Preparing for my husbands spouse visa

He says thank you and wants to know if you think there's any way I can bring note to the discrepancy on his UK visa refusal document while staying neutral, or if he should let it be entirely and just provide information.

Yes, absolutely neutral. Just state the facts as jfkimberley says. Include everything up front and make it as easy as possible for them to figure out what happened for themselves.

I currently have 80 pages of evidence that I'm getting ready to ship off to the hubby - want to check that this seems normal or if anything pages can be cut out.

I've included my entire tenancy agreement because it's signed at the front and back.
I've provided every single page of my bank statement each month - he wonders if I can just include the page that my wage appears or if I need the entire statement,

Boarding passes - 7 pages
Cards - 8 pages (1 card per page)
Facebook - 2 pages
Hangouts - 2 pages
Payslips - 7 pages
Photos - 1 page
Work contract - 9 pages
Skype chat - 2 pages
sponsor letter - 1 page
Tenancy agreement - 19 pages
accommodation letter - 1 page
bank statements - 17 (more coming)
Certified photo page of passport - 2 pages (this is the stamped page and the bit of paper that the post office filled in)
Employer letter - 1 page
P60 - 1 page

I currently have 80 pages of evidence that I'm getting ready to ship off to the hubby - want to check that this seems normal or if anything pages can be cut out.

I've included my entire tenancy agreement because it's signed at the front and back.
I've provided every single page of my bank statement each month - he wonders if I can just include the page that my wage appears or if I need the entire statement,

Boarding passes - 7 pages
Cards - 8 pages (1 card per page)
Facebook - 2 pages
Hangouts - 2 pages
Payslips - 7 pages
Photos - 1 page
Work contract - 9 pages
Skype chat - 2 pages
sponsor letter - 1 page
Tenancy agreement - 19 pages
accommodation letter - 1 page
bank statements - 17 (more coming)
Certified photo page of passport - 2 pages (this is the stamped page and the bit of paper that the post office filled in)
Employer letter - 1 page
P60 - 1 page

80 pages is reasonable.  As most bank statements, tenancy agreements, and contracts are long, seems right.

You need ALL the pages.  Are you scanning or posting?  If posting, do NOT use Royal Mail or ParcelForce.

Posting, I'm going to a packaging shop and they are going to help me do it via Fedex

Hey all, I'm sending him everything I've prepared tomorrow morning - can you look at my checklist.

I haven't included the applicant documents as those are coming later

Sponsor Documents:
- Certified copy of passport photo page
- Sponsor letter

Financial evidence:
- Bank statements (the statements will cover 3rd September 2018 to  25th April 2019)
- Letter from employer
- Employment contract
- Payslips (October-April)

Accommodation Evidence:
- Tenancy Agreement
- Letter from Glyn Jones/Landlord

Relationship evidence:
- Marriage certificate
- 2 photos - beginning of relationship and wedding
- etickets/boarding passes for 2015-2018 (3 trips worth)
- chat logs: (skype delete A LOT of our chat history so we only have a small amount from 5 years of conversation)
                  -Facebook: covers Dec 8th 2013-Jul 19th 2018
                  -Skype: covers March 9th 2017-October 4th 2017 and October 31st 2018-January 27th 2019
                  -Google Hangouts (just calls): covers July 18th 2018-March 7th 2019
- cards

What are the dates on your payslips?  Do the pay dates span six FULL months?

I have 7 months of pay slips

I have 7 months of pay slips

Oops, so you do.  I miscounted!  But better to be safe, right?

I don't see anything missing from your end, other than the signed declaration, which you've noted and will send separately.  Just remember your most recent bank statement, payslip, and employer letter must all be dated within 28 days of the application date, so don't dawdle now that you know the dates of those documents.

When you submit the application do you get a list of dates for the biometrics appointment before or after you pay?

Also linked here: https://imgur.com/a/939jhAl is a picture from my husband's entry refusal last year. In his cover letter/on a separate page, how do you suggest he addresses the points border officer made?

When you submit the application do you get a list of dates for the biometrics appointment before or after you pay?

Also linked here: https://imgur.com/a/939jhAl is a picture from my husband's entry refusal last year. In his cover letter/on a separate page, how do you suggest he addresses the points border officer made?

Okay, the main reasons he was refused were:
- not enough money to support himself without working for 5.5 months
- not enough evidence that he was a genuine visitor in the UK (evidence of plans to sightsee etc) and that he had ties to the US (a job and a home) to return to.

The part about Australian immigration was just an added extra that they stuck in to back up the rest, and is of little consequence, as he would still have been refused even without the Australian visa issue.

So, for the fiancé visa, there is nothing to address, other than stating he has a refusal and including the paperwork, because you are now proving the opposite of what he had to prove for a visitor visa. You are showing that the reasons for his refusal are now the reasons for applying for the fiancé visa.

For a visitor visa he has to show:
- no intention of living in the UK
- he has a life to return to in the US

But for a fiancé visa he has to show:
- he intends to live and work in the UK permanently
- he is leaving his life in the US to make a new life in the U.K.

So, none of the main reasons for his refusal apply anymore.


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He is applying for the spouse visa, we got married June 2018 after that entry refusal, if that makes a difference to how he writes his cover letter

He is applying for the spouse visa, we got married June 2018 after that entry refusal, if that makes a difference to how he writes his cover letter

Nope, makes no difference in regards to the refusal or the cover letter.

The cover letter should only state:
- visa type applied for
- date he wants the visa to start
- details and explanation of his refusal  (I.e. refused due to not having enough money available for a visit or evidence of tourist plans for visit).


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I'm looking at the VAF4A, question 3.12 asks have you been earning the amount, detailed in 3.11, continuously for 6 months prior to the date of application?

How do I answer this.

Explanation - so from August 2018 I was earning 18,888 per year, in February the company and our union decided we should all get a payrise. My April 2019 payslip shows the new annual salary of 18982.08 which was backdated to August 2018.

So i've been earning the income requirement for more than enough time and my employer has explained this in the letter, I just want to know if I put the new salary or the older one.

Tick yes ... because really, it’s asking: “Have you been earning more than £18,600 continuously for 6 months?”

And put your new salary in the box.

If you are salaried they will take the lowest payslip from the 6 months and multiply it by 12 to get the total annual income that can be used for the visa.

As long as this lowest payslip is at least £1,550 before tax, you will meet the requirement.

If you were to tick No to that question, then you would be saying you don’t qualify under Category A and therefore you would have to use Category B and would need to provide 12 months of payslips and bank statements.


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