Spouse supporting letter

Hi guys,

Here is my first draft of the supporting letter, We're getting married in a few weeks in the states so I've written ahead of time. I'd appreciate any feedback, anything I've missed or suggestions?

Many thanks

Jim


Dear Sir or Madam:

Please accept this letter as my formal confirmation for the sponsorship of my wife, [HER NAME] for a spouse visa to join me in the United Kingdom. I am a British citizen and permanent resident of England.

I will be using savings to meet financial requirement under Category D, I am including bank statements as supporting evidence of this.

Once Kelsey has been granted her visa we will live at the address stated at the top of this letter. It is a two bedroom apartment that I have owned since 2007. I am including an official copy of my property title and copies of my mortgage statements to prove ownership.

[HER NAME] and I became friends via a social networking site several years ago. In August 2013 she visited me in England and we met in person for the first time, since then we have been in a relationship. We keep in constant contact via text message, Facebook, email, FaceTime video messaging. We make frequent trips to spend time with each other as often as we can (3-4 each per year) especially arounds holidays and birthdays, I am including boarding passes and flight receipts as evidence of our trips.

On May 2nd 2016 whilst [HER NAME] was visiting me in England I proposed to her. We were married on the 9th September 2016 in her home town of [HER HOME TOWN] in front of our friends and families. We then took a trip to Nashville for our honeymoon before I returned to the UK.

Please find the following documents included to support this application:
•   A notarised copy of my British Passport
•   Copies of my bank account statements stamped by the bank showing at least 6 months of savings
•   An official copy of our wedding certificate
•   An official copy of my property title from the Land Registry
•   Copies of my mortgage statements
•   Boarding passes from my trips to the US
•   Boarding passes from her trips to the UK
•   Flight itinerary and ticket receipts for my trips to the US
•   Flight itinerary and ticket receipts for her trips to the UK
•   Boarding passes and ticket receipts for our honeymoon in Nashville
•   Photos of us together including one of our wedding day
•   Notes that we have sent each other
•   Email inbox screen grabs of messages to each other



Your sincerely

Here is my first draft of the supporting letter, We're getting married in a few weeks in the states so I've written ahead of time. I'd appreciate any feedback, anything I've missed or suggestions?

Hi Jim,

I looks pretty good, I've just made a couple of comments/corrections in red:

To The Entry Clearance Officer,

Please accept this letter as my formal confirmation for the sponsorship of my wife, [HER NAME] for a spousal visa to join me in the United Kingdom. I am a British citizen and permanent resident of England.

I will be using savings to meet financial requirement under Category D, I am including bank statements as supporting evidence of this. [I would include a statement about the source of the savings and state that they are in an account in your name]

Once Kelsey has been granted her visa we will live at the address stated at the top of this letter. It is a two bedroom apartment that I have owned since 2007. I am including an official copy of my property title and copies of my mortgage statements to prove ownership.

[HER NAME] and I became friends via a social networking site several years ago [I would give the date and/or year here, as 'several years' is a bit vague]. In August 2013 she visited me in England and we met in person for the first time, since then we have been in a relationship. We keep in constant contact via text message, Facebook, email, FaceTime video messaging. We make frequent trips to spend time with each other as often as we can (3-4 each per year) especially arounds holidays and birthdays, I am including boarding passes and flight receipts as evidence of our trips. On May 2nd 2016 whilst [HER NAME] was visiting me in England I proposed to her. We got engaged in England on May 2nd 2016 and married on 9th September 2016 in her home town of [HER HOME TOWN] in front of our friends and families. We then took a trip to Nashville for our honeymoon before I returned to the UK. We now wish to settle in the UK because [give the reason why you have decided that she will move to the UK instead of you moving to the US]

Please find the following documents included to support this application:
•   A notarised copy of my British Passport
•   Copies of my bank account statements stamped by the bank showing at least 6 months of savings
•   An official copy of our wedding certificate
•   An official copy of my property title from the Land Registry
•   Copies of my mortgage statements
•   Boarding passes from my trips to the US
•   Boarding passes from her trips to the UK
•   Flight itinerary and ticket receipts for my trips to the US
•   Flight itinerary and ticket receipts for her trips to the UK
•   Boarding passes and ticket receipts for our honeymoon in Nashville
•   Photos of us together including one of our wedding day
•   Notes that we have sent each other
•   Email inbox screen grabs of messages to each other

Your sincerely

Hi, thanks for your help!

Here's an updated version. A few areas I'm not too sure about, the source of my savings is through my earnings, I'm a business owner and I've saved up really hard over the years. I wanted to use savings rather than use the director of a limited company financial route as sponsorship as it involves more paper work than even my accountant ever needs, just wasn't sure if it should be mentioned here. Also the reason why we're settling in the UK again is because my business is based here and moving to the US for me is currently not possible for that reason, do we need more reasons than that?


To The Entry Clearance Officer:

Please accept this letter as my formal confirmation for the sponsorship of my wife, [HER FULL MARRIED NAME] for a spousal visa to join me in the United Kingdom. I am a British citizen and permanent resident of England.

I will be using savings that I have accrued through earnings as a business owner to meet the financial requirement under Category D. I am including bank statements from a savings account in my name as supporting evidence of this.

Once [HER NAME] has been granted her visa we will live at the address stated at the top of this letter. It is a two bedroom apartment that I have owned since 2007. I am including an official copy of my property title and copies of my mortgage statements to prove ownership.

[HER NAME] and I became friends via a social networking in 2008. In August 2013 she visited me in England and we met in person for the first time, since then we have been in a relationship. We keep in constant contact via text message, Facebook, email, FaceTime video messaging. We make frequent trips to spend time with each other as often as we can (3-4 each per year) especially around holidays and birthdays, I am including boarding passes and flight receipts as evidence of our trips.

We got engaged in Edinburgh on May 2nd 2016 and married on the 9th September 2016 in her home town of [TOWN, STATE, USA]. We now wish to settle in the UK because as previously mentioned I am the owner of a UK based business, it is not feasible at this time for me to operate it from the USA.

Please find the following documents included to support this application:
•   A notarised copy of my British Passport
•   Copies of my bank account statements stamped by the bank showing at least 6 months of savings
•   An official copy of our wedding certificate
•   An official copy of my property title from the Land Registry
•   Copies of my mortgage statements
•   Boarding passes from my trips to the US
•   Boarding passes from her trips to the UK
•   Flight itinerary and ticket receipts for my trips to the US
•   Flight itinerary and ticket receipts for her trips to the UK
•   Boarding passes and ticket receipts for our honeymoon in Nashville
•   Photos of us together including one of our wedding day
•   Notes that we have sent each other
•   Email inbox screen grabs



Your sincerely