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There is no Family Visitor Visa You've been wrongly advised from someone who hasn't kept up with the changes. All visitor visas are now under one category of Standard Visitor Visaukthesis wrote:I understand. I know about the Financial Requiremet and I have over £70,000 in savings that are instant access. So that is no problem.
Today I was advised that in the situation I described, the Family Visitor Visa will be better than the Standard Visitor Visa.
On the English language level required, Trinity College today also told me that she would be better to take their E1 exam rather than the A2 exam for later settlement purposes. They say "The A2 exam would not be suitable for making an application for settlement/citizenship as it is at a lower level than the minimum requirement set by the Home Office. Currently, the B1 exam in speaking and listening is the minimum requirement for citizenship applications."
So if she gets here on one of these visas (Family Visitor Visa or General Visitir Visa (Standard Visitor Visa)) I would propose she goes for the E1 exam near to where I live.
You were aware of the name change but you wrote "Today I was advised that in the situation I described, the Family Visitor Visa will be better than the Standard Visitor Visa."ukthesis wrote:I wish the UK government would stop messing about with the system. It's complicated enough already for someone simply wanting to visit the UK and not become a Whitehall bureaucrat.
Yes, that's right. As you read in my previous posts, I was aware of the name change. I just forgot to apply it here.
So she fills out this Standard Visitor Visa form online. However, if she wants to now apply for the equivolent of the old Family Visitor Visa, as was proposed to me, I would imagine that the questions she fills out are now different on the same form. She will need to see if she needs to take the English language test because of all this.
It was suggested to me that if she gets the old Family Visitor Visa, it would help her more if she needs to join me in the UK in later years. As you pointed out, her getting the old General Visitor Visa won't count with the immigration people if she subsequently wants to apply to join me.
Yes, she needs the A1 (or B1 if she chooses) BEFORE she applies for the spouse visa (family of settled person which is also temporary leave to remain). Her application will likely be refused if she does not submit the test certificate to meet the English requirement. She will also have to pay the immigration health surcharge before applying (£600 for the first entry clearance visa of 33 months)ukthesis wrote:Hi Casa
I just looked it up and to initially join me in the UK as my wife she seems to need the "family of a settled person’ visa, and not to apply for Temporary Leave to Remain. So the question is if she needs to pass the A1 test before she can get the "family of a settled person" visa issued to her.
Here is what I am looking at:
https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview
Cheers.