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the only problem i can foresee is that the same documentation that you need for the spouse visa is probably the same documents (if not more)you need to claim the points and i think it is for the same time period as well, so it is really a matter of if you cant get one you cant get the other. i think though if your got a second opinion from another solicitor about that spouse visa because it will also offer you the same flexibilty as HSMP.Ash14 wrote:Hi Guys,
Sorry not to be more specific. We are not married. I am here on a sponsored work permit and work in London. We looked into the unmarried partner visa but the lawyer was hesitant to take on our case as we didn't have joint documentation.
Also, while we have lived together since January 2003, he spent several months based in Cannes, France last year (he's a pilot) and I thought this would be a complication for the unmarried partners visa.
To be honest, I'm not really keen to do the whole unmarried partners thing, as we may do the real think down the road - I just want the possibility of switchings jobs if I want to.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
if you can't get hsmp without his 10 points, i think it is best to find more joint documentation to get the unmarried partners visa.hk_007 wrote:One of the criteria to get spouse/partner points is that the person in question must not have been granted permanent settlement in the UK which provides all rights of a citizen. Since a British citizen already has the right to live and work in the UK, by extension of the above rule it could be argued that points cannot be claimed for a partner/spouse who is a citizen.
Are you thinking that you need documents addressed to both of you? Things like bank statements on a joint account? If that is your thinking then I don't think that is correct at all..... a lack of joint documentation .....