Hi sushdmehta, Thank you for the prompt reply and info, much appreciated. Yes, that does make sense. I was perhaps engaging fingers and hitting the panic button before giving it a bit of common sense thinking. We've just been through so much recently to try and get this visa that it seemed one ...

Hi All, I have a some concerns regarding this new ruling for settlement/spouse visas that I have just now noticed regarding the 30 day entry vignette and collection of the BRP. I hope that someone can help me please regarding this matter. My wife (an Angolan national) submitted her UK Spouse ...

Hi gaskellpuppy, Thanks for the info and good wishes. I've had a few updates to our scenario since starting this thread. We returned to Angola from the UK on the 23rd May to specifically make her Spouse Visa Application, so are doing it from within her own country. Her current Visitor's Visa will ...

Hi again, A couple more questions please on the 28 day ruling for supporting documents. We have just completed the online application for my wife's Spouse visa so it shows as being dated 28th Mya 2015. However the soonest appointment we could get for the actual visa submission at the British Embassy ...

Thanks for the quick reply and info CR001.

Cheers

Hi All,

This may or may not be a stupid question but...does the VAF4A form for a Spouse/Settlement visa application need to be printed double sided or single leaf?

Thanks.

Hi, I am a British Citizen with an Angolan wife who is currently working and living in Angola. We have 1 son who was born in Angola but now has a British passport which we applied for from within Angola. Due to a change of job, we are set to leave Angola and start living in the UK within the next 4 ...

Hi, I am currenty looking into a Plan B, with possibly a Plan C and maye even a Plan D to get around my wife missing out on the English language exam A1 mark by 6%. Could you please give me advice regarding applying for a British Passport when in the UK on a UK Visitors Visa? If we remai in Angola ...

Thanks for the good wishes michali, however it looks like we won't be able to put in the application as my wife missed out on the required English A1 entry level by 6%. I just read the results just now. She was concerned about the listening part due to the recordings they had to listen to being very ...

Thanks again michali for the great advice and info.
All my savings have been from my 6 years working in Angola so all through my job and I should be getting the official bank statements delivered next week from a colleague. I'll be sure to add the declaration though.

Cheers!

Hi michali, Thank you very much for that. I did not know that the registry document could be downloaded. I have now paid for the Land Registry document and should have it sent to me by e-mail within the next 24 hours. It was a bit more expensive for Scotland though, £21 in total, michty me! That ...

Hi, I have sent a question direct to Visa4UK regarding the Supporting document. For Mortagage Statements being used as proof for future accomodation, do they fall under the category of requiring to be within 28 days of the visa application? My current annual Mortgage statement for the appartment I ...

Good afternoon, I am looking for some advice please regarding the Sponsorship Undertaking form - SU07/12. I'm a British Citizen, working and living in Angola with my wife and 2 year old son. My wife is Angolan (married for over 3 years now) and our son (born in Angola) has a British Passport. We ...

Thank you 85 East. It seems that we will have to wait that bit longer anyway. My wife also has to do the TB test and as she is pregnant, we will have to opt for the sputum test rather than the x-ray which means the results will not be available until after 8 weeks. I thought that the English exam ...

Thank you very much alil, that is good to know.

Hi, My wife (Angolan) is due to sit the Key English Test as part of her UK Spouse Visa application with the exam date set for the 5th of December. Due to a possible delay over the Christmas period and a cut-off date for travelling with my wife at the end of February (she wil be 7 months pregnant ...

Thanks RayKing for the good advice. f_ok An update on the English test, after contacting the approved Cambridge exam centre in Luanda and explaining the situation, they contacted the Cambridge Exam folks and it now seems that we will be allowed to sit the exam in Luanda with the minimum number of ...

Hello once again. I'm slowly piecing together all the requirements to start the process of a Spouse Visa for my wife to join me in the Uk when we plan to move there in January/February. Thank you for the help and advice so far but, as expected, I have some more questions please. Just a brief update ...

I was also aware that payments would have to be made to the NHS if our child is born in the UK without my wife having the proper clearance. It might just be the only option we have given the circumstances but one that we will be prepared to do.

Regards,
Duncan

Thank you both for the helpful links and advice. I'm one of those who, through past visa experience, likes to submit as much evidence as possible. I have emailed the International School in Luanda regarding the English exam for my wife, so a lot could depend on when/if that can be completed. I also ...

I should have realised that would never have been my last question! From looking on the Gov.uk website I notice that there is also a 5 year Resident Card application. This si probably a rather nieve question with an obvious answer, but I assume that before applying for a Residents Card the person ...

Hi Casa,

Again, thank you so much, especially for the link to the International School. I had visions of having to travel to South Africa but I believe the International School is very close to our house in Luanda.
Thank you again for all the great information.

Best regards,
Duncan

Hi Wanderer, Thank you for that rather important bit of confirmation. Hi Casa, Thank you as well for confirming and for the additional information, especially with regards to the processing time via Pretoria. Very much appreciated. Thankfully my current salary meets the criteria, it will now be a ...

Good afternoon, I'm hoping I can get some advice with the best route to take for applying for a UK Spouse / Family visa for my wife. Our situation is as follows: - I am a British Citizen and have been working and living in Angola for the last 3 years (6 in total if you include 3 previous years on ...