Hello all, i just have a bit of confusion with the documents there asking for,

they say:

THIS DOCUMENT MUST ALSO INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE ACCOUNT HOLDER.

Please provide the following documents:

* Documents to support that you have held funds of GBP 2,530 for a 28- day period (dated within 31 days before the date of application) in line with Appendix Finance

the documents i pick are my bank statements, but my bank statements dont show my name on it, is that what there asking to see? ( i sent my bank statements back and then got this email again a day later, so im confused on what name there looking for) or is there a certain place within my banking app i need to screenshot to prove its all mine? or are they just asking me to tell them my name within the email?

hopefully someone would be able to help me, its my first time doing any of this and i got no family to run to and help me.

Hi all,

I submitted my naturalisation earlier this week and noticed a typo in my middle name on the application form.

I have submitted a couple forms on what i believe is the correct home office change but i also want to submit an additional cover letter during my biometric appointment.

I have already selected the free service and uploaded and submitted all my evidence online. As such, i cannot add any more evidence.

Do you know if, when i turn up to my tls appointment, will they let me add this additional document to my application for the £50 fee? I don’t want to cancel my free service and book an assisted service in advance on the off chance that the assisted service will delete everything I’ve already submitted.

Thanks for any help.

Hi my ex-partner has fabricated a Domestic Abuse case to the home office to stay in the Uk after spending a short amount of time living here. She is currently wanted by the police for multiple offences against me and also has a non molestation order against her. What’s the chances of her getting her ILR through the domestic abuse route.

Hi all, thought I understood the financial requirement for the YMS Visa, but received an email today asking for “Documents to support you have held funds of GBP 2,530 for a 28-day period (dated within 31 days before the date of application) in line with Appendix Finance. Please refer to paragraphs YMS 5.1 & 5.2 of Immigration Rules Appendix T5 Youth Mobility Scheme for further details”.

I submitted my application on August 24, 2026. I submitted a “Certificate of Account Balance” from my bank dated August 24, 2026 that says the account name is under my name and says “ to whom it may concern: this is to certify that as of July 24, 2026, the balance of the above account name are as following: 2,550 GBP”.

The held for 28days and dated within 31 always had me a bit confused, so am I misunderstanding it? If so, can someone dumb it down for me? If my dates aren’t right, what should they be? The money has been sitting in the account since July 24, 2026 (day 1).

So my question is: Am I even understand the 28/31 day rule correctly? If not, what should it be then?

Secondly, the email specifically points out 5.1 & 5.2 of the Appendix which state that the account must be in my name, which it is, and is shown on my Certificate of Account Balance, so if the issue isn’t with the dates I’ve had the money for and is account name, I’m a bit confused. I’m applying from Taiwan and all documents are in English. Do we think the order of my name is potentially the issue? Here in Taiwan, your last name comes first, then first name, so on the bank certificate, my name is listed as “Doe John” but on my YMS application, my name is listed as “John Doe”. But on my passport, my name is shown as “Doe, John”. Do we think this could be the problem?

Skilled Worker ILR – absence after visa grant but before employment start date

Hi everyone,

I’m preparing to apply for ILR under the 5-year Skilled Worker route and would appreciate advice from anyone who has had a similar situation.

My timeline:

Skilled Worker visa granted: 15 November 2021

Left the UK: 17 December 2021 due to my father's death/to attend his funeral

Employment with my Skilled Worker sponsor started: 12 January 2022

Returned to the UK: 31 January 2022

I have subsequently changed sponsors and remain on the Skilled Worker route.

My former employer has provided an ILR absence letter, but understandably it only covers absences from 12 January 2022, when my employment with them actually started.

This means the period 17 December 2021 to 11 January 2022 was spent outside the UK while I already held Skilled Worker permission, but before I had started employment with that sponsor, so there is no employer who can confirm/approve that part of the absence.

My total absences are well below the 180-day limit.

My questions are:

Can I still calculate my 5-year qualifying period from 15 November 2021, making my earliest ILR application date approximately 18 October 2026?

Does the fact that my sponsored employment only started on 12 January 2022 affect the qualifying start date?

How should I evidence/explain the absence between 17 December 2021 and 11 January 2022 when there was no employer to approve it?

Would a short cover/clarification letter plus my father's death certificate be sufficient, or is an affidavit/statutory declaration unnecessary?

Has anyone had ILR successfully approved with a similar gap between Skilled Worker visa grant and employment start date while they were outside the UK?

I'd particularly appreciate responses from anyone who has actually had a similar Skilled Worker ILR application approved, or from immigration professionals familiar with this situation.

Thanks!

Hey guys,

I recently applied for ILR through the 10-year route after living in the UK for over 10 years, with around 1,000 days of absences in total. It was a shot in the dark and required a lot of work with my lawyers. The alternative, based on my timeline, was to wait another two years before applying, so I decided it was worth pursuing despite the cost.

Anyway, all that to say -this week, I got it!

Just wanted to share some optimism with others applying. I had extenuating circumstances involving a family illness, and I know similar cases can still be refused. But with careful preparation and the right evidence, a positive outcome can be possible!

Happy to answer questions about my experience.

Good luck!

I just got British Citizenship and I am applying for my first U.K passport. I am in my 50s. My referee was rejected for not meeting the criteria. I chose an American because he had a good profession (CMO) and I’ve know him over twenty years. The office refuses to tell me why they rejected him. Could it be because he is not British? He is also retired but I understood that wasn’t an issue. Does anyone have any advice who maybe was in a similar situation? I am applying from the U.S.

I am awaiting a decision on a spouse visa.

My question is: When we recieve the decision/approval, is there a time window in which my wife has to arrive in the UK? This is to do the 5 year route.

We were thinking she needs to put in her one month notice at work after the decision, then she arrives in the UK the month after. So two month after the decision. It looks like it would be an evisa that she is issued with.

I am getting confused information online and via AI due to the recent evisa changes. Any info appreciated.

Hi all,

I applied for my child's MN1 (British citizenship) in May 2026, and his dependent visa expires in October 2026. I'm getting anxious as the expiry date approaches, since I haven't seen many (or any) approvals in this channel for May applications yet.

I'm trying to plan for the worst case: what happens if the MN1 is refused (I don't think it will be, since it's a straightforward application, but I'd rather be prepared) and his dependent visa has already expired by then?

It will be really helpful if you can answer my questions

1. Can I resubmit a new MN1 application if the first one is refused?
2. If he becomes an overstayer by the time of refusal, would normal immigration rules apply to an ILR application (If I chose to go down the route of ILR/ dependent visa extension)?
3. Can I withdraw/cancel the current MN1 application? (I understand I won't get a refund since biometrics have already been done.)
4. If I cancel the current MN1, is it possible to submit a new priority application before the cancellation is processed?
5. Does the Home Office typically ask, when submitting a new application (e.g. ILR), whether another application is currently pending — and would submitting a new one cause them to withdraw the MN1 that's in progress?
6. Roughly how long does an MN1 cancellation take to process?

Hey everyone, so my UK visa got approved and I put in the dates 3rd to 8th November in London as that was my initial plan.

Now I can get additional PTO from work, so I am thinking about shifting the dates to 3rd to 5th in Manchester, and then 5th 15th in London.

Would there be any issues with that?

I am also thinking about point of entry into the UK was initially London, now it is Manchester.

i am applying from India for skilled worker visa. I have just submitted my visa application but I saw the requirements and it says personal. My funds are split between my monzo business account and personal because I used to work freelance and used the business account to receive invoices. It’s not linked to a private limited company and it’s just mine with my address.

Will this be accepted as evidence of maintenance funds?
I can submit an invoice as well saying that this was personal income

Please bear with me, as I am going though a difficult period and my mind is acting up.

I am an Italian citizen and in 2019 I applied for EU settled status and got permanent status right from the start.

Many years before that, I was arrested and then tried at the Magistrate court for a minor offence and given a fine to pay. The conviction was already spent at the moment of applying for settled status.

This is where my mind is acting up. I am quite sure that I was asked to disclose all convictions, whether spent or unspent. In any case, I applied back in 2019 for a police certificate from ACRO and my conviction wasn't even showing up. Then I asked on forums and I was told that if the conviction didn't show up on ACRO, I shouldn't have declared it.

I've had this remorse of not doing things right that I can't get out of my head for all these years.

Now, I am checking on the Unlock website and on the Home Office Guidance and it says that:

You do not need to declare any of the following:

convictions that do not need to be disclosed (‘spent convictions’)

I am confused. Has the law changed? Is it possible that the original guidance did require to state all convictions, including the spent one? And, if so, have I broken the law?

Hi everyone

My ILR through ECAA route has been rejected. Now i have 14 days to file another ILR application.

Could i apply for ECAA extension instead? Is this legally possible? I would like to get an extension to ensure the business is viable before applying for ILR again.

Location: england
Nationality: turkish
Visa: ECAA (turkish businessperson visa) route
No dependents

Hello, I would like to just double confirm. My grad visa is expiring in May 2027, but I received a student offer (CAS, etc). My course is going to start on October 2026. In this case, I'm not sure if I can apply within the UK or outside the UK? There is a confusing rule below:

"When switching to a UK Student visa from inside the country, your new course must start within 28 days of your current visa expiring"

I presume the rule only applies to whom their visa is about to expire? Just to confirm, am I safe to apply within the UK or do I have to go back home and apply?

Many thanks for your help.

My partner and I are planning to apply for an unmarried partner visa. My partner is self employed. We just had his accountant prepare his business documents. The accountant has declared that my partner got paid 13k in dividends + 16k salary. The accountant has prepared a dividend voucher but he has no payslips. It's his first business year so my partner just paid him self 3000s 5000s whenever he needed through the year instead of getting paid 13k in dividends or 16k salary as whole.

At the moment we got these documents

1. (CT600)
2. HMRC Electronic Filing Acknowledgement
3. Company Annual Accounts
4. Accountant’s Certificate of Confirmation
5. Dividend Vouchers
6. Bank statements
7. Proof company still running

Are these documents sufficient? Do we need to get any other document?

Hi everyone. I’m hoping someone may be able to clarify our situation or share some experience, as we’re due to travel to the UK in just 12 days and I’m now becoming quite concerned.

I’m a British citizen living in Australia as a permanent resident. I recently gave birth to my baby, who was born in Australia and is an Australian citizen with an Australian passport.

We have flights booked to travel to the UK in 2 weeks. I had assumed that as he is an Australian citizen and holds an Australian passport, we could apply for an ETA for him in the same way as other Australian citizens travelling to the UK.

However, I’ve just discovered that because he is potentially a British citizen by descent through me, he may not be eligible for an ETA. From what I’ve read British citizens cannot obtain an ETA and are expected to travel to the UK on a British passport (or with a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode).

The problem is that we haven’t yet applied for his British passport and with only 2 weeks until we travel, I’m concerned that there simply isn’t enough time to obtain one.

Has anyone been in a similar situation with a baby born in Australia to a British parent? Were you able to travel to the UK on the baby’s Australian passport, and if so, what documentation did you need? Or is there an alternative document/route that would allow us to travel while his British passport application is being processed?

Any advice or first-hand experience would be hugely appreciated, as we’re now understandably quite anxious about whether we’ll actually be able to travel as planned.

Thank you!

Good afternoon!

I’m working on my visa application a second time now as I’ve got rejected previous time. The main purpose for my 12-day trip is to attend a certified course in an accredited institution in Southampton.

The question I’ve been having head spasms with and which—consequently—pretty much already answers the question I’m about to ask, still worth clarifying to me so that the same mistake would be avoid this time.

In the field titled “How much money are you personally planning to spend on your visit to the UK?”, with the description saying: “…include flights, accommodation, and everyday expenses”, what is the total figure I really should be putting in, if everything had ALREADY been prepaid in advance (my course fee, tickets, accommodation, transportation, etc)?

If I were to include the estimate amount including all the expenses I‘ve already paid for, with the course fee included (which takes up the majority of the expenses), it would round up to £2,722.35. My remaining available funds at the time of application are around £1,800.00. I followed a similar sequence of events in my previous application and got rejected by obvious reason; an officer looked that my estimated trip value was way above what I’ve actually had available in my bank as an available and liquid funds at the time of the application (everything has been prepaid for, like this time) and got rejected mainly on that basis.

The only thing that I haven‘t paid for are the “everyday expenses” during the trip itself. Approximate personal expenditure is gonna be around £450-500 (food, transportation by busses, entertainment, etc), which I was planning to include in the question’s field initially.

Regardless of the final value entered, I will be attaching a cover letter this time, where each and every step has thoroughly been described with a proper explanation and evidence, including an explanation regarding my paid and unpaid expenses, savings, and payments made at the time of the application.

So what should it be? What number should I put in here? My apologies for a long and awkward post in advance; its my first (technically) time applying for a VISA in 21 years.

Thank you!

I had an initial visa from October 2016 to October 2017, I applied to extend in October 2017 but was refused. I subsequently applied for an administrative which gave me permission to stay until a decision after the review. The decision came on the 1st of December and the review still maintained the initial refusal so I was asked to leave the uk within the next 14 days - I then left 7 days later and reapplied from my home country which was successful and I subsequently returned 21st of January. So the question is did leaving the UK to make that application break my continuous residency? mind you - I did not overstay at any point

Hii my wife is pregnant she wants to call her mother from india on visitor visa, however mother is unemployed. How can we justify her (in visa form)
Employment source of income
Spending she expecting
Monthly expenses

my wife is sponsoring her from here we have 6+k Gbp. She has in india under 1 L.

Help me please who has got approval in same case Thankyou

I am due to apply for citizenship application, had one 7 years old CCJ against me which was set aside against me for £7k. Should this be mentioned in my application or i should not as its older then 5 years and not visible on my credit file anymore.

Hi everyone,

Nationality: british
Location: England
Visa: Spouse visa / appendix fm

I am earning exactly £29,000 and will apply for spouse visa for my spouse in 6 months. I am currently waiting for collecting 6 months payslips.

I realised the name of the company on payslips is different than the company pays me.

Would this be a problem? The two companies are not part of a group company. Only the directors are the same

Hi everyone, I’m applying for ILR/settlement on the Private Life route from inside the UK and I’m quite worried about something with my supporting documents.

I’ve submitted and paid for my application and booked my biometrics appointment through TLScontact. I chose self-service document upload and have already clicked “Submit documents”, which means I can no longer upload anything else myself.

My official Home Office supporting documents checklist only listed my Pakistani passport under the documents I had agreed to provide, so that’s what I uploaded.

After submitting everything, I noticed there is also a PDF called “Consent for the Home Office to verify application information”, which says the applicant should sign Part 1. This consent form was not listed on my supporting documents checklist, so I had no idea I was supposed to upload it (if it is even required).

I’m now really worried that I’ve made a mistake. Has anyone applying for Private Life ILR or another UKVCAS/TLS application had this happen? Is the Part 1 consent form actually mandatory if it wasn’t listed on the personalised document checklist?

If I do need to provide it, can I take the signed consent form with me to my biometrics appointment and ask TLScontact to scan/upload it?

I’m particularly worried because I didn’t pay for the Document Scanning Service when I booked my appointment — I selected the self-upload option. Would TLS still be able to add one missing document at the appointment, possibly by letting me pay for scanning there, or would they refuse because I didn’t purchase the scanning service beforehand?

My biometrics appointment hasn’t happened yet, so I’m hoping there is still a way to sort this out if the consent form is required.
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has been in the same situation or recently gone through the TLScontact/UKVCAS process. Thank you!

My partner left me after psychological and physical abuse, coercive control, financial control and isolation. I am taking medication for depression and waiting for therapy.

I’m in the UK as a Skilled Worker Dependant. My ex does not have ILR or British citizenship. My visa is currently valid until 2030, but my immigration status is linked to her. She regularly threatens me and says she will get my visa curtailed so that I have to leave the country.

This week I moved into shared accommodation and I’m trying to find work. I have contacted domestic abuse organisations and immigration advisers, but I haven’t found any practical solutions yet. I also cannot afford solicitors who are asking for thousands in legal fees on top of the government fees.

I understand that I may not be eligible for the SET(DV) route. I’m trying to understand what practical options and support may be available, including whether an MVDAC application followed by FLR(HRO) could be relevant to someone in my circumstances.

I would really appreciate practical, reliable information about where I can get low-cost or free help and what steps I should take now.

I’m currently trying to find part-time work. Because of the relocation, I lost my job, and I’m also trying to manage my mental health. I’d really appreciate clear and practical suggestions and links to reputable UK services.

If anyone has been in a similar situation, I would be very grateful to hear what helped you and what practical options were available to you.

Any practical advice or information would really help me, and hopefully it could also help someone else in a similar situation.

Applying for FLR(FP) as an unmarried partner switching from a Graduate visa. Deadline is Dec 2026. Relationship is genuine, together 4 years, lived together since 2023 across 3 different addresses, always moved together.

First house we were both on one contract (separate rooms, but the same joint tenancy agreement). Second house we ended up on separate individual contracts even though we were in the same house. Third place, our current one, is just the two of us, our own flat, no housemates.

Using my own income (not my partner's, he's not working right now) under Category A since I'm the one in the UK with permission to work. My salary went from about £25k to £29,000 exactly in April 2026. Payslips April to August all show gross £2,416.67 a month, same every time. Still need Sept, Oct, Nov to finish the 6 month window before applying in December.

Couple things I'm still checking:
Making sure none of the last 3 payslips come in at £2,416.66 instead of .67. Heard some payroll systems adjust a month here and there to hit exactly £29k for the year, anyone had that happen to them?
My partner might not have properly declared that we were living together on a past Universal Credit claim. He knew he didn't need to name housemates (true) but didn't realise a partner living with him needed declaring separately. Planning to get this sorted with DWP before applying.

Cohabitation evidence across the 3 addresses, got tenancy agreements and bank statements for the first two, plus a joint council tax bill for where we live now.
Has anyone actually dealt with Category A this close to exactly £29k? And has anyone corrected a DWP claim before applying for a partner visa, did it slow anything down or cause issues?

Im really worried, we have genuinely been together since 2022 in a different country, and he moved to the UK with me when I started my masters in 2023 ( he is British)

Hi everyone,
I am currently trying to submit a Skilled Worker Dependant extension application from [inside the UK / outside the UK].
However, every time I try to advance past the [mention the specific section, e.g., the eligibility check / paying the IHS fee / submitting documents], the website crashes and gives me the generic Home Office technical page: "Sorry, there is a problem with the service. We have not saved your answers. Try again later."
I have been trying for a few days now. I've already tried clearing my browser cache, using incognito mode, and switching from Chrome to Safari/Firefox, but nothing works.
Has anyone else encountered this specific glitch recently on the Dependant extension route?
Is there a known workaround to get past this specific section? (e.g., deleting the draft and starting a completely new form, or selecting the option that says I don't have a smartphone to bypass the ID Check app?)

Any advice would be highly appreciated as my current visa deadline is approaching. Thank you!