spouse visa

[M&L]

I was told i must write an invitation letter for a settlement visa for my wife to enter the UK.

The question is do i need to add any of these below in my letter or not!
1. When we first met with a date!
2. Emails letters and date!
3. When we got married and date!
4. What city we meet in or country!
5. Why we want to return to the UK!
6. Do you have to use words like I love her?
7. Do i have to explain our personal feelings in a letter?
8. Our education!
9 Our plan for the future?

If there is anymore information that i have missed out please tell me
Thanks

[Lucapooka]

What you are suggesting is not a mandatory requirement. All you need to do is provide a very simple statement stating that you support her application and will be continuing your interpersonal relationship in the UK. Everything else about your circumstances should be covered in the application form. If there is something that is not clear about your circumstances in the application form then you can elaborate on this in the letter (but the additional information field of the application form is perhaps a more appropriate location as it will relate to information therein). Good luck.

[geriatrix]

Hello

Me and my Chinese wife have been waiting for nearly two months for our settlement visa so when we got a phone call from the vfs center before Christmas saying to pick up our documents and wife passport we was happy we got the visa, but when we got there we had just a Interview letter a big disapointment only asking my wife for an Interview because one of our documents is not in order but they just don't say what document is not in order do the British embassy think we are mind readers?

Should we be worried over this Interview letter we have read online this is only sent out by the British embassy when they going to fail you i don't know why they just don't tell you the truth in the begin instead they sent you a Interview letter to build up your dreams only to fail at the end of the three days. (This is a con or a trick?)

Now if we need to appeal we have to sent all our documents to the UK within 28 days from China so a "immigration judge" can over rule the embassy that takes three months and cost 80 pounds if you want an hearing it cost 140 pounds. but you live outside the UK you can't pay this online someone in the UK like a family member can only pay this for you.

!!Beware!!
This new law came out on the 19th of Dec 2011.

I just think this is very unfair to other couples like me who have been married over seven years and working outside the UK now wants to return to family, sorry to rant over this i just don't know why my country needs to be so difficult to enter, with a foreign wife:(

If there is any good news to add to this feel free.

Merry Christmas.

[geriatrix]

Should we be worried over this Interview letter we have read online this is only sent out by the British embassy when they going to fail you i don't know why they just don't tell you the truth in the begin instead they sent you a Interview letter to build up your dreams only to fail at the end of the three days. (This is a con or a trick?)

Rather than worrying about the rumours / perceptions (which may be biased), concentrate on figuring out which documentary evidence may be out of order and preparing an explanation.

Interview is a faster process for both the ECO and the applicant to clarify any doubts that the ECO may have and to reach a decision sooner than it may take if such clarifications were to be sought through letters!!

[M&L]

Should we be worried over this Interview letter we have read online this is only sent out by the British embassy when they going to fail you i don't know why they just don't tell you the truth in the begin instead they sent you a Interview letter to build up your dreams only to fail at the end of the three days. (This is a con or a trick?)

Rather than worrying about the rumours / perceptions (which may be biased), concentrate on figuring out which documentary evidence may be out of order and preparing an explanation.

Interview is a faster process for both the ECO and the applicant to clarify any doubts that the ECO may have and to reach a decision sooner than it may take if such clarifications were to be sought through letters!!

Thanks for moving to here, i just hope the Interview on the 3rd of Jan 2012 will bring us happness for the new year