Made a Mistake on Unmarried Visa Application

[Jojo1984]

Hi all,

I am a Scottish girl living in Aus and my partner is Australian - we are looking to move back to Scotland in October. We sent off his application last week for an unmarried partners visa (payment made on the 8th so just before the changes come into effect - luckily, because we didn't know anything about them and would struggle to meet them without time apart for me to job hunt at home).

My question is, I have realised we made a small mistake on the stated date of intention to travel to the UK, which my partner put as the 16th of October - 3 months and 1 week after the application date. This was just the rough date we had in our minds and he put that on the form not realising about the 3 month rule.

Is this a big enough mistake to affect our visa application? Of course we could leave Australia a week earlier, it was just an honest error in him not realising.

Not sure if I should try to do anything to rectify this.

Thanks, Jo.

[Joppa]

Originally Posted by Jojo1984

Hi all,

I am a Scottish girl living in Aus and my partner is Australian - we are looking to move back to Scotland in October. We sent off his application last week for an unmarried partners visa (payment made on the 8th so just before the changes come into effect - luckily, because we didn't know anything about them and would struggle to meet them without time apart for me to job hunt at home).

My question is, I have realised we made a small mistake on the stated date of intention to travel to the UK, which my partner put as the 16th of October - 3 months and 1 week after the application date. This was just the rough date we had in our minds and he put that on the form not realising about the 3 month rule.

Is this a big enough mistake to affect our visa application? Of course we could leave Australia a week earlier, it was just an honest error in him not realising.

Not sure if I should try to do anything to rectify this.

No, it doesn't. All that's likely to happen is, when issued, your visa's 'valid from' date will be a week earlier than your projected travel date. I said 'likely' because sometimes UKBA seems to ignore your travel date and makes the visa valid from the date of issue. Great if you rather be in UK sooner, not so good if you genuinely can't travel till October and you may not stay in UK long enough on the current visa to apply for the next stage in 30 months' time, requiring expensive extension. If this happens, you can try to get the date changed on your visa, but UKBA doesn't always comply.

[Jojo1984]

Thanks Joppa.

I have just noticed on another forum as well that our bank statements, which came from online, might not be up to scratch. This is worrying me, I asked on the helpline and was told that as long as they showed all our account details on them they would be accepted. Now I see that these should have all been stamped and/or accompanied by a letter from the banks.

Argh, we spent so long putting all this together.

Will there be any opportunity for us to rectify this?

Thanks, Jo.

[Joppa]

Originally Posted by Jojo1984

Thanks Joppa.

I have just noticed on another forum as well that our bank statements, which came from online, might not be up to scratch. This is worrying me, I asked on the helpline and was told that as long as they showed all our account details on them they would be accepted. Now I see that these should have all been stamped and/or accompanied by a letter from the banks.

Argh, we spent so long putting all this together.

Will there be any opportunity for us to rectify this?

Yes, I'm afraid it is an issue and UKBA will probably disregard the bank statement in question. If you have other financial resources, such as savings, to meet the required maintenance, then it should be fine. There is no mechanism for submitting further documents or evidence after you've applied and sent off your documents. I suggest you sit tight and see what they say. Sometimes they contact you by email to ask you to submit correct evidence, so I suggest you get a proper bank statement or get another online statement stamped in readiness.

[Jojo1984]

Thanks Joppa, we'll get that stuff ready and hopefully if we have fallen short they will contact us for the correct information rather than just rejecting the application.

Thanks again for the advice, Jo.

[LHoule]

My husband was asked to submit extra documents after he applied for his spouse visa. They gave us 7 days to do it. So there is a chance if they aren't happy they will give you a chance. Goodluck

[Jojo1984]

Thanks LHoule, I just saw your original posts about your situation and that does give me some hope that they will give us a chance to send over the correct stuff if they are not 100% satisfied with what we have sent. I wish I had seen the stuff about the e-statements before we sent it off but what can you do.

How long did it take for you to hear back after sending off your documents? It's really nerve wracking isn't it.

Thanks, Jo.

[LHoule]

I faxed the documents to New York ukba as soon as they opened on the Friday morning. About 5 hours later we got an email saying the visa had been issued.

[Jojo1984]

Thanks LHoule, how long was it after your original application before they came back and asked you for the additional documents if you don't mind me asking?

[LHoule]

Its fine it was on the third day.