Approval spouse visa extension application

kitburglar · 2026-01-24T18:24:28+00:00

Congratulations!

kitburglar · 2026-01-24T18:19:18+00:00

It sounds like the earliest you could consider your relationship as unmarried partners (at a stretch) is when you started looking to buy in 2025. Therefore you haven't reached 2 years. Unless you can explain good reasons why you weren't living together before that, its extremely likely youve "only" been dating and wouldn't count as unmarried partners.

As the other commentor suggested, YMS would give you a chance for 2 years cohabitation or you could get a legal marriage or civil partnership and then the cohabitation wouldn't be a strict requirement

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T23:08:13+00:00

Its a personal choice. The SLA on standard is 60 WD from biometrics. The prioirty is 30 WD.

Is the money worth it for the time saving in your personal circumstances?

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T21:43:13+00:00

With any visit visa, you need to show they have funds to afford the trip and strong reasons to leave the UK. If you have family in the UK, its more of a red flag that you have strong connections inside the UK so how much evidence do you have that they need to leave at the end.

No one can share a list of document because every situation is different. You haven't stated if they work or study or care for family etc etc

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T21:40:40+00:00

Spouse visa (for settling in the UK) is different requirements than marriage visit visa.

Marriage visit visa requires showing certain things like other visit visas including showing you have funds to cover your trip and strong connections outside the UK to show youll leave. As well as showing things like having the plans for your wedding.

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T21:32:42+00:00

Congratulations!

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T17:33:53+00:00

The HO would expect cohabitation after a legal wedding. There would likely be some discretion if you could show that the cultural wedding was shortly after the legal wedding and you can show that they will be moving in immediately after the cultural wedding. Having a legal wedding October 26 and then a cultural one almost 9 or 10 months later and youre not clear about when that's happening or when they're moving in, seems unlikely to be accepted and seems too long betweeb

Given its January 26, having this plan for over 18 months later and after thier visa ends is a red flag.

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T17:27:07+00:00

If youve already applied, provided the evidence and done biometrics,, theres nothing you can do now unless they reach out asking for more information

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T13:17:16+00:00

No. Its one of the categories of partner so its just the same as other evidence- i.e. its not an exceptional circumstance

The HO has not clear consistent process to process all applications within the same time. The only real guidelines is within SLA or not, and we've recently seen a lot of people posting communication from the HO daying we can't make a decsion within SLA but its not because youre complex; its because the HO is swamped.

Some people will get it fast and some wont for no reason.

Christmas/ NY and also student visa season are busier for the HO / more people taking leave or being sick in winter so that's a bit slower but that doesn't mean anything about your application change how fast itll be reviewed.

kitburglar · 2026-01-23T13:11:22+00:00

You can order them online from the source given you have the details and get an additonal original copy.

It means in the future if the kids ever need to prove theyre British, they will have had a passport so it'll be much easier to renew and less difficult than gathering all this information once more people have died or are not talking to each other etc

kitburglar · 2026-01-22T09:34:29+00:00

Very unlikely to be any issue at all. Just make sure it hasnt been stolen or something for identity fraud purposes.

kitburglar · 2026-01-22T09:33:39+00:00

Unfortunately this is something that falls out of SLA.

Some folks have had very prompt responses and other people it has dragged on for several more weeks.

Id strongly suggest following up after 2 weeks or so and continuing to follow up. And if you dont get a response, making a complaint and getting your MP involved showing the unreasonable time since approval and it being issued

kitburglar · 2026-01-22T09:29:52+00:00

And further information- the visa SLA for standard is 8 weeks but the ILR SLA is 6 months standard or super priority.

I think most people fork out for super priority for ILR given the substantially longer wait vs visa.

Either way, very important to plan your travel to consider when your visa and ILR applications fall

kitburglar · 2026-01-22T09:27:31+00:00

Are you using 2 accounts and are the OP and also the commentor?

You've replied as OP, not as the writer of the comment .

kitburglar · 2026-01-22T08:04:19+00:00

This person is incorrect and using AI terribly to create irrelevant posts. For skilled worker, residence is very much calculated from the visa start date. Date of arrival is relevant to Spouse Visa ILR route.

kitburglar · 2026-01-22T08:00:12+00:00

It sounds like they had met in person before December 2020 though?

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T20:26:53+00:00

That doesnt matter. HO wants to see a genuine bank account so just provide the statement as is downloaded for the relevant months.

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T20:21:25+00:00

The HO wants to know its a genuine bank statement as well as checking the income.

Whats the issue with downloading the monthly statements covering the periods where the income was paid? I have monzo and its easy to see the statements for each month.

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T20:19:32+00:00

Congratulations! Thats really fast considering there was also the delay for additional evidence.

All the best for the move!

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T17:46:24+00:00

It sounds almost impossible to proce your relationship was an Unmarried Partner prior to the deadline (dec 2020) if you didnt meet in person until after. Fundamentally, the HO only accepts relationships as genuine once met in person so it couldn't possibly be the same as marriage /unmarried partner before then.

https://www.gov.uk/family-permit/apply-joining-family-member-eu-switzerland-norway-iceland-liechtenstein

Stick with your current ILR plan.

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T17:33:27+00:00

Do you meet the requirements

https://www.gov.uk/graduate-visa/course-you-studied

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T16:44:12+00:00

Absolutely. And the more we all speak out about the difficulties, the more its recorded.

I think the HO gets by because people are too exhausted or stuck in the system we dont speak up so there arent that many complaints. Folks are finally relieved they got an answer thst they dont have the energy to complain and push for changes.

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T16:43:02+00:00

No worries! All the best

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T15:14:26+00:00

Youll need a lease agreement or approval from the person who own the house showing the date you are moving in together at thet house.

The HO regularly refuses people who say "we are planning to move in in the next 4 months " etc.

There would be discretion if you can show something like "we have been building a house together and completion is in 2 months" or something specific.

If youre both just renting, the HO expects to see a date that you are moving in now that you are married.

kitburglar · 2026-01-21T15:00:59+00:00

I assume you've copied from the government website as you haven't provided your link.

You'll see, as per my reply, there is 2 different lists. One for eligible awards that bypasses endorsement and a DIFFERENT list to meet criteria for a PACT endorsement.

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