Application letter and supporting documents final !

Since a few others were posting I figured I'd write up mine and post it on here for a final check !



To the Entry Clearance Officer

Please find enclosed my application and supporting documents for a settlement Visa to join my husband XXX  in the UK.
 
    I would like to use my Vignette to start on January (leave small space) 2018 . As pre my intended travel date listed on the online application.

 
The following documents are enclosed in my application package:

Applicant Information:
    - Receipt for Priority Processing( though I'm probably going to do the gold settlement when I pay )
    - Printed online application form
    - Completed VAF4A Appendix 2
    - Stamped biometrics confirmation sheet( when I get it)
    - Current passport
    -  2 passport photos
    - Return shipping labels
    -  Applicant Official Divorce Decree
    -  Official Marriage License and Certificate stamped and signed by the courthouse
     -Flight Itinerary for travel date listed in application

      Sponsor Information and Financial requirements:
   
       - Certified copy of XXX passport information page by Royal Mail
        - 2 passport Photos of sponsor
       - Letter of Sponsorship
       - Six months of sponsors bank statements stamped by the bank
      - Six months of sponsors pay slips printed online with letter from HR department proving pay slips authenticity
       - Letter from sponsor's employer stating :  sponsors job details, salary and length of employment
          With letter from HR
       -Original job contract with letter from HR
      - Most recent P60
      - Sponsors Original divorce decree

     Accommodation requirements:
        - original tenant agreement
       - letter from property management stating I can live at said address

    Proof of relationship:
       - original marriage license and certificate
       - a photo of us from our wedding
       - all available boarding passes and flight itineraries of visits to each other
       - 2 photos of us
       - IPhone /FaceTime call logs,emails and Facebook messages from the span of our relationship.
         
             Copies:
       - Copies of all original documents I wished to be returned
             

         Yours Faithfully,
              Applicant:  Diana Innamorato
 



Anything I need to change or remove ?!


   

Your documents list looks good, however you don’t need:
- 2 passport photos of sponsor (they already have his photo on the passport copy page)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

       - Certified copy of XXX passport information page by Royal Mail
     

And it's a small point but your sponsor's passport copy wasn't certified by the Royal Mail, it was done by the Post Office. They are different. 

loll ..  I just i thought it was a was called Royal Mail .. haha thank you both !!!!!

You know I never even thought about the difference before .

I’m just looking on Wikipedia and it says this:
”Post Office branches, along with the Royal Mail delivery service, were formerly part of the General Post Office and later the Post Office corporation. Post Office Counters Ltd was created as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Post Office corporation in 1986. After the Post Office corporation was renamed Royal Mail Group in 2001, Post Office Counters Ltd became Post Office Ltd.”


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You know I never even thought about the difference before .

I’m just looking on Wikipedia and it says this:
”Post Office branches, along with the Royal Mail delivery service, were formerly part of the General Post Office and later the Post Office corporation. Post Office Counters Ltd was created as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Post Office corporation in 1986. After the Post Office corporation was renamed Royal Mail Group in 2001, Post Office Counters Ltd became Post Office Ltd.”


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I honestly would have never known if u guys didn't tell me lol ...

I remember my husband getting deliveries when I was visiting him and they would leave little cards by his door that said Royal Mail .. so I just figured it was like USPS equlivent but it's good info to know for the future

Post Office sells the stamps, Royal Mail delivers the letter.

They became separate in 2012.

https://www.royalmailgroup.com/customers/services/post-office

Kinda random question
   Almost all of our wedding photos are black and white is that ok .. And I have one of us and the wedding party is that a good one to send or should we just send one of us ? Also I decided against a white dress and picked one that matched his kilt they aren't gonna question that ? I'm probably reading way to much into it ....  Sorry I'm at work .. doing thisvisa stuff with a full time job where all I do is stare at paperwork all day I gotta squeeze in questions lol...

It’s fine - all they need to see is that you have met in person... doesn’t matter what colour the photo is.

Though I would only send one of just you two and not with the wedding party.

You don’t even need to send a photo from the wedding... it can be from any time - we just suggest it because it makes sense to send one from the wedding since you are applying as a spouse... and also most people will have wedding photos but they might not have many other photos together.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s fine - all they need to see is that you have met in person... doesn’t matter what colour the photo is.

Though I would only send one of just you two and not with the wedding party.

You don’t even need to send a photo from the wedding... it can be from any time - we just suggest it because it makes sense to send one from the wedding since you are applying as a spouse... and also most people will have wedding photos but they might not have many other photos together.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That works for me !!! I'm sending one of us on top of the Empire State Building in NYC  and one of us with Big Ben  .. but I'll send in one of us from our mini photo shoot around Philly .. we have one from the rocket steps .. but we had the most all done in black and white because honestly it just made us look better lol

Just curious, does the copy of the sponsor passport need to be certified? If so how does one go about getting a certified copy?

It used to need to be certified but people seem to have been fine with a regular photocopy. We tend to recommend getting it certified if you can.

You can get it certified at a Post Office in the UK for about £8.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Kinda random question
   Almost all of our wedding photos are black and white is that ok .. And I have one of us and the wedding party is that a good one to send or should we just send one of us ? Also I decided against a white dress and picked one that matched his kilt they aren't gonna question that ? I'm probably reading way to much into it ....  Sorry I'm at work .. doing thisvisa stuff with a full time job where all I do is stare at paperwork all day I gotta squeeze in questions lol...

I’m having a bit of a giggle over here.  Step away from the application, you have officially entered the land of over analysis!

..but we had the most all done in black and white because honestly it just made us look better lol

Agree! Black and white is very forgiving! 

    -Flight Itinerary for travel date listed in application

For applications, is this necessary? I am planning to submit my application tomorrow and I don't have any travel booked since I don't know when I may get the visa.