Well, the time has come, and I have gathered all the materials I have thought I need for my visa application. I recently was married to my sponsor, under the same-sex marriage laws in Massachusettes. (We're both women.) I am applying for a civil partner visa. Here is what I'm including in my binder that will be sent off to the lovely visa people:
My information: newly-renewed passport, new photos for visa, old passport, birth certificate, letter from my new employer in the UK saying I have a job and how much I will be making at this job
My wife's information: notarized copy of her current passport, old passports, birth certificate, a copy of her contract with her work saying how much she is making, her bank statements for the last 3 months, letter from her talking about our relationship
Joint information: marriage certificate, joint bank account statements from here in the US, documentation of 5 years of a relationship (photos, plane ticket stubs, etc.)
I've made copies of all of the pages in the binder, and included them for the folks looking at my app.
What am I missing? What else should I include? Will I get this binder back?
