We are confident that we have everything in place to secure my wife's Spouse Visa, all we are lacking is the last few payslips which will be complete on Jan 31.

The one banana skin would be compulsory testing (on time and cost elements) for applicants from the RP which has been mooted. I'm sure this would be yet another trip to Manila or Cebu.

Anyone have an update or do we just nervously keep checking the UKBA news page to make sure we dont slip up at the last hurdle?