Hello,
We will finally be applying next week from the States for a spouse visa for my wife to come to the uk. I have a few questions about the order of submission and payment because I remember some people coming a cropper, and my past experience of VFS for travel visas has been - almost always - frustrating ... Just poor Web design, clunky systems, registration numbers which don't work, getting 2 or 3 different numbers and not being told which to enter in which format... And not being able to pay for certain services if you've printed the application off first. This is a different process and a different time, so things might be better.. Or not. Anyway, rant over.
So it'd just be great to get concise step by step chronology from someone who knows how it should be done.
As I understand it, first the application is completed on line, submitted and printed off...
Then the VAF4A is completed and printed, but not submitted online?
Then are the options to pay appear there?
Can I pay for my wife's application by credit card or must payment come from the applicant themselves?
What order should we pay for application / priority / outbound postage / return postage / NHS surcharge / pay biometrics? Is this all OK the same site?
What are the pertinent registration and processing numbers to keep a record of?
I hope if we have this clear in advance we can avoid mistakes and this might help others too.