ENGLAND - Is Common Law the right application for me?

[Rob_TO]

Are you sure about that? I'm a shadow on my wife's TD Visa card and my name doesn't show up on any documentation, including bills.

You have to make at least 1 purchase with your supplementary card, then your name will appear in that month's bill. At least this is the way it works on my Capital One card where my wife is supplementary card holder. The sup card should have it's own number and name associated with it.

 

[zardoz]

You have to make at least 1 purchase with your supplementary card, then your name will appear in that month's bill. At least this is the way it works on my Capital One card where my wife is supplementary card holder. The sup card should have it's own number and name associated with it.

Ah, that would be why then.. I only have the card "just in case"... Never actually needed to use it.

 

[Becki567]

I am in a very very similar situation to yourself. I think a lot of the comments here are worse case scenario, dooms day, 0.001% chance of happening.

For our joint bank account I just sent a void cheque that had both of our names on it. They don't need to see all your bank statements.

My husband is on his second IEC visa as well. He very came here in March 2012, lived on his own until September 2012. When we filed our taxes in February he filed as single and I filed as separated because I was still waiting for my first divorce to be finalized.

I have ordered my GCMS notes which give you an indication on your files. And no where was there any mention of taxes, and status on the Option C or any of that.

 

[Lewzy]

I am in a very very similar situation to yourself. I think a lot of the comments here are worse case scenario, dooms day, 0.001% chance of happening.

For our joint bank account I just sent a void cheque that had both of our names on it. They don't need to see all your bank statements.

My husband is on his second IEC visa as well. He very came here in March 2012, lived on his own until September 2012. When we filed our taxes in February he filed as single and I filed as separated because I was still waiting for my first divorce to be finalized.

I have ordered my GCMS notes which give you an indication on your files. And no where was there any mention of taxes, and status on the Option C or any of that.

Sorry, what is GCMS?

I dont even remember filing any tax forms...

 

[corbs]

You probably didn't misrepresent your status on the IEC. The first time you weren't common law and by the time you applied for you second I don't think you would have been living together for the full year. That is similar to what happened to me, although I'd only been here about 7 months when I applied for the second one.

When does your iec expire? It's likely that processing will take longer than the time you have left to run. Some people will advise you that you can continue working after an iec expires on implied status but I would strongly advise against it. In fact they may have changed the rules recently to stop this.

 

[Lewzy]

My visa ends in June, and yeah I know it will probably take longer than that, but i thought there was another visa i can use while it processes? like a bridging visa?

 

[corbs]

My visa ends in June, and yeah I know it will probably take longer than that, but i thought there was another visa i can use while it processes? like a bridging visa?

Well this is a source of some debate. As far as I know there is no bridging visa available. There is some argument to be made that if you apply for an Open Work Permit with an Inland application that you can work on implied status. However this is extremely risky and people have been rejected/delayed for it. There are those on here who will argue until they are blue in the face that you can do it. I was working for a large multi-national finance company and they wouldn't do it. After looking into it I agreed that it's not possible. I did also read that they are changing the rules so that you can't apply for the OWP until you have reached stage 1 approval. Not sure if that's in effect yet though.