ILR - okay where do we start?

You’ll be fine . It should be old hat by now because you’ve already done it at least 2 times before .

If I remember correctly, the only differences with this application are:

- your mail needs to cover 2.5 years instead of 2 years

- you list the child on the application, and include their passport, birth certificate and a letter addressed to them dated in the last 90 days

- you take the Life in the U.K. test

Oh, and if the visa were to fall for refusal, you’re more likely to be granted leave under Article 8 on the 10-year path because you have a U.K. citizen child.


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Great! Although, I don't have a letter addressed to the child! How do I get one?? All I can think of is nursery and doctors??

Great! Although, I don't have a letter addressed to the child! How do I get one?? All I can think of is nursery and doctors??

Those are pretty much your only options.

Most people either ask their GP or their kid’s school for a letter confirming the child’s address. The GP may charge for it though.


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Those are pretty much your only options.

Most people either ask their GP or their kid’s school for a letter confirming the child’s address. The GP may charge for it though.


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Turns out we have a letter from Wirral NHS last week for her 2nd year review which is absolutely perfect! I can relax a bit more

So, I ordered and have received bank statements from the past year (I only kept 6 months worth). However, I have two questions.

1) It says 'duplicate' on it but it's an official bank statement and identical to the rest minus this word.
2) HSBC now say they don't stamp statements anymore. I questioned and they said it is a requirement sent down from high up. I need to bridge a gap between statements which I receive on the 10th of every month and I will need a printed statement up to now showing June's payment. This will mean I require a letter from the manager I am guessing?

So, I ordered and have received bank statements from the past year (I only kept 6 months worth). However, I have two questions.

1) It says 'duplicate' on it but it's an official bank statement and identical to the rest minus this word.

That’s fine - not a problem.

2) HSBC now say they don't stamp statements anymore. I questioned and they said it is a requirement sent down from high up. I need to bridge a gap between statements which I receive on the 10th of every month and I will need a printed statement up to now showing June's payment. This will mean I require a letter from the manager I am guessing?

If the statements have been ordered and mailed to you, or they have been printed by the bank in-branch, they do not need to be stamped anyway. So you don’t need a stamp or a letter.



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Great - thanks ksand.

So the section where it asks for reasons to stay in the UK we wrote the reasons why as I wrote earlier in this thread but it asks to list what supporting documentation that we will be submitting to support what we wrote.

I can only think of birth certificate and family picture? What else?

Second question, I am getting my landlord to write a supporting letter as we are out of our original tenancy agreement. I have written this for him to sign.

"To Who It May Concern,

As the landlord and owner of property “X XXXXX, Wirral, Merseyside, XXXX XXX” I am writing this letter to confirm that Jenniffer Lagler, Ben Hayward & Lily Hayward have been renting this property on a continuous basis since December 2016.

They have my permission to continue renting the property as tenants and have been paying a rental charge of £XXXpcm.

If I can help Jenniffer’s visa application in any other way, such as providing more information, please feel free to contact me on the above details.

Sincerely


Brian XXXXXXX
27/06/19"

Is that sufficient? I am close to writing a list of what documentation we have as we're days away from applying 

RE evidence of reasons to stay in the UK, that's optional. I submitted pet insurance for my dog but even that was unnecessary. You can just leave it blank as you're already submitting your baby's documents elsewhere. This would really just be for paperwork such as if you're a refugee, etc.

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RE evidence of reasons to stay in the UK, that's optional. I submitted pet insurance for my dog but even that was unnecessary. You can just leave it blank as you're already submitting your baby's documents elsewhere. This would really just be for paperwork such as if you're a refugee, etc.

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I have actually come to the part where it gives you a breakdown of documentation to provide and there isn't a single demand for anything for our child. No passport, birth certificate...nothing. Which I am quite shocked at

I have actually come to the part where it gives you a breakdown of documentation to provide and there isn't a single demand for anything for our child. No passport, birth certificate...nothing. Which I am quite shocked at

I can't say for sure as I didn't apply with a child, but I was pretty sure you had to provide at least a few documents....they don't really demand you give any specific docs so I'm not sure I would trust not adding them just because it doesn't force you to add it.

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This is what I am presented with online

MANDATORY DOCUMENTS

• The passport for Mr Ben Hayward from British Citizen
• The passport issued by United States of America for Mrs Jenniffer Lagler
• Declaration signed by partner

OTHER DOCUMENTS

• The United States of America passport, identity card or official letter for Mrs Jenniffer Lynne Lagler to prove the level of English language required
• Documents supporting my other reasons to stay in the UK
• Evidence of Mr Ben David Hayward's settled status in the UK
• Evidence of council tax costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live
• Evidence of monthly housing costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live
• A Life in the UK test pass notification letter
• 6 letters and/or other documents addressed to you and your partner at the same address to show that you have been living together during the past 2.5 years
• All previous passports, travel documents or national identity cards that you have used to travel to or remain in the UK
• Personal bank statements corresponding to the same period(s) as the payslips showing that the salary has been paid into an account in the name of the person or in the name of the person and their partner jointly - for Mr Ben David Hayward for Manufacturing Engineer
• Payslips covering any period of salaried employment (current and previous) in the period of 12 months prior to the date of application - for Mr Ben David Hayward for Manufacturing Engineer
• A letter from the employer(s) who issued the payslips confirming
  1. the employment;
  2. the gross annual salary;
  3. how long the employment has been/was held;
  4. the period over which the person has been paid the level of salary stated in their application; and
  5. the type of employment (permanent, fixed-term contract or agency) - for Mr Ben David Hayward for Manufacturing Engineer
• A P60 for the relevant period(s) of employment relied upon - for Mr Ben David Hayward for Manufacturing Engineer
• Current Biometric Residence Permit for Mrs Jenniffer Lynne Lagler

Hopefully somebody that applies with a non-dependant child can advise further as I haven't a clue. Sorry

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Hopefully somebody that applies with a non-dependant child can advise further as I haven't a clue. Sorry

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I will probably submit her birth certificate, British passport & family images anyway but at no point has it prompted to provide evidence which it does with other questions etc

I will probably submit her birth certificate, British passport & family images anyway but at no point has it prompted to provide evidence which it does with other questions etc

You don't need family images so I honestly wouldn't bother as it's just extra stuff for UKVI to have to sift through and they wont look at it so honestly, don't even bother. Whether or not the passport and birth certificate is needed, wait and see what someone like KF says as you really don't want to add more to the application than they want but if they do want those things and it's not clear, you obviously wont want to miss them.

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I don’t believe you need council tax evidence (unless you’re using it for your 6 items of correspondence) or housing cost calculations either.

I have no idea why the application says you need either of those things because they are not considered and will not be looked at.

Other than the Life in the U.K. test, the requirements are the same as for the spousal visa and for FLR(M), so if you did not send them for the other visas, you should not need to send them now.

I don’t believe you need council tax evidence (unless you’re using it for your 6 items of correspondence) or housing cost calculations either.

I have no idea why the application says you need either of those things because they are not considered and will not be looked at.

Other than the Life in the U.K. test, the requirements are the same as for the spousal visa and for FLR(M), so if you did not send them for the other visas, you should not need to send them now.

The housing cost thing, we put that we owned a home and we needed to provide our current mortgage statement and I assumed that was what was meant as "housing costs", but as Ben is renting, I agree that I'm not sure why it would ask for that as he wont need to provide this.

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