UK Spouse Visa

[biffer]

Ok here we go

My Thai girlfriend of 4 years is with me in the UK at the moment at the end of a 6 month holiday visit ,we return together on 8/11/16.

We are getting married on 23rd November and then intend to apply for a spouse visa for the UK where we intend to live with yearly visits back to Thailand for holidays and family meetings.

The advice I am seeking is for the sequence of the application for that visa ,I must admit to being bamboozled my the differt things to do.

I think I understand the documentation but am confused by the order of things ie TB test,English test application ect.

Could someone please give me the dummy list of the order of events and the means of doing so. I am sorry to be so stupid but brain is clogging up .

Thank you in advance.

 

[theoldgit]

Evidence of proficiency in English and the results of the TB Test need to be submitted when she attends her appointment at the Visa Application Centre to submit the hard copy of her application, together with any other supporting evidence, including evidence that she meets the financial requirements.

So first of all she needs to ensure that she has all the required evidence, and then complete an online application application, not forgetting to print a hard copy.

At this stage she will need to pay the application fee and the NHS Surcharge, she should then be able to make an appointment to submit the hard copy of her application together with her supporting evidence, she will also have her biometric details captured at this stage.

The wait for the result.


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[Davidll]

Once registered online for visa applications you can start an application and just put any date in if you want to go through all the questions without submitting it. At a later stage when you are ready to apply then just start new application.

 

this may give you some idea of what's asked on the forms.

[7by7]

Rather than start a new application, you can save the application and come back to it later; amending any answers if necessary.

 

This is possible up until you click on the 'submit' button.

[Davidll]

23 hours ago, 7by7 said:

Rather than start a new application, you can save the application and come back to it later; amending any answers if necessary.

 

This is possible up until you click on the 'submit' button.

 

The only reason I never did this is that when you start the application it requires you to add expected travel date. I could not see anyway of altering this afterwards. As you say, everything else can be changed. 

[bobrussell]

Things such as expected travel date can be changed by altering the paper copy before submission at the VFS office. I was unaware that travel dates could not be changed on the computerised system.

Applications are ultimately still based on the paper copy unless things have changed recently. Submitting the on-line form does not mean you cannot change things later. Once the paper copy has been submitted at VFS it does get more complicated but is still possible!

Edited October 27, 2016 by bobrussell

[biffer]

On ‎26‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 9:52 AM, theoldgit said:

Evidence of proficiency in English and the results of the TB Test need to be submitted when she attends her appointment at the Visa Application Centre to submit the hard copy of her application, together with any other supporting evidence, including evidence that she meets the financial requirements.

So first of all she needs to ensure that she has all the required evidence, and then complete an online application application, not forgetting to print a hard copy.

At this stage she will need to pay the application fee and the NHS Surcharge, she should then be able to make an appointment to submit the hard copy of her application together with her supporting evidence, she will also have her biometric details captured at this stage.

The wait for the result.


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Thank you so you are saying do not do the online application until I have the supporting documents and have done the tb test and English exam so we return to Thailand on 8th  off to ubon ratchathani the next day and get married 22november so do tb test and English test after marrage as to have the correct surname on her documents

[biffer]

sorry not sure I replied in correct place

so I'm not to make online application until we marry on 22nd November then do English test and tb test then make application in married name with all supporting document in order

[rasg]

Thank you so you are saying do not do the online application until I have the supporting documents and have done the tb test and English exam so we return to Thailand on 8th  off to ubon ratchathani the next day and get married 22november so do tb test and English test after marrage as to have the correct surname on her documents.

 

In the past I have done most of the visa application in advance and only hit the completion button a day or so before, paid for it and booked the appointment. For a Visit Visa you can definitely change the UK arrival date because I just checked and I am pretty certain you can do the same with a settlement visa application.

[7by7]

It doesn't matter if her English test and TB certificate are in her maiden name as your marriage certificate will show they are for the same person.

 

The application itself, though, needs to be in the same name as that on her passport. So if she is going to change that then I think you'll need to wait until she has done so before starting the application. As already said, details on the online form can be altered on the hard copy, with a note of explanation, but I'm not sure if the actual name can be.

 

However, there is no compulsion under either Thai or UK law for a woman to take her husband's name on marriage; so she could always keep her passport, and so the application, in her maiden name and if she want's to change her passport do so at a later date., even leaving it until she renews it.

 

At one time my wife had her Thai passport in her maiden name and her British passport in her married one. All perfectly legal as long as there is no intention to deceive.