Thanks Wanderer for your reply.

We have been advised on here before that he should return home but it is all very confusing to be honest as we have seen 3 different solicitors, 1 of which said he should return to Albania the other 2 said we should do it this way. It's hard to know who to believe!!

Hi all, My Albanian partner has been in the UK illegally for around 3 years. We have been advised by our solicitors that in order to obtain a visa for him to stay here with me we should apply for an unmarried partner visa in the knowledge that it will get rejected as we have not been cohabiting for ...

Hi Rayking, No we won't do anything hasty and we both think it's best we wait for him to be cleared before we start the application process. It was just the first solicitor we saw as soon as we told them about this incident they started saying 'you need to get an application in straight away!' and i...

Hi, So we ended up seeing 2 solicitors yesterday and both said completely different things! The first said if we apply from the UK we will have about 6 months whilst they make a decision and they won't deport him whilst he has 'live' application.. once we have applied we could get married here and t...

Hi Amber, Thanks so much for the information I will have a read through that now. I have also managed to book an appointment with a solicitor for tomorrow afternoon so will be good to talk to someone in person and know exactly what our options are. Thanks again I really appreciate the advice and ass...

No we don't have any children and yes i do meet the financial requirement.

His solicitor is away on holiday until tomorrow but i will be arranging an appointment for as soon as possible.

thank you so much for the advice.

Thanks everyone for the replies. He is currently released on bail, someone matching his description had been reported for an incident on the tube a couple of months ago. I am 100% certain that they have the wrong guy, he has never been in trouble in his life and he would never do anything to risk be...

That is what i thought to be honest. i am aware of the financial requirement though this may have changed since i last checked ( was £18,600 PA income? ). i'm just confused as to why they would release him today even though he is here ilegally, i thought if he ever got caught they would deport him s...

An unmarried partner visa, and i am assuming he was picked up for being here illegally after a random check, there's nothing else he could get into trouble for.

sorry i tried to give as much information as possible but my head is a bit all over the place at the moment! i still havent heard from him.

Hi, My Albanian boyfriend has been living here illegally for the past 3 years ( we have been together for 2 years and living together for 14 months ). he was picked up this morning by the British Transport Police and has been taken to a police station in London. i have spoken to someone at the BTP a...

ok thanks as i said in my original post we don't want to get married just for the purpose of getting his visa but just trying to get an idea of what our options are as most of it is so confusing!!

If we were to go to Albania and get married, would be still need to have been together or living together for 2 years?

Ok thank you for your help

apologies, yes i am earning more than the required £18,600.00 per annum

thank you for your quick reply and i will read through the information on your link.

We will have been together 2 years in June but have only been living together for a year, do we need to be living together for 2 years before we apply?

Hi everyone, I am a uk citizen and have been with my albanian partner for nearly 2 years. He came to the uk illegally and is currently living here with me without a visa. Can you give me some advice on applying for his visa? I have looked into applying for an unmarried partner visa but a lot of the ...