I understand that he will need to meet the 18,600 pound financial requirement and he does meet that...I'm assuming his pay stubs and contract from his employment would suffice.
Not quite - there are very specific documents he must provide for the financial requirement:
- 6 continuous months of original payslips showing a salary of £1,550 or more (before tax)
- 6 months of original bank statements showing the deposit of each of the 6 payslips
- a letter from his employer, with specific details on it
- his job contract and most recent P60 (these are both optional, but it's a good idea to include them as UKBA may ask for them).
The specific documents he needs are listed on the financial requirements document:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/IDIs/chp8-annex/section-FM-1.7.pdf?view=Binary1. Sponsoring: what is required from my fiance to sponsor me?
He will need to provide:
- his passport (or certified copy of his photo page)
- a letter of confirmation
- the financial requirement documents as listed above
- evidence of suitable accommodation for you to live in in the UK
- any relationship evidence that he has do add to your evidence
2. Registering at the Registar's Office: what will my fiance need to do to complete this process? and what will I need to show proof that he registered us for marry?
You both have to be in the UK together in order to give notice to marry, so he cannot do it before you arrive. You will need to show your fiance visa to the registry office in order to give notice.
If you are marrying in England:
- you must both have been resident in the county you will marry for 7 days before you can give notice to marry
- the notice to marry must be displayed for 15 days before you can have the ceremony
So, you will need to be in the UK with your fiance visa for at least 22 days before you can marry.
So, for the fiance visa application, all you need to show is evidence of e-mail correspondence between you and the registry office enquiring about possible ceremony dates, or if you can make one, a provisional booking for a ceremony, plus any other organising you have already done for the wedding (pictures of the dress, the rings, any invitations you may have had done etc.)
3. Me being an American and can speak, read, write in English, would I still need to complete the English language requirement? If not, then is there something on the application where I can put that I speak, read, write fluently in English?
People from predominantly English-speaking countries don't have to worry about the language requirements.
All you need to provide to show you meet the requirement is provide your US passport.
4. Fiance requirements: his weekly pay stubs, bank statements, contract from work, a letter that he will sponsor me - what will he need to include in this letter??? proof of where we will be living...is there anything else that he will need to supply for my application for fiance visa?
I've already listed what he needs to supply above, in reply to question 1.
An example sponsor letter is here:
http://www.londonelegance.com/transpondia/sites/default/files/spousal.pdfWhich is from Transpondia's site:
http://www.londonelegance.com/transpondia/family-visas/spousal-visa5. I have read that I need evidence showing that we will be living together once married...what is needed for this....letter from his landlord? he is in process of buying a home...so once he buys a home...how do we show that I will be living w/ him?
The proof of where you will live depends on his living situation:
- If he owns, you need to provide his land registry document and mortgage statements. That's it. He just needs to state in his sponsor letter that you will live there too.
- If he rents, you need to provide his tenancy agreement and a letter from his landlord giving you permission to live there too.
- If you will live with family members, you need a letter from them, plus their land registry document and mortgage statements.
6. Biometrics....where do I get this done at? I live in Michigan...
You will be prompted to book a biometrics appointment when you submit your visa application online.
You can get biometrics done at any of the 129 UCSIC Application Support Centers across the US.
There are 4 centers in Michigan that you can choose from:
https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.summary&OfficeLocator.office_type=ASC&OfficeLocator.statecode=MI7. Finally, what are the application fees for a fiance visa?
Current fee in US dollars is $1,404 (this is likely to increase in April).
There is also a Settlement Priority Service that costs $300 extra and can be purchased on the day you mail your application and documents to Sheffield. It will get your application put to the front of the processing line and so can speed up the processing time.
