Understood. Thanks Aquila.
On a side note, I’m using my partner as my sponsor but he just moved over last week and doesn’t not have a national insurance number yet, even though he is a citizen (he’s dual US/UK) and his permanent address is currently a friend’s flat.
Both of these items are on the sponsorship form that I need to send in. Think they can be amended after I send my info in? Or is this going to be a WHOLE other issue??
Thanks,
Chris
Hi
Sorry to interject it is not clear from your post that you realise that the financial requirement is sort of two parts. If he just moved (option B) then what you are relying on previous US income and current UK contract simultaneously? This is a bit tricky. Plus to my mind, if he doesnt yet have a payslip and bank statement - at least one -- this still sounds like a couple returning jointly and you would show past salary in the US and new job as essentially a job offer. IMHO.
National insurance number itself is not an issue but of course someone working in the UK supposedly would have one but it take a couple of weeks to get if he never lived there before.
You do know there is also an accommodation requirement right? It has to be met at the time of application.
You know you need to fill out Appendix 2 VAF4A? You put on it who owns the property and who lives there and there needs to be some evidence. You CANNOT adduce this later.
I also want to correct something said in responses above. "Marriage visa" is actually a "visitor for marriage" visa which is silly for many reasons (I cover this in "which visa"). Generally I concur with other posters that applying as a spouse directly is a better route, but obviously for some couples for instance same sex couples marrying in their place of residence may be commplicated then fiancee/proposed CP visa is an option but essentially you pay the high fee twice and as you are just discovering the requirements are quite onerous.
In the end it is a balancing exercise between you spending extra on the fiancee/proposed CP visa so you can marry or do a CP in the UK and fly back and stay in the US while the application is considered, or you pay the higher fees and endure the onerous requirements now but you can then switch in the UK.
Dont forget UK also accepts UNMARRIED partnerships where cohabitation of over 2 years is shown. This is essentially directly a spouse/partner visa. without marriage at all, if you marry or do a CP later you remain on the same 5 year route.
If you filed out online application but have not enrolled bio, I caution you to NOT enrol bio until you are confident that you have everything you need. You might be better off cancelling the application (you will eventually get a refund if bio not yet enrolled) and waiting until you have everything.
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Disclaimer: I am a Level 3 OISC advisor and so my opinions are informed by knowledge of the law and years of practice. Yet, no opinion given without detailed review of an individual case should be taken or treated as competent legal advice.