Final spouse checklist and questions!

Hey everyone!

We're almost there, we've collated all of the required documents and we plan on submitting them and paying for the online application and visa very soon. This is how we plan on submitting and what we have:

Sponsor sending these to Sheffield:

• Cover letter / Family members letter
• Wedding Cards
• SU07/12 form
• Certified copy of passport
• Certificate of employment
• Letter from employer
• P60's last two years and payslips for 6 months
• Bank statements for 6 months, printed and stamped at branch
• Council tax bill & utility bill
• House title register, house photos, floor plan, letter from mortgage lender, mortgage statement, original land registry document and title register

Applicant is getting the following scanned at VFS:

• Cover letter
• CENOMAR
• IELTs certificate
• TB result
• Birth Certificate (both mine and hers as i left mine with her!)
• Marriage certificate
• Passport
• Passport sized photo x 1
• NBI clearance
• Marriage photos and wedding evidence like receipts
• Relationship Evidence
• Appendix 2
• Application form

We've checked double checked and triple checked but we would like a 3rd party to just go through this list and note anything missing please!

Questions:

1) Will submitting in this manner be problematic at all..? I heard everything should be submitted to Sheffield by the sponsor. The applicant is going to put in copies of all of the sponsors documents to be scanned too.

If you have made a Settlement application (except for applications lodged in USA and Canada): you must ensure that your UK sponsor has sent all relevant supporting documentation to the UK Decision Making Centre in Sheffield. The documents should be arranged in this order: application form and relevant Appendix* (See below); English language evidence; relationship documents; maintenance documents; accommodation documents. If documents are not received a decision will be taken on the basis on the information that has been provided.
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How can the sponsor send the English language evidence if it's the applicants evidence..



2) Is it possible to collect the Passport in person once a decision is made? If not and it has to be posted which address is used? Do they ask for an address on payment as to where it's sent? I hope not the permanent address as that's in a province and she is staying in temporary accommodation in Manila right now.

3) At what stage do we have the option to pay for the scanning and SMS services?



If you take the time to check and read the above or reply many thanks.

appendix2 and all the relevant sponsorship documents go from sponsor straight to sheffield.

sponsor to include a certified copy of their passport--sent to sheffield

Ok Big thanks for catching that!

I need to confirm for peace of mind as I have my doubts and keep reading different things..
Having the applicant scanning the above documents at vfs and the sponsor sending the above documents to Sheffield will be acceptable?

yes--the majority of documents will be from sponsor to sheffield. look at this link about vfs.


https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/burma/p...settlement-visa-applicants-Lidpro-Egnlish.pdf

Thanks again Big!

Regarding the Appendix 2, we're relying on only Category A to demonstrate that we can meet the financial requirements and as we receive no benefits we don't have to fill out the maintenance section.

Am I right then that I don't need to fill out any of the other questions past Category A, Part 3A?
I'm a bit confused as to if i should answer the following questions, I have right now but I'm thinking I should just leave them blank as it doesn't apply?:

3.23 (no)
3.31 (no)
3.39 (no)
3.62 (£0)
3.63 (yes)

answer down to 3.12--then if yes--answer 3.21

weve all had to wade through these forms----just wait till she applies for FLR---79 pages of it !

Then nothing else is needed after that?

79 pages?! Gosh and here's me thinking this was the tough one!

if you answer yes to 3.21--thats it--you are saying you meet the requirement. the rest of the earnings sections dont apply to you.

That's perfect! Cheers big, now the submitting and the waiting game.

Excited nerves time..!!

check it all through a couple of times first.

Yeah better safe than sorry!!

maybe you can help me?--in the online vaf4 form--questions about your passport ( sponsor )---what did you answer for place of issue ?

I just put UK mate

I put IPS, but from the research I did on it either IPS or UK will do.

there is no place of issue listed on my passport ( jan 14 ). ive put UK GBR. i think i applied to swansea ?
issuing authority is IPS.--a separate question.

Ips was the issuing authority..place of issue was uk I think

There's no place of issue on mine either (Jan 2010) so uk or gbr will do the job.

Ah yes i was looking at the wrong part!

75 PLACE OF ISSUE ENGLAND, UK

My passport doesn't have place of issue either, I believe they used to but not anymore this is why its a confusing matter and redundant now.
Don't worry about it.

thanks...i'll leave the worrying to you