Biometrics 17th March, ECO 18th March, Approval 20th April today! Around 22 working days. Thanks to anyone who helped me along the way! I wish everyone the best luck with your applications!
UK time: 3pm Bio 12th March I got the refuse November last year because of the financial problems. This time I used my partner 6 months payslips and paid the priority. Anyway finally getting good news. Hope everyone hear the results sooner. Good luck 🍀
Long time lurker here ~ want to thank everyone for always pinning in their visa/bio/eco dates so we're all in the same boat and can share frustrations but also joyous approvals such as today.
Application from Thailand, very straightforward (cash savings, married in UK etc).
Note no solicitors used, no paid enquiries (appreciate it is within the 60 working days so wasn't going to avail that option until it passed).
Good luck to all, hope the dates give some of you reassurance that it will be your turn soon that are also using the standard service as opposed to priority.
I can’t believe it’s my turn to make this post. Around 4pm uk time today, I got my success email! We are traveling next week and cut it rather fine but thankfully, it’s all paid off.
I’ll post my timeline below for others.
Application from: Australia
Application date: 31/01/26
Biometrics date: 02/02/26
ECO email: 16/02/26
Paid enquiry: 15/04/26 (being considered and awaiting a decision).
Request for further documents: 16/04/26 (more proof of relationship, sale of house/proof of funds and accommodation)
Approval email: 20/04/26!
WD: 54 I believe.
I wish everyone all the best! This was not an easy wait by any means but it’s a great relief to receive my visa!
(Starting a new post following my previous post from last week)...
Been an absolute whirlwind this morning, and I’m still shaking…. I received the approval email at 2:58pm (UK time). Thank you to everyone on here who has been incredibly supportive and has kept me (relatively) sane during what felt like an eternal wait.
Some information which I hope will be helpful to those who are still waiting:
Bio: May 17
ECO: May 18
Approval email: April 20
We never paid to check on the status and were not asked for further proof of documentation. My husband and I have been married for 15 years and have two children. We used my husband’s salary as proof of finances.
I’m very much looking forward to being reunited with both my children and husband. And wishing everyone who is still in limbo the best of luck.
Hi all,
Sharing our experience.
Timeline (priority application):
Biometrics: 18 Feb
RFI: 29 March
RFI response: 1 April
Decision: 20 April
RFI asked for:
- Relationship evidence
- Financials (employment letter + bank statements)
- Accommodation support
We provided:
- Photos (incl. wedding/family), WhatsApp logs, travel tickets
- Employer letter confirming salary + bank statements
- Signed tenancy agreement + agent confirmation + deposit/rent proof
- No payslips were requested and we didn’t include them.
Travelling on ETA while visa pending:
We spoke to immigration lawyers.
Their view:
Allowed to travel as a visitor while a spouse visa is pending
Must satisfy genuine visitor test at the border
In our case:
Wife still employed
Approved leave (~3 weeks)
Employment evidence + payslips
Ongoing accommodation
Return travel planned
Thanks all
Application from West Africa. Relatively straightforward. I had my hopes pinned on mid-May but looks like we got the visa in less than 12 weeks. Good luck everyone!
• App date: 23-Jan
• Bio date: 4-Feb
• ECO: 9-Feb
• Approval: 20-Apr around 3pm
American spouse with UK partner using part US job and part UK job (recently started UK job) as finance proof.
Bio: Jan 29th
Approved: April 16th
I was starting to get very demoralised as initially we had seen people get theirs within a month and were very optimistic to start. Finally over now!
This was suprisingly very quick and unexpected considering our initial fiance visa took over 120 days for a decision to be made.
Here's our timeline for switching from fiance to spouse inside the UK.
Bio: March 24th
Approval: 20th April
Standard
Goodluck to everybody. 🙂
I got granted spouse visa. When I enter my passport number and date of birth it says that details entered do not match our records.
Hello guys. Did anyone here in this community ever get an email about a invitation for an online interview about the UK spouse visa before? I did my bio on May 2025 and finally received an email from noreply@fcdos.gov.uk (with a link for the interview)that me and husband need to attend an interview online. I know it's rare but definitely a progress for us. Any tips for me guys about what questions they want to ask. And also would they give me the result a week after?
I thought I could combine my 24/25 self employed income with my savings held for 6 months apparently you can only do that with paye income big mistake😭
I've made over the threshold in 25/26 tax year so we are going to reapply does everything else look good if I get above threshold? I'm overthinking if I should get a solicitor for reapplying I don't know if the case worker just stopped there and something else can also cause a refusal or if it's as simple as just fixing my income for the new tax year and it will get approved can anyone give this a read and give your thoughts please It would be really appreciated.
Hi there, might be a dumb question but as far as I can see when applying to switch to the spouse visa, I'm essentially including all the documents I used for the Fiance visa (updated for recency where needed and minus the TB test as I don't need clearance), our marraige certificate and proof of the paid helath charge. Is this correct?
And then I use the same form that would be used for the extension of the spouse visa?
I’ve submitted my application on 05/04
and had my bio on 09/04 (in Italy)
(I haven’t received any Eco email yet)
I know it’s still early, but I just wanted to see if anyone has a similar timeline 🫶🏻
Hello all!
My partner (21M British citizen) and I (25M Serbian/Bulgarian citizen) are looking to apply for an unmarried partner visa as soon as we tick all the eligibility boxes. We have been together long distance (0 cohabitation or joined utility) for 5 years now and we're eager to close the gap already. Right now, for the hard stuff, we need one more payslip proving the minimum income and my partner is looking for a place to move out so we comply with accommodation space.
We're slowly starting to gather and build the documentation to prove the relationship is akin to marriage and we plan to include the stuff as follows:
-flight and hotel/apartment bookings for 11 visits and vacations including 3 to my country and 5 to his, often during notable events like birthdays and holidays
-photos from the times we were together (including him at my masters defending presentation and him with my parents)
-larger and some smaller transfers between eachother for bookings and other stuff
-concert tickets for 2 concerts of our favorite bands
-physical stuff we've gifted and shipped to eachother (ie. flagship phone, giant box of snacks, hand made plushy, cards..)
-few letters from people in the UK confirming our long lasting and committed relationship
-some other stuff which I'm not thinking off right now
We understand that we're slightly lacking on the financial proof that the relationship is akin to marriage so we're considering starting a joined savings account. It wouldn't be an actual joined account, but rather I'd be sending my partner a sum of money every month and he will put it, alongaide an equal amount from him, into a separate savings pot which we won't touch.
We know that we should have started sooner than 3 months before applying, but we were thinking of spinning it as "when we started to feel the application for me to move to the UK was near, we wanted to start a saving pot" or something along the lines. Would something like this be a convincing piece of evidence for the home office that we share financial responsibility? It's difficult to share responsibilities and intermingle our finances when all transfers come with wiring fees...
Along that, we are considering having my partner add me as a beneficiary to his insurance and pension funds in case he's in an accident. Has anyone ever done that with a partner that is from abroad? Is it even possible and will this be worth out time right now?
We would greatly appreciate any info or saying whether we have a chance with this type of visa. We've seen posts of people getting approved with more proof and also with less proof but nevertheless, we want to air on the side of immense caution and strengthen the application as much as possible.
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to read this and for all the replies!
Just wanted to share my timeline as it helped me to see other people’s.
March 2: application submitted
March 11: biometrics
March 12: email application received
April 20: email successful application! It’s really made my Monday!
I was on the Youth Mobility Visa from Canada for almost three years. Met my now husband here and switched to spouse visa inside.
Hey,
Just wanting to ask on here if anybody knows how long after receiving an email saying that ‘my application is in the final processing stages and a decision will be made soon’ will i receive my decision. Almost to the end of the 30 WD mark i know its not a guarantee to hear back in that time but i received this email as a response to my case being escalated.
Thanks
I applied for spouse visa application for my husband to come to uk from Pakistan through lawyers and solicitors. His visa got rejected as I didn’t meet the financial requirements. The lawyers didn’t take that seriously and went ahead with the application because I am autistic and I don’t need to meet the requirement as I have a learning disability. The home office didn’t accept my disability because I’m not on any benefit and I work full time. The lawyers still went ahead with the application even though home office says you have to be on benefits. Anyways it has been couple weeks now since this all happened and I have appealed on the basis that even though I’m not on any benefits I still really struggle with my mental health and autism, and I can’t work a second job cause of my disability. Please can someone guide me what I should do next if someone has been through same situation as me. Thanks in advance.
I am a British citizen and my wife is on a 5 year route. She applied for her first visa from outside the UK and got it on May 2022. This was valid until the end of 2024. This has been renewed and her 2nd visa is valid until August 2027.
When can she apply for the ILR?
Would it be May 2027? Or Aug 2027? I am aware that she can apply 30 days before the end of her visa validity but not sure if she can apply 5 years from May 2022 or when her current visa will end.
Thanks