Got it

Hi,

I asked a few questions on this newsgroup a while back and have lurked a great deal since then. There are no questions in this post...just info for anbody else going thru the same thing.

Good news is my wife got her (front end loaded) spouse visa 2 weeks ago from London AHC (I am australian). Took 3 weeks from the day we posted the application (royal mail special delivery) to the day we received it back. My wife has a medical condition which meant the medical was sent to sydney to be checked, otherwise I think we would have had it back in a week. We sent the application to london 2 days after we got married here in the UK, and had piles and piles of evidence. Lucky somebody is a hoarder I think!

For the wedding certificate extract thingy, when we got married, we actually signed and got 2 marriage certificate things at the church. This meant we had 1 for us and 1 to put in the application - was much less trouble than getting a copy certified on our honeymoon.

For anybody who is interested, she did the medicals a few weeks before we sent the application. The doctor then sent them direct to london ahc. On the cover letter and contents list we stated that the medicals had already been done and sent on to london ahc. Went to the doctor in the middle of manchester (can't remember name).

Her belongings left today with Seven Seas, they have seemed very good so far so fingers crossed they arrive! :)

Me getting into the UK was a bit of a confusing job. The visa rules here have changed recently for getting married here. I ended up getting a "visit - marriage" visa. It seems you have to have one of these to get married here now ... except ... possibly - they don't seem to understand their own rules and laws - if you are getting married in an *anglican* church in which case don't need one except some people still say you do.......i decided to be safe rather than sorry.

Cheers everybody, Ben.