the policy says:
The Secretary of State has laid down guidelines for dealing with marriage applications from overstayers (a document commonly referred to as DP3/96). These guidelines state that it will normally be appropriate to consider granting leave to remain, exceptionally, on the basis of a marriage if the Secretary of State is satisfied that:
i. the marriage is genuine and subsisting; and
ii. that it pre-dates the service of an enforcement notice by at least two years; and
iii. that it is unreasonable to expect the settled spouse to accompany his/her spouse on removal
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http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cg ... method=all