Applying for first spouse visa extension

The first one is yes. The second one is no..
You submit the application before scanning the documents but make sure you have everything you need before you submit.

Thank you for the confirmation.

I'm just going to grab some lunch then come back and finish compiling the list of documents for you awesome people to check and confirm if that's fine and then I'll go ahead and submit the online application. I want this to be done before the start of next week. One less stress to worry about then.

Proof of cohabitation

May 2018
You: HM Revenue letter dated 29/05/2018 (source 1)
Your Wife: NHS doctor letter dated 17/07/2018

September 2018
2. Joint: Water Bill 04/09/2018 (source 2)

January 2019
3. You: Doctor letter sent in the post-dated 18/01/2019 (source 3)
3. Your Wife: Oldham Council payment receipt dated 20/02/2019, though it was printed and not mailed)

May 2019
4. You: Chiropractor Letter sent in the post-dated 01/06/2019 (it's only 1 day away after May) (source 4)
4. Your Wife: NI Number Confirmation letter dated 12/06/2019 (it's only 2 weeks after May (source 5)

September 2019
5. Joint: Water Bill 03/09/2019

January 2020
6. You: Bank statement sent in the post-dated 08/01/2020
6. Your Wife: Bank statement from 10/12/2019

March 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your Wife: Bank Statement

June 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your Wife: Letter/Questionnaire from bank

July 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your wife: NHS Appointment Letter (01/07/2020)

August 2020
You: Vision Express Eye optician letter (02/08/2020)
Your Wife: NHS Medical Exempt Certificate letter. (07/08/2020)

So from that list, which months can I use? I will also need to write a short letter explaining that the lack of joint letters is because we live with my parents and the rest of the bills are on their names and that my wife does not get much post. I will also need to mention that her bank was opened quite late.

@ksand24 @larrabee

This is what I have so far;

SECTION 1
FLR (M) Application form - PENDING
Declaration forms part 1,2,3 plus sponsors declaration form
Print out of priority booking payment - PENDING
Print out of IHS payment- PENDING
Print out of appointment date - PENDING
Full scanned copy of Applicant passport - PENDING
Full scanned copy of Sponsors Passport - PENDING
English test certificate A2 level

The status "pending" is because I have not submitted the online application just yet, I am on the declarations section.

SECTION 2 RELATIONSHIP PROOF
Marriage certificate with translation
Son's birth certificate
Full copy of children’s passport


Proof of cohabitation

May 2018
You: HM Revenue letter dated 29/05/2018 (source 1)
Your Wife: NHS doctor letter dated 17/07/2018

September 2018
2. Joint: Water Bill 04/09/2018 (source 2)

January 2019
3. You: Doctor letter sent in the post-dated 18/01/2019 (source 3)
3. Your Wife: Oldham Council payment receipt dated 20/02/2019, though it was printed and not mailed)

May 2019
4. You: Chiropractor Letter sent in the post-dated 01/06/2019 (it's only 1 day away after May) (source 4)
4. Your Wife: NI Number Confirmation letter dated 12/06/2019 (it's only 2 weeks after May (source 5)

September 2019
5. Joint: Water Bill 03/09/2019

January 2020
6. You: Bank statement sent in the post-dated 08/01/2020
6. Your Wife: Bank statement from 10/12/2019

March 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your Wife: Bank Statement

June 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your Wife: Letter/Questionnaire from bank

July 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your wife: NHS Appointment Letter (01/07/2020)

August 2020
You: Vision Express Eye optician letter (02/08/2020)
Your Wife: NHS Medical Exempt Certificate letter. (07/08/2020)


- Letter explaining that a lack of letters is because we live at my parents house and most the bills are on their name and an explanation on the late opening of a bank account in my wife's name.


SECTION 3 INCOME

7 months wage slips
7 months bank statements (last one within 28 days)
Contract of Employment - signed

Letter from Employer (within 28 days)

SECTION 4 ACCOMMODATION

Land registry (within 3 months old)Recent council tax bill - in parents name
Letter from homeowner stating we can live here rent free and a breakdown of the rooms in the house showing adequate space.
Passport of homeowner
I think I have more or less covered everything? Can i go ahead and submit the application now?

@ksand24 @larrabee

Thanks,
J

This is what I have so far;

SECTION 1
FLR (M) Application form - PENDING
Declaration forms part 1,2,3 plus sponsors declaration form
Print out of priority booking payment - PENDING
Print out of IHS payment- PENDING
Print out of appointment date - PENDING
Full scanned copy of Applicant passport - PENDING
Full scanned copy of Sponsors Passport - PENDING
English test certificate A2 level

The status "pending" is because I have not submitted the online application just yet, I am on the declarations section.

SECTION 2 RELATIONSHIP PROOF
Marriage certificate with translation
Son's birth certificate
Full copy of children’s passport


Proof of cohabitation

May 2018
You: HM Revenue letter dated 29/05/2018 (source 1)
Your Wife: NHS doctor letter dated 17/07/2018

September 2018
2. Joint: Water Bill 04/09/2018 (source 2)

January 2019
3. You: Doctor letter sent in the post-dated 18/01/2019 (source 3)
3. Your Wife: Oldham Council payment receipt dated 20/02/2019, though it was printed and not mailed)

May 2019
4. You: Chiropractor Letter sent in the post-dated 01/06/2019 (it's only 1 day away after May) (source 4)
4. Your Wife: NI Number Confirmation letter dated 12/06/2019 (it's only 2 weeks after May (source 5)

September 2019
5. Joint: Water Bill 03/09/2019

January 2020
6. You: Bank statement sent in the post-dated 08/01/2020
6. Your Wife: Bank statement from 10/12/2019

March 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your Wife: Bank Statement

June 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your Wife: Letter/Questionnaire from bank

July 2020
You: Bank Statement
Your wife: NHS Appointment Letter (01/07/2020)

August 2020
You: Vision Express Eye optician letter (02/08/2020)
Your Wife: NHS Medical Exempt Certificate letter. (07/08/2020)


- Letter explaining that a lack of letters is because we live at my parents house and most the bills are on their name and an explanation on the late opening of a bank account in my wife's name.


SECTION 3 INCOME

7 months wage slips
7 months bank statements (last one within 28 days)
Contract of Employment - signed

Letter from Employer (within 28 days)

SECTION 4 ACCOMMODATION

Land registry (within 3 months old)Recent council tax bill - in parents name
Letter from homeowner stating we can live here rent free and a breakdown of the rooms in the house showing adequate space.
Passport of homeowner
I think I have more or less covered everything? Can i go ahead and submit the application now?

@ksand24 @larrabee

Thanks,
J

Starting at the end, the land registry does not need to be dated within 3 months but of course it's fine that it is.
The letter from your parents should mention the number of people living in the house, as well as the number of rooms. That's how they calculate if it's overcrowded or not.
If there is a mortgage on the property, you should include a recent mortgage statement.

For the financial evidence, are your bank statements/payslips  original or verified in the correct way?

For the correspondence, you have a few too many at the end but I realise that you are making up for having too few at the beginning. You could leave as is, or you could take out March and July.

I think they ask for a letter for the children from a school or gp, is that mentioned anywhere?

Starting at the end, the land registry does not need to be dated within 3 months but of course it's fine that it is.
The letter from your parents should mention the number of people living in the house, as well as the number of rooms. That's how they calculate if it's overcrowded or not.
If there is a mortgage on the property, you should include a recent mortgage statement.

For the financial evidence, are your bank statements/payslips  original or verified in the correct way?

For the correspondence, you have a few too many at the end but I realise that you are making up for having too few at the beginning. You could leave as is, or you could take out March and July.

I think they ask for a letter for the children from a school or gp, is that mentioned anywhere?

The land registry document I bought yesterday so it's up to date and can be used.

The letter states the number of rooms across the house and mentions the people that are living here. I've not shown this letter as it has personal information on it.

The correspondence at the end is letters that I have arrived since and thought it would be good to include this in and then mention in a letter why there is a lack of post in our names.

The bank statements are original. I've asked the bank whether they would stamp it to verify that they're original/genuine but they said they don't do that. So they'll have to accept it like that.

I did request statements in the post but they are sent in black & white and a letter stating that these are your duplicate documents.

Do I meet the correspondence requirement in terms of the number of documents I need to provide? Does taking some correspondence out not weaken my proof of cohabitation?

I didn't see anywhere on the application form where it requests where my child lives - but I do have 2 NHS letters addressed to my son about his operation, he also has another letter confirming he's signed up at the local GP, I can include this if it's allowed?

I can request a letter from the doctor surgery but not sure how quick they will be able to provide me with that. I'll request that on Monday morning.

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The land registry document I bought yesterday so it's up to date and can be used.

The letter states the number of rooms across the house and mentions the people that are living here. I've not shown this letter as it has personal information on it.

The correspondence at the end is letters that I have arrived since and thought it would be good to include this in and then mention in a letter why there is a lack of post in our names.

The bank statements are original. I've asked the bank whether they would stamp it to verify that they're original/genuine but they said they don't do that. So they'll have to accept it like that.

I did request statements in the post but they are sent in black & white and a letter stating that these are your duplicate documents.

Do I meet the correspondence requirement in terms of the number of documents I need to provide? Does taking some correspondence out not weaken my proof of cohabitation?

I didn't see anywhere on the application form where it requests where my child lives - but I do have 2 NHS letters addressed to my son about his operation, he also has another letter confirming he's signed up at the local GP, I can include this if it's allowed?

I can request a letter from the doctor surgery but not sure how quick they will be able to provide me with that. I'll request that on Monday morning.

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It's ok Javed, the point I was making was that the land registry document does not need to be recent. Just in case others read this and think that it does. 
You need 6 pieces of mail in each name from 3 different sources. Normally we would tell you that you have far too much but it's understandable that you want to make up for being so thin at the beginning. That's why I said it's up to you.

We don't need to see the letter but you didn't mention that it included the number of occupants. That is essential information.

Original statements are original statements and do not need to be stamped.

It's ok Javed, the point I was making was that the land registry document does not need to be recent. Just in case others read this and think that it does. 
You need 6 pieces of mail in each name from 3 different sources. Normally we would tell you that you have far too much but it's understandable that you want to make up for being so thin at the beginning. That's why I said it's up to you.

We don't need to see the letter but you didn't mention that it included the number of occupants. That is essential information.

Original statements are original statements and do not need to be stamped.

It definitely mentions the number of people that live at the property. I've re-used the old letter I had when I called my wife over to this country and then used as a guideline, typed it up and re-used most of that information.

If they request more bank statements then so be it, I will be happy to provide that with them.

As for the correspondence, I will just write a letter explaining why most letters are quite heavy towards the end - hopefully, that won't go against me.

I will take a look at the application again to see if it mentions that you need to provide a letter for your child to say he lives at this address and both parents, I might be mistaken but I'm sure in this thread discussion, someone has mentioned this, it might have been you or @ksand24

Apart from that child letter, do you think I can go ahead and submit the application? Just to cover my backside I will ring the GP and request a letter from them. He'll be 2 years old at the end of this month.

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Wait until you have confirmation about the child letter. Everything needs to be dated before your application date. You're not running out of time are you, when does the visa expire?

Wait until you have confirmation about the child letter. Everything needs to be dated before your application date. You're not running out of time are you, when does the visa expire?

My documents are within 28 days. So that's not an issue. I need to submit my application before the 24th of August 2020. So I have 10 days. But I want to submit it before then.  That child letter I should be able to get that fairly quickly as long as they move quickly at the doctor surgery. It's only round the corner from where I live.

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My documents are within 28 days. So that's not an issue. I need to submit my application before the 24th of August 2020. So I have 10 days. But I want to submit it before then.  That child letter I should be able to get that fairly quickly as long as they move quickly at the doctor surgery. It's only round the corner from where I live.

That's good. 

That's good. 

I'll let you know how I get on with getting that letter from the local GP on Monday.

Hopefully, I can submit my application form early next week & then get my documents scanned and uploaded and then forget about the case till we hear back from them.

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I've checked the application form and the section where you mention if you have a child or not, these are the questions.

- Who is their other parent?
- Has the child ever visited or lived in another
country?
- How long has your child lived in the UK?
- I confirm I will provide: proof of where the other parent lives - such as utility bills.

There is absolutely no mention that you need to provide evidence of where the child lives. So surely you don't need it.

@larabee @ksand24 if it doesn't explicitly mention it then surely you don't need to submit it. If they request it then that's a different matter.

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It is absolutely a requirement to send the evidence of your children. It was a requirement before the online application was introduced and it is still a requirement now.

However, the document list created by online application is a little vague and often does not actually include everything you are supposed to send, so you need to be aware of everything that is needed even if the form doesn’t mention it).

We know it is a requirement to send the childrens’ documents because every single applicant with children who has applied in the last 3 years has had to send them. And anyone who didn’t send them was contacted to ask for the documents... which delayed their application processing time while they provided them (one person sent their child’s passport and birth certificate but not a letter confirming their address because the form did not ask for it... and UKVI contacted her saying she hadn’t provided all the required documentation, so she had to acquire and send them a letter confirming her child’s address).

So, it’s better to just include the documents now, so you don’t have to be contacted for them later.

Here is the guidance on documents required for children, from the last published paper FLR(M) form (Nov 2018). These required documents did not change when the form went online:

Children

You must provide a full birth certificate, that is, one which shows the parents’ names for all your children. This includes children applying for leave to remain in the UK with you, those applying separately as a child of a person with limited leave as a partner of a settled person in the UK or person who is in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection, as well as children not applying with you and those not subject to immigration control.

If you are applying as the child of a person with limited leave as a partner of a settled person in the UK or person who is in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection and you are under the age of 18 (or children who are over 18 and who have already been granted leave in this category) then you must provide the documents listed below, in addition to those already listed above:
• evidence of where you normally live
• evidence that your parent plays an active role in your upbringing - this evidence should be dated within the last 3 months and can include:
official correspondence addressed to the child
doctor’s/hospital letters on official headed paper stating the child’s registered address
school/nursery letter(s) on headed paper stating the child’s registered address

If you have dependent children under the age of 18 in the UK (or children who are over 18 and who have already been granted leave in this category as your dependent), you must provide the documents listed below for each child, in addition to those already listed above, even if they are not included in the application:
• passports/travel documents to confirm your child’s immigration, settlement or citizenship status
• Biometric residence permit if your child has been issued with one since entering the UK.
 
FLR(M) Version 11/2018
Page 63 of 76

Evidence of where your child/children normally lives and that you and/or any partner play an active role in their upbringing. This evidence should be dated within the last 3 months and can include:
official correspondence addressed to the child/children
doctor’s/hospital letters on official headed paper stating the child’s/children’s registered
school/nursery letter(s) on headed paper stating the child’s/children’s registered address.
if you have access rights to your child a court document issued by the courts showing your access rights; and/or evidence from your former partner that you have access rights
evidence of your and/or any partner’s parental responsibility for the child/children
evidence of where you and/or any partner lives, as the parent of the child/children
evidence of anything else you would like us to consider regarding your child’s life, both in the UK and outside the UK
 


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This is why the online application is slightly confusing! I have a hospital letter addressed in my son's name but that's from 2019, anything in his name will be from 2018/2019 - will I be able to use that to confirm he's living at the same address as his parents? @ksand24

If not, I will give the doctors surgery a call on Monday and request a letter from them.

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This is why the online application is slightly confusing! I have a hospital letter addressed in my son's name but that's from 2019, anything in his name will be from 2018/2019 - will I be able to use that to confirm he's living at the same address as his parents? @ksand24

If not, I will give the doctors surgery a call on Monday and request a letter from them.

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No, an old letter won’t work, because it must be dated in the last 3 months, as per the official requirements I listed above (this is to prove he is living at the address at the time of application).


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