Hi All, me again. I am currently completing our application for the skilled independent 136 visa and I have a couple of questions relating to the checklist I was hoping someone could answer.
1) Under 'Personal documents for all applicants' it states 'If you or anyone included in the aplication is married, please provide certified copies of marriage certificates and evidence you are in a genuine and continuing relationship'. I was surprised to read this as I had assumed that 2 English people being married to each other was sufficient evidence of a relationship. However if that's what it takes then so be it...So would anyone mind sharing what sort of evidence they provided, e.g. did you follow the guidance to the letter e.g. provision of statements & bills, statements from joint friends etc etc.....I don't mind doing it it needs be but I want to get it right first time!
2) Cost. I see from the DIMA website that there are 2 installments of approx GBP850 & GBP1200. When do they ask for the 2nd installment?
After reading your post, we went online to check if you really needed evidence of your relationship even though you are married. It seems that this is a recent addition to the criteria as we applied in March and only had to send a certified copy of our marriage cert.
It seems things are set to become more complicated for future applicants but at least you can now scan the documents instead of having to rely on snail-mail.
So.....get gathering and good luck with your application :)
