List Of Supporting Docs For Uk Visa App

[djmpfree]

Hi Guys,

There was a link somewhere in the members area where one of the knowledgable members had posted a nice list of which documents to supply in support of a settlement visa to the uk.

I can not find it

any clues?

thanks,

Ross.

[the scouser]

Ross,

You should provide:-

1. Your bank statements for the last 6 months

2. Your wage slips for the last 3-4 months and/or a letter from your employer

3. Evidence of accommodation in the UK

4. Evidence of contact (photos, letters, e-mails, phone bills/cards, greetings cards etc.)

5. Your fiancée's/wife's children's birth certificates (if she has any kids)

6. Your marriage certificate (if married)

7. A copy of your passport

8. A covering letter briefly detailing the circumstances of the application.

Scouse.

[khon_fused]

The British Embassy Web site has a set of advice notes at:

Visa Application Advice Notes

and the notes for Sponsors and those for Spouses will prove most useful here. That is if you're not so stressed out already that distilling all of the information therein isn't a little too much to deal with. In such cases the condensed list above will of course be highly helpful.

The following is pretty much the same as the above list but incorporates a breakdown of which party should (or at least might) take responsibility for which item of information when, as sponsor and applicant, you get on with putting the application together:

This was transcribed from an official document provided to my then fiancee, now wife, last year. I presume it still covers all the requirements. I've added whether an item might be supplied by [sponsor] or [applicant]

British Embassy Settlement Visa Support Document Advice Check List

To enable us to consider your application please provide those documents listed below. If you have already submitted any of the documents indicated, please regard this as a check list only. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and an Interviewing Entry Clearance Officer may request additional documents.

Please provide original documents plus one photocopy of each document

1. Your previous passport(s) or a copy of the police report, if lost [APPLICANT]

2. Full copy of your husband / wife or fiancé(e)'s passport showing all stamps and visas for UK and Thailand [sPONSOR]

3. Evidence of your financial position (original bank book(s), wage slips, land & property deeds etc) [APPLICANT]

4. Evidence of your employment (past and present) together with evidence of salary paid [APPLICANT]

5. Evidence of contact between yourself and your husband / wife or fiancé(e) - eg: e-mails, letters, telephone bills, cards and/or photos [APPLICANT & SPONSOR]

6. Birth / Marriage / Divorce / Death certificate(s) as appropriate to show you and your husband / wife or fiancé(e)'s marital status [APPLICANT & SPONSOR]

7. Documents detailed on the attached sheet concerning your sponsor's ability to support and accommodate you in the UK [sPONSOR]

8. Birth certificate(s) of all your children regardless of whether you intend to take them to the UK at this point [APPLICANT]

9. Documents specified below [the embassy may or may not add an additional list of required documentation here but naturally you will not know what, if any, additional documentation might be required until the application has been made and the Applicant has been contacted by the embassy]

Support and Accommodation

As a sponsor you may be asked to provide evidence that you can support and/or accommodate the person whom you are sponsoring to enter the United Kingdom. The usual form of evidence that is acceptable to this office to support your claim to be able to provide financial support to someone would be:

a. Wage/Salary slips for the last three months.

(To show that you have a regular income adequate to provide the level of support required.)

b. If you have your own company in the United Kingdom you should provide attested copies of the company's annual accounts for the last two years.

c. If you are self-employed you should submit attested copies of your last two years' Income Tax returns.

d. Your last six months' bank statements.

(To give an indication of your financial standing and level of continuing financial commitments.)

If you are sponsoring someone who wishes to settle in the United Kingdom as your dependant (i.e. wife fiancé/e, child, etc.) you have to show that there will be adequate accommodation for them, and you, in accommodation of your own or which you and they will accommodate solely. Acceptable evidence of this would be:

a. Full details of the accommodation availablei.e. number of rooms and their intended use e.g. bedroom, kitchen, living-room, etc.)

b. Full details of all those people who will be occupying the accommodation, including details of their ages and sex.

c. If you are buying the accommodation on a mortgage, we will need to see evidence of this from your mortgage company.

d. If you will be renting property, we will need to see an attested copy of the Tenancy Agreement which should be for a minimum period of six months.

This leaflet is for guidance only. Each visa application is considered on its own merits and, as such, the documents described above must not be considered the definitive list of documentary requirements required in support of visa applications

NOW ... the thing that strikes me as bizarre - I've never found a copy of this in such a clearly expressed form anywhere on the Embassy Web site but they send it to an applicant AFTER they have submitted her or his application?! Seeing as we submitted all our supporting evidence with the application form, it would have been a great deal less stress to have had this info up front

Edited November 14, 2005 by khon_fused

[coldcrush]

Hiya all,

for the passport stamp evidence do you show it when handing in the application or do you take a photo copy?

I have seen conflicting statements on this? Some say show at embassy some say photcopy? Also do these have to be testified genuine?

Please let me know what are the rules for U.K visa on this.

Thanks All

Edited November 14, 2005 by lopburiguy

[khon_fused]

I presume you're refering to the Sponsor's passport here (ie: the passport belonging to the British citizen marrying the Thai applicant)?

If so, you naturally don't want your actual passport out of your hands for too long and certainly don't want to be posting it overseas if you're unable to be in town (ie: bangkok) when your fiance/fiancee/husband/wife is going for interview.

In such cases photocopy all the appropriate pages - idenitifcation page and all pages with visa stamps on in particular.

You will need to get these signed off as being a true copy of the original by someone like a solicitor. I cannot find the relevant document from UK Visas that states this requirement just now, but I can say with all confidence that it is a formal requirement having clearly read it on one of the IND pages - but not on the Embassy Web site (another example of why what should be a fairly straightforward process becomes confusing for many!) What is not clearly stated is whether each and every page should be signed (many solicitors might charge you a fee for each and every page attested) or just the collated set of copies signed once.

I can't help but suspect the former to be the case, officially, but no way was I going to spend that much money! I had my identification page (in my British passport) attested by a solicitor and stapled it to the copies of the visa pages, sending this ahead for my then fiancee to lodge her settlement visa application (of course, all this evidence is not required up front, we were just aiming for 'short interview' treatment').

I was in town on the day of her interview and simply handed her my real passport to show at the interview.

Had I not been able to be in town, I would have felt very nervous about not fully complying with official requirements and would have had each copied page attested, though no doubt I'd have haggled hard with the solicitor for a bulk discount on price

Edited November 14, 2005 by khon_fused