I can't find anything about changing from visitor visa to a spouse visa from within the UK, maybe that is part of the exceptional circumstances route. Explained in the link. Difficult . Well that was was a helluva read. I know my friend's wife has no young children but the Chikwamba case relies on ...

I happened to meet my friend on the street today. He was with his wife and they were meeting up with her Botswanan girlfriend. I managed to find out he doesn't have a meeting with the home office but he has been in touch with a lawyer, who if he explains his situation over a zoom call they will get ...

I think I am meeting my friend today. I might find out more about why his lawyer thinks he has a case. He was always reluctant to seek legal advice. I don't know why he has employed a lawyer now. Is it possible the home office have asked him in to explain his hurried marriage on her visitor's visa. ...

He seems to think his disability will work in his favour. I don't know when his interview with the home office is but she has now overstayed her visa. I can't find anything about changing from visitor visa to a spouse visa from within the UK, maybe that is part of the exceptional circumstances route...

Well now I haven't seen much of my friend since the marriage. Last time I saw him he said that his new wife had to go back on the date her visitor's visa ran out and had booked a flight. The latest is she cancelled the flight and they have a meeting with home office to apply to stay. I don't know th...

Well now I haven't seen much of my friend since the marriage. Last time I saw him he said that his new wife had to go back on the date her visitor's visa ran out and had booked a flight. The latest is she cancelled the flight and they have a meeting with home office to apply to stay. I don't know th...

My wife has said the same thing, and his brother,who conveniently went on holiday just before the wedding.
She says she has two kids supposedly at university
Her being 57 they must be mature students.

Ah well I tried to tell them it wasn't right .His family must have been the same hence so few of them in attendance. I fell out with him on the Thursday before the wedding and it was mainly about what little I knew about marrying on the tourist visa. As I said I started this thread too late ,cause i...

Doesn't look good. Is the home office so efficient that nothing slips through the net?

My friend ... let's call him Boris is around 12 years older than the woman. Would that be considered a large enough age gap to warrant particular scrutiny?

It's not funny tho.

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Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:08 pm

I hope the rebel in him got a stomach like that of a dromedary because with HO and immigration luck hardly cuts it.

Hi THO
My friend is British,well Scottish.

Aye it's madness I only joined this forum after they came back from getting avice on Thursday. I was confident the advice would be ,,,to not go ahead with this. I met them later and when they said it was no problem I knew then that the 'advice ' to go ahead was from a moron' ,,professional or otherw...

Hi everyone. I have never discussed his finances with him. I think he only has a basic state pension. He has a few benefits including some PIP. I do not have the figures to calculate if he can meet the adequate maintenance criteria ,which to me looks similar to the £18600 figure. I will no doubt hav...

Thanks everyone for the advice My friend is not well off. He has already had to go for a bank loan. I take it he is giving her money before she goes back to Botswana to apply for visa. I am just beginning to find out the cost for this visa, especially the non refundable part if visa is rejected. I d...

It's very interesting that breaking visa rules is not unlawful. Does it appear that a registrar would allow them to marry without marriage visa if they told them that the woman would not return to UK. Their plan is now ,she returns to Botswana to apply for spouse visa (I think) They have not had any...

Well they got married with my wife and myself as witnesses. He had arranged (at short notice)a small reception at the local pub where only two of his large family were in attendance. The landlady made it look quite nice with cake and balloons and the pub regulars made it a nice day . I don't know ho...

Thanks ticktac I am going to registrar to witness the marriage in an hour's time. I told him I wasn't happy doing it but he has fallen out with all his family. As I said he received a letter back from home office saying they wouldn't investigate it as a sham but the letter informed him that it could...

I am sorry but I am new to this forum and haven't quite managed to plough thru any previous posts similar to my friends situation.
As I said they applied to marry a week after meeting in a bar.
Can the home office sanction such a marriage on a visitor's visa.

The home office was notified and they said they would not investigate it as a sham marriage. They did say it could go ahead with the marriage visa which they do not have.
The registrar is still going ahead with the marriage.

Hi I'm new to this forum an wondering if anyone can help. My friend has given notice to marry at a UK registrars. He has just met this woman and they wanted to get married after one week. She is in the UK from Botswana on a standard visitor's visa. The marriage is going ahead despite the visitor's v...