Passports and COA

[Charimito]

I'm going to see a solicitor for my FLR, however she asks me to see my passport and my fiance's. WE don't have them with us becuase we applied for a COA. So my question is, does the solicitor really have to see them? (I have a scan of my visa), and does asking four our passports affects the COA process?

Thanks!

Sharim

[Casa]

The solicitor won't be able to submit an FLR application without your passports. Under what category are you applying for FLR as it appears that the marriage hasn't yet taken place....so I'm assuming not FLR(M).

[Charimito]

We're applying for a normal FLR (we're gonna get married before applying), we are consulting a solicitor because we want to see if she greenlights to buy a house or not. (My fiance doesn't earn enough money for the mortgage, but I receive a monthly rent from my home country which is a third of our income, and thus we can pay for everything), but we think that the home office doesn't take that income into account.

Thanks for your replies

[Casa]

Sorry, your post confused me. I understood you were consulting a solicitor for your FLR...not to buy a house.

[Charimito]

Sorry if i confused you, that was not my intention!

It is mainly about the FLR and its requisites. We thinks we're a pretty straightforward case but are ignorance and lack of understanding makes us consult one.

Basically there are two issues with our application:

I am pregnant and we want to apply before I give birth (late September).

My fiancé currently doesn't have a contract, but will have one by June, and it will start in September. But he currently receives a scholarship.


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Buying a house comes into play because we plan to buy one around August, but if she tell us that the Home Office will refuse the visa on the grounds that we don't have enough funds, then we need to move somewhere cheaper.

Thanks again and sorry for the confusion

[Casa]

That's OK.
What visa category do you have at present? Does you solicitor specialise in Immigration Law? How much do you have left weekly (for both of you)after you've paid rent, council tax and any loan repayments?
You're both over 21?

[Charimito]

Thanks Casa for your reply.

I currently hold a Tier 4 Student Visa.

Here are our finances, I'll divide them with my income and without it (because I don't know if immigration takes my income into account. (Which comes from property I own overseas).

We share the flat with a flatmate, (it has two bedrooms, but again I don't know if the Border Agency wants us to have a flat for ourselves).

So the money left each month (only my fiancé's income and without taking into account our flatmate) = 56 pounds

Only my fiance's income (taking into account our flatmate) = 380

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Fiance's plus my income (not taking flatmate into account) = 886

Fiance's plus my income (taking flatmate into account) = 1210

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As you can see, my income makes the difference.... I have property titles, but again all the property is on the other side of the Atlantic.


Thanks again!

[Charimito]

Plus I forgot to say my Fiance has savings of 10,000 pounds.