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julib

8/10/2016 12:05 EST

Hello, I'm new here! I arrived in the Uk in June on a Fiancé Visa and now I'm getting ready to swap to the Spouse Visa. I'd appreciate if someone could clarify a few doubts.
1 - page 10 of the FLR(M) form: 1.13 Home Office reference number if you have (should I use the GWF number I got when I applied to the Fiancé Visa?)
2 - page 11 of the FLR(M) Form: Section 2 - Under which category are you applying for leave? (I came on a fiancé visa and will be married to my British husband, should I select the option: Spouse of a person present and settled in the UK and a biometric immigration document? Or "Fiancé or proposed partner of a person present and settled in the UK?)

3 - As I said, I came on a Fiancé Visa so I'm not eligible for employment here in the UK, but I do have an offshore working contract, but I've been on a paid sick leave since December 2015
Should I state this at section 7.3A Income from salaried employment? Or it doesn't matter because my income can not be taken in consideration to meet the financial requirement? We are relying entirely on Cash Savings to meet the financial requirements (Category D Alone).
4 - Meeting the financial requirements on Category D means I only need to fill up the section 7.3E Cash savings of the Section 7A - Financial Requirements?)

Thank you very much

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Soontogo

11/10/2016 19:22 EST

Your reference number will remain unchanged throughout your visa process, I cannot comment on whether the gwf number is this as my wife came straight in on a spousal visa
Use option b unless your husband is am immigrant with a biometric ID card. These are usually only purchased by people living here on a foreign passport who are unable to have their Permanent right to Remain visa transferred to their new passport. It saves carrying 2 passports but cost around £ 250
It would have been much easier if you had married in your country and applied at the foreign embassy there, the process is far simpler. After your married visa you will still need to take exams to gain permanent right to remain. It took my wife 7 years to achieve this. The goal posts are constantly moving. It is a huge money making game for the government.

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Soontogo

11/10/2016 19:31 EST

Sorry forgot your last question. Put your savings in and husbands earning here. Do not mention your sick pay as when you receive your spousal visa you will have the right to work and declaring income from offshore may have a tax liability, which will mean you will get taxed twice. Lovely country isn't it. I dare say that by the time you have wound your way through all the hoops and spent exorbitant amounts of money just to live here as a married couple permanently you will be as jaded as me with the whole system

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