Further leave to remain visa
 

Hello everybody,
my name is Vivien.
Unfortunately it is time for my husband to renew his spouse visa (further leave to remain) and I have to do it for him as his English is not good enough (so isn't mine ah ah).
We do meet the financial requirements and before I start I have a couple of general questions to the people who have already renewed their visa please:

- How long in advance did you apply?
- When can I apply? His visa expires on 15/11/2017.
- Will we have to go the the visa centre in person at one point even if we apply
by post?
- How long did it take for them to give you the new visa?
- At what point did you do the fingerprints or whatever they are called?
- Is it more or less the same as the first visa or are there many differences?

Thanks a lot in advance.
Vivien