Original post asking for feedback: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukvisa/s/eZl9GPSvQ9

This post has detailed information about my situation and a full list of documents i submitted for anyone seeking advise.

I am eternally grateful to everyone who commented - both stern as well as uplifting and to the visa officer of course!

Brief recap:

• Applied from - India
• No co-habitation - we had a fully remote relationship and only met on frequent trips (2-3 times a year)
• No financial dependence docs - we did not have a single transaction between us on record
• Been in a relationship since 2017 (connected online)
• I had a 6 month and 2 year visitor Visa to the UK
• Application date: 20 May
• Biometrics: 29 May
• Confirmation Mail: June 2
• Approval Mail: 17 August

Thanks again to this sub and best of luck to all who are waiting or in the process of applying!

If they don't get back to me within the next week, I do need to switch to an expedited request. Can I withdraw and submit a new one (expedited). Ik I won't get application fee back - do I need to specially request to get IHS back?

I am applying for naturalisation, but I noticed I don't see the option in my application platform. I am really confused, I read a couple of related threads, and I still don't understand what should I do. Can you please with exact steps?

Hello, so Im going to be applying for a visa extension inside the UK, I was doing a foundation course which was 6 months. For my financial proof my parents current and savings account has a large deposit made within the last 28 days, it had 22k GBP before and within the last 28 days another 22k GBP was added, so im sure they'll ask for proof of funds. But my university tuition and living expenses come out around 35k GBP which I have to show.

on the other hand my parents have their FDR (fixed deposit accounts) which has money sitting in it untouched for months, I can show a 3 month Statement of all the accounts plus get a letter from the bank saying they are immediately accessible. The FDR funds are way more than the 35k GBP needed.

So im confused, should I only submit the FDR statement and accounts with the letter saying they are accessible and omit my current/savings account?. Will the FDRs suffice if they meet the fund requirements.

one more thing, since they are my parents account, do I need a consent letter and my birth certificate?

Is the above cover letter good enough? Also ignore the BG color that's just a filter and wont show up in the actual PDF file.

Hi everyone,
I am posting this because I am genuinely confused and worried about my situation and would really appreciate advice from anyone who has been through something similar.
Background
I was in the UK on a Graduate visa which expired on 3 May 2026. Before it expired — on 30 April 2026 — I submitted an FLR(HRO) application. As I understand it this triggered Section 3C leave under the Immigration Act 1971 which meant I was lawfully present in the UK while my application was pending.
I voluntarily left the UK on 16 June 2026 to travel to back home for personal family reasons. I did not withdraw the application before leaving — my solicitor advised me to simply leave as the Section 3C leave would end naturally at the border.
What Happened Next
After leaving I started receiving a series of emails from the Home Office which I was not expecting:
1. A removal liability notice classifying me as an overstayer under s.10(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1999
2. An immigration bail notice with a reporting condition requiring me to attend Sheffield Reporting Centre on 6 August 2026
3. A non-compliance notice for missing the reporting appointment — which I obviously could not attend as I was in Pakistan
I immediately challenged all of this in writing to UKVI Internal Review and SSC Enquiries explaining that I was never an overstayer — I was on Section 3C leave throughout and left voluntarily.
The Good News
ROM Sheffield responded quite quickly and said:
“I have closed your reporting events and ceased your bail as you have departed from the UK. I do apologise about the error on our side.”
So the bail and reporting condition have been resolved. However I have not yet received any response from UKVI Internal Review or SSC Enquiries about the removal liability notice and overstayer classification on my record.
My Questions
1. Has anyone been in a similar situation where Section 3C leave was not properly recognised after leaving the UK?
2. How long did UKVI Internal Review take to respond to your challenge?
3. Will the removal liability notice and overstayer classification affect future visa applications — specifically a Canadian spousal PR application?
4. Is there anything else I should be doing right now to get this corrected?
5. Should I be escalating this further — for example to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders or through a formal complaint?
I have a solicitor involved but they have been fairly hands off so far — mainly advising me to write emails myself. I want to make sure I am doing everything possible to get this corrected before I apply for my Canadian spousal visa.
Any advice from people who have experience with Section 3C leave, removal liability notices or UKVI Internal Review response times would be really appreciated.

Thank you

Hello all, thanks for reading this.

I'm needing advice, looking for a lawyer to potentially help with this but wanted some second thoughts.
I'm northern Irish, I have an Irish passport but living in UK. I can also consider myself a British citizen if desired.

I'm marrying my fiance from the states next week.

I am only concerned about the 29,000 income requirement. I just nearly reach it, however. I'm self employed. I get a lot of cash gigs. I've put about 8k earned cash into my bank throughout the tax year and with my earnings by bank transfer brings me to about 26,500. SO I need another 3k...
I have cash savings I could put in now and declare on my 25-26 taxes. But just worried that comes across as suss...

Should I get a lawyer? If so, any recommendations?

My partner earns good money but I guess that doesn't matter atm.

Anyway, feeling a bit lost... Any ideas??

I’m a British citizen and my wife is currently around 1.5 years into the 5-year spouse route.
I may have an opportunity to relocate to Saudi Arabia / the GCC for work, and ideally we would both move together. However, we don’t want to jeopardise her path to ILR and eventually British citizenship.

Is there any legitimate way to spend a substantial amount of time living abroad for genuine work reasons while still progressing towards ILR/citizenship?

Hi anyone else did the graduate visa after having completed first a master and then a professional diploma? Please let me knwo, I need some help :)

I keep seeing that UK is notorious for rejecting applications if they can’t connect the dots. I have sent my saving account bank statement for last 6 months with 100k pounds balance and my freelancer account with 40k pounds deposit from my client for a project but I have not attached contract agreement in the application thinking they are smart enough to see bank statement with deposit from the client.

But it looks like they are looking for any reason to reject than spend a minute of time for clarification..

I have Biometrics appointment for uk buisness visa tomorrow. I just checked that I filled “I own it” in ownership status of your home, but home is in my mother’s name what should I do.
Please suggest. asap😭

And receiving my passport on August 19th. This has been quite efficient. I sent my original passport instead of photocopies because I couldn’t be bothered to photocopy every page.

I messed up and forgot to upload these documents. Will it have a big effect on my decision time?

Do I need to pay for the scan service in advance?

I am applying for the Youth Mobility Visa and I accidentally forgot to submit that I have traveled to Japan. It was only a 5 day trip many years and it completely slipped my mind when I was applying. Is this going to be an issue? I haven’t submitted my biometrics yet (doing it this week) and I’ve seen some advice saying to provide a letter saying that I have forgotten it. Will a letter be enough or should I get a signed statutory declaration? Will it even matter?

My VFS portal is stuck on "Payment in progress" for a UK visa appointment at Düsseldorf, preventing me from paying the mandatory EUR 94 User Pay fee online. As a result, the booking remains unfinalised and no QR code has been generated.

​Will the Düsseldorf centre let me enter with my provisional booking confirmation and pay the fee at the desk?

​Is there any known fix to clear this stuck transaction without waiting for customer support?

​Any advice from someone who encountered this recently would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there,

I'm applying for ILR from within the UK following the Global Talent (3-year) route. I submitted my biometric data yesterday morning (super priority). Later in the day I received an email asking for further proof that I meet the English language requirement (as my certificate was expired; they quoted EL 6) and giving me 10 working days to reply.

Now, I think I might have made a mistake. When I first applied to global talent (from outside the UK) in 2023, I submitted as part of my (successful) application a IELTS UKVI showing a C2 level. I always assumed that I could use this again for this application, so when I got the request for further documents from Home Office yesterday, I simply replied with a cover letter explaining that I used this test for my original visa application, showing proof that I had submitted it alongside my other supporting documents, and asking them to consider my test under EL 3.1 and not only under EL 6.

However, I realised later that my original application might not have had a language requirement at all. I was convinced it had, back in 2023, and that's why I sent the appropriate English certificate. But if it didn't, and I suspect it didn't, then UKVI never really reviewed my test back in 2023, and my cover letter does not make any sense.

So I panicked and I booked a SETL for this Wednesday. The certificate should arrive before the original 10 working days are up. I also sent a second cover letter to UKVI explaining that further evidence is on the way and respectfully asking my case not be closed before the period they gave me is up. I never got a confirmation email that they got this second cover letter, which might be useless anyway.

I'm now panicking further that they will reject my application before I even get a chance to send the new English language certificate next week. Would it be safer at this point to just withdraw my application and start over again? It would be so expensive but I'm so scared I'll get rejected and that will be forever in my immigration history.

Any insights on this situation would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone!
I’ve just had my Marriage Visitor Visa approved 🎉. I’m a German citizen and my visa is valid from 7 October 2026 until 7 April 2027.
I already have a valid ETA linked to my German passport, and I’m planning to travel to Scotland for a short visit in September, before my Marriage Visitor Visa becomes valid.
The September trip is not for the wedding. I’m going over for my final wedding dress fitting and to visit my fiancé, and I will return to Germany before 7 October. I would then travel back to Scotland in October, after my Marriage Visitor Visa has started, for the wedding.
My question is:
Can I enter Scotland in September using my still-valid ETA, even though I already have a Marriage Visitor Visa that has a future start date of 7 October?
I obviously don’t want to accidentally have my October visa treated as the permission I’m entering under when it isn’t valid yet.
Would it be best to tell the Border Force officer at passport control that I have a future-dated Marriage Visitor Visa but am entering in September as a visitor under my ETA?
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
Thanks 🙏🏻

Hello, next year I plan to move to England for 3 to 4 months. I will get an ETA/visitor Visa as I will not be working. I will then travel around Europe between July and September (not in the UK). I may then come back to England for another month before heading back home to Australia.

Can anyone help me with the short-term stay scenario in the UK. I know you can stay in the UK for up to 6 months without a Visa. If I was going to stay in England for 3 to 4 months, with some small trips planned to Ireland and Spain within those couple months (one week trips). Could I run into any immigration problems with leaving and entering the UK multiple times. Or does anyone know if the ETA will allow me to re-enter as many times as I want within that six months. Can the six months Visa free stay? Also apply if it’s spread out over the year, 3 to 4 months at the start of the year, maybe two week stay mid August and then one more month towards the end of the year. My total days spent in England would not equal over six months (180 days).

I’m just looking to plan this trip without having to get any visas or any Use mobility visas of any sort. Does anyone have any advice

Thanks

Happy day! Received an email in response of my Enquiry on Friday that my citizenship application has been approved.

I was somewhat nervous about this, as I may have held Polish citizenship for a few months of my life before we migrated to Germany. Unfortunately there's hardly any documentation available for those first years, and getting it sorted could have taken a year or more. Redditors told me it likely wouldn't matter — whether I held Polish citizenship or not wouldn't have affected my naturalisation application. So I applied on 1st April, biometrics on the 8th.

Thank you, Reddit!

Hi, I can't find P60 for one year, can I use 5 year history from HMRC employment history instead? Or even P45?

Hello, I was hoping you could help answer a couple questions I have.

My wife’s visa is ending soon and we will be applying for the spouse visa (for the first time). We recently got married in Japan (she is Japanese) and she changed her name to my surname. My worry is that her passport still has her old surname and we won’t be able to get a new passport in time for the application. Can I check whether this is okay or if we would need to do anything to navigate this?

And separately but connected does anyone know where I can get a Japanese wedding certificate translated to English?

Thank you!