Fiancee Visa paper work

My boyfriend is sending me all his info for the fiancee visa... bank statements and such... he wants to know if you could blank out his account # and NIN #... he is worried about fraud...can anyone help?

I'm not sure really. I'd say as long as he puts them in a unmarked envelope to send and seals it well, he should have any problem with fraud. My H sent me all his paperwork via air mail and it was fine. I believe the consulate would like to see the account number and his NIN to verify that both are accurate and valid IYKWIM

thanks for the help... actually i think he is worried about the people in the consulate office getting his info haha... i'll just tell him to trust them.

thanks for the help... actually i think he is worried about the people in the consulate office getting his info haha... i'll just tell him to trust them.

Yeah, they hold your future in their hands so you have to trust them.   Although I would (in hindsight) make photo copies of EVERYTHING you send them because they seem to keep random documents. They won't keep anything like your birth certificate or anything but they did keep my H's first wageslip from his job (which was the original) and print outs of my FIL's slips (bc he was a co-sponsor). So make sure you have copies of those things incase they take them.

My boyfriend is sending me all his info for the fiancee visa... bank statements and such... he wants to know if you could blank out his account # and NIN #... he is worried about fraud...can anyone help?

In Vicky's absence, I'll jump in...

Yes, he can absolutely blacken out his NIN from any evidence.  Also he can blacken out his bank sort code and bank account number.  These steps are recommended to avoid identify theft, and all Cosulates General were informed of this via an AECIP bulletin in 2002 (or 2003, I forget which).

Thank you!!!!! I'll tell my BF right away he is sending me the documents at the end of the week!

In Vicky's absence, I'll jump in...

Yes, he can absolutely blacken out his NIN from any evidence.  Also he can blacken out his bank sort code and bank account number.  These steps are recommended to avoid identify theft, and all Cosulates General were informed of this via an AECIP bulletin in 2002 (or 2003, I forget which).

Good to know! Now I'm paranoid  lol

Good to know! Now I'm paranoid  lol

I didn't post to create paranoia - although in immigration, it's hard to avoid it.

Last year, a contingent of MP's visiting Lagos were *staggered* to see bank statements and bills from British Gas on sale at street markets - complete with verified NIN's and bank account details.

The same scene repeats repeats itself throughout the impoverished world:  bank statements, tenancy agreements, student acceptance letters from Oxford, Durham, and Cambridge universities, letters from Thames Water, British Gas, you name it and you can buy it.  In the far east, some vendors are even set up right outside the Consulate.  They will fill out the forms and print off all the evidence for as little as $12.

So it pays to be careful with your NIN and bank account number.

And to clarify the acronym in my post above, AECIP = All Entry Clearance Issuing Posts = a type of telegram system the FO sends out with the intent of keeping all ECO's swinging from the same tree.  I read them avidly.

I know you weren't, Garry.

Thanks for the heads up.

I know you weren't, Garry.

Thanks for the heads up.

I would be interested to know Vicky's experience of this from when she was posted in India.  Vic??  Got your ears on?

Just about.

The only fraud I have ever experienced was from the 'courier agencies' employed in Nigeria, and disappearing visa fees.  Never any problems from India, where the consulate staff are quite meticulous.

Vicky