Spouse Visa questions

[beeandalex]

Good news! Since my last post my wife and I (married two weeks ago in Cambodia, beautiful day; check out this photo if you're interested - http://imgur.com/CAaiCFe) have made great strides forward and are now nearly in a position to apply for a Spouse Visa. Marriage certificate is pending but we should receive it before November is out.

I started a new job earning £25,400pa on 15th June and will be receiving my 6th payslip from this employer on 18th December, meaning we hope to get our application in to VFS Global in Cambodia on 21st December. My contract is temporary (fixed-term until 31st August 2016), and is likely to continue past that date - I understand from reading around that this shouldn't hold the application back; could someone please confirm this?

Regarding supporting documents, I have been working from these guidelines: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... lement.pdf - I believe it details everything that should be in the application pack? Aside from collating documents and relationship evidence like photos and message logs, letters I think I need are:

- employer letter confirming start date, gross salary and contract length (if I got this next week, will it still be considered valid by the time we apply?)
- letter from myself explaining our personal circumstances
- letter from my parents inviting my wife to stay in their home and proof that there is enough space in the house

So I'm proving that a) I meet the finance requirement and can support us both, b) that our marriage is genuine and subsisting, and c) that we have a place to live.
Again, please let me know if I'm wrong. Finally, I wanted to ask; is it worth including anything about my wife's current employment (she's a Reward Club Executive in Phnom Penh's largest casino/hotel complex) in the application pack, perhaps to demonstrate that she is employable and won't be looking to collect public funds?

Thanks very much in advance, as your all know with these application the stakes are high and margin for error non-existent so any help and advice is very gratefully received.


Alex and Bee