Would you mind disclosing how long you have known your fiance and how many times you had met them before you applied for the visa? I wish to apply for one for my fiance but I am worried it will be refused because of the amount of times we have met and the short length of our relationship.

Thanks

When making the appliaction for the marriage visa what sort of info should be included in the letter's from the applicant and sposor?

Should the sponsor just write facts about there financial status, housing etc? and leave it to the applicant to give details about the relationship?

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Just curious when calculating your free money, what do they class as essential payments, is it just rent/mortgage, council tax, and utilities and debt payments? or if they see things such as car insurance, life insurance on your statments will they class this as one of your essentials?

I dont belive your age is a good enough reason to deny you a visa, yes it may raise some eyebrows and cause your relationship to come under more scrutiny but they will have no legal grounds to refuse your visa on the sole grounds she 19 years older than you.

This is a silly reason for refusal and you can appeal. Why is it a silly reason? one of the main requirements of a visit visa is to prove significant ties to your home country to show you will leave at the end of your visit. OP your application would have been more succesfull if you had kept your j...

and no job in the uk and bank statement etc .as last 3 years i have been living overseas and i am house wife. The answer to this obviously depends on how will you support yourselfs in the UK? Unless you have enough savings to support yourselfs for the 2 year spouse visa or a family member in the UK...

Hi John How long had you known your wife for before you got married if you dont mind me asking? Having looked into the Thai wedding process we have now decided we are going to go down this route, its far simpler than in Vietnam. As neither of us speaks Thai we are also looking at using A law firm th...

Is there a generally accepted time in which its too early to apply for a spouse visa? for example if you have only known someone a few months then get married and apply. Can they refuse you soley on this? Or as long as you meet the "have met each other" requirement and can show sufficient ...

I just e-mailed an enquiry to the UKBA Enquiry Address as I wanted a responce in writing, only to be sent an automated responce telling me they will not be replying and giving basic info all that is available online. Whats the point in this? Anyone know of another e-mail address for spouse visa enqu...

Another possibility would be getting married in a third country, for example Thailand. But the requirements of the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok as regards countersigning the affirmation document would need to be checked out before thinking of going down such a route. Just a thought. Hi John Do you...

Ok well I think if we have to prove significant ties then the marriage visit visa is a no no unless they will accept her studies as a significant tie? Beyond this she is a young unmarried woman who lives alone with no children and only a part time job, so I think it will be hard to prove any signifi...

So does this mean as a marriage visit visa she would not have to meet the "(ii) intends to leave the United Kingdom at the end of the period of the visit as stated by him; " requirement? Hence will not have to show significant ties to her home country? Which I am aware is the major stumbl...

Just been having a read of the immigration rules and for a general visit visa you need to meet the following requirements; 41. The requirements to be met by a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom as a general visitor are that he: (i) is genuinely seeking entry as a general visitor for a ...

Or is that information given by the UKBA wrong? Would we qualify for marriage visit visa?

Also does anyone know if an application for marriage visit visa is more likely to be accepted than a general visit visa?

Thanks

According to UKBA we dont qualify for a Marriage visit visa, From the link you posted "If you want to come to the UK to get married or register a civil partnership, and you and your partner intend to leave the country within 6 months, you can apply for a visa as a visitor for marriage or civil ...

Getting a visitor visa is not the way to go. What she needs is a fiancée visa, which would enable her to come to the UK, get married here, and then apply in the UK for a spouse visa. A fiance visa would not suit us at the moment as she will not be comming here to live untill she has finnished her s...

Well I am neither lazy or rude, hence the reason I had already read that page before the link was posted and ill reiterate what I said before in that it gives no information about the legal process for registering a marriage vietnam beyond the CNI of which it doesnt give all the correct information ...

With respect, this is an immigration forum...not a wedding planning service. Maybe as its immigration for family members i kind of thought members of this board would have gone through the process? If this is so why did he lock my thread on a genuine immigration question and insist its dscussed her...

You have a Vietnamese fiancée! She is much better positioned to find out what is required than you are. Put it this way, if the two of you decided to get married in the UK, your fiancée would obviously rely on you for local knowledge ..... so why do you think the reverse does not apply given the in...

You have a Vietnamese fiancée! She is much better positioned to find out what is required than you are. Put it this way, if the two of you decided to get married in the UK, your fiancée would obviously rely on you for local knowledge ..... so why do you think the reverse does not apply given the in...

Just read someones blog on going through this and it sounds like a nightmare and this guy lived in vietnam, so trying to do it 1000's of miles away should be fun.

http://www.itsthefinalword.com/2008/06/ ... -viet-nam/

Marriage Law Vietnam . Thanks for the link, some very good info there. However its really frustrating trying to find information on the process in vietnam, that link gives good information but other information I have read implies that both parties must now attend an interview together at the justi...

[ Just? Well no, having just read the link it says much more than that. ????? That link states * Remember: You will have to satisfy the requirements of Vietnamese law. We cannot advice you on this. This is what I want to know about, that link does not give this sort of information? As far as that l...

Im wanting to bring my vietnamese fiance here on a marriage visa after we marry in april. The big problem is I am an undischarged bankrupt and wont be discharged untill next september. I did a search on this site about bankruptcy and found a post that stated the UKBA check if you are bankrupt and yo...

"In 2006, the UKAIT in UKAIT 00065 KA and Others (Pakistan), strongly suggested that it would not be appropriate to have immigrant families existing on resources that were less than the Income Support level for a British family of that size." http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/policyandlaw/...