do i need to apply for a work visa

[newkiwi101]

hi people,

first post so please be kind.

me and my fiancé have applied for residence from work and that visa is expiring in 3 weeks.
her principle applicant, me partner.

we have already lodged the residence application but haven't been assigned a case officer.
one inz person on the phone said that we would both be granted interim visa's if a decision wasn't made but then another person said we have to apply for a work visa...........

which one is right??
do we need to apply for work visa? if so which ones and what does the partner have to apply for?

thanks

[JandM]

Is your partner on a Work To Residence visa at the moment? And you on a partner-sponsored temporary work visa to match?

What is the expiry date on each of those visas?

[newkiwi101]

yeah that's correct both expire on 12/11/16
the residence was put in as a joint application if that makes a difference

[JandM]

So you need to apply for the same visas as you had before - WTR and partner-sponsored temporary. INZ can't issue interim visas when the visa being processed is Residence, only temporary ones.

[newkiwi101]

that's annoying,

what would we do if all our documents are in with immigration at the moment?
also the uk police checks that we have submitted with the residence expire in 2 days, can we use the ones that have already been submitted?

[JandM]

You'll have to fill in the forms and use a covering letter stating that your evidence is with your other application (giving all details), already lodged at (whatever) branch.

http://onlineservices.immigration.go...nual/41439.htm