2.2 Is this the first time you have applied for a visa or extension of stay in one of the above categories (including previous leave granted as fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner) with your current sponsor?
No. As i was granted leave to enter as a fiancé, just asking here to confirm this one is correct.
Correct - you answer no, because this is your second visa in this category (the first being the fiance visa).
5.3 In what category were you granted permission to enter the UK?
Leave to enter as a fiancé of a settled person.
Yep, sounds good. You could also say: 'a settlement visa as the fiance of a person settled in the UK'
6.2 , 6.3 , 6.4 When did you first meet your sponsor, where, and when did your relationship begin?
I kept these answers very short, just the two corresponding dates and where we met in london (same answers as on appendix 2 for the previous visa), are they expecting more specific answers or will this suffice?
Should be fine.
6.2 - date you first met in person
6.3 - Location of your first meeting
6.4 - date you entered into a romantic relationship
6.7 When did you start living together as partners?
I wrote the date I arrived in the UK. Just checking they don't mean as partners after our marriage date.
That's fine, as they mean the date you first started living together. This question is mainly aimed at people applying for unmarried partner visas, where you have to prove you have lived together for 24 consecutive months before applying.
6.8 Add all addresses you and your sponsor have lived at preceding this application.
This included our current permanent residence correct? I would just leave the "to" date blank?
No, I believe you only include any addresses where you have lived together OTHER than your current address. So, if you have only lived together at one address (i.e. the address you gave in Section 1), then I think you leave this question blank.
6.9 If relevant, have you lived together permanently in the UK since your last grant of limited leave to remain as a partner?
Irrelevant to me as I was granted leave to ENTER as a fiancé, so i would leave this blank, correct?
Correct.
7.3 Category A
Only my sponsor is employed, so all my boxes would be left blank correct?
Correct.
In fact, even if you did work, if your sponsor meets the £18,600 requirement using their income alone, you would still leave all your boxes blank, as you would not need to include your income in the application.
9.15 Give details of the British Diplomatic post(s) involved if the application(s) was or were made abroad?
This has to do with 9.12, asking whether i've had finger prints taken for a previous application, which I have for biometrics in the USA. However, there were no diplomatic posts involved, as it was a US Immigrations Services office. So i would just write "NONE" as the answer her correct?
No, not correct. The diplomatic post is the consulate that issued your visa, so you HAVE to answer it.
You answer as follows:
9.12 - Yes
9.13 - date of US biometrics
9.14 - address of USCIS centre where you gave biometrics
9.15 - address of UKVI Sheffield where your visa was processed
10.13 How long have you lived in the UK?
Just under 3 months. Probably over thinking this one.
Put 3 months.
10.14 Please state what ties you have with:
-Country of birth, other country which nationality you hold, and country lived in more that 5 years
- Tell them about family, friends, and other connections with that country
The answer section here it's incredibly small, and in a grid which is odd. How specific do they want me to get here? I've got enough room to write USA on the "country" side, then on "social cultural or family ties" side i've got room for 4-8 very short answers. i.e Pat - Aunt
All they are looking for is something like:
USA - parents/sibling in X state
USA - close friends in X state
USA - property owned in X state
USA - business owned in X state
Basically, they are looking to see whether, if your visa was refused, you would have something to go back to in the US.
