Just to confirm: you are currently on an FLR(M) visa (not a spousal visa) after switching from a Tier 2 visa?
I’m checking because a spousal visa and an FLR(M) visa are valid for different lengths of time and which one you have will determine what date you can apply for your FLR(M) renewal.
As you have an FLR(M) visa, the earliest you can apply is 28 days before May 27th 2020.
Just looking to get a head start on getting my documents organised for proof of mine and my partner's relationship. As I understand it I have to submit 6 documents to cover from November 2017 to May 2020 (basically the period of my previous visa and not just two years like it was last time)?
No, you only need to cover the last 2 years, from May 2018 to May 2020.
So your documents should be spaced every 4 months, and you want to use the following months:
May 2018
Sept 2018
Jan 2019
May 2019
Sept 2019
Jan 2020
Optional extra: May 2020
So, because of this, you will need to rethink your document spacing and gather up different documents instead.
Also a side note - if I ended up using our tenancy agreement as proof of us cohabiting, do I submit a duplicate as evidence of housing costs or is the one sufficient? Same question regarding council tax proof - can I just submit it once and they'll know it's to meet the evidence requirement for both things?
Everything is scanned and uploaded to the Sopra Steria website now, so I would just upload the document twice - once for the accommodation and once the relationship evidence.
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