skye
5th October 2006, 07:22
Hello Everyone,
This is Skye:) I joined the forum about a month ago, my husband-to-be is in Scotland where we met while I was on vacation and we have been in the process of getting a fiancee visa for me now that I am back in the Philippines.
This forum was extremely helpful in explaining what we have to do and put together for the application. In our case, we have most of the documents already (P60, accomodation in the UK, evidence of a relationship and all that good stuff) and our big hurdle right now is that we have to show 6 months worth of bank statements. In my previous posts, my fiance was still in the red so, as sponsor, we realized (even if I had savings of my own enough to support me in the 6 months before the wedding where I will not be allowed to work) we would have to WAIT to build his bank statements as sponsor and would have to postpone the application :bigcry:until the 6 months are up. Building that up, plus the months that it will take to process the application meant that we would not be seeing each other for a LONG while and that really got us sad. I stay up until 1am here in Manila until he gets home from work and we talk a couple of hours everyday, thank God for skype!
The good news is, he is finally in the black:xxgrinning--00xx3: He's been staying home, saving money and been trying his best to get out of his overdraft-- he is so sweet:rolleyes: So we can start counting in October and hopefully apply in 6 months when his statements show a steady increase in his bank account which will hopefully have over 2k by March. It just seems so far away though. We really miss each other and the time difference is a bit hard to deal with since he has a 9 to 5 and he is stressed about getting get his finances up to a level that will be enough to support the application. He was so stressed about the sponsorship that he actually shared it with his boss. When his boss heard the story, he said that he will be willing to help and have the company in North Berwick(boss owns the small company) co-sponsor my application if need be. I was floored, the goodwill of people is just such a welcome surprise in times like these.
My question is... if his company co-sponsors my application, will this speed up our wait in any way? And can a company itself be co-sponsor or should this be an individual/ the boss personally because the boss would rather have the company co-sponsor if possible since he has his own private bank statements. And if anybody has ever gone through this, has any advice or can share what paperwork a co-sponsor has to provide, this will be greatly appreciated. My fiance does not have any family members that can co-sponsor and his company is our best shot.
We really miss each other and every month in this waiting game counts. I just wish I could put in my application today.
Any advice will be welcome. Regards and to everyone in this forum:)
PS: Been emailing Camille Sheryl but still have not managed to reach her re: savings of the applicant to help the application)
This is Skye:) I joined the forum about a month ago, my husband-to-be is in Scotland where we met while I was on vacation and we have been in the process of getting a fiancee visa for me now that I am back in the Philippines.
This forum was extremely helpful in explaining what we have to do and put together for the application. In our case, we have most of the documents already (P60, accomodation in the UK, evidence of a relationship and all that good stuff) and our big hurdle right now is that we have to show 6 months worth of bank statements. In my previous posts, my fiance was still in the red so, as sponsor, we realized (even if I had savings of my own enough to support me in the 6 months before the wedding where I will not be allowed to work) we would have to WAIT to build his bank statements as sponsor and would have to postpone the application :bigcry:until the 6 months are up. Building that up, plus the months that it will take to process the application meant that we would not be seeing each other for a LONG while and that really got us sad. I stay up until 1am here in Manila until he gets home from work and we talk a couple of hours everyday, thank God for skype!
The good news is, he is finally in the black:xxgrinning--00xx3: He's been staying home, saving money and been trying his best to get out of his overdraft-- he is so sweet:rolleyes: So we can start counting in October and hopefully apply in 6 months when his statements show a steady increase in his bank account which will hopefully have over 2k by March. It just seems so far away though. We really miss each other and the time difference is a bit hard to deal with since he has a 9 to 5 and he is stressed about getting get his finances up to a level that will be enough to support the application. He was so stressed about the sponsorship that he actually shared it with his boss. When his boss heard the story, he said that he will be willing to help and have the company in North Berwick(boss owns the small company) co-sponsor my application if need be. I was floored, the goodwill of people is just such a welcome surprise in times like these.
My question is... if his company co-sponsors my application, will this speed up our wait in any way? And can a company itself be co-sponsor or should this be an individual/ the boss personally because the boss would rather have the company co-sponsor if possible since he has his own private bank statements. And if anybody has ever gone through this, has any advice or can share what paperwork a co-sponsor has to provide, this will be greatly appreciated. My fiance does not have any family members that can co-sponsor and his company is our best shot.
We really miss each other and every month in this waiting game counts. I just wish I could put in my application today.
Any advice will be welcome. Regards and to everyone in this forum:)
PS: Been emailing Camille Sheryl but still have not managed to reach her re: savings of the applicant to help the application)