Tac05

45 minutes from start to finish and APPROVED!! Finally it's over!! Congrats to all those with approvals and good luck to all those with upcoming interviews!!

I had the same worry and problem when it came to submitting our AOS forms. With our forms we sent in copies of his payslips, latest tax return, W2, and letter from his employer stating he has been working with the company since whatever date and employment is ongoing. Even though he earn't well over the minimum requirement for the current year, I was positive we were going to be requested to find a joint sponsor, due to low income the previous years, but as it turns out we didn't need one, so you might be good with that. But DON'T quote me, every case is different lol! I have heard that they only go on the latest return anyway, but not too sure.

From experience, what children say and actually mean can be different. Talking with the children on the phone and Skype are totally different then being together. For months before my now husbands first visit they would talk, laugh, and carry on and get along great, (they were 12,10 & 8 at the time) and my 3 kids absolutely adored him (I'm pretty sure it was the accent more than anything lol) and vice versa. Thankfully when he arrived my kids were at their dads for the 2 weeks (school holidays) so I was able to introduce him to them slowly before they came home to having another man in the house, by taking them out for a day here and there to get to know him. He stayed for 6 weeks. During this time overall it was great but there were the odd occasion when he and my 10 year old son at the time would clash,and moments when you could tell the kids were not happy. 7 years have passed and in that time my husband has spent a lot of time here with us, now especially since they are older they look to him more now than there own father. Blended families take time, it's not going to be all bells and whistles straight up. As for the ex...well I think he has right to know about the new person, as his s concern is for his kids. I kept my ex informed, I didn't have to, but I chose too, after all he is the children's father and has a right to know, and once they did meet he was totally fine.