UK Spouse Visa Application Checklist and Questions - Please Help!

Yep - just sorting out all of the evidence! How much would you say is needed? We have photos, boarding passes, phone conversations and call logs etc.

Just two or three photos, all the boarding passes, communication covering the whole time you've been apart but not too many pages so space it out depending on the amount of time you are covering.

Just two or three photos, all the boarding passes, communication covering the whole time you've been apart but not too many pages so space it out depending on the amount of time you are covering.

Hi there,

Just to chime in on the boarding passes.  I don’t have all my boarding passes as I’ve been going in and out of England since 2011.  I probably have gone there 23 times.  I do have the last 10 times tho...would that be enough?

Also the same thing with text messages and call logs.  It would be thousand of pages if we include all of them also, iMessage and FaceTime calls I was told is only kept 1 year history.

Any suggestions ?

I don’t have all of my boarding passes either - only the initial email to confirm I’d booked my flights as well as the stamps in my passport from border control (which I was going to photocopy as well)!

I think you only need a selection of messages - from a range of dates and times

If you don’t have all the boarding passes you can just print off your eticket for each flight instead.


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Hello all,

Thank you all SO much for all of your advice. I managed to compile all of our evidence and get it shipped off to husband in Dallas - finally!

We've just completed the online application and are getting our evidence/application all ready to send off! Please could I have some advice about how to organise/arrange our evidence and packet.

Are we supposed to have a contents folder? And if so, in what order should we arrange things?

Should we staple documents together, use paperclips or plastic wallets. Please advise - we are so close to filing and getting a bit paranoid about the entire process!

Hello all,

Thank you all SO much for all of your advice. I managed to compile all of our evidence and get it shipped off to husband in Dallas - finally!

We've just completed the online application and are getting our evidence/application all ready to send off! Please could I have some advice about how to organise/arrange our evidence and packet.

Are we supposed to have a contents folder? And if so, in what order should we arrange things?

Should we staple documents together, use paperclips or plastic wallets. Please advise - we are so close to filing and getting a bit paranoid about the entire process!

Arrange everything in a sensible order.  If paying for priority, ensure the receipt is at the top of the pile.

You can use a paperclip or rubberband to keep things tidy but UKVI will put it in the order they want when it arrives.  Don't mess around with binders or sleeves.

Thank you to everyone for your help - biometrics completed and our visa was sent off yesterday! 

Good luck Daisy! 

Received our ‘a decision has been made email’ and our Passport and hopefully Visa will be delivered on Wednesday!

Just a couple of questions:

My husband, unknowingly, typed Jan 1st on his date of entry on application. Even if we get our visa on Wednesday, does this mean he still cannot travel until then? As that’s over a month away. Or can they change the date to a sooner one?

(Hope that makes sense!)

Received our ‘a decision has been made email’ and our Passport and hopefully Visa will be delivered on Wednesday!

Just a couple of questions:

My husband, unknowingly, typed Jan 1st on his date of entry on application. Even if we get our visa on Wednesday, does this mean he still cannot travel until then? As that’s over a month away. Or can they change the date to a sooner one?

(Hope that makes sense!)

They will likely make it valid starting 7 days before January 1st.

I don’t believe there is any way to change the date on it.

If you cannot travel within the 30 days (I.e. the vignette expires before you can travel), you can apply for a new 30-day vignette, but it costs about £200 and can take a few weeks to process.


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Thank you for such a speedy response.

Just to clarify, our vignette may be valid from December 23rd (intended travel date was Jan 1st).

If our 30 Days starts from Wednesday, but travel date is still Jan 1st, we would have to apply for a new one? 

Thank you for such a speedy response.

Just to clarify, our vignette may be valid from December 23rd (intended travel date was Jan 1st).

If our 30 Days starts from Wednesday, but travel date is still Jan 1st, we would have to apply for a new one? 

There is a possibility that they ignored the intended travel date and it will be made valid from around when the decision was made but there is no way to know until you receive your package.

Just to clarify, our vignette may be valid from December 23rd (intended travel date was Jan 1st).

They are supposed to make it valid from the date you put on the application form (I.e. Jan 1st), but lately they have been starting it from 7 days before that date (I.e. 25th December).

If our 30 Days starts from Wednesday, but travel date is still Jan 1st, we would have to apply for a new one? 

Yes, you would, because it would expire on December 28th.

In that case, it would probably be easier and cheaper to pay to change your flight rather than apply for a new vignette - some people have had major hassle with new vignettes, sometimes waiting up to 2 months to get it.

However, I don’t think we’ve seen them not honour the Intended Travel Date (or the 7 days before) in a long time.



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This is starting to make some sense!

Apologies - we have no flights purchased or anything like that. We had just put Jan 1st as a ballpark date around when we could travel but we can certainly travel before.

If the Visa is valid from day of decision (today) and is dated today, does that mean we have 30 days from today to travel (ignoring intended Jan 1st)? This is possible for us.

Really sorry if this sounds daft - I’m just trying to make sense of it all!

This is starting to make some sense!

Apologies - we have no flights purchased or anything like that. We had just put Jan 1st as a ballpark date around when we could travel but we can certainly travel before.

Ideally what you want to do when filling out the online form is put the earliest possible date you may wish to travel on, and that you know you will be able to travel within 30 days of.

Because if that date has passed before your visa is processed, it will simply be made valid for 30 days from around the time the decision is made.

But by putting a date further in the future, you may be in the situation where you get your visa quickly, but you cannot travel for several weeks, because it isn't valid yet.

If the Visa is valid from day of decision (today) and is dated today, does that mean we have 30 days from today to travel (ignoring intended Jan 1st)? This is possible for us.

Really sorry if this sounds daft - I’m just trying to make sense of it all!

Yes.

Basically, once you get the visa, the date you originally put on the application form is no longer relevant.

What matters are the 'valid from' and 'valid to'  dates printed on the visa vignette in your passport. You can travel on any day between those 2 dates, but not before or after those 2 dates.