I don't see why not. Use the opportunity of the visit to take as many pictures together to use as evidence.

Whitnified:
Hi house, my husband currently has a UK visiting visa, will he be allowed to enter now that we are married. We are waiting for settlement documents to be complete before applying. Worried if he can still come visit me on this visa or we have to wait.

Thanks for your help so far

To God be all the glory .........Great things he hath done. Don't know if anyone remembers my story but I'll start from the beginning.

Timeline

Spousal application August 6 2016
Biometrics 12th August 2016
23rd Oct - application not straight forward email from ukvi.
January 17th 2017 - visa refused - based on financial requirements cos we submitted details for self employed and full time employment, English language and not enough evidence of our relationship

Feb 3rd - appealled asper lawyers advise

March - found this forum and was taking screenshots of everything............

April - notice of pending appeal

June - emailed Manchester MP who happens to be a labour candidate and they are in full support of immigrants - got the advise from this forum


July - got letter appeal listed for December 8th 2017 - Same day the MP replied me. Lol

August 9th - reapplied since the appeal was taking too long.

August - MP wrote me to find out the progress but I told her about the new application and that I wasn't coping, i was depressed and have to move in with my mother and appeal is taking too long.

17th August - Biometrics

Oct - tls hasn't updated that his application has been received by ukvi - I asked on this forum and Lamakinde advised to fill in their complaint section.

Within 2 working days the necessary adjustments was made on the tls tracker.

25th Oct - emailed mp to say I haven't heard anything from the second application.

Nov 6th - decision made email and passport ready for collection about 20 mins apart.

Hubby who has been carrying his collection letter in his car since last week just drove straight to Ikeja to go pick it up and low and behold his visa was there.

Just need to withdraw the appeal lo ba tan and of cos update the MP. Lol

Please everyone don't ever give up. Good luck to everyone waiting.......we shall all celebrate together here in this UK....my prayers are with you always.

deebaby05:
@tayeby78, expecting your own goodnews too. It will not delay and it's either YES or YES, nothing else ooo.

Hi Dolly,

Sorry to hear about this. Your timeline seems similar to my husband's first application last year.

Spousal application August 6 2016

Biometrics 12th August 2016

23rd Oct - application not straight forward email from ukvi.

January 17th 2017 - visa refused - based on financial requirements cos we submitted details for self employed and full time employment, English language and not enough evidence of our relationship

Feb 3rd - appealled asper lawyers advise

April - notice of pending appeal

June - emailed Manchester MP who happens to be a labour and they are in full support of immigrants.

July - appeal listed for December 8th 2017.

August 9th - reapplied since the appeal was taking too long.

It's unusual for you to get not straight forward email twice in my opinion. However, There's not much you can do until you get their verdict. Until then, just keep praying and keep your faith. God will do it in his own time.
Everything you need for a successful spousal application is on these thread. I wish I knew about it before we applied.......ill advise you read from page 1 upwards. God help us all.

Dolly15:
Hi everyone,
Just found out about this forum and wish I did earlier.Please I need everyone’s help here as I’m genuinely freaking out as this has taken way too long.

So I applied for a UK spousal visa on May 30th 2017 and I’m yet to get a response till date.
Wedding registry in feb 2017 (ikoyi registry)
Engagement and wedding in July 2017

So here’s my timeline soo far:

Application online submission- may 30th
Biometrics - June 6th
Documents sent to Sheffield - June 12th
Email confirming application received in Sheffield -
June 27th
Application not straightforward email received - Aug 24th
Escalation to MP by husband-September 13th
Email from Sheffield apologizing for delay as it’s been a busy period and aim to make a decision on or before October 31st - sep 25
Not straightforward email - Oct 16
Email received stating still working on application - Oct.30th

Should I be worried??
Also they haven’t asked for any extra documents,so we are just waiting daily for goodnews.

Please any suggestions or advice will be appreciated.
Thank you.

Oh wow. Congrats in advance. God has done it.

Lamakinde:

Got tls message that decision has been made in the morning while just now I got message that it's ready for pick up. Today is 57th working day.
Well, let me go and see the result tomorrow as my pick up docs is at home.

Was so hoping we'd get decision made email today like that applicant from last weekend. It is well o

ronvlaar:


Make una relax, good news awaits u guys this coming week.

I'm just on day 50...

Hey Biometrics birthday mate. Any news from your end? We've got nothing as of yet.

Lamakinde:

Uwc. It's well.

Hi,

As long as she's been in the job for 6 months and has pay slips and bank statements to reflect these i don't think it matters if it's probabationary period or not.

2. You won't be allowed to use priority service if you've been refused a visa in that category before. I tried using priority for my husbands application after first refusal but it just wouldn't go through. Check out the exclusion criterias for the priority service to know more.

Day 55 today after biometrics :-(

MreSBee:
Hello house.... I'm back again after about a year off this forum... @Lexusgs360, @Justwise and a few people here may remember me. Anyway straight to the point, I was denied my spouse application around this time last year for discrepancies especially because we combined two jobs for my wife to meet up with the financial requirement as her main job wasn't paying up to 18,600. They had no reason to deny because everything was legit in both jobs only that my wife contradicted with her employer during the interview with the UKVI officials due to pressure and naivety. I decided not to appeal because of the time and money that will be involved.

Fast forward to present... My wife now has a job which pays well above £18,600 and will be 6 months on the job early January which means I'm preparing and waiting patiently till January to reapply. Now to start with, I have two questions for the house (I have experience in this area of spouse visa and other UK visa applications like tiers 4 and 2 but I'm sure you all will agree with me that no one knows it all).

1. Does it matter if one is in a probabtional period at work (I'm asking on behalf of the sponsor now) in order to count the six month in the new job or the counting begins after the probational period?

2. I heard someone sometimes ago saying once one uses a standard way of applying for ones first application, one cannot use priority for the subsequent applications that one can only continue to use standard. Please how true is this.... Anyone knows?

Thank you house for the anticipated support as I embark on this journey again.

Thanks for this. The TLS portal for my husband has now been updated to received by ukvi for a decision after I took your advice to complete the complaint form on the site...........53 days post biometrics........ this cold is no joke o.

Lamakinde:

You can actually lay complaints on the site. There's a column for complaints and your e-mail. They actually replied after I have sorted it out. They mentioned that they noticed I have figured it out myself and close the complaint.

It's safer to count from when you did the biometrics. The person that got their visa on monday got it day 58 days from the day they did biometrics......yes I counted lol. Just relax. Do things to distract yourself. I'm locking my phone up in my bag at work and turn off data completely to stop myself refreshing my emails every 5 minutes......

deebaby05:
Dear @ justwise, @ tayeby78 @ Lexus @ successful visa holders, I just want to confirm from when the 60 days starts counting... from online application or biometrics This wait is not funny jo, I don tire. Lol

Congratulations on your successful application @subomi2. Click on the link below for the next phase........ good luck and don't forget to pop in to this thread every now and then to add in your two cents on questions asked.

www.nairaland.com/3253552/applying-flr-after-initial-uk/3

Realgeo:


Congratulations.... Happy for you

Thanks @lamakinde for your prompt response. Will follow your advice.

Lamakinde:

You can actually lay complaints on the site. There's a column for complaints and your e-mail. They actually replied after I have sorted it out. They mentioned that they noticed I have figured it out myself and close the complaint.

I don't think there's any contacts for them o. They've not updated the progress of my husband's application since the online submission 51 days ago and apparently you just can't visit the site for queries. Please do let me know if you find contact details for them.

foxyvisa:
Please anyone knows TLSCONTACT Ikeja phone contact or direct email? There's a mistake on my confirmation page and i need to correct it. @justwise and house. Wrong REF number

I pray we get the good news soon.......i'm starting to loose my mind:-(

Lamakinde:

I did my biometrics too on 17th August so am in the same week with your hubby. It's well.

Congratulations on getting your visa. Please can you post your timeline for us. My husband did his Biometric on the 17th August. Thanks

Allgood2017:
My wife picked up her visa this morning . Thanks to all who answered my questions. Sent the application mid august and got the pickup email on Friday . For a non priority ,was quite fast . Thank God,good luck to all August applicants

Don't worry. God has already done it. It is settled. The wait is over.

This people wicked o. Haba day 58 How many days is then left to make the 60 days (12 weeks) processing time? Dia is God o. Lol.

AkeAlbert:
Guys you won't believe this, got a decision made email and passport ready for collection 4 hours ago without knowing... I just checked TLS now, the weekend is really gonna be long. Day 58 today standard

My husband is waiting o. He did his Biometric on the 17th. 11th week this week. God help us all.......the wait is killing.

AkeAlbert:
Any August applicants in the house? On my 11th week on standard and the wait is killing me

Hello,

I'm based in Manchester.....very close to ethihad to be precise. Let me know if yall need anything.....church, where to get food naija food etc. We have to link up as soon as my husband gets back in the country.........11th week this week. God help us.

Realgeo:


Hey!! Landed since 7th September. Just started putting up my CV cause I don't want to be a burden to anyone. Wow the wedding of a thing. I Based in Manchester. Don't know how far it is from Newcastle. U know say I be JJC....lol. have u gotten ur NI number. Just applied 4 mine. Want to have it b4 starting to work to avoid excess Tax. Will be catching up with u guys...cheers

My husband did his biometrics 17th August. They only collected his passport and front page of his application form.

Mamalicious:
Hallo everyone. Pls who has done his or her biometrics recently. Where u asked to prensent sponsor form ?

The wait is almost over.........it shall all end in praise.

Lamakinde:

Yes I did got that mail and it changed on tls website. Yes ooo, we did on the same date. Amen to the prayer ooo. This their wait is something else especially when I need my certificate and other docs for something else.

It has not changed on the tls tracker but we received this email on Sept 7th. Did you get the same email as well?

Your online application has been received at the UK Decision Making Centre. Your application is currently being prepared for consideration by an Entry Clearance Officer.

If you have made a Settlement application (except for applications lodged in USA and Canada): you must ensure that your UK sponsor has sent all relevant supporting documentation to the UK Decision Making Centre in Sheffield. The documents should be arranged in this order: application form and relevant Appendix* (See below); English language evidence; relationship documents; maintenance documents; accommodation documents. If documents are not received a decision will be taken on the basis on the information that has been provided.

If you have already had your supporting documents scanned in at the Visa Application Centre, or if you have already sent them in to us, please ignore the request for documents.

Please note that UKVI aims to complete all Visit Visa applications within 15 working days and all Settlement Visa applications within 12 weeks of the application date. If it is not possible to complete your application within this timeframe a member of our team will contact you to explain why.

If you have paid for Priority Service, your application will be placed in front of the queue and assessed ahead of other non-priority visa applications. As indicated in the terms of service, the amount paid for the priority service, as well as the visa fees, is not refundable if the visa application is refused or if the decision is delayed.

We regret that we are unable to respond to enquiries asking about the status of any application. Any status enquiry should be made to the international enquiry service, details of which are on the GOV.UK website. Staff at Embassies, visa processing centres and visa application centres cannot assist with visa enquiries. You may also wish to view the current processing times for applications made in your country.

A further email will be sent to you to confirm when your application has been assessed and dispatched. If your application was made in a Visa Application Centre, the staff there will contact you when your documents are ready – please do not attend the Centre until you are requested to do so.

Please note that you are advised not to purchase flight tickets until you have secured a visa for travel to the UK.

*List of Appendices:
Appendix 1 - Children / Other Dependants
Appendix 2 - Spouse / Partner
Appendix 4 - Pre-flight family members of Refugees
Appendix 5 - Access Rights to Child

Further information is also available on the UK visas and immigration website.

Kind regards,

UK Decision Making Centre

Lamakinde:

I submitted my biometrics on the 17th of August and it has changed to received by UKVI since.

We are ukvi mates. God will crown our application with success o.

Lamakinde:

I submitted my biometrics on the 17th of August and it has changed to received by UKVI since.

Hi,

Please is anyone still using the tls tracker? My husband submitted his biometrics 17th August but it doesn't seem to have changed status to received by ukvi.

Appeal takes a long time......trust me I'm still in it and yes I got the mp involved. But if you're still in the country then you have a leverage cos you can still be able to work. Good luck

Sholeola23:



My barrister said all they wrote was nonsense and it's against the law as all the payslips , bank statements are there and other docs are complete. Is just laziness on there parth. We will appeal and MP will get involve

Ish. Thanks for the clarification.

Lexusgs430:


Days of physical interviews in Lagos, died at Walter Carrington......
It's now submission at Sheffield, no long leg allowed....

No she resides in the UK.

Lexusgs430:


Does the sponsor reside in Lagos?

Please does anyone know how the applicant can get interview at the British embassy in Lagos for spousal visa? I'm happy as the sponsor to attend the interview with him. Any ideas how to go about this? Does the applicant still has to submit his application at the submission centre?

Please urgent answers required

Thanks Teejay231

teejay231:


You only need a letter from your mum stating that you are allowed to live there with your spouse. You also need to the land registry document to prove that the house belongs to your mum and also an inspection report to show there will be no overcrowding. Utility bills are NOT required for spousal visa applications only for the FLR application after the first 30 months. You probably also have to explain in the additional section or cover letter that you will be living in your mums house. The letter, land registry documents and inspection report should be enough.

My bank statements and driving license bares the address. I am also registered to vote at the same address.

Lexusgs430:


How do you show some connection to the address?

None that I can think of. Do you think that can pose as a risk?

Lexusgs430:


Do you have other bills to prove residential connections?

I give my mum £200 a month. Her letter could include this?

Lexusgs430:



Do your have any financial connection or commitment to the said address?

Thank you @teejay231.

Anyone in this forum live in Manchester?

teejay231:


You need to reapply. Pay slips must match with bank statements. Include as many pictures as possible as well as chat and/or call records over the time period of your relationship. Get a letter from your landlord stating spouse is allowed to live with you, including your tenancy agreement if possible and an accommodation report to state that there will be no overcrowding.

The hold on spousal applications has been due to backlog on applications not meeting the financial requirements. This was caused by the Supreme Court ruling in February this year. However, the Home Office made those changes on July 20, 2017 and will begin implementing on August 10, 2017. You can see https://www.freemovement.org.uk/home-office-makes-changes-appendix-fm-minimum-income-rule-following-mm-case/ for more details. If your lawyer doesn't know this, then I do advise that you get yourself a new lawyer or do it yourself. There's a group on Facebook that's also great at helping in this process and afterwards.

Thank you guys so much for all your always helpful advice.

My mum has kindly agreed for us to use her 5 bed house to meet accommodation requirements. Please does anyone know what the letter should include? Anyone used a relative house to meet this requirement before? What documents do we have to submit?

teejay231:


You need to reapply. Pay slips must match with bank statements. Include as many pictures as possible as well as chat and/or call records over the time period of your relationship. Get a letter from your landlord stating spouse is allowed to live with you, including your tenancy agreement if possible and an accommodation report to state that there will be no overcrowding.

The hold on spousal applications has been due to backlog on applications not meeting the financial requirements. This was caused by the Supreme Court ruling in February this year. However, the Home Office made those changes on July 20, 2017 and will begin implementing on August 10, 2017. You can see https://www.freemovement.org.uk/home-office-makes-changes-appendix-fm-minimum-income-rule-following-mm-case/ for more details. If your lawyer doesn't know this, then I do advise that you get yourself a new lawyer or do it yourself. There's a group on Facebook that's also great at helping in this process and afterwards.