[nanskris]

1. Our Wedding invite
2. Marriage certificate
3. Bank statements of each of us to the same address, spread over a period of 1 year [quarterly statements etc]
4. Mutual fund statements to the same address
5. Change of address on her passport from previous [as listed on marriage certificate] to present address
5. Addition of name of spouse in passport [her name in my passport and my name on hers (yes, its possible on Indian passports)]
6.. Letter from her university bearing her name and present address
7. Invitations from friends addressed to both of us
8. Affidavit from 1 or 2 friends with ther communication numbers stating that they attended our wedding and/or reception and they know that we've been living in the same house for over an year since our wedding.

[JandL]

I would have thought that just 2,3,4,6 would be enough evidence, as long as the letters are older than 12 months and/or cover the year as you have already said.

[Kiwi-In-Texas]

Looks like a good list of proof of your relationship. We also provided similar evisence of our relationship and we have been married for five years.

Good luck.

[fuhsiang]

yup, it looks good. For myself, I only provided the following as proof of our relationship.

1) Marriage certificate
2) Bank statements on 01/01/2007 and 01/01/2008 reflecting both our names

I do hope nothing else is needed. :)

[theSingsons]

Don't forget to include pictures with your OH and kids (if applicable) Make sure you print out paper copies of the pictures and send the original photos as well. Aside from the previous documents you've mentioned, they should be proof enough of a stable relationship.

Cheers!!!

[nickydwuk]

You seem to have it well covered. Good luck

[Jennispink]

I just sent mortgage statements x 2 dated over 12 months, Jacob's birth certificate with both our names on and a couple of old Child Tax credit statements dated over 12 months at the same addresses. That was enough for us and we're not married and lived in 3 different addresses in the space of 2 years!

[Clappy]

I am sure I have seen someone post on here not too long ago say that joint mortgage agreements and joint bank accounts were not enough and they were asked to send in some pictures of the two of them together.

It is easy enough to set up joint bank accounts and utility bills without actually living together so I suspect that is why they are not proof enough on their own.

The invitations to the two of you are the small things that are likely to swing things your way.

I sent:

Joint Tenancy Agreements
Joint Electricity Bills
Joint Council Tax Bills
Some travel agent's itineraries that showed the two of us travelling together

That was enough.

[nickydwuk]

I sent:

Marriage cert
Kids birth certs
Joint bank statements
Water rates with both names on
Mortgage statement

No pictures or invites needed.