Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London
Apr 11th 2014, 2:36 pm
#8416
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
Hello Everyone,
I've been an avid 'ghost' reader for the past few months but after lots of research and everything I think we're going to be applying soon (July/August), so I'm looking for a little advice and hopefully reassurance.
We're both students at the moment (in the UK he's Canadian, I'm a British Citizen) but our degrees come to an end next July. We've lived together for almost a year (it'll be a year 30 June), joint accounts, joint tenancies, flights and visits to one another's homes (I am so lucky I'm a huge hoarder). The one thing I'm worried about is the financial side of things. I've read in some places that Common Law is exempt? Is that right?
My plan was that we'd apply get PR and then I could apply for work from the UK. Is this going to work?
Any help and advice will be extremely appreciated.
Thanks in advance all!!
I've been an avid 'ghost' reader for the past few months but after lots of research and everything I think we're going to be applying soon (July/August), so I'm looking for a little advice and hopefully reassurance.
We're both students at the moment (in the UK he's Canadian, I'm a British Citizen) but our degrees come to an end next July. We've lived together for almost a year (it'll be a year 30 June), joint accounts, joint tenancies, flights and visits to one another's homes (I am so lucky I'm a huge hoarder). The one thing I'm worried about is the financial side of things. I've read in some places that Common Law is exempt? Is that right?
My plan was that we'd apply get PR and then I could apply for work from the UK. Is this going to work?
Any help and advice will be extremely appreciated.
Thanks in advance all!!
Apr 11th 2014, 2:55 pm
#8417
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
Hello Everyone,
I've been an avid 'ghost' reader for the past few months but after lots of research and everything I think we're going to be applying soon (July/August), so I'm looking for a little advice and hopefully reassurance.
We're both students at the moment (in the UK he's Canadian, I'm a British Citizen) but our degrees come to an end next July. We've lived together for almost a year (it'll be a year 30 June), joint accounts, joint tenancies, flights and visits to one another's homes (I am so lucky I'm a huge hoarder). The one thing I'm worried about is the financial side of things. I've read in some places that Common Law is exempt? Is that right?
My plan was that we'd apply get PR and then I could apply for work from the UK. Is this going to work?
Any help and advice will be extremely appreciated.
Thanks in advance all!!
I've been an avid 'ghost' reader for the past few months but after lots of research and everything I think we're going to be applying soon (July/August), so I'm looking for a little advice and hopefully reassurance.
We're both students at the moment (in the UK he's Canadian, I'm a British Citizen) but our degrees come to an end next July. We've lived together for almost a year (it'll be a year 30 June), joint accounts, joint tenancies, flights and visits to one another's homes (I am so lucky I'm a huge hoarder). The one thing I'm worried about is the financial side of things. I've read in some places that Common Law is exempt? Is that right?
My plan was that we'd apply get PR and then I could apply for work from the UK. Is this going to work?
Any help and advice will be extremely appreciated.
Thanks in advance all!!
Not sure what you mean by 'financial side of things', do you mean his income? If so, then yes, there's no minimum income requirement for a spousal application.
And yes, you can apply from the UK and then try and get a job once you've got your PR, although normally you need to be there to find one unless you have specialist skills that are in demand.
The only thing is that you've said above you have 'flights and visits to one another's homes', but you will definitely have lived together for the full year when you apply? Flights to visit each other obviously show that you're not a common-law couple, so you don't want to include those!
HTH a bit, good luck.
Apr 11th 2014, 3:01 pm
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
Hi and welcome to BE.
Not sure what you mean by 'financial side of things', do you mean his income? If so, then yes, there's no minimum income requirement for a spousal application.
And yes, you can apply from the UK and then try and get a job once you've got your PR, although normally you need to be there to find one unless you have specialist skills that are in demand.
The only thing is that you've said above you have 'flights and visits to one another's homes', but you will definitely have lived together for the full year when you apply? Flights to visit each other obviously show that you're not a common-law couple, so you don't want to include those!
HTH a bit, good luck.
Not sure what you mean by 'financial side of things', do you mean his income? If so, then yes, there's no minimum income requirement for a spousal application.
And yes, you can apply from the UK and then try and get a job once you've got your PR, although normally you need to be there to find one unless you have specialist skills that are in demand.
The only thing is that you've said above you have 'flights and visits to one another's homes', but you will definitely have lived together for the full year when you apply? Flights to visit each other obviously show that you're not a common-law couple, so you don't want to include those!
HTH a bit, good luck.
I was just concerned that because neither of us work anywhere near full-time will that still be okay?
Oh, yeah sorry, I guess I mean our parents homes (still in the studenty-parental home stage) they're definitely not our homes!
Thank you so much!
Apr 11th 2014, 3:02 pm
#8419
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
I assume all the trips you've taken have been together as well?
Apr 11th 2014, 3:04 pm
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
When applying under the family class, the only financial requirement is that the Canadian not be bankrupt and is not receiving social assistance... it doesn't sound like that's the case, so you should be fine!
I assume all the trips you've taken have been together as well?
I assume all the trips you've taken have been together as well?
Apr 11th 2014, 3:07 pm
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
How long exactly? If it's a week then it's fine, if it's longer then it's iffy... but if you aren't applying until one year after that trip then it doesn't matter. (CIC can be VERY stickler about any absences, even just 1-2 weeks for a holiday.)
Apr 11th 2014, 3:13 pm
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
Oh god - more like 2 1/2 -3 weeks. That's okay we can work around that haha. it was from mid July- beginning August. I guess we'll just have to wait until after that. We're lucky to have a little bit of 'wiggle room' without being apart - his visa doesn't run out for the UK until October 2015. So hopefully, it'll all be sorted by then!
Apr 11th 2014, 3:37 pm
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
Oh god - more like 2 1/2 -3 weeks. That's okay we can work around that haha. it was from mid July- beginning August. I guess we'll just have to wait until after that. We're lucky to have a little bit of 'wiggle room' without being apart - his visa doesn't run out for the UK until October 2015. So hopefully, it'll all be sorted by then!
Apr 12th 2014, 9:58 am
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
So, we still have not heard anything and we're not even in progress yet. My husbands medical was done in June or July last year, I'm worried that we won't be processed before then. Anyone know what happens then?
Apr 12th 2014, 12:37 pm
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
Apr 12th 2014, 4:04 pm
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re: Timeline For Spousal Sponsorship via London & Inland
It's hard to say... MOST people have been asked to provide since age 18, despite what it says on the form - there's a sticky thread about it, apparently CIC hasn't changed the package, even though London has repeatedly asked for the information to be updated. It's frustrating, yes. However, not everyone has been asked to provide it. Most have, but not all.
This is just my personal opinion and I may be entirely wrong, but given that you had RPRF requested in November and you went In Process in February, I would have thought that if they were going to ask you for it that they would have already... but that's not to say that they won't still ask you...
I would suggest having it ready to go so that if you are asked you can send it off immediately, but not to stress about it.
I would suggest having it ready to go so that if you are asked you can send it off immediately, but not to stress about it.
Would it be worth ordering our case notes?
Will do!
