Can we apply for a Spouse Visa with No Current UK address.

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I just wish I could find a complete detailed  list of exactly which documents I need to scan at home And send.. All I keep seeing is a very vague  ‘Supporting Documents’ comments repeatedly mentioned.

Thanks Ksand24

I just wish I could find a complete detailed  list of exactly which documents I need to scan at home And send.. All I keep seeing is a very vague  ‘Supporting Documents’ comments repeatedly mentioned.

Thanks Ksand24

I just wish I could find a complete detailed  list of exactly which documents I need to scan at home And send.. All I keep seeing is a very vague  ‘Supporting Documents’ comments repeatedly mentioned.

As I said, every single supporting document must be scanned and uploaded.

Everything you would have mailed to New York to meet the visa requirements must now be uploaded instead.

The visa is processed in Sheffield, but nothing is physically mailed to Sheffield anymore... so every document you wish to be considered for the visa needs to be scanned and uploaded so they can see it.

Either you do it yourself at home or you pay extra for the New York Scanning Hub to do it for you (but that means mailing all your original documents when you could just keep them safe at home).

So you upload:
- passports
- all your financial documents
- all your accommodation documents
- all your relationship documents

If you scroll down on the Supporting Documents page I linked to on the VFS site it gives you the document header titles and examples of which documents should be uploaded under each header section.


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The irony...

I have my UK bank sending me ‘Original’ paper statements, which I then photocopy into a .pdf file, when I could simply download the bank’s online .pdf statement(s), which are already in the correct format. 

Only to find that the Original Paper Statements have my name spelled wrong, whereas the online statement, (the one I assume I can’t use),  is correct..!!

I’ve tried phoning my UK bank to ask them to correct the error, only to find Customer Service is closed due to Covid-19, so I’ve had to write.

Why do one Job when 50 will do...!!!   Rip my hair out..!!   

The irony...

I have my UK bank sending me ‘Original’ paper statements, which I then photocopy into a .pdf file, when I could simply download the bank’s online .pdf statement(s), which are already in the correct format. 

Only to find that the Original Paper Statements have my name spelled wrong, whereas the online statement, (the one I assume I can’t use),  is correct..!!

I’ve tried phoning my UK bank to ask them to correct the error, only to find Customer Service is closed due to Covid-19, so I’ve had to write.

Why do one Job when 50 will do...!!!   Rip my hair out..!!   

I wouldn't worry. If it is clearly your name, just with incorrect spelling and coming to your address, it's not a big deal. You could always mention it if you like but this sort of thing is not uncommon.

But when its the Initial of your first name that they have wrong, this isn’t exactly a ‘simple’ mistake..!!

If your name is Mr J. Smith and they print Mr A. Smith, this could be a completely different person living at the same address as you..!!

Although the address is correct.. 😳

When they make a mistake they do it in style..!! 

From the list of documents my wife will have to upload thus:-

•  The first page of the applicant’s Visa Application Form
•  Annex II
•  Employment
•  Financial
•  Accommodation
•  Educational
•  Tuberculosis
•  Additional Documents (passport copy/remaining pages of the application form/any other documents)

Where they’ve put ‘Annex II’. Is this a Typo and they mean Appendix II..?

From the list of documents my wife will have to upload thus:-

•  The first page of the applicant’s Visa Application Form
•  Annex II
•  Employment
•  Financial
•  Accommodation
•  Educational
•  Tuberculosis
•  Additional Documents (passport copy/remaining pages of the application form/any other documents)

Where they’ve put ‘Annex II’. Is this a Typo and they mean Appendix II..?

If she is a US citizen living in the US she will not need the tuberculosis section as she is not required to have the TB test done.

She also does not need the Educational or Employment sections either because she is not required to provide evidence of her education or employment.

I don’t know about the Annex II part, but you don’t need to worry about Appendix II because there is no separate Appendix II anymore - it has been incorporated into the online application.

Essentially, I wouldn’t worry too much about the different upload sections just yet. Concentrate on getting your documents sorted out first, then when you are ready to upload them you can put them into the correct sections.


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A question on savings..

Some of my savings are in a UK Lloyds account in ₤ pounds, and some of my savings are in a US Barclay’s account in $ dollars.

I intend to supply 6 months worth of statements for each account.

When totaling up my total savings am I right in thinking I need to use the OANDA website and use the application date’s SPOT exchange rate, when converting the $ dollars to ₤ pounds..?

OR do I need to use some other average rate..?

OR do I leave it as $ dollars and let the Entry Clearance Officer make the conversion to  ₤ Pounds..?

A question on savings..

Some of my savings are in a UK Lloyds account in ₤ pounds, and some of my savings are in a US Barclay’s account in $ dollars.

I intend to supply 6 months worth of statements for each account.

When totaling up my total savings am I right in thinking I need to use the OANDA website and use the application date’s SPOT exchange rate, when converting the $ dollars to ₤ pounds..?

OR do I need to use some other average rate..?

OR do I leave it as $ dollars and let the Entry Clearance Officer make the conversion to  ₤ Pounds..?

You use the Onada closing spot rate on the day you apply.

Even though the exchange rate of each of the 6 months Statements prior, would certainly have been different for those end of month total’s..?

You still use the Spot rate on the day you apply..?

Even though the exchange rate of each of the 6 months Statements prior, would certainly have been different for those end of month total’s..?

You still use the Spot rate on the day you apply..?

Yes. The exchange rate during the other months is irrelevant.

The only thing that matters is that on the day you submit the online application, your total savings (UK + US) are worth £62,500 or more.

It doesn’t matter what they were worth on any other day of the 6 months, only on the day you actually apply.


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Where your ‘total savings’  is that number which is the lowest number your saving have been at during the past 6 month period.  NOT necessarily what your saving are today..?  Have I got that right..? 

My savings today may well be much higher than they were 6 months ago, yet I have to use the lowest figure. (Or at least, they use the lowest figure)..?

This is where it gets confusing as the date of my lowest figure in my Lloyd's account, doesn’t tally with the date of the lowest figure in my US Barclays account.

So I would need to pluck out these two lowest figures from each account, Use today’s OANDA to find the conversion rate to change my $ to ₤, then add these two lowest figures together to find the lowest total..!!

OR do I leave all those calculations to the Entry Clearance Officer..?

I also notice that OANDA’s website exchange rate is live. At what time of day does this rate close..? And does this mean I can’t file my application until this rate closes..?

My Head hurts... 

Actually I notice that OANDA's hours of operation coincide with the global financial markets. Trading is available from Sunday approximately 5 p.m. to Friday 5 p.m., New York time.

So basically they don’t close until the weekend..

Do you mean I can pluck any Rate on the Day I make my Application that just happens to pop up when I check it out..?

Where your ‘total savings’  is that number which is the lowest number your saving have been at during the past 6 month period.  NOT necessarily what your saving are today..?  Have I got that right..?

My savings today may well be much higher than they were 6 months ago, yet I have to use the lowest figure. (Or at least, they use the lowest figure)..?

Yes. It’s the lowest savings figure recorded in each account during the 6 months.

This is where it gets confusing as the date of my lowest figure in my Lloyd's account, doesn’t tally with the date of the lowest figure in my US Barclays account.

So I would need to pluck out these two lowest figures from each account, Use today’s OANDA to find the conversion rate to change my $ to ₤, then add these two lowest figures together to find the lowest total..!!

OR do I leave all those calculations to the Entry Clearance Officer..?

I would do it yourself, then they can check your calculation against theirs, and you can also include evidence f the Oanda rate on that day as well.

I also notice that OANDA’s website exchange rate is live. At what time of day does this rate close..? And does this mean I can’t file my application until this rate closes..?

My Head hurts... 

You’re overthinking it. It’s not all that complicated.

An example:
- say the lowest amount in your U.K. account was £35,000 on Jan 31st 2020
- say the lowest amount in your US account was $40,000 on April 1st.

The Oanda exchange rate for $40,000 right now is £31,791

Therefore your savings amount if you were to apply today is:
£35,000 + £31,791 = £66,791


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Another question on income(s)

I have two UK Pensions and both of these are due to have a pay rise in this month of April..

When declaring my  annual pension(s) income, do I enter what my pensions will be for then next 12 months (including pay rise) or do I declare what I previously drew over the past 12 months..?