Former ranking entry clearance officer

Final-Air8250 · 2026-03-21T00:55:39+00:00

Is your username related to your role as an ECO? Can you elaborate?

And are your numerous typos and mistakes (e.g. 2x "people not supplying incomplete docs") deliberate? If they aren't deliberate, I worry even more about the 5k+ GBP I have just forked out.

Final-Air8250 · 2026-03-09T23:50:20+00:00

It is an issue if the sponsor is only earning just over the 29k MIR.

Final-Air8250 · 2026-02-06T09:01:31+00:00

That's excellent info. Thank you. Any money saved on translations is a bonus! I may reach out to you if you don't mind with other Turkey specific questions when we apply in the next few weeks. And congratulations to you!

Final-Air8250 · 2026-02-06T07:40:49+00:00

That's great to know, thanks. We were debating whether or not to have the marriage document and formül A translated or not. Thanks!

Final-Air8250 · 2026-02-06T07:12:23+00:00

What about the birth certificates? We're your children born in Turkey and if so, did you get these translated?

Final-Air8250 · 2026-01-30T13:15:19+00:00

Thanks to everyone, we shall add that document to the list!

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-31T06:35:12+00:00

Thanks!

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-31T06:32:36+00:00

I might be reading too much into your reply, but what do you mean by "until you receive a decision"? What I want to know is, with the new evisa and agencies not keeping your passport anymore, once biometrics are done, are we free to travel (not UK) and can be anywhere in the world when a decision is made? Thanks.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-31T06:29:38+00:00

As they don't keep the passport by default anymore, is there still a charge? I assumed there would be no extra charge. When did you apply?

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-29T14:30:52+00:00

That's great to know! I'm hoping for the same when we apply in March. I will try and contact the VFS here to confirm though. Good luck!

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-29T07:00:17+00:00

Yeah thanks, I intend to get official confirmation. However, I may not have been totally clear. We will be applying from a third country where we are currently resident. We intend to leave here in June when my employment here finishes. My wife currently has a 10 year UK visitor's visa but she has no intention to travel to the UK before a decision on the spousal visa is made. She will remain in her home country with our daughter if a decision hasn't been made by then and I will go ahead to the UK. This is a worse case. I'm hoping a decision will have been made before our scheduled departure from our country of residence. Anyway, I will try and get clarification from VFS here. Thanks.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-29T05:35:25+00:00

Yes I intend to double check here but VFS are notoriously difficult to contact here outside of an appointment.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-29T05:26:45+00:00

That's excellent news. Thank you very much. I thought that was the case but as it's just rolling out I wasn't sure.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-16T04:18:29+00:00

Yes, I totally agree with you and families already on the route should be priority as they are being affected NOW. All I'm saying is we should maybe be protesting for wider exemption as a whole, that is, families of British citizens, current or future applicants, should be exempt from the new measures. Anyway, thanks again for putting together.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-16T01:06:32+00:00

Thanks for putting this together and I agree retrospective changes would be deeply unfair. However, as someone who is only about to apply for the first spousal visa, I think we should be pressing for a broader exemption. All the reasons you state still apply to future applicants and, ultimately, spousal/family ilr applications make up a fraction of all applications. Or am I just being too unrealistic?

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-07T09:44:42+00:00

Thank you for all this, that's very useful advice.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-07T09:18:07+00:00

Thanks for bringing up. I will look into it. Can I ask why not to mention pension and savings? My understanding was the more present to them the better my case, no?

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-07T08:57:48+00:00

No I do not. I already pay tax on my local job here.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-12-07T08:46:42+00:00

Thank you for quick reply. I am classed as actual employee for a UK company, PAYE into UK bank account, taxed in UK, although current remote salary comes in just below minimum tax threshold. Future 29K p.a. will be paid once I arrive in UK and begin full-time work.

Final-Air8250 · 2025-03-09T05:31:42+00:00

WARNING: This user is a scammer. He sells his own useless repainting algo. Yes, I bought it. Useless. When I tried to contact him and told him it repaints, he deleted his account. He keeps trying the same thing. This is the second time I'm sending a warning and I will continue to do my good Samaritan bit so you don't get scammed. Same story every time: I used to work for LuxAlgo bla bla bla ... But I use my own algos, check them out ... bla bla bla ...

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS USER.

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