AndrewE73

Gday! I loged my application and supporting documents from Melbourne Australia on Friday the 8th of July. I havent received any email confirmation that my application has been decided. In December I loged but was refused due to a low Aussie dollar. As my wife has already relocated to the UK, I decided to visit her for Christmas. I was detained at Manchester Airport and told I was allowed into the country temporarily. They kept my passport at the border office and I returned to Australia for another 6 months. In the mean time, I have transferred £63,010 into my wife's UK account. My question is this: will my previous application and subsequent visit to the UK have any bearing on my current application?

SanDiegogirl

If you only submitted your spouse application 8 July, why would you expect to have a decision by now?

If you have had a previous refusal for a spouse visa and you were detained at a British airport, then, yes, your new application will have extra scrutiny.

What do you mean 'you transferred 63K into my wife's UK account'. Was this before or after you made the new application?

To fulfill the financial requirements one is expected to have the necessary savings amount in an account for 6 months and untouched. Please explain what you have done.

AndrewE73

Thanks for your reply. Here's what Ive done.

1. Lodgment: I used the premium service, so I was hoping for a quicker response.

2. Cash Savings: The currency exchange is brilliant now, so the required £62500 has actually been in the account for nearly 9 months. I put the money into UK account to avoid another currency issue. I submitted records of all accounts.

spouse of scouse

Hi Andrew - I lodged from Perth using the Priority service, the guidelines for receiving a decision were 10 working days and that's exactly when my documents were returned with the decision. From memory, I received an email after 6 working days informing me that a decision had been made, but no clues are provided on what that decision was.

Re the bank account and the 6 months rule - there have been a couple of other people who've posted here that they moved the money into another account during the 6 month period, and were seeking advice as to whether that contravened the guidelines. The were concerned because the wording of the financial requirements seems to infer that the funds must be held in the same account and same name/names for the entire 6 month period. I don't recall that any of these posters came back and let the forum know the outcome.

AndrewE73

Thanks for your reply. I have included in the documents submitted bank statements (stamped) reflecting the cash savings from December onwards. Either way, I will post the outcome.

spouse of scouse

Best of luck, I know I had no fingernails left after that 10 days!

Have been in the UK for just over 8 months now, and am loving it. The cooler weather, far from being a negative, has been such a welcome relief from Perth's summers (springs, autumns)

AndrewE73

I would imagine the weather in Liverpool (Port Sunlight) will be a little different than what I have enjoyed in Australia. But Liverpool has the River Mersey, which my wife says is just like Bondi Beach😂

spouse of scouse

Oh, it is! Just today I was sunbaking and surfing

We're in New Brighton, our house has the Mersey to the right, the Irish Sea dead ahead, and the River Dee to the left. All this water, such a luxury for an Aussie. I didn't find winter too bad at all - lowest minimum was about -1, I've had that in Perth more than once. The maximums were a bit chilly though, didn't seem to get higher than 7 or 8 degrees. But that's what brisk walks and coats were invented for. Hope you hear back soon and your application was successful

AndrewE73

Great news! My application has been processed and will be couriered to me in next few days. Fingers crossed!

spouse of scouse

AndrewE73

UK VISA APPROVED

spouse of scouse

Congratulations

AndrewE73

Thanks!