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Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 28th 2023, 11:42 am
Replies: 5
Views: 557
Posted By smashcut

Re: Sponsor's passport for ILR

Thanks so much BritInParis,! That's great to hear, and I'll do exactly that.



Thanks again, spouse of scouse! :D

This forum has been such an incredible resource through our visa journey (2...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 28th 2023, 10:36 am
Replies: 5
Views: 557
Posted By smashcut

Re: Sponsor's passport for ILR

Thanks so much, spouse of scouse! I can already feel the panic attack subsiding :)
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 28th 2023, 9:48 am
Replies: 5
Views: 557
Posted By smashcut

Exclamation Sponsor's passport for ILR

Well, I've created quite the disaster for myself, and thought I'd check if anyone has any advice.

My wife's spouse visa expires towards the end of May. She's on the 5 year route, having completed...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Oct 22nd 2020, 8:33 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,392
Posted By smashcut

Re: FLR (M) Category D bank statement evidence (Marcus)

Just a follow up for anyone potentially searching for this in future: our application was successful using the Marcus account mentioned to meet the financial requirement. it turned out that Marcus...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 12th 2020, 3:50 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 593
Posted By smashcut

Re: Consent for verification checks: FLR (M) / Category D

DernierVirage thank you so much for taking the time to wade through my question, check that and reply! I think I’m finally done with things to fret about on this form! :drinkingwine:

Have a great...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 12th 2020, 12:10 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 593
Posted By smashcut

Consent for verification checks: FLR (M) / Category D

Thanks for all the help people have shared as I grapple with the ambiguities of the FLR (M) online form.

I'm stuck on one final part of the form, and have found a range of advice online on which...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 12th 2020, 11:34 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,225
Posted By smashcut

Re: FLR(M) - Savings Category D & Monthly Costs Question

I'm not the OP (sorry for thread highjacking!), but appreciate everyone who's weighed in here -- thank you!

For whatever reason, despite previous answers only indicating that we intend to use cash...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 11th 2020, 3:11 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,225
Posted By smashcut

Re: FLR(M) - Savings Category D & Monthly Costs Question

Redsoxfan could be -- it feels like the form changes according to previous responses given? For what it's worth, this question appears for me in the 'Finance' section, directly after providing...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 11th 2020, 11:52 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,392
Posted By smashcut

Re: FLR (M) Category D bank statement evidence (Marcus)

Thank you -- that makes a lot of sense! I appreciate the reality check! :thumbup:
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 10th 2020, 3:39 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,392
Posted By smashcut

Re: FLR (M) Category D bank statement evidence (Marcus)

Thank you, Pulaski! I'm at the second-guess-everything stage and that helps a lot.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 10th 2020, 1:55 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,392
Posted By smashcut

FLR (M) Category D bank statement evidence (Marcus)

Hello again!

We're hoping to use Category D (cash savings) to meet the maintenance requirement for our FLR (M) application (but could use Category A as a fallback if not).

Unfortunately, the...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 9th 2020, 6:59 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,225
Posted By smashcut

Re: FLR(M) - Savings Category D & Monthly Costs Question

Sorry to thread hijack -- I didn't want to open a variation on the same question

We're in a very similar situation (category D application, cash savings only route for the maintenance...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 8th 2020, 2:48 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 549
Posted By smashcut

Re: FLR (M): Category D Confusion

Thank you (again!) for your time and help DernierVirage, that's incredibly helpful! I feel a lot less stressed now.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 8th 2020, 1:14 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 549
Posted By smashcut

FLR (M): Category D Confusion

Hi all!

I'm in the process of getting everything together for our FLR-M application. I'd forgotten the labyrinth of ambiguities that these forms sometimes turn into.

I (the sponsor) more than...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 7th 2020, 2:46 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 5,205
Posted By smashcut

FLR (M) -- 'when did you start living together in a relationship?' question

Hello!

I was wondering if anyone might be able to shed light on part of the FLR (M) online form. I've tried running a search -- sorry if I missed a previous response (or am just being an idiot!)
...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 4th 2018, 12:48 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 8,008
Posted By smashcut

Re: VFS office Osaka, scanning service

Hi FlotsomJetsam,

Sorry for confusing things – this time around I went the employer route (category B), as I was able to switch branches of the company I work for from Japan to the UK.

This is...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 4th 2018, 11:11 am
Replies: 45
Views: 8,008
Posted By smashcut

Re: VFS office Osaka, scanning service

Hi @FlotsomJetsom. I know how that goes (our application previous to this one was via the self employed route). The official translations add up on top of everything else!

I imagine you're right...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 4th 2018, 9:40 am
Replies: 45
Views: 8,008
Posted By smashcut

Re: VFS office Osaka, scanning service

Hi @FlotsomJetsom!

I'm not sure I'm supposed to duplicate post, but my processing times are here...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 7th 2018, 3:51 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 5,852
Posted By smashcut

Re: Bank don't stamp online statements

I went through the same recently, and it seems like nearly every bank is refusing to stamp things these days. Lots of them won't even do it in branch, including mine (HSBC). I was also told by a...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 7th 2018, 3:42 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,705
Posted By smashcut

Re: Category for the spouse visa financial requirement

Just as an update to this in case anyone else finds it useful, our visa was approved under a Category B application. At the time of application I'd completed just over a month of work in my new UK...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 7th 2018, 3:34 pm
Replies: 1,260
Views: 1,766,066
Posted By smashcut

re: UK Spouse Visa STRICTLY TIMELINES ONLY - NO CHAT

- City/Country applying from: Tokyo, Japan
- Type of visa applied for: Settlement, Wife
- Priority/Non-Priority: Priority
- Date On-Line application submitted: 7th January, 2018
- Date...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 9th 2018, 3:24 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,416
Posted By smashcut

Re: Supporting Docs Returned Including Copies and Appendix 2

We've now heard from Sheffield about the order/headings of the documents they'd prefer to receive...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 9th 2018, 3:21 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 7,544
Posted By smashcut

Re: Spouse Visa Supporting Document Order / Barcodes Confusion

As a further note on the above, we got an email today from Sheffield letting us know our online application was now being prepared for an ECO. We'd already heard that our documents had been received...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 2nd 2018, 9:43 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,416
Posted By smashcut

Re: Supporting Docs Returned Including Copies and Appendix 2

Least I could do – this forum has been a huge help more than once!
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