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EvaMD:
, please how long did it take to get your childs british passport... am on the same boat and have applied since November,although my hubby has been scheduled for interview at their office. any pointers to note

BoyDimples:
Good evening House!

I just want to say, you guys are God sent! Your comments here have helped a lot of people including myself and my spouse. Oga Lexus I hail ooh!!
I am one of them silent followers.
So my wife and I got married in 2015 . I did the "return to naija" thinking naija was the place to come to in 2013, oh boi it is a hard place all those uncles who promised you big jobs and connections omo no one helped. only person that helped was for nysc.

After getting married in 2015 and a baby on the way, I decided to move back to the UK, I got a Job and earning good money 45k and above. Unlike the miserable N100,000 naira per month in naija, lol 2 nites in sip pay. So my wife came to visit in 2016 she gave birth to my child at a hospital we didnt pay nhs nothing and we were not charged. my wife and child moved back to naija

So that birth thing made me afraid that they would refuse my wife spousal visa as per nhs treatment on visiting visa but speaking to people they encouraged us to put in for the application as both my child and myself are british and nhs no charge us. I ticked all the financial criteria plus all the other criteria's

I attached photos, ticket print outs, our dubai holiday photo's and tickets with our baby, bank statement pay slips etc
Timeline(wife non priority)

Online application submited- Dec 24th 2016
Biometrics - Dec 29th 2016
Documents sent-4th Jan 2017
Documents returned- Feb 10th 2017
Decision made email- Feb 24th 2017
Passport ready email- Feb 24th 2017(at 6.30pm made us wait the whole weekend)
Passport picked- Feb 27 2017(Visa stamped 22st Feb)

Now to book ticket for my wife and child!!! Goodluck to everyone applying.

Lexusgs430:
Leeds to London is almost 170 miles driving, cost by train would be in the region of £120 return daily. Work out the cost and distance, and would such transportation expenses reflect on his bank statements ?

Why does he not want to use his present accommodation ?

EvaMD:
thanks plenty, getting to work, lol @sweetnothings

Lexusgs430:
Hello Sirs/Mas,

please help. Husband;s uncle has a two bedroom flat in leeds that he can give him to use for our application. even though hubby works in london, can we use this. Uncle has said hubby will just need to be paying council tax on the house for the next few months so the bill comes in his name.... wont they frown at the distance of his work to the home he has for us? the house is his uncle's coucil flat no one lives tgere now cos uncle wants to sell it off.


Or is it ok?
anything else to watch out for or do/ sort out with this arrangement??

please help. thank you

@justwise @pmaakino @benz101 @darcy16
- 37.5 hours work per week, is deemed full time employment within the NHS framework
- 6 months payslips + bank statement + other financial prerequisites (not forgetting the 28 day rule)
- Arrive in the uk for summer? Remember he starts work next week, fast forward 6 months. Did you mean winter?

Lexusgs430:
[Benz101] [justwise] [darcy16]

good afternoon all. Thanks for the insight so far. please what if i get a job offer from a UK employer now that reflects a salary that meets the earnings exactly. Does this help in anyway. I actually do work with a company with many UK partners (Universities) and my role is in demand. I thought about this when i realised one of them has a job opening for two persons in that role and i can apply.

What do yo think? What would then be my plan? would i be able to apply sooner? Please bear with my curious and calculative mind. I just want to see that I have no other choice.

Thank you so much in advance.


Hence I called the application a gamble..............

subomi2:
Thank you so much. This is very crucial because all we do is video calls and voice calls.

Having this app will help our evidence of communication.

Thank you again.

Pmaakino:
Hi Subomi2.

I think you can apply for a family visit visa. Between the time my husband moved to the uk (August 2015) and I joined him (last Wednesday) I applied for and was granted a visit visa and even a private medical treatment visa. I explained in my application for both that we intended to apply for spouse settlement visa but that we were waiting for my husband to fulfill the financial requirement. I proved that I would return to Lagos on those visas by showing my job in Lagos at the time.

Ps. Each visa was 6-months long. I stayed for 5 months on the medical one and had indicated in my application that I would do so. Prior to that, on the visit one, I stayed 3 months. I also had indicated that I would do so.

Pmaakino:
Yeah there's definitely a faster way. I will get the name of that app for you. What sort of phone do you use? We paid $450 for priority.

Lexusgs430:
- 37.5 hours work per week, is deemed full time employment within the NHS framework
- 6 months payslips + bank statement + other financial prerequisites (not forgetting the 28 day rule)
- Arrive in the uk for summer? Remember he starts work next week, fast forward 6 months. Did you mean winter?

Kassemkhalifeh9:
Hey I hope things will work out for you:
So let me give you a list of what I submitted and you may compare either things you have or what you want to add and other lists so you can do your own because their are standard but you way reflects on the decision too:
1.the financial requirments in general:p60s tax return company contract...
2.accomedation with contract and the house photos and they requested a letter of the bank confirming the address is for us.
3.our pictures(choose pics that shows the strength of your relation and with family and friends).
4.screen shots of what's app calls duration and I matched like each paper has the same phone call on her phone and mine plus emails exchanged letters cards.
5.tickets to Lebanon and boarding passes and the entrance and leave stamp of my wife's pass.
6.marriage certificates with the marriage contract.
7.my Eilts.
8.my cv with all references and my bank account statement.
9.basic screen shots of your SMS or what's app chat choose good ones but not too private,the embassy rescpeacts your privacy.
10.skypes if you have.
11. face time screen shots(a lot,show that you video chat)
12.i had some clearances about private circumstances stances
13.my travel history.
14.my wife passport copy and my birth certificate and family exctracts(if you have this) that shows that my wife is on my name in my country.
15.and basically the standard requirments and everything you feel that it will shows that you are ina real relation.
Best of luck

Lexusgs430:
- Shee your Oga don dey convinced by this thread?
- Priority visa £650
- How long has he been gainfully employed?
- How many hours a week? If above hopefully above 37.5 hours
- Kids education in the uk vs kids education in 9ja? UK wins, if for no reason at all, it's free till university level

justwise:
Yes whatsapp chat will be accepted and you can printout the call log as well just the way you printout standard call log.

You can find the cost of priority application on the embassy website of previous pages here.

How long is the NHS temporary contact?