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Thanks a lot. It was very helpful.

Champneys:
I have emailed you sir.
Let me know if you my response was robust enough and answered your question fully.

Congrats on your application.

Just have a question, you said application Completed and submitted on behalf of applicant. Is this part of the guidance or you guys just decided to take this approach. I am asking cause I completed and paid for my application by my self while my sponsor provided all the relevant documents from her end.

Thanks for your response.

Champneys:
A brief of a recent and successful spouse/settlement visa application. Might be useful for folks planning to apply sometimes soon.

Application Mode - Self ( minor consultation ( free ) with an immigration lawyer to clarify a sentence in the application guidelines )
Application (Completed and submitted on behalf of applicant ) Submitted : 2nd December 2019 - Standard.
Biometric - Priority - 10th December
Generic Email Message from Decision Making Centre - 16th December ( Sent to Sponsor only )
Text Message Received from VAC - 29th January ( To pick up passport )
Approved - One month entry granted validity from 30th January to 29th February 2020

Docs submitted ( All uploaded using the self service and before the 10th of December, the date of the Biometric at Ikeja VAC Centre. )
- NARIC English Language Confirmation
- TB Cert.
- Communication Details - some emails, whatsapp (screenshot of selected messages and calls selected randomly over a period of 2 and half years)
- Family Photographs with some involving relatives and friends ( selected over a period of two years )
- 7 months payslip from UK, a contract role ( March 2019 - March 2020 )
- Letter from contracting/employment agency confirming contract, pay, start date and payslip authenticity
- 7 months bank statement covering all pay period for the duration of the 7th month payslips.
- New accommodation tenancy agreement signed on the 1st of December 2019, with letter from landlord confirming we are family friends and my wife and daughter are allowed to live at the property. (no proof of rent payment sent, no inspection report as accommodation is solely occupied by me, no other utility bill apart from an email confirmation from water provider saying I have registered with them)
- Letter from Employment agency confirming change of address and latest bank statement showing new address.
- Proof of British citizenship for daughter and father (sponsor)
- Marriage certificate
- Travel ticket back and forth between applicant and sponsor
- Proof of address in Nigeria and proof of courier and postal services between sponsor and applicant ( to and out of Nigeria )
- Sponsor cover letter, narrating genesis of relationship, detailing and explaining supporting documents added )
- Applicant cover letter narrating genesis and current status of relationship.
- Passport biodata pages ( Nigeria, expired and British ) - Sponsor
- Passport biodata page ( Nigeria ) - Applicant
- Passport biodata page - Daughter ( 15 months old ( British and Nigeria )

No contact to landlord, employer, employment agency, sponsor or applicant by the HO.

All in all, a smooth and straight forward process, made easier with good travel history between sponsor and applicant, Sponsor a British Citizen and a daughter who was born outside the United Kingdom but has a British Passport.


Best wishes to everyone else awaiting a decision or applying in the near future and if you have any question, let me know!

chrysbees:
@Kinpelz,

The letter from her employer can be addressed to "To whom it may concern" as that was what we used in our application.

If you have read through most of the pages (at least the previous 30 pages, which I think you should have done by now), you must have heard frequent contributors and successful applicants telling others to get all the documents ready before submitting the online application.

This is inline with the UKVI requirements that all supporting documents must be dated before the date of the online application submission but shouldn't be more than 28 days old. This includes: Bank statements, Letter from employer, Utility bills, Council tax letter, sponsor's supporting letter and any government issued documents you wish to add to your supporting documents.

In your case, you may scale through but it's better to be on the safe side.

Good luck!

Thanks alot for your response. Thanks for the heads up on the number. All the documents are ready. Just that the letter from her employer which is dated 7 January was addressed to my wife. I guess we just have to use the letter like that. If the rule is that all documents must be ready before submission then we don't have a choice.

Good day my people,

Please I need help with the UK spouse settlement visa.

I completed the application and paid on the 22 January. I booked my biometrics for 3rd of February. My wife and I have all the relevant documents. However, for the letter from her employer, we do not know where they should address it to. The checklist of documents I got after submitting my application suggest that I must provide the letter and some documents at the point of completing my bio metrics. This is a bit confusing.

I am assuming I will just be required to do the biometrics here and submit my passport while my spouse will be required to send all our documents from marriage certificate, mortgage documents, etc in the UK.

Please I really need help on this. @profemebee, @themusketeer, @Lexusgs430, anyone that could assist.