PrairieWriter

Righty then! I think we have the support documents we need for the settlement visa in hand, but if you see anything amiss, please pipe up!

Okay, ready for a big list?

Relationship Evidence:

• Cover letter/relationship narrative from me
• Cover letter/relationship narrative from hubby
• Marriage license
• Oldest daughter's stepparent adoption decree
• Childrens' birth certificates
• Family photo montage with dates from 2014 to 2019
• Two plane ticket/trip itineraries showing our family names
• Car insurance in both our names
• Driver's license color copies for both of us, showing the same address

Financial Evidence:

• Cover letter from bank showing current account balance, notarized with an impressed seal for extra "officalness"
• Last six bank statements, ink stamped on each page by the bank
• Bank statement from last April showing property sale deposits (substantial source of some of the funds)
• ALTA settlement statements from those two April property sales
• Check stubs from the April sales, showing the breakdown for funds tracing
• ALTA settlement statement from a property sale this past December

Accommodation Evidence:

• Offer letter for our home in Scotland
• Qualified acceptance letter for the home
• Title registration for the home (in both our names)
• Home report for the home
• Floorplan for the home
• Photos of the inside and outside of the home

Misc:

• Cover sheet listing all documents
• Printout of online visa application
• Biometrics appointment confirmation letter
• Hubby's current passport
• Hubby's previous passport (2004-2014)
• Photocopy of bio page of my passport
• Photocopies of bio pages of the girls' passports (they're all British citizens)
• My birth certificate
• Hubby's birth certificate
• My previous divorce decree
• Hubby's list of galleries for his art career (to back up the employment section on the main visa app, even though we're using the Cat D route)
• A couple of local newspaper articles about hubby's work to further prove he does paint for a living
• Hubby's previous divorce decree

So, that's quite the list, I know. I know it might be more than we need, but the real question is have we missed anything vital?

There used to be a requirement to send passport-style photos of the applicant (and the sponsor?): I think that requirement has gone away now, correct?

Sammy2018

PrairieWriter

I forgot to include Appendix 2 in the financial evidence list. So yes, blimey, I will be including Appendix 2!

PrairieWriter

We did upload all the documents to VFS Global last night (which took some time because my, that website is clunky!). We also purchased priority processing and a return courier label. Hubby was meant to get an email with the label attached, but unfortunately the email didn't include an attachment (and we re-requested it several times). We also can't get the label to materialize online, so we've emailed VFS Global in New York to see if they can help us out. If the shipping label doesn't turn up, we'll just UPS the package and create a return shipping label ourselves. We'll see what happens!

Sammy2018

PrairiePainter

Sammy2018

PrairieWriter

Which forum did you visit to get those tips? Sharing is great, yes! We would certainly have been confused and lost without the advice and shared anecdotal experiences of people in this forum!

I know you've been waiting for quite a while for a decision on your hubby's visa, and I hope you hear something very soon!

Sammy2018