Quote Originally Posted by fontain View Post
Hi all,

Its been a while since I was on as have only just returned from extended vacation in the beautiful (and very hot) Phils

Whilst there my fiancee and I went to UKVACS to apply for a fiancee visa.

As she had recently already been issued a tourist visa in September (for 1 month) and returned home on time, we only took additional up to date docs with us rather than everything that had already submitted (which were obviously deemed ok) and asked them to reference our previous application.

Well after being told to wait outside the offices in the waiting area (holding pen) I was called in as they were giving my girl some grief.
It turns out that they cannot be 100% sure that our friends at the Embassy will reference a previous (successful) application.

Contempt?, utter disbelief?, filing systems???, cue 5 minutes of arguing with them and the frankly shambolic service they supposedly offer.



But after counting to 100 and to be safe I took everything back and told my girl that we should provide everything again just so that they have no reason to refuse

So this just to let people know that even if you've had a successful tourist app in the past everything you submitted is as good a worthless when it comes to applying again so make sure she has multiple copies of everything or you will have to collate everything again

Just wondered if anyone else has come across this b4???

Anyway now we will give them everything plus the kitchen sink and taps too and lets hope they drown under the paperwork

If only she was romanian
Fontain, I have some sympathy with the points you raised, after all, if you had a succesful tourist visa, you would expect them to reference a previous application, in theory, this is a great expectation.

As Keith says, in practice, nope it doesnt work, my best freind's wife also had a successful tourist visa to enter UK, and did stay for 6 months, she returned on time.

When it came to the spouse visa, she had to go through the same process with all new information, as Keith quite rightly points out, the visa's are 2 different situations, with a different set of rules.

But, dont despair, you should not have any problems, best of luck and let us know how that goes.