Ok I am working on FLR(M) again, has much changed since I did it in 2018?
The documents you required haven't really changed, however the entire application process has changed.
- Everything is done online now.
- Biometrics are given at UKVCAS centres, not the Post Office, and you have to book an appointment for one.
- You don't mail anything anywhere. Instead, all your documents, including your passport and BRP, are uploaded to the UKVCAS website before your biometrics appointment (or you can pay extra when you book biometrics and they will scan your documents for you at the appointment)
A few questions:
1. Is it only online now or should I print and do paper like last time.
It's only online. The paper form does not exist anymore.
The online application form is here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-to-extend-stay-in-the-uk-as-a-partner-or-dependent-child-form-flrm/apply-online-form-flr-mI am sorting out bank statements now and my husbands pay slips as that will be the hardest to get an official document for.
2. How many pay slips do I need to get from him and does it have to be over whole 2 years?
It depends which financial requirement category you are applying under.
If it's Category A (he has been with his current employer, earning £18,600 or more for at least 6 months), you provide the most recent 6 months of his payslips and bank statements, though usually 7 months need to be supplied in order to cover every day of the 6 months
If it's Category B (he has not been with his current employer for 6 months yet and/or he has not been earning £18,600 for 6 months yet), you provide the last 12 months of payslips and bank statements, though usually 13 months need to be supplied in order to cover every day of the 12 months
3. How much Info do I need to get for the bank statements ( over how long of a period? Just so they match with pay slips? )
You need either 6 full months for Category A or 12 full months for Category B. You must provide every page of every statement, and every single day of the 6 or 12 months must be covered (as mentioned above, this may mean including either 7 months or 13 months of bank statements)
Also will share joint account to show mortgage payments.
You don't need to include that.
You just need your most recent annual mortgage statement and latest council tax statement to show your monthly housing costs.
Last time I printed bank statements and then brought to bank to get stamped so more official. I suspect this will be hard to do with lockdown and all. I will try to order official ones but assume that will be slow too.
4. Any advice on how to do this?
Banks are allowed to remain open during lockdown, so you should be able to get them stamped in person.
Ideally, you should have switched everything to paper statements as soon as you arrived in the UK in 2016, so that you would not need to print statements and get them stamped this time around.