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Nope - switching form visit visa and MV visa is expressly forbidden and might get u in bother and a ban, on the ground you know u'd have to leave but still tried to remain....drew82 wrote: Is it possible for us to apply for the Marriage Visa now (plus entry clearance), and when she comes in August we can get married and she can remain in the country?
Thanks
I think he's suggesting applying for the visa from NZ ... rather than in country ... and going for the fiancee visa rather than marriage visit.Wanderer wrote:Nope - switching form visit visa and MV visa is expressly forbidden and might get u in bother and a ban, on the ground you know u'd have to leave but still tried to remain....drew82 wrote: Is it possible for us to apply for the Marriage Visa now (plus entry clearance), and when she comes in August we can get married and she can remain in the country?
Thanks
HO are buggers
When she applies for fiance visa in NZ, your original passport wont be required. Just a photocopy of your passport, certified by a solicitor (cost abt £10).drew82 wrote:MPH80 is correct, I meant that could my girlfriend apply for fiance visa now and by the time she is here we could get married.
My only concern was the issue of sending passports off (if correc).
Sorry for any confusion caused.
Its beginning to make sense, but am still unsure of what is required (paperwork, back up etc)?
Thanks for your time and patience
I've seen cases on here when a marriage visit visa to enable someone to marry a UK resident has been refused probably because they don't believe that the non-UK resident will leave the UK after the wedding or because they believe the applicant has applied for the wrong (cheaper) visa. Just wondering why you have decided on this option when a fiancee visa would be more straightforward?drew82 wrote:After more discussions with my girlfriend (thanks to the information you have provided), she thinks the Marriage vist visa would be the best option.
We would get married here, then she would return home, and then apply for a spouse visa.
After all that I'm assuming she would have to apply for FLR(M) at £567?
Yeah there's a recent post here from a US based guy who was refused a MVV - I guess because his future wife is UK based.djb123 wrote:I've seen cases on here when a marriage visit visa to enable someone to marry a UK resident has been refused probably because they don't believe that the non-UK resident will leave the UK after the wedding or because they believe the applicant has applied for the wrong (cheaper) visa. Just wondering why you have decided on this option when a fiancee visa would be more straightforward?drew82 wrote:After more discussions with my girlfriend (thanks to the information you have provided), she thinks the Marriage vist visa would be the best option.
We would get married here, then she would return home, and then apply for a spouse visa.
After all that I'm assuming she would have to apply for FLR(M) at £567?
FLR is only required if you go for a fiancee visa, if you do apply for a spouse visa from NZ the next visa she will have to apply for is the replacement for ILR in 2 years time.
You have to be able to crawl into the recess that is the ECO's brain. If it's a MVV, the ECO will view it as that, if you say you want to spend time together too, etc, travel whatever, the ECO will insist she return and enter as a visitor, because the limited number of braincells cannot break out of one visa one purpose mentality!drew82 wrote:Ah ok thanks very much for the info, I didnt think of it like that.
I guess it would sound iffy to the officer, if she came over to get married (our reason would be to spend time together, live together blah blah) and then she went back home.
Thanks so much, your knowledge and help is invaluable
Yes - you should send off a letter from your parents confirming you can stay there and any further support they will provide. That letter should also give an idea of the size of the house so that you can show there will be no overcrowding.drew82 wrote:ah ok thanks for that.
Im sorry, I did mean to say that I have the originals at home and was thinking about scanning them over to her to speed up time, but if that could be an issue, I will send them over to her in the post.
As we would be staying at my parents place for the time being, I'm assuming I would need something in writing from them to say its ok for her to live there etc until we have our own place?
Would they need to send some other paper work off (Im thinking utility bill) as well? (the mortgage was paid off 15 years ago)
thanks