YMS to Spousal (work query)

[thistlebeard]

Hi,

I've spent a fair bit of time looking at previous posts about moving from a yms to FLR after getting married, but I have a couple of questions that I'm hoping someone might be able to answer for me?

For a bit of background, my soon to be wife is canadian and is currently on yms which expires mid june 2014. We'll have been together 4+ years by the time we plan to get married - april 2014 at the latest.

If we do get married in april, it's looking like there won't be a lot of time to get a premium service in croyden for a same decision. We both currently work in the same office, so my questions are thus:

1. As I understand it, she can apply by post and still remain in the country until a decision is made (even though her yms will expire) - is this correct?

2. If the above is true, is she still able to work while we await a decision?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Many Thanks,

[vinny]

Yes, provided she makes a valid in-time application.

[thistlebeard]

Thanks Vinny - some pretty interesting reading from those links, do you think it's necessary to have a immigration lawyer look over the document before submission? The repercussions from the application getting classed as invalid seem pretty rough!!

[vinny]

That may be worthwhile.

[sarebear_781]

Is it quite hard to get an appointment at Croydon for a spousal visa? I'm getting married in April but YMS expires May. I can't make an appointment until 6 weeks prior.

Also for the financial requirement I only earn £10,800 but I have £30000 in savings. Should I be ok? My fiancé is self employed so we'd rather not submit that as it gets too complicated.

Also, how can we prove our residence if its a part of my pay? Im a live in nanny. Separate house on their property. We live there and they pay all our utility bills (hence why I don't earn much!) Can we prove residence with bank statements?