Hey Ksand24, actually let me clarify. I didn't receive a request for documentation. When I submitted an online request for status, the inquiry service sent me back an e-mail the next day asking to provide things like GW number, passport number, full name, date of birth etc. which apparently they need in order to "escalate" my request for status. I'm guessing they use this information to maybe e-mail the HO to try and track the status of my application. I have used the online inquiry service 2 times, the first time, they just responded by e-mail to indicate that the application has not yet been assessed, this was back in February. Since it had been 3 weeks since my online inquiry and I still had not heard anything and we were only about 2 weeks away from the 12 week mark, I submitted another request to see what the status was...that's when I got an e-mail asking for "basic" information to try and escalate my request.
Royal mail was so cheap and sent it to us so quickly that we thought..."hey we should do that"...my husband I think has lots of faith in the Royal mail lol. I have a UPS account though and I've just been debating on sending the e-mail with it or waiting for them to request it b/c they did ask me to disregard the initial request.
I have received exactly 4 e-mails (not counting the ones from the inquiry service) regarding my application.
1. The e-mail confirming receipt on January 29
2. The e-mail asking for a courier label on January 31
3. The second January 31 e-mail received like 2 minutes later asking me to disregard the request for the courier label as it was sent in error
4. An e-mail on February 2nd asking for a divorce certificate to some person I don't know, and I've never been married before so I just assumed it was sent to my e-mail address in error and I disregarded it.
Yeah I missed that the e-mail you get when you make the insurance payment instructs to write it on the application
. Since we haven't hit the 12 week mark which is the minimum time they require, we have been holding until then before we try to get the MP involved. April 5th I believe is our 12 week mark.
I'm just crossing my fingers that we do not receive an e-mail about this whole "pause" that is happening for applications.
With regards to the documentation we submitted. Here is a list of what we submitted, hopefully I remember it all:
Application (on US paper, tried to order A4 paper from amazon and they sent me regular 8.5 x 11 size)
Appendix 2
Letter from applicant
Letter from sponsor
Notarized copy of Husband's passport bio page
Copy of husband's passport page with stamps showing travel to US
Marriage license
My brand new passport and my prior passport that covered travel for past 10 years
passport photos (not UK size, completely forgot about this)
Accommodations:
Letter from husband's father indicating he's allowing us to stay with him
Land registry information for father's home
Utility bill showing husband's father's address
2015/2016 and 2016/2017 council tax for husband's father
Financial:
I guess our application is not the standard application. My husband receives carer's benefits so I believe we are exempt from the min income requirement but we must show we meet the maintenance requirement so we included:
6 months of bank account statements to prove that we meet that maintenance requirement
Applicant paystubs for December (though not required, I did state that my employer is letting me continue to work once I move so I didn't know if that would help anything)
Carer's benefit letter for sponsor
One bank account statement showing last carer's benefit payment
Relationship:
a few photos of us together throughout the years
We only had one photo from the wedding of us that we included.
Mailing labels showing gifts and such that we have sent to each other
whatsapp chats with dates for 2016
call logs, we included like one page from each year (had too many too include all) that shows we have maintained contact throughout the years
I think I got all that we provided, I may have to double check.
