New testimonial on Spouse visa for an American citizen who applied in the US.

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"Thanks so much for your help and reassurance throughout this process. You went above and beyond; always providing prompt responses and meticulous attention to detail. Considering the complexity of recent changes in the law your help has been invaluable – sincere thanks and appreciation to Natalia and all at 1st 4Immigration.” Lucy, applied for a Spouse visa for her American husband.

The couple were using savings to meet the Financial Requirement. Since some of the savings were held in investments in the USA, ie in the funds, we initially advised to transfer the money from investments to a cash savings account and wait for 6 months, as per the Spouse visa rules.
However, on 6 April 2013 the Rules were changed allowing to count the 6 months period, taking into account time the money (savings) was held in investments, providing the money had been transferred from investments to a cash savings account before application date. In this case, the applicant’s savings were held in a ‘fund’ for 4 months, then transferred to a cash savings account for the remaining 2 months. In this case this application was made possible 4 months sooner than if the Rules hasn’t changed before 6 April 2013.

The couple also used Settlement Priority Service, which is a fast-track service available for applications in the USA. It took just over 2 weeks for the UK Border Agency to approve the application.
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