Applying to remain in the UK

Good afternoon everyone. As me and my wife have been trying to get the proper documents together, decided to continue filling out some of my application while I have some time to do so. So, have a quick and probably simple question about the following set of questions asked.
Do you and your partner have any children together?
My wife has a daughter from a previous marriage. I am assuming by having any children together, they mean biologically speaking, so I answered, No.

Do you have any children whose parent is not your partner?
No

Does your partner have any children living in the UK from a previous relationship?
(Required)
Was going to answer yes, but then saw the follow up question.
==Provide details of where the children live, who they live with and their relationship with that person. Include the reason they do not live with your partner.
She does live with us, so just gave me pause when they asked for a reason "they do not live with your partner"
Should I answer yes and explain that she does live with us. Or am I reading the questions wrong and just answer no to the question in the first place. Just want to be safe and make sure I am reading the questions correctly. Thanks.

You tick Yes for the last one because she does have a child from a previous relationship. Then you say that she lives with you, and you answer any other questions it asks about her daughter.

You must also include the following documents with your application:
- her daughter’s passport
- her daughter’s birth certificate
- a letter dated in the last 3 months confirming her daughter’s address (to show she lives with you)


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Thanks ksand24,
The letter dated in the past 3 months is something new for me. Is it correct that both my wife and step daughter birth certificates can be copies and not the originals. I know when I went through the documents that were returned to me from my last visa application both certificates returned to me were copies and not the originals. Thanks.

Hello,
I have a quick question. Can pay slips be used as one source of proof of address. I believe I thought about using  one of my pay slips last time, but ended up  not needing it. However, may need one of my pay slips this time. Thank you. 

Hello,
I have a quick question. Can pay slips be used as one source of proof of address. I believe I thought about using  one of my pay slips last time, but ended up  not needing it. However, may need one of my pay slips this time. Thank you.

If they are sent to you through the post they can be used as correspondence evidence.

Hello,
A major issue has come up with my wife's P60. When my wife handed it to me, I noticed a major error on it. Instead of listing my wife's salary for the past year, it appeared to only list her salary for the first 2 months of the year. Which, of course, would be way, way, way below what is needed to meet the financial support amount.
My wife gets paid by a council and my wife's place of work got in touch in the Council payroll department and was told that payroll would not issue a corrected P60, but they will send a letter to attach to the one her workplace will send that explains that it is wrong with the correct facts on it.
Would that be okay. If not, then I don't know what I will do as the council payroll has made it's decision and will not issue a corrected P60, but as I mentioned a letter explaining the error with the correct details. Thanks.

The P60 is not a required document, so the easiest thing is to just not include it and not mention it at all.


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I actually thought it was. Would they determine my wife meeting the financial support amount by her pay slips.

I actually thought it was. Would they determine my wife meeting the financial support amount by her pay slips.

Yes, that is the only way they determine the financial requirement, because they can only consider the most recent 6 months of income (I.e. March to August), which the latest P60 will not show anyway as it ends in April 2021.

The mandatory documents are:
- 6 full months of payslips
- 6 full months of bank statements confirming each payslip has been paid into an account in the same name
- employer letter confirming the employment details and payslips

Optional documents (but which they can ask to see if they need to):
- job contract
- latest P60


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Hello everyone,
This is turning out to be the most difficult of all the visa's I have had to do for various reasons, but am trying to plow ahead. That also includes coming up with enough proof of address items for all the correct months. Don't have many items addressed to both me and my wife and the ones we do seem to mostly fall either a month off before a date I need or a month after. So, have a question about 3 sources in my name and one in my wife's name.
I think the first 3 will probably be okay, but am double checking. Not sure about the last item.
 
One is a letter from the NHS confirming that I have cancelled a doctors appointment.
One is a cable/phone bill
One is a credit card bill/statement mailed to me

The last one I am not as sure, but as I said am also double checking the first 3 I mentioned as well
The last one is a post sale documentation letter mailed to me by my pension company.

Thanks again for your help.

Hello everyone,
This is turning out to be the most difficult of all the visa's I have had to do for various reasons, but am trying to plow ahead. That also includes coming up with enough proof of address items for all the correct months. Don't have many items addressed to both me and my wife and the ones we do seem to mostly fall either a month off before a date I need or a month after. So, have a question about 3 sources in my name and one in my wife's name.
I think the first 3 will probably be okay, but am double checking. Not sure about the last item.
 
One is a letter from the NHS confirming that I have cancelled a doctors appointment.
One is a cable/phone bill
One is a credit card bill/statement mailed to me

The last one I am not as sure, but as I said am also double checking the first 3 I mentioned as well
The last one is a post sale documentation letter mailed to me by my pension company.

Those are all completely fine to use.

Also, it’s not an issue if your months are slightly off... you just need to include a letter explaining the reason why you don’t have the right months.


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Thanks, that's great to know. We have one item in particular in both our names that keeps coming up a month off going all the way back to the beginning of 2019. I think we now have enough proof of address items to cover all the months. Thanks again,

Hello everyone,
Quick question about what needs to be in before my visa expires. I believe I have read that what I need to have in before my visa expires is my application and not my documents. So, as long as I send in my application on time, I can send in documents after my visa expires and still be okay.
Having a hard time getting my wife salary information. Her place of work was told they would send a letter with her correct salary information and the error in here P60 by early this week. She still has not gotten it and her place or work doesn't seem to be having any luck trying to fix this issue. Even more important, they can't seem to get anyone from the Council to let them know what my wife salary was for the year, which I definitely need to know to fill out the application.
So, need to double check to make sure it's the Visa that I have to have in before my Visa expires. Thank you.

Hello everyone,
Quick question about what needs to be in before my visa expires. I believe I have read that what I need to have in before my visa expires is my application and not my documents. So, as long as I send in my application on time, I can send in documents after my visa expires and still be okay.
Having a hard time getting my wife salary information. Her place of work was told they would send a letter with her correct salary information and the error in here P60 by early this week. She still has not gotten it and her place or work doesn't seem to be having any luck trying to fix this issue. Even more important, they can't seem to get anyone from the Council to let them know what my wife salary was for the year, which I definitely need to know to fill out the application.
So, need to double check to make sure it's the Visa that I have to have in before my Visa expires. Thank you.

Your documents all need to be dated on/before the date you submit your application but they are not uploaded until afterwords.
As ksand already suggested, just leave out your P60 as it is not mandatory anyway.

By update, you mean that they all need to be from the time before I submit my application. For example, any bank statements, proof of address documents all need to be from before the date I submitting my application. As opposed to  some type of proof that I had them all prepared and ready before I submitting my application.
The problem with the salary information is that one of the questions that needs to be answered on the application is my wives yearly salary and that is the information we haven't been able to get. And I don't want to guess what and put in an incorrect answer. Thanks.