When applying for the entry clearance to the UK as spouse or partner under the route 2.5 years, an applicant and the sponsor must provide evidence of documents that indeed their relationship is genuine and subsisting and that the sponsor/applicant is able to meet the financial requirement as indicated on the appendix of a family member. Contact Visa Online assistance at info@visaonlineassistance.com to assist on your spouse/partner visa for the UK or visit www.visaonlineassistance.com for more information

1. REFUSAL FOR THE UK

2. There are many ways to avoid a possible refusal of spouse visa for the
UK, grounds might have different from the others or likely similar too,
but how can you battle to present the application that would have a
better chance of the approval than a refusal? Here are some tips of
information on which you may use to prepare on to your application.
1. Check which route would best apply to you i.e. Family permit (Surinder
Singh) or Spouse/Partner of a person settled in the UK/Citizen.
2. If you choose to apply for an Entry Clearance as Spouse or Partner for a
route such as 2.5 years, one must have a valid application, make sure all
the necessary documents as to evidence your genuine relationship is
genuine and subsisting, the case officer will scrutinize as a whole if the
relationship is genuine or not

3. 3. The more evidence of documents the better, but the consistency,
accuracy and credibility of the documents are the primary
concern, that is material for your application. Avoid presenting
documents or evidence that is not relevant to your claim to
evidence a particular requirement which might bring confusion
to the officer
4. Provide a submission letter to your application as possible and
arrange your documents depending on how you would like to see
it by the case officer for example you put Annexure of it
5. Never withhold any relevant information from your previous and
current circumstances. Recheck all the information you have
provided online on your visa application page and review them
all together prior to the submission

4. 6. There should not be a record of the offense or conviction of the
applicant (unless the penalty or punishment of that office has
rendered and served, and a period of 5 or 10 years have passed since
the end of the sentence (depending on the weight of the
offense/conviction)
7. Do not fail to provide additional information if there is a request of the
case officer to provide additional information or to provide medical
report
8. Provide evidence as that of the English requirement is met (unless you
are exempt)
9. Don’t try to provide or declare false information or documents
submitted, or fabricate the documents in relation to your application
for the purpose to enter and remain in the UK, it is better to declare the
information or documents are unobtainable, lost, in nature rather than
providing a fabricated one

5. 10. The financial requirement must be met E-ECP.3.1, E.LTRP.3.1 and
therefore the applicant should not recourse to the public funds
11. There is strong documentation that the applicant will live permanently
with his/her sponsor in the UK
12. If your sponsor declared that the financial requirement is met,
through a combination of certain category such as;
 Category A – salaried and non salaried for a person in the UK for a
period of 6 months or more. With the combination of your Category
C- Source of income from non employment, e.g., Rental income,
interest from the bank, stocks or bands and etc. Or with the
combination of Category D- Cash savings in the bank
 These combinations may apply depending on the situation of the
sources of your sponsor in the UK, as to meet the financial
requirement, however a clear sources and valid requisites of documents
should support the sources of the upper mentioned income or savings

6. 13. Recheck the bank statements if they are in a valid format as required by the guidance of
the financial requirement for a family member, bank statements should cover the period
for which the income is relied upon
14. The applicant/sponsor must not submit the sources of funds/income derived from: third
party, loans or credit, income from related benefits, job seeker’s allowance, incapacity
allowance, child benefit, working tax credit, employment support allowance (or
equivalent), universal credit, unemployment allowance – because these are not
permitted as sources to meet the financial requirement
15. Provide the original and photocopy of each of the documents as required and check
them again if the information listed is clear and readable enough to understand in
English
One may choose to appeal the application if you are being told to do so, as usually the
refusal letter comes with the appeal form (which may take some time to get the decision)
Or the same goes, by with the request for the administrative review within the 28 days of
the issuance of refusal (in case you are permitted), wherein you can point out the viable
points were the reasons of refusal is due to some error, or overlooking of the documents
by the case officer. Contact Visa Online Assistance at info@visaonlineassistance.com or
visit ww.visaonlineassistance.com for more information