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Hi THO,THO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:47 amHi Jini,
Having been through the process of getting visas for my now wife to move to the UK, I can tell you that it can often be a hard and frustrating journey, so you are right to make sure before submitting the application, because extra time and effort making sure all your ducks are in line first, can save months of heartache and frustration later.
It's also a slow process, months can tick by and no one emails you to confirm your place in queue or update on progress. There is no one to call, so you just have to wait, in the dark until you get news.
Good luck.
THO.
No it doesn't mean a visa can't be refused. There is no 2 year living together requirment for married couples. Also how long you have lived together as married has no bearing or influence on a spouse visa requirement, whether it is 2 months or 10 years.
Right, I just thought they're always looking to refuse every application by any even loosely strung together conveiable argument. But I guess I can simply explain the reasons I moved if I do. And ok, looks like I could be doing quite some job shifting backwards and forward if this goes ahead.THO wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:38 amHO cannot refuse a visa because you can live there, as long as you meet the financial and accommodation criteria defined in the terms for approval, and she has the correct language certificate. I believe you would need to have a job, or contract for a job starting no more than 3 months after you arrive in the UK.
Right, good to know CR001, thanks. Makes sense, but we haven't lived together for that long anyhow if we are still to go down the Fiance route. I was hoping this was not an absolute requirement and open to interpretation of the circumstances and I'm sure I read (mostly between the lines) that it was on the proper HO documentation or at least elsewhere online.
Ah, no thankfully not which should save me some headache at least.
Yep, I can imagine although it may well be quick whilst we're still working out the best path. There is a strong sense of urgency also as I fear to lose her if I don't do what's required swiftly enough. But I have been getting my bearings a lot more as I go along and have come along way since we first met.
The requirements are quite simple. You must have met in person and be in a subsisting relationship with evidence such as communication screenshots, holidays together etc and for a fiance visa, proof of intent to marry such as ring receipts, email evidence or booking evidence of registry enquiries or reception venue enquiries etc, meeting the financial requirements and English requirments as well as adequate accommodation.Right, good to know CR001, thanks. Makes sense, but we haven't lived together for that long anyhow if we are still to go down the Fiance route. I was hoping this was not an absolute requirement and open to interpretation of the circumstances and I'm sure I read (mostly between the lines) that it was on the proper HO documentation or at least elsewhere online.
CR001 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 3:51 amThe requirements are quite simple. You must have met in person and be in a subsisting relationship with evidence such as communication screenshots, holidays together etc and for a fiance visa, proof of intent to marry such as ring receipts, email evidence or booking evidence of registry enquiries or reception venue enquiries etc, meeting the financial requirements and English requirments as well as adequate accommodation.
The requirement for living together in a relationship akin to marriage is ONLY a mandatory requirement for the 2.5 year Unmarried Partner Visa.
It is not a requirement for a fiance visa or a spouse visa (many apply having had an arranged marriages for example).
Now that you know the country, CR001, are you able to reinforce your below statement in relation to my circumstances in particular?jinijol wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:42 am'As my Fiancé's sponser, I'm aware that I can make her application for her online and that she can go into to the visa application centre locally (abroad) to submit hard copies that are required such as her passport - correct?'
And we need to know if she can go into a visa application centre in a country other than her native one? As she currently is living abroad on a residence permit visa.
Although I believe this to be the case also I still have several doubters of this.
And one other point i'm looking to have clarified, is well can anybody tell me whether or not I can do the bulk i.e. at least 95% of the application from UK online? My partner won't be able to do it and I am not going to take a risk on this basis that any document submission beyond her passport and one -to two more documents to be left down to be submitted by her as I am much more proficient in this area and would much prefer to do all or at least the large majority myself.
Hypothetically, in case of an overseas marriage, what UKVI is always concerned in ensuring is that whether the marriage was performed legally especially where both of partners were really free to marry whilst ascertaining that how both partners kept maintaining their relationship especially while living apart, for which subsisting relationships evidences are attached. Therefore, rest is none of the business of UKVI to probe out as what led you to marry abroad unless the fractured immigration history tell-tale otherwise. Most often an application can be applied even soon after of the marriage provided all requirements can be met.jinijol wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:45 pmUpdate: she has passed her English test.
We've since realised that the surest path to make this work is the one we need to choose.
I have also found answers to questions in above post.
But I now wish to ask, if I marry her first abroad- not go to live there but just travel for the marriage- then afterwards we can apply directly for her on the Married Partner route, is this likely to be a more or less credible application than applying for her to join me through the Unmarried Partner route?
Or could the Home Office see that as an attempt to try to go around the rules? There are other, practical reasons why we would choose to marry abroad other than to solely improve chances of success. So that her family member can be there for the marriage, so that we only have to make one application, until the FTR/2.5 year extension application and also because this route is cheaper.
Thanks.
Hi there,seagul wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:25 pm
Hypothetically, in case of an overseas marriage, what UKVI is always concerned in ensuring is that whether the marriage was performed legally especially where both of partners were really free to marry whilst ascertaining that how both partners kept maintaining their relationship especially while living apart, for which subsisting relationships evidences are attached. Therefore, rest is none of the business of UKVI to probe out as what led you to marry abroad unless the fractured immigration history tell-tale otherwise. Most often an application can be applied even soon after of the marriage provided all requirements can be met.
https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse
A balance between target and random selection is what I can not find as I have seen people with complicated history both of immigration and relationships that were not invited for interview while on the other hand those who appear straightforward were selected for interview.jinijol wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:35 amAfter submitting our Spouse visa application we have been emailed to attend an interview each.
Can anyone offer any hope or advice?
It says it could last up to 60 minutes. My mind is gravitating towards the idea of doing meticulous preparation. Of all likely questions and of preparing identical answers. Is this what it is? A comparison/ tick box exercise?
Does anyone at least know if the questions are tailored per application or generic from question sets? Are they just looking for stock answers or is it about showing some humanity? Because if it is I'm sure we'll both come across as unmistakably perturbed.
Although I already feel disadvantaged of the thought of the fact that the interview has been proposed in the first place is clearly not a good thing as I suppose it suggests that the HO isn't satisfied with one thing or another.
Our application and backstory is complicated, relationship unconventional - is this possibly what has prompted the interview request? The immigration history, relationship story or perhaps both?
My wife is petrified. Let alone at the thought of having to dig up her troubled past all over again in an interview setting. And then to have to face 'the-prove-you-love-your-partner-test', after all we've been through together. And the prospect of it getting declined after even our best efforts.
Is this something that can be won through sheer determination or does anyone think our chances are very limited?
Because this is my gut feeling and from reading online about a few other declines after interviews from others.
Ultimately I guess I am trying to ask and understand whether the interview is a drawn out way of declining or an actual a test of commitment, of character and integrity. Burden of proof of genuine relationship and commitment, give it your best shot and may all align for you.
Are there any instances of immediate visa declines and therefore is this actually a sign of hope? Since they are conducting parallel interviews, will it be as simple as outlining any discrepancies in our stories and automatically assuming each one of us is a filthy liar if our stories don't perfectly match up? Some of the answers I would give to example questions I've seen are embarrassing in a way that openly revealing realities of the grittiness of life is. And then there's the fact that I can't even guarantee that my version of events will agree with hers exactly anyway - is there much discretion to that?
And so in those cases is it best to reveal certain bleaknesses of my world in all the unlikely (as in unbelievable) but true facts about this unlikely but true situation we find oursevles in? Or better to just answer all questions as dilligently and humbly as possible? Or to strike a balance between the extremities of exploding with a torrent of complaints about the injustice of the interview process verses utterly biting the tongue risking appearing complacent and detached or finding a happy medium between the two?
60 minutes to explain two life stories in the context of rigid questions.
Is it just a case of grinning through bared teeth? A mere test of mettle? Someone please set us straight and send us in some kind of healthy direction.
Thanks kindly for reading.