Okay thanks very much for your replies. So even with a Church of England wedding he would still have to return to apply for a spouses visa. This is crazy, I know we need some kind of system, but I find it disturbing that people who are already married in the UK have to return to potentially dangerou...

Unfortunately I can't give you advice on what would be the best thing to do, but I would like to ask you a question -- as an asylum seeker how did you manage to get married in the UK? I am British and my boyfriend is also a failed asylum seeker from Zimbabwe, waiting for a HO decision on his second ...