Entering the UK

As my time draws ever nigh -
If I'm coming through with my husband and have a settlement visa in hand - do I need anything else at the ready?
Like a bank statement, my sister-in-laws letter of intent to house us, etc. - the stuff I used to get the visa....?

Nope - just the entry clearance visa in your passport should do!

You'll be waved through with a breeze and a smile with that visa in hand!  Easy-peasy and absolutely nothing to worry about!

Once you get here, you may wonder about which line to go through....the general consensus is that you and your hubby can stay together and go through the UK passport holders line.  (When traveling by yourself tho, you will probably need to go thru the "other" line.)

Have a great trip!!

At Heathrow there are 3 lines - UK/EU, UK Visa holders/Leave to enter, and Other.  Coming in by myself on Tuesday morning I went through the Visa holders/Leave to enter line after telling the people at the entrance I had leave to remain.  That line was infinitely smaller than the Other!

Once you get here, you may wonder about which line to go through....the general consensus is that you and your hubby can stay together and go through the UK passport holders line.  

Really??   We've always split up and he'd have to wait for like hours (or so it seems at that time in the morning) for me to go through the 'other' line. And the opposite when we go to the US.

Good luck, though, Elizabeth! Like everyone's said, the visa is all you need as well as maybe some tolerance if you get a snide immigration officer checking your passport.  

Good luck, though, Elizabeth! Like everyone's said, the visa is all you need as well as maybe some tolerance if you get a snide immigration officer checking your passport.  

I *heard* that!  

When Lisa and I travel together on one USA + one UK passport, man and wife, Lisa with ILR, we just go which ever queue is shorter ... on arrival in the UK and on arrival in the USA.  Best of both worlds.

On Lisa's first arrival with a spouse Visa, we went to the "non-UK" queue and I would suggest, ElizabethK, that you do.  Quite the most friendly greeting I've even had from an immigration officer - your visa is your official notice to them that you're a nive person that the UK approves of, and they'll probably chat you through other things you need to do - "do register for a doctor ... do get an NI number" and they'll be very welcoming.

Was it yourself who posted "is that IT" when you got your visa? You'll end up wondering the same thing as you come into the country.

Have a great flight!