documents on a pen drive with me ? Please can you clarify?



Thanks once again for your kind feedback as it really helped.

[geoeng]

I am thinking about writing a letter to just mention that I have developed a family life in UK and have kids so would be difficult to live without them. I hope this would be enough ? or do you think I should acknowledge my mistake that I didn't understand the question properly?

I imagine a letter describing that would probably be sufficient.

I am having real difficultly in choosing which Category on UKVCAS website the document are to be uploaded under? Am I okay to upload documents in whatever category I think its suitable or will there be problems? In case I have uploaded documents to wrong category then will UKVCAS on my appointment would be able to move documents or will they ask me to delete documents from incorrect folder and then upload to a new category? If later is the case I think I will have to take these documents on a pen drive with me ? Please can you clarify?

The categories titles available are definitely quite generic and occasionally not applicable to this type of application. I just chose what I thought was the most appropriate category for each of the documents. As long as everything is there in a place that makes sense and the document file names make it clear what they are, I don't think it matters much. I'm guessing it is unlikely the UKVCAS folks will move the documents around or ask you to add/delete anything, it is your responsibility to include everything you think is necessary and they will really only check the quality of the scanned documents. If you're concerned about the officer reviewing the application being able to find documents, you could prepare a table of contents type of document showing which category each of the supporting documents was uploaded under, but this really just becomes an unnecessary additional thing for them to go through.

[TanJL]

I don't think they will accept a USB but you can take your original documents. However, if you haven't paid extra to have them scanned at the appointment, I doubt they would rescan them for you.

If in doubt, just upload the documents under several categories - that's what I did to ensure they weren't missed, as a few categories seemed relevant for several documents. I also labelled each PDF quite specifically so they were easily identifiable.

In my experience, they literally only checked the documents under proof of application & proof of identity. So passport, BRP etc. They didn't check any of the documents in any of the categories for quality or completeness. They literally deem it that the only standard document you need to apply is your passport, everything else varies depending on your circumstances. I tried to ask about my husbands degree scan because it was a bit too big for our scanner so it didn't come out great, but they wouldn't check it or rescan it.