Just got my spouse/settlement visa approved!!...

[sophiamarie]

I just got the parcel from the Embassy, YES I GOT IT APPROVED!.....

I wanna take this opportunity to say "THANK YOU" all for giving me a chance to share my stories in this great forum with wonderful & lovely people....

I would be more than willing to give some tips and ideas for everyone applying their settlement visas soon!...Good luck to you guys

Thanks again!

[monahd0418]

wow! congratulations! when are you going back to UK?

[sophiamarie]

wow! congratulations! when are you going back to UK?

Hi Monahd, will be flying out together with my hubby by end of this month...thanks

[ybba]

I just got the parcel from the Embassy, YES I GOT IT APPROVED!.....

I wanna take this opportunity to say "THANK YOU" all for giving me a chance to share my stories in this great forum with wonderful & lovely people....

I would be more than willing to give some tips and ideas for everyone applying their settlement visas soon!...Good luck to you guys

Thanks again!

heloo sphiamarie congrats! im abby and about to logde my apllication next month, i wonder if you include any bank statements coming from you and employment certificate, because it is included in the new checklist the vfs provide for settlement aplication.any info would bemuch apreciated once again congrats!

[sophiamarie]

heloo sphiamarie congrats! im abby and about to logde my apllication next month, i wonder if you include any bank statements coming from you and employment certificate, because it is included in the new checklist the vfs provide for settlement aplication.any info would bemuch apreciated once again congrats!

Thanks Abby.. YES I did submit my own bank statements too (as evidence of fund transfers/support from my husband, to cross check with his bank statements too also to show any savings you have), and employment cert from my previous job...

hope this helps, thank you again and good luck to your future application

[Josieyam65]

Congratulations, sophiamarie!!

[bruneicop]

congratulations......enjoy life in the UK

[sophiamarie]

Hi Mikaela, thank you...congratulations to both of us

[sophiamarie]

congratulations......enjoy life in the UK

Thank you bruneicop....

[Mickaela]

Hi Sophiamarie! I knew you would get it. Congratulations!

[Terpe]

Congratulations sophiamarie and well done.

Best wishes for your life in UK

Hope you will still find some time to pass on your experience to others here

[sophiamarie]

Thank you again Myra...God bless you and family xxxx

[aryM]

I just got the parcel from the Embassy, YES I GOT IT APPROVED!.....

I wanna take this opportunity to say "THANK YOU" all for giving me a chance to share my stories in this great forum with wonderful & lovely people....

I would be more than willing to give some tips and ideas for everyone applying their settlement visas soon!...Good luck to you guys

Thanks again!

Congratulations Madz...!!! To God be the Glory!!

[sophiamarie]

Thank you Terpe!... I am so excited to see my friends again soon....Yes it is always my pleasure to share both my knowledge & experience to everyone... feel like throwing a party tonight, would you like to come to celebrate with us? hehehhe

[Arthur Little]

I just got the parcel from the Embassy, YES I GOT IT APPROVED!.....

All's well that ends well, Sophia Maria/Madz ... as I predicted it would be! I'm absolutely delighted ... Congratulations!

I would be more than willing to give some tips and ideas for everyone applying their settlement visas soon!...Good luck to you guys

Thanks again!

It's our pleasure ... and thank you for your kind offer.

[mindanao]

well done sophiamarie. Congratulations.

[sophiamarie]

Would be a pleasure to be of help in any way I can...
Thanks Arthur & mindanao....

[joebloggs]

great news

[sophiamarie]

It is indeed Joe!... Thanks to you and Alan.....
....sniff sniff I can smell the spring

[alanmf1]

Many congratulations.....

[sophiamarie]

Hi all, I've got one question.....
I'm a bit confused and not sure the reason behind as I got no explanation or a letter of approval whatsoever!...I noticed that my visa states that I have 0 dependant??? But I have a daughter....is it going to a problem when I get to the passport control in the UK? Has it got something to do with "being a spouse with no recourse to public funds"?? But she is a British citizen who is entitled to all the benefits she ought to get....

Thanks in advance!!

[Dedworth]

Hi all, I've got one question.....
I'm a bit confused and not sure the reason behind as I got no explanation or a letter of approval whatsoever!...I noticed that my visa states that I have 0 dependant??? But I have a daughter....is it going to a problem when I get to the passport control in the UK? Has it got something to do with "being a spouse with no recourse to public funds"?? But she is a British citizen who is entitled to all the benefits she ought to get....

Thanks in advance!!

I'd hazard a guess that as your daughter is a Brit there is no need for her to be mentioned on your paperwork. Congratulations on getting the visa sorted

[joebloggs]

Hi all, I've got one question.....
I'm a bit confused and not sure the reason behind as I got no explanation or a letter of approval whatsoever!...I noticed that my visa states that I have 0 dependant??? But I have a daughter....is it going to a problem when I get to the passport control in the UK? Has it got something to do with "being a spouse with no recourse to public funds"?? But she is a British citizen who is entitled to all the benefits she ought to get....

Thanks in advance!!

because you didn't apply for a settlement visa for her ( no need to as she has a brit pass port) but if she didnt have a brit passport you would have had to apply for a settlement visa for her, and it would have said on your visa 1 dependent.

[sophiamarie]

because you didn't apply for a settlement visa for her ( no need to as she has a brit pass port) but if she didnt have a brit passport you would have had to apply for a settlement visa for her, and it would have said on your visa 1 dependent.

Thank you for more infos Joe, its a bit clearer for me now appreciate it....hubby & I realized how favorable it was for us to have made the right decision of getting her British passport 1st & foremost before they sent me home!!...well apart from the thought of having to get her Philippine passport 1st at the Philippine embassy in London...
Could have been a nightmare if we also had to apply for another set of settlement application for her

[sophiamarie]

Hi Dedworth, thanks for your opinion appreciate it....hubby & I thought the same but still not sure the real explanation behind it....

[Dedworth]

Hi Dedworth, thanks for your opinion appreciate it....hubby & I thought the same but still not sure the real explanation behind it....

I assume she's got a British Passport. By the way when you pitch up at the airport don't you waste time and queue seperately at the non brit/non EU channel at passport control. Just all go through together at the UK one. I was told this by an official a couple of years ago applies to spouses with leave to remain whether travelling singly or with partner. Might save you a bit of time.

[sophiamarie]

I assume she's got a British Passport. By the way when you pitch up at the airport don't you waste time and queue seperately at the non brit/non EU channel at passport control. Just all go through together at the UK one. I was told this by an official a couple of years ago applies to spouses with leave to remain whether travelling singly or with partner. Might save you a bit of time.

Yepp shes got a British passport!...Thanks for this tip Dedworth, will take note of it...I didn't know this before, in fact, it always took us ages to get through to the passport control during my previous visits, now I know...THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!....

[sophiamarie]

But I was on a tourist visa, should be a different story right???

[bruneicop]

I assume she's got a British Passport. By the way when you pitch up at the airport don't you waste time and queue seperately at the non brit/non EU channel at passport control. Just all go through together at the UK one. I was told this by an official a couple of years ago applies to spouses with leave to remain whether travelling singly or with partner. Might save you a bit of time.

Just to add to dedworth's note, when my wife traveled to the UK last year with our son. (son is british passport holder) she went straight to the UK / EU line, and didn't have any problems (and she as only on a visitors visa), infact this was the easiest she has ever passed through Heathrow.

[sophiamarie]

Hi bruneicop, thanks for the input! ....well I was on a tourist visa before I had my daughter, so its gonna be my first time to enter the UK with her.....this is really a big help in saving our time when we get there esp having a cheeky and active tot with you