Hello,
i am wondering which is the most advisable route towards achieving a successful application.
i am a british citizen living in Lviv, Ukraine, my fiancee is a Belarusian citizen also living in ukraine. i have researched online and many people talk about the UK Fiance visa, yet the GOV.UK website only mentions the 'apply to join family living permanently in the UK' visa.
please could anyone advise me on the pro's & con's of this route compared to a standard 6 month marriage visa
i have a few concerns over the 'fiance visa'.......
1. between the both of us we meet the £18,600 threshold. upon our return to the UK i will be starting a new job where i will be able to cover the £18,600 myself. but this job does have a 3 month probationary period.
2. i have sponsored 3 general visitor visas previously for my fiancee, registered to an address i share with my brother in Manchester. i have my own room in a 4 bedroom house but my brother is married with two small children.
3. my new job will be in liverpool so it will take me at least 3 weeks to arrange accommodation there where we can both live. my employer will provide temp accommodation during the week. will this give the UKBA grounds to refuse for reasons of not living together?
4. i am not sure about the differences between the 2 year and 5 year route.
does anyone think it would be safer to apply for a standard 6 month marriage visa? then by the end of the 6 months we will have got married, i would be in definite permant employment earning over £18,600, we would have a home in which we would both be living. the idea would then be that at the end of the 6 month period my fiancee (or wife as then) would return to Belarus and from there make an application for the 'apply to join family living permanently in the UK' visa.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you