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Tourist visa for my girlfriend to accompany me to the UK

Post by Dawie » Mon May 17, 2010 2:30 pm

Hi guys

I'm a dual British/South African citizen currently living in Cape Town, South Africa. I live with my girlfriend of 18 months who is a South African citizen and I guess you could call us unmarried partners.

We are planning on visiting the UK in September of this year and I wanted to get some advice you from you guys on the likelihood of her tourist visa being approved.

She doesn't earn much money (probably about 600GBP per month) and is employed as an au pair. I will be paying for and sponsoring her entire trip. What I want to know is will the fact that she will be travelling with me, and that I am paying for the entire trip, make it easier to obtain a tourist visa?

What documents should I prepare for her visa application? She will of course be supplying a letter of employment, and her own bank statements (although she has little money of her own). I intend to give copies of my own bank statements (with substantial savings) and letter of employment from my own employers. Will this help?

Any other tips to make sure that she successfully obtains a tourist visa with me as her "sponsor"?

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Post by Casa » Mon May 17, 2010 2:36 pm

Evidence that she has a reason to return to South Africa and won't overstay her visa in the UK.
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Post by Dawie » Mon May 17, 2010 2:41 pm

Casa wrote:Evidence that she has a reason to return to South Africa and won't overstay her visa in the UK.
Like what?
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Post by geriatrix » Mon May 17, 2010 3:31 pm

Employment, investment, estate, savings, family etc. etc.


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Post by Dawie » Mon May 17, 2010 3:46 pm

sushdmehta wrote:Employment, investment, estate, savings, family etc. etc.


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Well, the only thing she can show is that she is employed. If she had savings, investments, etc then she wouldn't need me to sponsor her trip in the first place.
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Post by geriatrix » Mon May 17, 2010 4:13 pm

You asked for examples and I stated them. Use the ones that apply to your case.

This is one of the (common) criteria where, in absence of adequate evidence, applications for visit visas get refused.




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Post by Dawie » Mon May 17, 2010 4:47 pm

sushdmehta wrote:You asked for examples and I stated them. Use the ones that apply to your case.

This is one of the (common) criteria where, in absence of adequate evidence, applications for visit visas get refused.

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I guess what I'm trying to get at is what influence will the following factors have in the granting of the visa:

1) We are an unmarried couple living together
2) I will be sponsoring her entire trip and we will be travelling together
3) I am a British citizen
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Post by MPH80 » Mon May 17, 2010 7:09 pm

If anything - those might count against you. It might look like she wants a tourist visa to settle on.

Prove you're going to come back and it'll be ok.
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Post by vignette » Mon May 17, 2010 10:44 pm

It might help if you can show that you have a reason to leave the UK too - for example a job in South Africa?
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