Hi Wanderer, The time he was away between applying, being refused and returning to the UK was two months. Looking at it, when he goes to apply again, we'll have lived together 21months, all in all. Last time however, they only seemed concerned with the date he moved in and the date it was that day. ...

Hello all, My partner was refused an unmarried partner visa (he's from outside the EU) in December on the grounds we'd not been living together for 2 years-we have lived together for one and a half. He is now with me on a 6 month tourist visa-not working-so we can make up that time. Will this time c...

Hello Victoria. Thanks for your reply. No, we haven't lived together for two years. I did come across that as a requirement, except on the actual form he applied on-the VAF5 I believe. We had mounds of evidence of our two year relationship, but no good. What's worse is that the visa he was here on w...

I just found out today that I'll be without my partner for Christmas, he was refused an unmarried partner visa today. We'd planned to go to my family home in Ireland, now i have to go alone. I can only imagine your pain when there are children involved, but as I have told him-if we want to be togeth...

Hello all, I am quite desperate for advice. My boyfriend has been denied an unmarried partner visa for the UK, on the grounds that we haven't lived together for two years, and that I am receiving housing benefit. We have been together over two years, and I am only in receipt of benefit since he had ...