Can someone read over this "letter from landlord" letter?

Can someone tell me if this serves as a "letter from landlord"? Confirming my permission to stay there? Can it be from the real estate agent who the landlord goes through? Because that's what my husband has got .. Here is what it reads..

Woodhead Oswestry Sales and Lettings
12 Leg Street
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 2NL
01691 680044
 
30/07/15
 
FAO ENTRY CLEARANCE OFFICER
 
 
To whom it may concern,
 
We act as the managing agents of behalf of (landlord) the landlord/owner of (house address here) This property has 4 bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage. The property has been previously let for a number of years and is classed as a long term let property.
 
I can confirm that (my husband) met our tenant application criteria and has resided at this property since 13th June 2015. He is currently within the assured shorthold period however upon the expiry of the assured period  (my husband) may be invited to sign a new tenancy agreement alternatively by agreement with both parties the tenancy may become periodic (rolling month-to-month).
 
The owner (disclosed) was aware prior to (my husband) taking the tenancy that his wife, (me) would be moving into the property upon her arrival in the UK - He is happy for this to be the case and has given his permission .
 
If you would like to discuss the matter further please call me on(disclosed)
 
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
 
(Estate agent name)– Letting Manager
 
On behalf of  (Landlord)



Does this work? Anything helps! Thanks!
 

The letter should be from the landlord themselves because it's the owner of the property who has to give permission and an estate agent doesn't have any claim over the ownership of the property.

Can he not contact his landlord directly to ask for a letter?

The UKVI website states:

MAA11 Adequacy of accommodation

The ECO’s judgement should be based on the evidence from the applicant. If the ECO is not sure of the credibility of the applicant, he / she should ask to see a letter from the owner of the property (which may be a housing authority, housing association, landlord or a building society). This should confirm particulars of tenure and occupation of the dwelling, together with a description of the accommodation and, if rented, a copy of the lease.

The onus is on the applicant to provide confirmation that there is no objection to an additional resident moving into the accommodation.

(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maintenance-and-accommodation-maa/maintenance-and-accommodation-maa--2#maa9-assessing-adequate-accommodation)

Otherwise, the letter looks fine - it should be addressed to The Entry Clearance Officer, so no need for both the 'FAO ENTRY CLEARANCE OFFICER' and the 'To Whom It May Concern'. They should just start the letter: 'To The Entry Clearance Officer'

My landlord permission letter is from my letting agent too and I've already submitted my application

I think if a landlord uses a letting agency to manage their property, it should be logical that the managing agency would provide the letter on their behalf. The tenancy agreement is signed by the landlord himself and the letting agency.

Any thoughts?

It may be okay to just use a letter from the letting agency, though obviously a letter from the landlord themselves is preferred if you can get one.

I don't recall whether or not anyone else here on the forum has used a letter from a letting agency rather than the actual landlord though.

Gemology-- I would think you'll be fine

Ksand --just to be safe I'm going to revise the letter and forward to estate agent to give to landlord to sign.. Can I send you a draft for u to review on here just to make sure it sounds okay ?

It may be okay to just use a letter from the letting agency, though obviously a letter from the landlord themselves is preferred if you can get one.

I don't recall whether or not anyone else here on the forum has used a letter from a letting agency rather than the actual landlord though.

On my list of documents for submission that I posted both here and on immigrationboards.com which stated I was including a letter from the letting agent to give the landlord's permission, and everyone said it was fine.

I'm pretty sure that people on immigrationboards.com have submitted a letter from their letting agent - my landlord can't be bothered to do anything so why would he do me a favour and write me a letter for a visa?

The letter should be from the landlord themselves because it's the owner of the property who has to give permission and an estate agent doesn't have any claim over the ownership of the property.

Can he not contact his landlord directly to ask for a letter?

The UKVI website states:
(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maintenance-and-accommodation-maa/maintenance-and-accommodation-maa--2#maa9-assessing-adequate-accommodation)

Otherwise, the letter looks fine - it should be addressed to The Entry Clearance Officer, so no need for both the 'FAO ENTRY CLEARANCE OFFICER' and the 'To Whom It May Concern'. They should just start the letter: 'To The Entry Clearance Officer'

Ksand-- how does this sound?

Landlord name
(Landlord address goes here)
(Landlord phone number goes here)
 
30/07/15
 
 
 
To The Entry Clearance Officer,
 
I am the landlord/owner of (husbands rental home). This property has 4 bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage. The property has been previously let for a number of years and is classed as a long term let property.
 
I can confirm that (my husband) met our tenant application criteria and has resided at this property since 13th June 2015. He is currently within the assured shorthold period however upon the expiry of the assured period  (my husband) may be invited to sign a new tenancy agreement alternatively by agreement with both parties the tenancy may become periodic (rolling month-to-month).
 
I, (landlord) was aware prior to  (my husband) taking the tenancy, that his wife, (me) would be moving into the property upon her arrival in the UK- I am happy for this to be the case and am giving my permission .
 
If you would like to discuss the matter further please call me on (landlord number here)
 
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
 
(Landlords signature )– Landlord/homeowner
 

On my list of documents for submission that I posted both here and on immigrationboards.com which stated I was including a letter from the letting agent to give the landlord's permission, and everyone said it was fine.

I'm pretty sure that people on immigrationboards.com have submitted a letter from their letting agent - my landlord can't be bothered to do anything so why would he do me a favour and write me a letter for a visa?

I'm sure you'll be fine .

I was just going by the official guidance on the UKVI website which states that the owner of the property should provide the letter, so in jordandacey's case, if they can get a letter from the landlord, that would be ideal - if not though, I'm sure they will be okay to use the letter from the letting agent.

Ksand-- how does this sound?

Landlord name
(Landlord address goes here)
(Landlord phone number goes here)
 
30/07/15
 
 
 
To The Entry Clearance Officer,
 
I am the landlord/owner of (husbands rental home). This property has 4 bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage. The property has been previously let for a number of years and is classed as a long term let property.
 
I can confirm that (my husband) met our tenant application criteria and has resided at this property since 13th June 2015. He is currently within the assured shorthold period however upon the expiry of the assured period  (my husband) may be invited to sign a new tenancy agreement alternatively by agreement with both parties the tenancy may become periodic (rolling month-to-month).
 
I, (landlord) was aware prior to  (my husband) taking the tenancy, that his wife, (me) would be moving into the property upon her arrival in the UK- I am happy for this to be the case and am giving my permission .
 
If you would like to discuss the matter further please call me on (landlord number here)
 
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
 
 
(Landlords signature )– Landlord/homeowner

Looks like it covers everything it needs to... as long as the landlord is happy with the content of the letter (since he/she is really supposed to compose it themselves) .

Looks like it covers everything it needs to... as long as the landlord is happy with the content of the letter (since he/she is really supposed to compose it themselves) .

Yes we have sent it to him And he's happy with it. The estate agent wrote it with The landlord and I had to adjust it as they were confused exactly how it was worded and from who
Thanks for your help!

My landlord permission letter is from my letting agent too and I've already submitted my application

I think if a landlord uses a letting agency to manage their property, it should be logical that the managing agency would provide the letter on their behalf. The tenancy agreement is signed by the landlord himself and the letting agency.

Any thoughts?

Hey Gemology. My husband couldn't get a hold of our landlord to have him write a letter. So my hubby wrote in his letter that I had verbal permission to move in to the house. It was never an issue for us on either my denied visa (it was due to not meeting the income threshold) and my approved visa.

Hey Gemology. My husband couldn't get a hold of our landlord to have him write a letter. So my hubby wrote in his letter that I had verbal permission to move in to the house. It was never an issue for us on either my denied visa (it was due to not meeting the income threshold) and my approved visa.

Thanks lyonaria, appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Fingers crossed my letter will be good enough.

Thanks lyonaria, appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Fingers crossed my letter will be good enough.

You're quite welcome! I realised I've had a bit of an out of ordinary experience with the UKVI. Mine was the tail end of 2013/early 2014. Unless they've gotten WAY stricter since then...  

He tried I don't know how many times to get ahold of him, but it just didn't work. They've only come to the house once in the 2.5 years he's lived here and that was this month. *shakes head*