Peter is correct you must have the NSO marriage certificate for the Embassy
This is what we did - we went to city hall after the wedding and explained we were about to apply for a British visa for my wife
City Hall did a special letter to NSO - (covering only our marriage) and sent in the city hall copy of the certificate we signed at the wedding
They gave this letter to us in an envelope addressed to NSO and told us to go to LBC Couriers - we paid the courier fee and off the letter went
I made a photocopy of the covering letter and a week later we went to NSO together - showed them the copy letter and the copy LBC courier slip (receipt)
They checked their records and told my wife to come back 5 days later at 2.00pm
She returned and picked up the NSO marriage certificate(s)
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Also - Peter is again correct when he says that you must get your Embassy paperwork for her visa application correct - try and see it from their perspective as they have to sort out the genuine applications like yours from the 'marriage of convenience' applications they get
Do whatever you can to provide full information, as an example when they ask about housing on the form I was able to give them a copy of the Estate Agents particulars on the house where we would live - I also had a copy of the lawyers letter showing I had paid for the purchase in full so there was no mortage
"The devil is in the detail" = so study the Embassy web site carefully and make sure that you can satisfy ALL the questions on the form
Once we had all the supporting paperwork and the forms completed she called CAVA and it was nearly eight weeks until she was approved - that was two years ago
Good luck and check back if you need more information
Originally posted by Eljohno@Jan 4 2006, 11:18 PM
Hi pete,
i will be chatting with Rhea again soon but i think she is talking about the marriage contract we signed at the wedding. Is that the one needs to be sent to N.S.O.? They said something to her about now having to wait 10 days to see if the computer will accept it or not. Yes we got married in Mindanao. I am back here in Ireland so i am limited to how i can help. I think this is the worst part of all the waiting knowing that we have not yet sent our visa application of. Thanks once again for your help Pete.
John
