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ECB13.1 Visa endorsements and conditions[/url] > [url=http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/resources/en/docs/ecgdocs/LTEendorsementsandcodes]Leave to enter endorsement and list of conditions required with each code wrote:Type of visa | Cat | Endorsement | Code | + POL | Duration | Add endorsement field | ECG Chapter
Settlement - partner 4 years KOL taken | D | SETTLEMENT TO JOIN/ACC PARTNER | - | N | ILE | add initial and surname of partner | 13
Settlement - partner 4 years but need KOL | D | SETTLEMENT TO JOIN/ACC PARTNER (KOL REQ) | 1 | N | 27 months | add initial and surname of partner | 13
The endorsements are not the same. Vinny has indicated above what the endorsement would be on an unmarried partner visa. If you look on P.2 of the link he's kindly provided, you can see that the endorsement for a married person is "SETTLEMENT SPOUSE/CP" with the suffix "KOL required" if appropriate.misswilliams wrote:Visa endorsements and conditions are exactly the same for unmarried partners as they are for married couples.
vinny wrote:Mr. Rusty is correct. There are different endorsements:
Term - relationship - status
Spouse - husband/wife - married
Civil partner - same gender - in a civil partnership
Unmarried partner - male/female - not married
Same gender partner - same gender - not in a civil partnership
Fiance(e) - male/female - about to marry
Proposed civil partner - same gender - about to form a civil partnership
Among other things,
endorsement for Spouse/Civil partner contains wording "Spouse/CP", valid for 27 months (with the suffix "KOL req" if appropriate) or ILE;
endorsement for Unmarried partner/Same gender partner contains wording "Partner", valid for 27 months (with the suffix "KOL req" if appropriate) or ILE;
endorsement for Fiance(e)/Proposed civil partner contains wording "Marriage/CP", valid for six months.
Wording "Spouse/CP" is different from
wording "Partner" is different from
wording "Marriage/CP".
See my earlier post.misswilliams wrote: Incidentally, the wording on a LLR residence visa of an unmarried partner should not state 'Partner'. That particular visa does not usually give status. Is this something you have seen recently, Vinny?
That's the problem!misswilliams wrote:Yes of course there are different endorsements depending on whether you're married or not;
Mr Rusty wrote:If the Embassy have made a mistake, the obvious thing to do is to go back to them and ask them to correct it. Applying to UKBA after arrival in the UK would probably take much longer to sort out.
It appears that the Embassy have given your fiance a better visa than he asked for, as he would not have to pay for ILR as a spouse/unmarried partner in the UK, and therefore save several hundred pounds. It also appears that he would qualify for settlement as an unmarried partner if he'd applied for it, and it's tempting to suggest that he should just go ahead and enter with that visa.
vinny wrote:That's the problem!misswilliams wrote:Yes of course there are different endorsements depending on whether you're married or not;
Hence, the solution: change the endorsement from "Spouse/CP" to Unmarried partner endorsement.
As Mr Rusty commented, it's even better than a fiance visa.
Not if the "KOL REQ" endorsement is present, and it is certainly due. That is, armed with that endorsement, as soon as the Life in the UK Citizenship test has been passed the ILR could be applied for, without the need to wait until nearly two years in the UK.misswilliams wrote:Even if the applicant was given a spouse/CP visa by mistake, he would still have to apply for ILR 2 years after ariving in the UK.
It's unfortunate that some UKBA caseworker didn't seem to know this either!John wrote:Not if the "KOL REQ" endorsement is present, and it is certainly due. That is, armed with that endorsement, as soon as the Life in the UK Citizenship test has been passed the ILR could be applied for, without the need to wait until nearly two years in the UK.misswilliams wrote:Even if the applicant was given a spouse/CP visa by mistake, he would still have to apply for ILR 2 years after ariving in the UK.
misswilliams wrote:Visa endorsements and conditions are exactly the same for unmarried partners as they are for married couples. The only difference is in applying: an unmarried couple can only apply for ILE settlement if they can prove they have been cohabitating for 4 years' outside the UK, whereas a couple who have met and married all within just a matter of weeks can apply for ILE settlement straight away. The fact the unmarried couple have satisfied the ECO that their relationship is genuine by the fact they've lived together for 4 years is the reason why they can also apply for ILR at the same time.
Of course, KOL applies to all applications now, but that's straightforward and for most people should not present a problem providing they revise.