shubhox wrote:ramesh1 wrote:shubhox good to hear that u got visa. But for your dependents you can apply only after an year ? It's because in your application(single applicant) you might quoted that your dependents will join after an year and the reason for that. Pls shed some light on it as i am also in the same boat. Senior members pls comment.
ramesh, this is a news for me...but as far as i know, they can join me right away...in fact, i will be applying for my wife's visa in a couple of days..
i just checked the VAF9 and VAF 10 forms...nowhere do they mention anything about joining an year later...
please shed more light on this..
It doesn't say that you can apply only after a year but it does say that if you plan to have your dependents join you in next 12 months, you must show proof of maintenance for dependents as well.
Here is my 2c understanding:
Now that you got the visa, you can go there. And then apply for them as dependents. When you do that, you need to go the whole 9 yards to prove that you can support them - a house big enough to house them, lease for the house, utility bills, 3 months pay slips, balance in UK acct etc. All this, will take easily 4-5 months.
But then, that's just my understanding and I'm by no means an expert on this.