They asked for the statements to be emailed, so I printed, scanned and sent them off last night. Let's see if that will suffice. All my pension providers send me a statement of income, at least annually, or as the monthly rate changes. This was always good enough for the non-O but the O-A is a different beast.
The requirements from the MFA via the London Embassy seem to change overnight and without warning. This may be because of the new online system bedding in but is it a coincidence that all changes appear to make applications more onerous?
For the record, I have just received an email from the London Embassy asking me to send 3 months bank statements showing my pension income. This is in addition to the uploaded pension statements.
Thank you for the confirmation. Certainly makes things easier but I guess it could delay an application if they do ask for original documents. I will allow a few more days just in case.
says, the downloaded instructions are quite clear and seemingly backed up in his phone call. I have a couple of weeks until my postal submission deadline, so I'll hang fire until I hear more from you guys.