Visa Application Strategy

Honestly, i keep on convincing my husband to be that i will take charge of the preparation of documents so long he sends me every detail of it, becoz i don't want him spend excessively for the solicitor's fee,but he stand on his ground that it is best to have someone to check and secure it...yes water tight.Well, as a wife to be , i must submit and of course this is a big relief to me too.
Yes for sure i will share our experience with you guys.. i hope this is the smartest decision we will ever have re visa application.

I think that if you prepare all the documents without the solicitor, and then ask the solicitor to check that your documents meet the regulations, you will be getting the best deal. if you ask a lawyer to prepare a document or even to fill up a form for you the cost rises very fast

The visa isn't cheap and solicitors are notorious for being very expensive, avoid the solicitor if at all possible, your visa(s) are already costing you £2k and that's just the start as you know.

All the information you require for a successful visa application is contained either within this forum or the members here. The hard bit for me was collating the documents as in the time and inconvenience of it all. If you employ a solicitor he doesn't really have to do too much for his money does he, its you who is going to be running up and down like a ***fs shirt lap at the end of the day whether you hire a solicitor or not.

And once you've done one visa on your own the future FLR and ILR are going to be easy.

You know it makes sense

I also thought of that and suggested to my hubby to be, and it all depends as soon as i have my first meeting with the British solicitor's counterpart in Manila then.We will see what happens, i will do everything to save a bit...initial quotation was 750 BP... hopefully i can bring it down to half when negotiation starts.

Ah. Good.

Thanks for that info Timmer,.
Its been 3 days already he didnt recieve a reply.. maybe he will go to the registrar office this friday since he off early at work...
GOD BLESS WITH US in getting all documents....

Yes, a visit isnt a bad idea.

In our case the registry office was just across the road from us (in a castle LOL) so I just used to whip out for 30 minutes to get our CNI sorted.

Hi JA,,
What is CNI???

Not something you need now. You just need the affidavit instead.

A CNI - Certificate of No Impediment (to marry) - is the British equivalent of a Cenormar and as John says, is no longer required.

Ahhhh okay thanks guys....