Thanks Kitty, that's what I thought (or hoped!)
They have told me the bills will be watermarked and they are replicas of the bills sent originally, so fingers crossed that means the IO won't view them too suspiciously. Hopefully this means they won't be photocopies because I had to pay £5 for each old bill.
Also, they'll say 'copy' or 'duplicate' on them but they WILL NOT have the date they were reprinted on there, which looks good in my favour. When we went over our documents for the unmarried partner visa I noticed there was a 5 month gap with nothing addressed to me (see below). Even though there were a couple of joint statements I thought it looked dodgy when the real reason was because I didn't know this visa was an option for us, so I called 3 and asked for paper copies of the old ebills. Hopefully the documents below will be enough to see us through.
I included the list below to illustrate my point, I know you can't give advice without being registered. Still a 'looks fine' wouldn't go amiss!
B= Both, joint statement
G= Mine
K= My girlfriends
Sep 08 – Joint bank statement (B), credit card statement (G)
Oct 08 – Joint bank statement (B), Council tax bill for me (G), Bank statement (K)
Nov 08 – Joint bank statement (B), Electricity statement (B), credit card statement (G)
Dec 08 – Bank statement (K), letter confirming job (K)
Jan 09 – Joint bank statement (B), credit card statement (G), Electricity statement (B), Bank statement (K), Car insurance letter (G)
Feb 09 – Joint bank statement (B), NHS letter (K), credit card statement (G)
Mar 09 – Water statement (B), Bank statement (K), Council Tax statement (G), Virgin bill (G)
Apr 09 – P45 from VS job (K), Bank statement (K), 3 bill DUPLICATE (G), hotel invoice (G)
May 09 - Can't find anything
Jun 09 - Bank statement (K), 3 bill DUPLICATE (G)
Jul 09 – Water statement (B), Bank statement (K), 3 bill DUPLICATE (G)
Aug 09 - Bank statement (K), 3 bill DUPLICATE (G)
Sep 09 – Joint bank statement (B), employment agreement w/ payslips (K), Bank statement (K), 3 bill DUPLICATE (G)
Oct 09 – Joint bank statement (B), Bank statement (K)
Nov 09 – Joint bank statement (B), money transfer confirmation (K), Overdraft letter (B), Amazon invoice (K), home insurance letter (G), Pension letter (G), Virgin bill (G)
Dec 09 – HSBC money transfer confirmation, Kristen’s Lloyds statement, Car insurance renewal notice to Graham
Jan 10 – Joint bank statement (B), New debit card notice (K), Letter from Virgin Mobile (K), Bank letter (K), Letter from Credit Expert (K), Car insurance letter (G), Credit Expert letter (G)
Feb 10 – New debit card notice (G), Electricity statement (B), Council letter from MP (G), BT letter (G), Joint bank statement (B)
Mar 10 – Tenancy Agreement contract (B), Water statement (B), British Gas welcome letter (B) , Eon welcome letter (B), Letter confirming online purchase (K), NHS letter (K), Bank letter (G), Royal Mail letter (B)
Apr 10 – British Gas (B), TV license (G), Eon (B)
May 10 – Eon (B), Bank statement (K), Car Registration Cert from DVLA (G)
Jun 10 - Bank statement (K)
Jul 10 – Water statement (B), Bank statement (K)
Aug 10
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