Hi everyone,
I'm new here and hoping that someone has some helpful advice. I've been reading some posts and can see that there are other people with similar problems, but while I can see that they share my frustration I haven't seen any positive and promising anwsers.
I want to move [back] to the UK from Canada. We're (myself, the wife and two kids) gathering paperwork and making sure the supporting docs are coming together, but the problem I'm having is with our future home.
I am in Canada and don't really have the funds to take a recon trip to England to go looking for houses to rent (or buy - we could do either). Neither do I have anyone who loves me enough to do it for me. My family over there don't have room for us. So...
How (in the real world) do I "secure" accommodation in time for the Visa application? If I rent a house today (from here, trusting that photographs are an accurate representation and the owner/landlord is trust-worthy), and submit my Visa app, I could be paying rent while I am not there and waiting for the Visa to be granted.
Then, what if the Visa is not granted? That could be 3 months of rent wasted (more if I had to sign an agreement of six to twelve months)! No-one would ever hold a place for me and allow me to buy/rent in 3 months if the application is successful.
We want to apply in April and hope to move in July (timing it for the kids and school, etc). It wouldn't be realistic to look for places to rent/buy today that would be available to move into in three and a half months.
But, if I don't have a place sorted out, the application is refused because I haven't supplied sufficient evidence that I have the ability to house my family.
So, how do I show evidence that I CAN house my family without throwing money away?
All helpful advice is gratefully received.
I'm new here and hoping that someone has some helpful advice. I've been reading some posts and can see that there are other people with similar problems, but while I can see that they share my frustration I haven't seen any positive and promising anwsers.
I want to move [back] to the UK from Canada. We're (myself, the wife and two kids) gathering paperwork and making sure the supporting docs are coming together, but the problem I'm having is with our future home.
I am in Canada and don't really have the funds to take a recon trip to England to go looking for houses to rent (or buy - we could do either). Neither do I have anyone who loves me enough to do it for me. My family over there don't have room for us. So...
How (in the real world) do I "secure" accommodation in time for the Visa application? If I rent a house today (from here, trusting that photographs are an accurate representation and the owner/landlord is trust-worthy), and submit my Visa app, I could be paying rent while I am not there and waiting for the Visa to be granted.
Then, what if the Visa is not granted? That could be 3 months of rent wasted (more if I had to sign an agreement of six to twelve months)! No-one would ever hold a place for me and allow me to buy/rent in 3 months if the application is successful.
We want to apply in April and hope to move in July (timing it for the kids and school, etc). It wouldn't be realistic to look for places to rent/buy today that would be available to move into in three and a half months.
But, if I don't have a place sorted out, the application is refused because I haven't supplied sufficient evidence that I have the ability to house my family.
So, how do I show evidence that I CAN house my family without throwing money away?
All helpful advice is gratefully received.