SUMMARY: Spouse Visa Processing times OFFSHORE-UK. Please add your Stats.

**Misplaced** · 04-05-2011, 12:47 PM

Mick,

THanks for that info really hepful.

My wife will be going to manchester as well for her medical. me and the kids don't need one as, well I am an Aussie and I am in the process of geting the kids Aussie citizeship and then passports.

5 months isn't too long either.

By the way what 'other evidence' did you send? Just to give us an idea of what we need to dig out. My wife was looking the other night in all our 20 years we only have 5 photo's of us together

**amanda74** · 04-05-2011, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Misplaced

Mick,

THanks for that info really hepful.

My wife will be going to manchester as well for her medical. me and the kids don't need one as, well I am an Aussie and I am in the process of geting the kids Aussie citizeship and then passports.

5 months isn't too long either.

By the way what 'other evidence' did you send? Just to give us an idea of what we need to dig out. My wife was looking the other night in all our 20 years we only have 5 photo's of us together

Might be worth getting a Will made (if you haven't already got one). We don't have joint accounts/mortgage/bills so went to a solicitor and made a will just so we had something official to send in. We had bank statements showing the transfer of funds between our accounts, that was all. Send in both your bank statements to show that you regularly withdraw money to contribute to bills etc. I only sent in mine but my CO asked for my OH's. CO also said not to send photos, I don't think they carry much weight with regards to proving your relationship is genuine. You'll need to submit police checks for every country you've lived in, not just the current one.

Good luck!!

**aussiedad** · 04-05-2011, 04:05 PM

G'day Folks,

first post here, but have been reading this forum for a while.

I'm an Aussie, have been living in the UK for 10 years. Wife of 6 years is British and my son (18 months) is aussie by decent (dual passports). We've been together for 9 years so lots of history available to evidence.

We lodged partner visa in person on 26th April and paid on the card (payment charged same day).

Got the acknowledgement from our case officer (AB) this morning instructing to do medical and police checks, which we are arranging - but also asking for specific proof of that our relationship is genuine between May 09 - May 10 and also Aug 10 - Feb 11.

I thought this was quite odd but reading the email it says "
may be eligible for the grant of a permanent visa, rather than a temporary visa"

The email says evidence is usually provided in the form of joint financial & legal documents.

I'm not sure why they picked those specific days - we provided my son's birth certificate, he was born Aug 09 and so falls within the dates requested!

Has anyone else been asked to do this?

Any ideas would be most welcomed.

thanks

**mickthemackem** · 04-05-2011, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Misplaced

Mick,

THanks for that info really hepful.

My wife will be going to manchester as well for her medical. me and the kids don't need one as, well I am an Aussie and I am in the process of geting the kids Aussie citizeship and then passports.

5 months isn't too long either.

By the way what 'other evidence' did you send? Just to give us an idea of what we need to dig out. My wife was looking the other night in all our 20 years we only have 5 photo's of us together

Hi, to be honest i sent in anything that proved that we lived at the same address and showed that we both contributed to paying bills. gas,water,electric,vets/car insurance.
i put plenty in from over the years to show that we were living at the same address.
The one thing i didnt put in were photos.
Mick....

**amanda74** · 04-05-2011, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by aussiedad

G'day Folks,

first post here, but have been reading this forum for a while.

I'm an Aussie, have been living in the UK for 10 years. Wife of 6 years is British and my son (18 months) is aussie by decent (dual passports). We've been together for 9 years so lots of history available to evidence.

We lodged partner visa in person on 26th April and paid on the card (payment charged same day).

Got the acknowledgement from our case officer (AB) this morning instructing to do medical and police checks, which we are arranging - but also asking for specific proof of that our relationship is genuine between May 09 - May 10 and also Aug 10 - Feb 11.

I thought this was quite odd but reading the email it says "
may be eligible for the grant of a permanent visa, rather than a temporary visa"

The email says evidence is usually provided in the form of joint financial & legal documents.

I'm not sure why they picked those specific days - we provided my son's birth certificate, he was born Aug 09 and so falls within the dates requested!

Has anyone else been asked to do this?

Any ideas would be most welcomed.

thanks

Hiya,

I got asked the same and we have a 19 month old who was born in the middle of the specified dates. On reading the crtieria more closely it says if you have been married for 2 years or more and have a child together you may be eligible for a permanent visa so my understanding of being asked to provide evidence for the last two years (in your case May 09 to Feb 11) is to ascertain whether you have enough evidence to prove you have been together for the last two years then they can grant the permanent visa. I was focused on providing evidence dating back to the start of our relationship but it seems they're just as concerned with up to date stuff as well. One big headache!!!!!!

**TracyC** · 04-05-2011, 07:34 PM

Hi Aussiedad,
same for us. Our CO specifically wanted March 09, even though we had sent stuff from 10 years ago up to present date. As Amanda74 says, I think it is to cover the '2 year' criteria. We had children Aug 04 and Sept 09 and sent in their birth certificates - but they still wanted March 09. I guess it's all 'ticking boxes' for them. If it helps get the Visa.........!
Good luck

**Eragwyn** · 04-05-2011, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by Spotlamp

This is my first post on here and I'm extermely gratefull to everyone who has posted previously and allowed me to benefit from your experience when putting my application together.

I had planned to take my time in putting it together, however my brother-in-law who lives in Albany, WA has brought his wedding forwards from Christmas to July of this year! We had hoped to lodge my visa application with a view to staying out there permanently after the wedding but that now seems unlikely due to the shift in timescales.

Needless to say I've sent off all the paperwork this morning in the post and hope to have some contact in the next couple of days. Given the circumstances aren't exceptional I can't foresee any speeding up of the process however I will be doing my utmost to expedite it. Anyone had any success with this?

Many thanks
H

You will be looking at least 4-6 months for grant on your visa, we put my other halfs in at the beginning of April and they said 5-6 months to start.

**Eragwyn** · 04-05-2011, 11:31 PM

Just wanted to let everyone know that we got an email today about my OH's visa application. He let them know that I am going home in late August as I am pregnant, and she got back to us to say that as long as we get the Australian Police Clearance back clear we will get his visa approved in early August! Thats only 4 months from application!
Fingers crossed everything goes well from now on, at least we can start planning :)

04/04/11 Application Submitted & money taken @ Aust House
06/04/11 Case officer assigned, Extra info, Medical /Aust PC requested
08/04/11 Info posted, Aust PC sent off
18/04/11 Medical in Knightsbridge
04/05/11 Aust PC Sent back (left something out - sh*t!), resent same day
05/05/11 Told by case officer that approval should be early August 11 - HOORAY!

**sharonp53** · 05-05-2011, 12:56 PM

Hi,

Yes, we were asked for specific evidence for one period (can't remember, but I think it was a year). We provided all we could (which was not much more than they already had) and they were happy and my husband was granted a permanent visa from the outset.

I found it a challenging process as I just wanted to get home as soon as I could. But, now we are here it is all lost in the mists of time. It is FANTASTIC to be home. I was away for nearly 13 years.

Good luck to you and try not to worry, you will be fine.

Cheers for now,

Sharon

Originally Posted by aussiedad

G'day Folks,

first post here, but have been reading this forum for a while.

I'm an Aussie, have been living in the UK for 10 years. Wife of 6 years is British and my son (18 months) is aussie by decent (dual passports). We've been together for 9 years so lots of history available to evidence.

We lodged partner visa in person on 26th April and paid on the card (payment charged same day).

Got the acknowledgement from our case officer (AB) this morning instructing to do medical and police checks, which we are arranging - but also asking for specific proof of that our relationship is genuine between May 09 - May 10 and also Aug 10 - Feb 11.

I thought this was quite odd but reading the email it says "
may be eligible for the grant of a permanent visa, rather than a temporary visa"

The email says evidence is usually provided in the form of joint financial & legal documents.

I'm not sure why they picked those specific days - we provided my son's birth certificate, he was born Aug 09 and so falls within the dates requested!

Has anyone else been asked to do this?

Any ideas would be most welcomed.

thanks

**Eragwyn** · 05-05-2011, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Misplaced

Mick,

THanks for that info really hepful.

My wife will be going to manchester as well for her medical. me and the kids don't need one as, well I am an Aussie and I am in the process of geting the kids Aussie citizeship and then passports.

5 months isn't too long either.

By the way what 'other evidence' did you send? Just to give us an idea of what we need to dig out. My wife was looking the other night in all our 20 years we only have 5 photo's of us together

I put absolutely everything we could get our hands on with a date on it and either of our names to prove that we have been living at the same address.
That included:
* Tax records (blank out the confidential bits)
* Utility bills
* Christmas cards and envelopes that they came in
* Engagement cards
* Bank statements
* Medical records and letters of appointments