evidence of living together

[Darvesh]

Hi

I will appreciate if some one will shed some light on producing evidence of living together?

1-
I & my wife living together since last grant of spouse leave (initial 2.5y) but in first 10 months, as we were living in rented place where all the bills were paid by Landlord (to make things worse we were are not able to trace landlord of that property to get some sort of tenancy to cover that period) so have no utility bill on our name, how can we produce evidence of address proof.?

I have two bank accounts and she has one bank account so we can only produce bank statements , will that be suffice??

2-

since then we moved twice and now have one joint bank account and one utility bill on our name at those two places, do we need other document to cover living together on those two other address and altogether how many document required as well as document need to cover every single month lived on all addresses??

[seagul]

To meet the cohabitation requirement you will need 6 piece of documents (if joint names) or 12 (if individually named) from at least 3 different sources covering the last 2 years with even gaps of 3-4 months. Regardless number of addresses have been changed the evidences must have been kept generating covering the last 2 years. Usually few evidences almost everyone have even not paying any bill such as tenancy agreement, dvla, hmrc, nhs correspondences, mobile phone bills, voter registration, car insurance etc. All these are acceptable.

[askhans786]

If your application is as the partner of a settled person or person who is in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection


Six items of correspondence addressed to you and your partner at the same address as evidence that you have been living together since your last grant of leave in this category, or from the date you first started living together up to a maximum of two years. See Note 11.

Note 11 The items of correspondence should be addressed to you jointly or in both your names. Examples of acceptable items are listed below. The documents provided must be originals. Photocopies are not acceptable. The dates of the items of correspondence should be spread evenly over the whole period you are relying on. They should be from at least 3 different sources. If you do not have enough items in your joint names, you may also provide items addressed to each of you individually if they show the same address for both of you. For example - Four items of correspondence in joint names to the same address and two items addressed to each partner at the address. In total eight items would need to be submitted. If you and your partner have no bills or correspondence in joint names, you will need to submit twelve items (six each) of correspondence, evidencing that you reside together at the same address. If you and your partner lived with relatives or friends for some or all of the period you are relying on, please provide a letter from the relative(s) and/or friend(s) confirming this. If you did not live together for any part of the period you are relying on, tell us the reasons for this and whether you stayed in contact with each other during this time, and provide any relevant supporting evidence. Please give an explanation on a separate sheet if you cannot provide six items; if the items are not addressed to both of you; or if they do not cover the period you are relying on.

Examples of acceptable items of correspondence

• Letters or other documents from government departments or agencies, for example HM Revenue and Customs, Department for Work and Pensions, DVLA, TV Licensing.
• Letters or other documents from your GP, a hospital or other local health service about medical treatments, appointments, home visits or other medical matters
• Bank statements/letters
• Building society savings books/letters
• Council tax bills or statements
• Electricity and/or gas bills or statements
• Water rates bills or statement
• Mortgage statements/agreement
• Tenancy agreement(s)
• Telephone bills or statements