Today my partner received this email: From: RIDEJVisaInfo@fco.gov.uk > To: {removed} > Subject: Your Visa Application at Rio de Janeiro (Ref: {removed}) > Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:57:34 -0300 > > Has been issued and will be sent to WorldBridge in approximately one working day. We want to hear your ...

What exactly did you apply for? Was it an unmarried partner visa? or a proposed civil partnership visa? Hi, sorry for my poor wording (I forget how many variations of the settlement visa there are), it was done as a proposed civil partnership. The latter requires proof you can sustain the person wi...

Hi My partner applied for a settlement visa (as unmarried civil partners) in Rio de Janeiro at the end of February and we have not had any reply yet. In that same time, we know of at least one other person (a friend of a friend) who has applied with his partner and was accepted in 5 days and had his...