Advice for using bank statements as evidence for living together?

Hi guys.
Sorry I am posting so many....just trying to get a jump on things so I don't have panic attacks like in 2017.
I'm having trouble finding answers on the government website and guidance for things like the proof of living together mail in regards to ILR. Would anyone be able to help me with a few questions?

1. Are only original statements from banks allowed, or can we use letters from banks? My husband has a "change of terms" letter from our bank for Nov. 2017 that we are hoping we can use (although he has some scribbles on it).
2. How does it work to use bank statements as the mail evidence? I get the original ones, but the bank will only send them in 3 month bulk statements and there is no "printed on" date. For example, it will say "13 Nov 2017 to 12 Jan 2017, sheets 147 to 160.) Would I use this as evidence for the month of January 2017? And would I include the entire statement?

3. As an aside....has anything changed in regards to what is allowed as evidence? I can't find any guidance for it and the application is online so I can't print it out to practice like I always did. I remember it being allowed to have: bills/statements from utilities/internet/tv liscense; bank statements; payslips; doctor letters;
 Do dentist letters work? My husband has an invoice from ours for one month. Would a British Gas home service appointment letter work? Can a sick note from our GP work? (I was signed off sick in May 2018 and have the sick note saved....has my address, my GP, and the date on it.)

4. For payslips....my current job is stupid in that it insists on using my first and middle initial instead of my full name - will this be a problem?

Thanks for any help guys. Hoping to keep on top of all of this so I'm not stressing myself, my husband, or any of you kind people out in a year's time. :-)

It's best if you can keep all of your questions together in one thread, that way it's easier to help you as we can see what has already been said. 

I keep meaning to make an account to see what the online form looks like (I've heard it's fairly self explanatory) but haven't got around to doing it yet! I don't see that there would be any harm in you taking a look yourself now.

It's best if you can keep all of your questions together in one thread, that way it's easier to help you as we can see what has already been said. 

I keep meaning to make an account to see what the online form looks like (I've heard it's fairly self explanatory) but haven't got around to doing it yet! I don't see that there would be any harm in you taking a look yourself now.

Really? I didnt think I'd be able to. I'll look into that - thanks!

Really? I didnt think I'd be able to. I'll look into that - thanks!

Let us know how you get on. 

Hi guys.
Sorry I am posting so many....just trying to get a jump on things so I don't have panic attacks like in 2017.
I'm having trouble finding answers on the government website and guidance for things like the proof of living together mail in regards to ILR. Would anyone be able to help me with a few questions?

1. Are only original statements from banks allowed, or can we use letters from banks? My husband has a "change of terms" letter from our bank for Nov. 2017 that we are hoping we can use (although he has some scribbles on it).

I used an American Express letter that was showing that I had been approved, and they counted it. I think it is just a correspondence with a bank/credit card company which does the trick- as genuine people wouldn't apply for a credit card to be sent to an address that isn't theirs.


2. How does it work to use bank statements as the mail evidence? I get the original ones, but the bank will only send them in 3 month bulk statements and there is no "printed on" date. For example, it will say "13 Nov 2017 to 12 Jan 2017, sheets 147 to 160.) Would I use this as evidence for the month of January 2017? And would I include the entire statement?

I used statements for part of residence as well as for payslips. Mine did not have "printed on dates" just had a statement date, which I assume that they used as the timestamp for that piece. Sometimes they were issued as bulk, but its the statement ending date that it would count for.  So yes, I submitted a current account statement which ended 1JAN 2018, and counted it as January correspondence. It worked fine. Yes, I included the entire statements for everything.

3. As an aside....has anything changed in regards to what is allowed as evidence? I can't find any guidance for it and the application is online so I can't print it out to practice like I always did. I remember it being allowed to have: bills/statements from utilities/internet/tv liscense; bank statements; payslips; doctor letters;
 Do dentist letters work? My husband has an invoice from ours for one month. Would a British Gas home service appointment letter work? Can a sick note from our GP work? (I was signed off sick in May 2018 and have the sick note saved....has my address, my GP, and the date on it.)

I think that all of those are fine- during the application there is guidance as you go along. You will tick that you can confirm that you will provide the necessary documents. From what I remember the guidance for these types of letter was exactly the same as it was in the past.


4. For payslips....my current job is stupid in that it insists on using my first and middle initial instead of my full name - will this be a problem?

I am not sure about this- perhaps in your employer letter you ask them to include that they use this name format?


Thanks for any help guys. Hoping to keep on top of all of this so I'm not stressing myself, my husband, or any of you kind people out in a year's time. :-)