UK Fiancé visa success story in 12 working days

Hello readers

I am putting down my story for others to read as I believe it could be helpful to those who plan to embark down the UK fiancé visa route. I’ll try and be as brief as possible.
Background – 27 Indian male applying for fiancé visa for getting married to a 25 UK citizen – permanently residing in the U.K. Relationship – long distance for 13 months, previously I had been in the U.K. on a student visa followed by a 2 year FTI (Fresh Talent Initiative) visa. Total time in the UK 3.5 years, left UK July 2007, applied for fiancé visa August 2008.
I recently put my application in for the Fiancé visa or Settlement form to move to the U.K. I put the application together myself. Here is what I included
The 2 most important parts as I see it
1. Evidence of financial strength of sponsor (UK citizen) to support the primary applicant through the duration of his fiancé visa (6 months)
2. Evidence of relationship

1. We showed 6 month original bank statements of the sponsor. The sponsor had changed jobs and was only 1 month into her new job i.e. probation, at the time of application. I showed my 5 months bank statement as I too was on probation as I had taken up a new job. We both tried to show as much funds as possible to show that I could support myself if need be without using the sponsors funds and also that we have some money for the wedding.
2. We included the receipt for the wedding venue booked - Strong point
3. A sample of our printed wedding card.
4. Photographs from our time in the U.K. and 2 other countries where ,my fiancé had visited me while I was out of the U.K. – Strong point
5. About 6 months telephone bills.
6. Copy of our employment contracts and pay slips, passports, the sponsors house and vehicle ownership papers – (helped) , approval for of stay for sponsor and myself (helped) , letter of undertaking by sponsor for myself (mandatory) , my UK degree certificate, letter of approval from the minister who will be marrying us in the U.K. – (helped).
We were quite meticulous in our paperwork and organized our documents well with an index for the supporting documents. We wanted our application to be as easy as possible during assessing time. If anyone has any queries, I would be happy to help.
AB

A happy man 22 Aug 2008, 12:11 - Report