Comparisons · checked 7 November 2026
findmyvisa vs Spouse Visa Helper
Quick answer
findmyvisa makes a free document checklist from four questions (route, where you apply from, who’s applying, whether you’re switching), to tick off on screen or download as a PDF, and has free tools to merge the documents into one PDF and shrink it to the upload limits. Spouse Visa Helper is free too, and goes further on the spouse route: the list comes from seven answers about your situation, each document is tracked with its date windows worked out, and it builds the covering letters and a plan to your apply-on date.
Both are free and both tailor the list. findmyvisa covers seven visa routes with a short checklist; Spouse Visa Helper covers the spouse and partner route only, in more depth, and keeps track as the documents come in.
Prices and features checked 7 November 2026, as published on findmyvisa’s own site.
At a glance
| What | findmyvisa | Spouse Visa Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. The company sells a £99 Schengen visa service | Free. The adviser’s check is £295 once advisers are agreed |
| Free | The checklist, a document bundler, a PDF compressor and rule-change email alerts | The whole tracker, letters, plan, costs, form guide and absence counter |
| What it is | Four questions, then a list grouped by Home Office category with a note on each document; runs in your browser | An online tracker built from seven answers, kept in your browser or a free account |
| Covering letter | Not mentioned | Both covering letters built from your story, in your own words, with gaps marked |
| Run by | WayaNerd Ltd. Not a law firm and not regulated by the IAA | An independent site. Not regulated: information, not immigration advice |
| Human check | None | Asked for here; £295 by a regulated adviser once advisers are agreed |
Features
| Feature | findmyvisa | Spouse Visa Helper |
|---|---|---|
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works without an account | ✓ | ✓ |
| List tailored to your answers | From four questions | ✓ |
| Progress tracked per document | Tick boxes, on screen or on the PDF | ✓ |
| Date windows worked out from your apply-on date | – | ✓ |
| Week-by-week plan to your apply-on date | – | ✓ |
| Covering letter | – | From your own words |
| Numbered document index | In its bundler | ✓ |
| Payslips checked against bank statements | ✗ | Free, read in your browser |
| A company director’s documents, dated from its year end | – | ✓ |
| Scans kept with each document | Merged into one PDF in your browser, not kept | With a free account |
| One PDF per document, shrunk to the upload limit | Its bundler and compressor (to 2, 4 or 6 MB) | yes, in your browser, with a linked index |
| Shared with your partner | Share the PDF | Read-only link |
| Whole cost worked out | – | ✓ |
| Questions about the rules answered | – | Free, quoting GOV.UK word for word |
| An email when the rules change | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official pages rechecked, and quoted word for word | Its tools page says “Verified · gov.uk · 23 Aug 2026” | Every page weekly, each quote checked |
| Checked by a regulated adviser | ✗ | Being set up |
✓ yes · ✗ no · – not stated on their site
Where findmyvisa is stronger
- It covers seven visa routes, so one site serves other visas in the family too.
Where Spouse Visa Helper is stronger
- Free, with no account needed to start: seven answers and the list is there.
- Each document has a status and its own requirements to tick, so you can see what’s done, what’s to check and what’s left.
- Every date window is worked out from your apply-on date, such as the latest payslip dated 28 days or less before you apply.
- A week-by-week plan to your apply-on date, with a calendar file of it, and the whole cost including your own figures.
- A numbered index for the top of the bundle, a guide to which documents each part of the online form draws on, and a last check before you submit.
- Each document made into one PDF in the index’s order, shrunk to the upload page’s size limit, in your browser; or the whole bundle as one PDF whose index links to each document.
- Questions about the rules answered free, with GOV.UK’s own wording word for word and the documents on your list it’s about.
- An email when a rule or figure changes, such as the December 2026 changes to settlement.
- The list goes deeper into the spouse route: how you meet the money rule, your relationship, your home and any earlier applications, not only the route and country.
Which should you choose?
For a quick free list on any of seven routes, findmyvisa is useful. On the spouse route, Spouse Visa Helper works out what your own situation needs, tracks each document and its dates, and makes the files to upload, all free.
Questions
- Is the findmyvisa checklist free?
- Yes, on 7 November 2026: no account and no watermark, and it runs in your browser, so your answers aren’t sent anywhere. The company behind it, WayaNerd Ltd, sells a £99 Schengen visa service.
- Does findmyvisa tell me which spouse visa documents I need?
- It filters the standard list by four answers: the route, where you apply from (which decides the TB test), who’s applying and whether you’re switching. Its own page says caseworkers may ask for more where circumstances are unusual, such as self-employment. Spouse Visa Helper asks seven questions about your situation, including how you meet the money rule.
Sources
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