Okay, after lots of delays and life throwing us curve balls we’re finally getting everything together to get our spousal visa application submitted in the very near future. So figured it’s about time to get our own thread in here where we can address the many queries and questions we have as we go along.
As our welcome wagon posts have probably long since dropped out of sight a quick recap.
I live in Norwich UK and my wife lives in upstate New York.
We met and got together in 2007 and have been doing the long distance thing ever since. Seeing each other for a couple of weeks roughly every 4 months. We got married in New York last March and are applying for the spousal visa with me sponsoring using the Category A criteria, so as these things go our application should (hopefully) be fairly straightforward. I.e we’re simply relying on my earnings from a single longstanding employer (NHS) and there are no kids involved.
Going through the online form and the printed out Appendix we do already have a list of queries regarding questions that seem a little ambiguous and questions about what to say in certain sections. I know that every question will have been asked and answered on here a thousand times so we’ll go through a bunch of other threads and see if we can find what we need there before we repeat everything for the thousand and first time.
Supporting info/evidence we have so far (let us know if there are any glaring omissions) -
Passport and previous passport
Passport photo
6 months of bank statements.
6 months of payslips.
(in September the NHS trust I work for phased out paper payslips and now everything is online so I’ve had to print the last few out myself, I’m hoping these will be okay with an accompanying letter from my manager guaranteeing their authenticity?)
Employment contract plus cover letter from my manager confirming my employment and how long I’ve worked there.
My last P60
Tenancy agreement plus cover letter from my landlord stating how long I’ve lived at the property and that it’s okay for my wife to move in.
Photos of me and my wife together (looking at other threads it seems that 2 are sufficient with one from the wedding?)
Wedding certificate.
Decree absolute divorce certificate from my previous marriage.
Boarding passes (how many of these do we need to include and does it matter which one of us they’re from?)
Screenshot of whatsApp call logs.
Screenshot of list of emails between us.
Anyway that’s about where we’re up to. I won’t ask too many questions at a time so as not to confuse things. We’re confused and anxious enough as it is, ha ha