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HOW TO COME UP WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT WILL PASS “DOCUMENT VERIFICATION” BY THE ECO

2/18/2018

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Manila, Philippines - A complete and comprehensive list of supporting documents attached to the application for the UK Spouse Visa, UK Fiancée Visa or any other UK Settlement Visa is the best and most effective way of obtaining a favorable decision.

Applicants from the Philippines must understand that no matter how accurate and correct all their answers to the application may be, if the documents enclosed in the application are insufficient and do not show that they are truly eligible for the visa applied for, the result may not be satisfactory.

ECO-Friendly therefore advises applicants for the UK Spouse Visa, UK Fiancée Visa or any other UK Settlement Visa that the main issue which they must consider when coming up with the list of supporting documents is that it must confirm or verify their answers in the application.

As an example, if in the application, the applicant is asked where they plan to live in the UK, the right answer is of course, the UK address where they intend to reside. Now, to support this answer, the main document would be the title to the said property, under the name of the British partner/sponsor.

But what if the house is not owned by the sponsor but simply rents it? Then the next best evidence would be the Tenancy Agreement. To support this answer, it is better to likewise attach the utility bills for the house, pictures, and other proof like letters where the address of the house is indicated.
 
DOCUMENT VERIFICATION
After the application has been filed with the UK Embassy’s receiving office in the Philippines and supporting documents sent to the Sheffield Office, it is now the Entry Clearance Officer's (ECO’s) responsibility to determine and assess the eligibility of the applicant for the UK Spouse Visa or UK Fiancée Visa by examining the supporting documents attached.

At this point, the ECO needs to verify the truthfulness of each document by inspecting each paper attached with the application. Every document is scrutinized individually and undergoes an authentication process called DOCUMENT VERIFICATION.

According to the guidelines issued by the Home Office, DOCUMENT VERIFICATION is defined as “…the process decision makers use to check that a document provided by an applicant in support of their application (qualifications, funds, sponsorship) is genuine. For example, that a bank statement showing funds are held by an applicant, or a certificate showing a qualification was awarded a specific institution is correct.”

It is therefore not a good idea to submit forged or spurious documents because if it is proven fake after the document verification by the ECO, the application will definitely be in danger of being refused,

There are actually two kinds of refusal: the mandatory, and the discretionary (this will be one of the topic of our next blog)

ECO-Friendly reiterates that it is better to explain why a particular document was not attached to the application, rather than produce and affix a completely fabricated document because a ten-year ban or even a lifetime ban may be imposed on the UK Spouse Visa or UK Fiancée Visa applicant who submits a falsified or spurious documents with the UK Home Office. 

For assistance in applying for a UK Spouse Visa, UK Fiancee Visa, any other UK Settlement Visa or a UK Visit Visa, please do not hesitate to contact us by clicking the ECO-Friendly contact box below.


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UK VISA ONLINE APPLICATION FEE INCREASE

2/10/2018

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The home office has once again increased the fees for filing an application for a UK settlement visa, whether for UK Spouse Visa, UK Fiancée Visa or any other UK visas for settlement.

According to ECO-friendly, the increase was effective this February, and was implemented very swiftly, that most applicants filing online were taken by surprise.

The last time eco-friendly filed for a UK Spouse Visa in 22 January 2018, the visa fee was USD1,974.00

As of today 07 February 2018, however, the visa fee for a UK Spouse Visa is USD2,050 or a USD76 increase. The same increase was implemented for the UK Fiancée Visa, as well as the other settlement visa like the Unmarried Partner Visa, Civil

Partner Visa and the Same-Sex Partner Visa.

According to the official website of the UK government, the processing period for the UK Spouse Visa, UK Fiancée Visa or any other UK Settlement Visa reportedly remains the same, which is officially 60 working days.

Based on ECO-Friendly’s experience, however, majority of the decisions, especially for the most sought after UK Spouse Visa and UK Fiancée Visa is actually released usually more than 90 working days because of the heavy load which the Sheffield office has been undergoing.

Even for an application for a UK Spouse Visa or a UK Fiancée Visa filed under the priority lane with the VFS-UK Philippines which normally takes 13 – 15 days before, the whole process recently took more than 30 working days, which caused anxiety and stress to the applicant.

Good thing the application was approved otherwise it would have been hellish for the applicant who was angry and irritated during the long wait. Her anger and irritation was, however, transformed to happiness and glee when we received a very favorable result from the entry clearance officer (ECO).

Meanwhile, for the standard visit visa, there was no increase. The last time ECO-Friendly paid online for its client was on 08 January 2018, and the fee is still the same as of this writing.

Here are the fees for the standard visitor visa depending on the length of stay:
  1. Longer-term (valid up to two years)        USD472
  2. Longer-term (valid up to five years )       USD857
  3. Longer-term (valid up to ten years)         USD1,074


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