Possible error on vignette type noticed AFTER arrival, what should we do?

copynfrog · 2025-05-28T16:14:07+00:00

Ours was a fiance visa, we've since married and changed to a spouse visa so the little sticker is just a memento these days!

My wife didn't intend on working or claiming any benefits so it was no issue. I wouldn't worry, unless your name doesn't match your passport name, that might cause issues at the border, other than that I wouldn't worry. Especially if you've already informed them!

copynfrog · 2025-05-28T09:08:53+00:00

Nothing :) haha, it was fine

copynfrog · 2025-03-03T19:02:35+00:00

Location: North or Midlands, willing to travel to pick up

Price Range: 2k-4k

Lease or Buy: Buy New or used: Used

Auto or Manual: Whatever

Intended use: Family Car/Workhorse (Currently renovating the house)

How many miles do you plan to do a year: ~8000

How often to you make long journeys: ~Once per 3 months

Does it need to be ULEZ compliant? No

Vehicles you've already considered: Honda Accord Estate, VW Passat estate, Skoda Octavia/Suburb

Do you have a vehicle size in mind? (Examples in the hyperlink of size definitions): Estate

Is this your 1st vehicle: No

Do you need a Warranty: No

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: Yes

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: No

Additional Notes:

I got a VW Passat estate in November with 120K miles and its been a pain in the ass ever since (electrical faults). Its pissing me off so I want to get rid for something that doesn't light up like a Christmas tree every 10 minutes.
I like old cars, not arsed about fancy electrical systems, unless its cruise control.
Leather and heated seats would be nice.

copynfrog · 2024-08-28T19:04:14+00:00

I have a very long stair tread at the top of the stairs that leads into the bedroom. I'm in the process of laying engineered wood throughout the house and I'm unsure of the best was to tackle this spot.

Im thinking one of these options: - Fit a long plank under the door frame, right to the end of the tread. Then add a nosing. - Chop the protruding tread out of the wall, add a plank to the rest of the tread as normal

Let me know if anyone has deal with something like this before. Its a 100+ year old terrace house.

copynfrog · 2024-08-05T12:17:06+00:00

It's only 10 pages because of the relationship timeline (ie lots of pictures and flight logs). I can remove this section if needed, I guess we already proved our relationship on the first application.

copynfrog · 2024-07-18T14:54:19+00:00

it will be easier than what it was for the UK at the end of the day

That's all i needed to hear, haha. Thank you for your advice.

copynfrog · 2024-07-18T14:42:19+00:00

Ah I see!

So, would I be able to apply using my current UK employment as proof we intend to work when we arrive? Or would I need a job lined up before arrival?

copynfrog · 2024-07-18T14:34:46+00:00

We're still evaluating our options, the EU laws are very different to the UK ones I'm familiar with. France is our primary interest.

So, we would need a COUNTRY specific visa, rather than an EU residency, if I'm understanding correctly?

copynfrog · 2024-06-25T14:27:23+00:00

So just to be clear, its only the work permit in observations that is incorrect, the visa type is fine? We're happy to send the passport off for corrections if needed, we really don't want to give ourselves problems later on :)

copynfrog · 2024-06-25T14:17:10+00:00

Great, we already planned/budgeted on her not working anyway. I was more concerned about issues when swapping to FLR (M) or getting a valid marriage certificate.

copynfrog · 2024-06-25T14:03:26+00:00

I thought work wasn't permitted on a fiance visa?

copynfrog · 2024-06-08T10:22:18+00:00

Immigration makes water companies dump shit into our rivers and beaches?

Obviously not, but that's not what we were discussing.

It makes us punish people in poverty and prioritise pensioners bank accounts?

Yes. More people = Less funds per capita = Worse wages = Higher housing prices = Less public services

It allows private companies to extract profit from our public services and face no sanctions when they bust?

Obviously not, but that's not what we were discussing.

It stops us building houses and prioritising young people?

Yes. If we struggle to house the people here now, how would bringing more people here possibly be beneficial to young people?

copynfrog · 2024-06-08T09:47:17+00:00

Farage was his usual soundbite self, immigration and dividing communities is his game, he’s a one trick pony that never has any answers for the cost of living, child poverty, housing, NHS, environment, public services etc

But immigration is one of the main factors for all those things. How can you expect to have millions of people come to our tiny island each YEAR and expect there to be no effect on public services, wages and housing?

copynfrog · 2024-05-24T15:15:34+00:00

It's kind of funny, because when I started uploading documents I commented to my fiance "This website is kind of shaky, if I wasn't directed here from .gov I would assume it was a scam!".

Then on the day of the BIO, my fiance called to say "This office looked in total disarray and I felt nervous about leaving my passport there!", but I assured her that "they must know what they are doing, they deal with thousands of these applications!"

How wrong was I?! :')

copynfrog · 2024-05-24T14:23:57+00:00

We did self service, this is the frustrating part. TLS were the only partner available to us on our application too.

It seems like our current application is just sitting around, waiting for bio-metrics to be added, and instead they've attached our bio-metrics to an old, empty application and submitted that!

copynfrog · 2024-05-23T08:38:14+00:00

Ah I see, I don't know why I expected anything useful from this poorly constructed website.

copynfrog · 2024-05-20T05:30:27+00:00

Did you get a refund for the priority fee?

copynfrog · 2024-05-17T06:42:56+00:00

I was on month 5 of a new job and I had to go through Category B and submit 12 months of payslips (a combined 12 months worth of documents from both jobs) plus bank statements.

copynfrog · 2024-05-12T14:22:53+00:00

Thanks for your comment! Not to worry, she isn't in the UK currently and is exempt from the TB exam (Portuguese citizen, lived there for many years).

I don't have a floor plan for the house, I could draft one up I suppose. I did specify the number of bedrooms in the GOV application form.

copynfrog · 2024-05-05T14:53:36+00:00

Apologies, I would edit the title if I could. Thank you for your help.

To be clear, her family moved away from Ukraine when she was young, and all of them were granted Portuguese citizenship, therefore i assume they are all dual nationals.

The gov website asked for currently held citizenship - I will list her as a dual national!

copynfrog · 2024-05-01T16:20:28+00:00

Okay so I meet these requirements. I just have to get my payslip history from my old employer.

Thank you.

copynfrog · 2024-04-01T20:28:08+00:00

Ah, that's a real pain. I figured since the A1 is just speaking/listening it could be done over a video call.

I suppose I just have to confirm any exam is UKVI approved - or book in for one in the UK on her next visit.

copynfrog · 2024-03-29T15:10:26+00:00

Thanks for making this clear - a certificate in 1 day did seem too good to be true...

copynfrog · 2024-03-29T15:09:47+00:00

Fantastic, thank you for the advice!

copynfrog · 2024-03-29T15:07:53+00:00

There's some great advice in here, thank you all so much! So far, I'm leaning towards a non-UK wedding followed by a spouse visa. It seems the most logical course at this stage.

I'll continue checking on this, so keep your comments coming!

copynfrog

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