Question about housing

Hi all,

I'm a UK citizen, legally married to my USC wife (but not had our 'real wedding' yet). She's about to submit her online application.

I have a question about housing:

We're going to be renting a property in London somewhere (moving in immediately after flying back from our honeymoon - I will have got the keys and signed the contract in advance), but at the moment I have no idea where. At the moment I'm living with my parents. Would it be ok to put my parents' address down as 'our address' on the form, even though we have no plans to live there? Obviously we'll inform them of any changes of address.

The occupants of my parents' house would be: my parents, my wife and I, my brother. There are 4 bedrooms, so I assume there's enough space.

And a separate question linked to our address:

Should I draw up a budget which is consistent with what I said about living with my parents (and thus put in a very low figure for rent)? Or should I draw one up which shows the actual amount we're likely to pay when we rent our own flat?

Hope the above makes sense. Sorry if not - it's been a long week . I'm happy to clarify.

(Oh, and typically, what sort of time might she expect to wait between submitting online application, and attending biometrics?)

Thanks in advance for any help,
tolstoy_fan

This sounds fine.  If you plan to be using your own accommodation when you arrive, so much the better.  I would tell them that.

Enclosing a budget is an optional thing if you think your chances of meeting the maintenance hurdle are borderline. 

I just received my Spouse Visa last week. We are going to live at my father-in-laws house for the first few months so that is the address I told them. He wrote a letter saying we could live there and that we would be paying 400 pounds a month rent and 50 in utilities. He also sent over a notarised copy of the land registry and a letter from his mortgage copy saying he was in good standing with payments.
As for the budget, we only submitted one showing us paying rent to him, nothing about when we were moving out.
Just include in there how big the rooms are and the room everyone is going to occupy. The place we are moving into is a three bedroom, two doubles and one single. My wife and I are staying in one of the double rooms and our son in the single.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for the replies. So it's ok to put my parents' address down, even if we don't end up living there? I'd just like to make sure of this.

Just out of interest, why would we put on the form that we plan on using our own accommodation, and then put down my parents' address?

Thanks

What you do is tell the truth and explain what is happening.

It is slightly implausable that you don't know where you are living but just say what is happening...."we are putting my parent's address but will be moving elsehwre shortly".


Vicky

Thanks for your reply. I certainly don't want to do anything dishonest, and hope I didn't give that impression.

What about if I ask my SO to put down my parents' address as our address, and then disclose in the notes at the end of the electronic form that I'm going to start renting a flat in November (she's due to fly just before Christmas), that for that reason our address may change from the one I've given, but we will keep them informed as and when it does? And that if we encounter financial trouble, my parents are willing to accommodate us indefinitely (and include a letter from them to that effect). Does that sound ok?

(I know it sounds a bit implausible that I don't know currently where we're going to be living, but it's true. I'm working very long days at the moment so won't have time to look for a property until next month when work calms down a bit.)

I don't think that is a good idea.  I think you need to apply with a firm address.  Either put your parents, or just wait.

Vicky