Sorry - back from Portugal now. I assumed someone would have answered these over the last few days (I was using the internet on my phone over the weekend and couldn't easily check the answers for you).
First off, just to double-check you have the new version of the FLR(M) form, dated July 2018?
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/724084/flr_m_-07-18.pdfGeez the questions are already bubbling up. My husband has dual citizenship 3.4 and 3.5 seem to be the same question! Do I write in 3.4 British on one line and American on the second line and then on 3.5 add American again?
I would probably answer as follows:
3.3 Nationality - please indicate if your sponsor has dual nationality or if they have ever held any
other nationality or nationalities'British and US citizenship' or 'British but has dual citizenship'
3.4 Please provide details of any other nationality or nationalities your sponsor holds, or has ever
held.'US citizenship'
And 3.9 he had lived in the UK his whole life until 2006 when he moved to the US but lived in US 9 years coming back to the UK in 2015, so do I say he's lived in the UK since 2015?
No, you put the whole time he has lived in the UK, because they are checking if he was British-born (i.e. UK citizen first, then US citizen later) or if he was born abroad, moved to the UK on a visa, and then became a naturalised UK citizen (i.e. US citizen first, then UK citizen later).
For example:
'From birth to X date 2006 and then from Y date 2015 to Present'
4.3 Husband has a child who is not a dependant and is not my child. Do I say no to this? Or yes even though there is no area to explain she is not a dependant child?
When you say she is not a dependant, do you mean she is over 18?
- If she is over 18, you tick no, because they are not a child
- If she is under 18, you must include her details (plus you have to send her UK passport, birth certificate and proof of UK address).
Ok, maybe I shouldn't have posted this until I'd completely read through!
5.2 do I answer this in regard to my previous spousal visa or my first ever visit to the UK in 1999?
I think that the above question relates to all of these...When I did my first spousal visa I had to go back to the beginning of our relationship, I'm thinking now it just wants information during the time of my past visa, if that makes sense? In other words when we started living together here (as opposed to the date we met and began living together in the US?)
You put the date you arrived in the UK on your current spousal visa.
This section is asking about if you are currently living in the UK legally, when you arrived on your current visa and what type of visa it is.