Hi I currently live overseas with my wife (South African). I am a UK citizen. We live in the Middle East and she lives here under my sponsorship. I have heard that since she is sponsored by me that this might reduce the 3 year period in the UK, has anyone heard anything like this? Secondly she is a ...
Thanks for all your responses. Wow this is confusing. Trouble is I think I have left it too late to pay the extra and go for the fiancee visa. Plus reluctance to spend £585 on what will only be 4 extra months. We will marry in Jan and then return to UK anyway. Just be nice if the visit in Sept coul...
wanderer I see your point but I think it should be ok. Basically she is a top level sports woman and will be in Uk training but then she will also be flying out to tournaments in various countries in Europe and outside. She won't be "living" in UK really as the house she is staying in is m...
Wanderer thanks for that. That is what I thought. She will be living at our future address and has a bank account etc so i was hoping that the time she spends there now can count towards the eventual total. If I apply for a fiancee visa for her it will cost £665 and is only from sept till jan when ...
HI. I just wanted to know if it makes any difference if my fiancee arrives in UK on a visitors visa when it comes to working out her period of residency for passport purposes in the future. The plan is for her to go to UK in Sept and remain there (she is entitled to under visitors visa) until we get...
Vinny Thanks. Just to summarise - We will be able to get married in a civil ceremony if she has been granted the settlement visa as a fiancee (don't need a separate leave to marry) - You can marry on a marriage visit visa but not change it to spouse without leaving country One final thing. When it c...
Living in the Middle East now but we are both moving back to the UK. Thanks for that link but that seems to be all about settlement but does not mention giving leave to marry?
Is it not possible to get in on the leave to marry visit visa and then once married apply for settlement?
casa, thanks. They don't tell me anything here at the embassy. They have given me form VAF1F i am not sure if this is the marriage visit visa or the one you refer to?
No marriage visa hasn't been issued yet. I am going to apply in next couple of days over here (middle east). Been told that it will take about 3 days for them to issue and there should be no problems. She will mostly be training while in UK this time, the money events are overseas for the time being...
It says the PEO is for straigthforward applications where further enquiries will not be necessary. How on earth can you tell if that will be the case? The postal application is out because of the need to have your passport for 3 months (she has to travel). The real issue is does it make a difference...
Wow pricey!! OK great. Do you know with the postal application does the "clock" start for residence purposes (to apply for eventual passport) when they receive the application or when they approve to (or when she actually gets to Uk in first place)? Also while they are processing do they n...
Thanks for replies. I am UK citizen, fiancee is South African. She is coming on a marriage visa. Once married we would like to change it to a spouse visa as we will be staying there (currently in Middle east).
HI My fiancee and I were planning on getting married in the UK this Sept (she is from SAfrica and I am from UK). We were going to apply for a marriage visa and get the legal side done in UK but we are planning on getting properly married (i.e. ceremony etc) in South Africa next jan. The plan was the...
