urgent help needed: wife applying for ILR
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:53 am
my wife is applying for ILR, two years after she was granted a marriage visa. she's originally from the USA.
we were planning to use the premium same-day service to submit her application, but discovered when trying to book that there were no dates available before her current marriage visa expires (on february 11th).
we're now planning to send her application in by post, but i've just realised that my passport, which i was planning to send in support of her application, expires on february 13th. her "life in the UK test" is taking place on february 3rd, so we're planning to send the postal application off on the 4th.
i am concerned that, given the time it takes UKBA to process applications, my passport will have expired by the time it's seen by a caseworker, and that my wife's application might be rejected because of this, even though it will be valid when we send it off, and at the point where her current visa ends.
i understand that it's okay if her visa expires while UKBA are processing the application, as long as it was recieved by them while her visa is still valid. does anyone know if the same is true for supporting documents such as my (i.e. her spouse's) passport?
we were planning to use the premium same-day service to submit her application, but discovered when trying to book that there were no dates available before her current marriage visa expires (on february 11th).
we're now planning to send her application in by post, but i've just realised that my passport, which i was planning to send in support of her application, expires on february 13th. her "life in the UK test" is taking place on february 3rd, so we're planning to send the postal application off on the 4th.
i am concerned that, given the time it takes UKBA to process applications, my passport will have expired by the time it's seen by a caseworker, and that my wife's application might be rejected because of this, even though it will be valid when we send it off, and at the point where her current visa ends.
i understand that it's okay if her visa expires while UKBA are processing the application, as long as it was recieved by them while her visa is still valid. does anyone know if the same is true for supporting documents such as my (i.e. her spouse's) passport?