FLR (M) Checks prior to completing

Hi all, just wanted to check a few things with the documentation we have prepared;

1 - If my partner arrived in the UK in Dec 16 and we are applying July 19, am i right in thinking correspondence should be dated Apr 18, July 18, Oct 18, Jan 19, Apr 19 & Jul 19?

2- I have paperless bank statements (bad i know, i have changed it now) I asked the bank to print them for me and they provided rubbish looking black and white copies with no stamp. Am i better off printing them in colour myself and having my solicitor certify them? is this allowed?

3 - My payslips etc are to Jun 19, am i right in thinking i have 28 days from this date to submit the online application?

Thanks in advance for any help.

BUMP

Could I also have someone confirm what evidence (mail items) are acceptable, I have read the list on the gov website, but can I include things like letters from employers?

Hi all, just wanted to check a few things with the documentation we have prepared;

1 - If my partner arrived in the UK in Dec 17 and we are applying July 19,

I am confused (my usual state of being).  My hubby arrived in June 2017, but we are not applying for FLR for a few months yet.  His BRP expires 24th March 2020.

I am confused (my usual state of being).  My hubby arrived in June 2017, but we are not applying for FLR for a few months yet.  His BRP expires 24th March 2020.

I think it’s a typo - looking at the OPs previous posts, their visa was granted in December 2016, not 2017.


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Apologies! It is Dec 2016*

Hi all, just wanted to check a few things with the documentation we have prepared;

1 - If my partner arrived in the UK in Dec 16 and we are applying July 19, am i right in thinking correspondence should be dated Apr 18, July 18, Oct 18, Jan 19, Apr 19 & Jul 19?

2- I have paperless bank statements (bad i know, i have changed it now) I asked the bank to print them for me and they provided rubbish looking black and white copies with no stamp. Am i better off printing them in colour myself and having my solicitor certify them? is this allowed?

3 - My payslips etc are to Jun 19, am i right in thinking i have 28 days from this date to submit the online application?

Thanks in advance for any help.

1.  Your relationship evidence (correspondence to you and your partner from at least three unique official sources) should span two years preceding your application date.  So if you're applying this month, the correspondence should go back to the summer of 2017.  For example, July 2017, November 2017, March 2018, July 2018, November 2018, and March 2019.  Or any set of months that falls within the last two years where you have suitable correspondence.

2.  It doesn't really matter what the ones sent by the bank look like if they're printed by the bank.  They're official.  Include any and all cover letters that came with the statements.  Do not adulterate them in any way.  If you'd like to have anything certified as authentic, have the bank do it, not your solicitor.

3.  Yes, but as today is July 17th, today is your deadline.  And the letter from your/your partner's employer has to be within 28 days, as well.  Are you sure you have everything?

1.  Your relationship evidence (correspondence to you and your partner from at least three unique official sources) should span two years preceding your application date.  So if you're applying this month, the correspondence should go back to the summer of 2017.  For example, July 2017, November 2017, March 2018, July 2018, November 2018, and March 2019.  Or any set of months that falls within the last two years where you have suitable correspondence.

2.  It doesn't really matter what the ones sent by the bank look like if they're printed by the bank.  They're official.  Include any and all cover letters that came with the statements.  Do not adulterate them in any way.  If you'd like to have anything certified as authentic, have the bank do it, not your solicitor.

3.  Yes, but as today is July 17th, today is your deadline.  And the letter from your/your partner's employer has to be within 28 days, as well.  Are you sure you have everything?

1 - for the correspondence, is it okay to include letters/payslips from employers and letters from other registered companies?
2 - I will get the bank to stamp them as my opinion on the ones they printed is that they just do not look official despite them printing them.
3 - Apologies - to clarify, when i stated Jun 19 i meant June 2019, the last payslip is 28/06/19 and the letter from my employer is dated 07/07/19.

1 - for the correspondence, is it okay to include letters/payslips from employers and letters from other registered companies?
2 - I will get the bank to stamp them as my opinion on the ones they printed is that they just do not look official despite them printing them.
3 - Apologies - to clarify, when i stated Jun 19 i meant June 2019, the last payslip is 28/06/19 and the letter from my employer is dated 07/07/19.

1.  I don't believe correspondence from your employer are acceptable for the relationship evidence.  There is a list of acceptable sources which includes government agencies (DWP, HMRC, etc.), NHS/GP letters, utility bills/statements, council tax notices, and bank statements/letters.

2.  Getting the bank-printed statements won't hurt, so if you have time, go for it.

3.  Ahh, in that case, 28 days from June 28th is July 24th... you have a week from today to get your application in.  No worries!

Just on the 1st point - For the majority of the 2.5 years we were living with parents and as so have nothing for this period addressed to us in relation to utility bills, council tax etc. We have some bank & NHS correspondence and other HMRC docs such as a P60 so we are lacking slightly, i intend to add a letter from parents confirming the living arrangements but as there are still gaps i'm trying to see if other documents such as employer & insurance correspondence (even a police report) might support this. Is it worth including a cover letter to explain this all?

Just on the 1st point - For the majority of the 2.5 years we were living with parents and as so have nothing for this period addressed to us in relation to utility bills, council tax etc. We have some bank & NHS correspondence and other HMRC docs such as a P60 so we are lacking slightly, i intend to add a letter from parents confirming the living arrangements but as there are still gaps i'm trying to see if other documents such as employer & insurance correspondence (even a police report) might support this. Is it worth including a cover letter to explain this all?

Was the police report posted to you?  That's an official source, so if it's post, it should count.  You need to think in terms of government, banks, and public utilities.  If you aren't able to come up with six items for each of you, you should definitely explain it in a cover letter or in the "anything to add" section of the application.  Offer what you have and hope for the best.


When did you move out of the family's home and into your own place?  Do you have NHS letters and bank statements for the time you lived there?  Do you have plenty of correspondence from when you moved into your own place?  What do you have, specifically, to work with?

Just FYI: you'll have to provide similar evidence in 2.5 years when your partner applies for ILR.  Just get in the habit of saving everything for the next application so you have plenty to choose from when that time comes.

From Dec 2016 - March 2019 we lived with my parents, and we have NHS letters, credit card statements, a police report for my insurance claim, insurance letters, payslips, letters from employers, P60, NI registration for partner and letters from other misc. registered companies - the only issue is these are few and far between. (i will update this post tonight with a timeline to reflect any gaps!)

From March 2019 - now we rent our own home, have a tenancy agreement, council tax bills, utilities, credit card statements, NHS, notification from home office of updated address etc - so plenty all crammed into a small period of the 2 year window...

I have also now turned off all paperless billing and set up a filing system for the next application, but for this one im absolutely bricking it and the potential financial loss of messing up is keeping me up at night

That sounds like a laundry list of potential items.   You only need six items in each name (or you can share if you're both named on it), total, over the whole two years.

Sadly, only one item for each of you is needed in this short period since your recent move, so you do need five each from the time at your parents' house.  But with letters from NHS, banks, DWP (for the NIno), etc., you must have enough in there!  When you're able to, shoot us a list of what you have with their sources, whose name is on (yours, your partner's or both), and what dates they were posted, and we'll help you sort it out.

Right...I've gone through our correspondence and have come up with the following list and timeline - would love advice;

June 17 -
Me - HMRC P60
Spouse - Bank Letter

Oct 17 -
Me - Investment Bank Letter (hopefully the same as a normal bank)
Spouse - NHS & DBS Letters

Feb 18 -
Me - Work Payslip
Spouse - Employer Letter & Letter from workplace pension provider

July 18 -
Me - DBS Letter
Spouse - Employer Letter
OR
Aug 18 -
Me - HMRC P60
Spouse - NHS Letter

Oct 18 -
Me - Employer Payslip
Spouse - NHS Letter
OR
Nov 18 -
Me - Bank Letter (credit card statement) or Police Letter
Spouse - Council Letter

Feb19 -
Me - Bank Letter (credit card statement)
Spouse - NHS Letter
OR
Mar-19
Both - Tenancy Agreement/Bank Letter/Council Tax/Water Bill

If you can see a combination that works within this I will obviously be over the moon...
I have some filler documents for other months also if more is needed...