FLR (M) acceptable items of correspondence

Hi there!

I’m compiling my documents needed for my first FLR(M). I am currently on a Tier 4 Srudent visa. My husband and I have lived together since March 2016 and we were married September 2017. My dates and list of documents are as follows:

March-June 2016: Lease (joint names)

July-October 2016: Can’t find any mail addressed to either of us - I must have shredded and binned over the years

Nov 2016-Feb 2017: Home Office Letter after giving notice (1 in my name, 1 in sponsors name)

March 2017-June 2017: AA Contents Insurance agreement (Joint)

July 2017-Oct 2017: HMRC letter confirming tax return (1 in my name, 1 in sponsors name)

Nov 2017-Feb 2018: HMRC letter (Sponsors name), DVLA letter (My name).

There is the that period of time I cannot find any mail addressed to either of us. If we both ask for bank statements from that time period and get them stamped would that work or is that not considered ‘original’? Anything else you think might be worth checking out? Requesting a Council Tax bill (although it’s only my husbands name as I am a student and he gets single person discount). I have loads of other stuff from same time periods (bank statements, energy/water bills) but missing that one completely.

Is my contents insurance letter ok? It’s in both of our names and details the cover and type of insurance we have for our flat.

I’m on mobile so sorry if this is hard to read. Thanks so much for your time!

anyone that can help? Online searches seem to give conflicting reports on if old bank statements stamped and verified can be used as 'original' documents.

anyone that can help? Online searches seem to give conflicting reports on if old bank statements stamped and verified can be used as 'original' documents.

I wouldn't stress to much about it.

While you should show documentation that you've been living together for the FLR(M), it doesn't have to be as black and white as it would need to be if you were in the UK on a visa based on your relationship.  As you haven't had the requirement of living together while on your student visa, the burden of proof of living together is less.

What you do want to include is evidence that you've been meeting the requirements of your Tier 4 visa (letter from university or completion certificate).

thank you very much.

I am a third year PhD student so I'm assuming a letter that states I am still enrolled and doing fieldwork will suffice? I'll ask the international student office if they can draft something for me.

thank you very much.

I am a third year PhD student so I'm assuming a letter that states I am still enrolled and doing fieldwork will suffice? I'll ask the international student office if they can draft something for me.

Yup, that'll be perfect!