Thank you JandM for the detailed reply. It is clear now
So "checking our papers" are done by clerks before it reaches the CO.
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JandM
This isn't correct. Clerks check applications to see the presence of paperwork which appears to prove the facts the applicant is claiming about him/herself. That is what has happened to your file so far. When a CO starts working the case, s/he will then set about verifying the genuineness of the evidence, and judging how well it applies. (When I say 'genuineness of the evidence', an example may help. Mr Applicant has perhaps sent what looks like a genuine degree certificate from XYZ university, stating he has a bachelor's degree in ABC subject. The CO will ask XYZ university if they did have a Mr Applicant who attended there at that time and passed the course. If they reply that he did, that's fine, and the evidence is ticked off as verified. On the other hand it could turn out that Mr Applicant has done a clever forgery, and he actually did a bachelor's in JKL subject instead. Or else he has faked his name onto a certificate that was actually issued to somebody else. The same sort of thing happens with letters from friends in partnership cases - the CO will contact Mr Mybestfriend to ask if it's correct that he wrote to say that his friend Mr Applicant now has a partner, Miss Immigrant, that he has lived with for six months.)