If you are currently outside the UK
If you are subject to immigration control and you are married to or in a civil partnership with a British citizen or person who is settled here, you can apply for permission to come to the UK in this category.
Your husband, wife or civil partner must be at least 21 years old (or 18 years old if you or they are a serving member of HM Forces), and must be:
* currently living and settled in the UK; or
* returning to the UK with you to live here permanently.
You must show that:
* you are legally married to each other or have registered a civil partnership;
* you are going to live together permanently as husband and wife, or as civil partners;
* you have met each other;
* you can support yourselves and any dependants without help from public funds;
* you have adequate accommodation where you and your dependants can live without help from public funds; and
* you are at least 21 years old (or 18 years old if you or your husband, wife or civil partner is a serving member of HM Forces).
If the settled person has more than one husband or wife, only one husband or wife will be allowed to join them here in this category.
To find out how to apply, see the Applying from outside the UK page.
If your application is successful, we will give you permission to live and work here for up to 27 months. This is called your probationary period. At the end of two years, you may apply for permission to settle permanently in the UK (known as 'indefinite leave to remain') as the settled person's husband, wife or civil partner.
We may be able to give you permission to live permanently in the UK as soon as you arrive, if:
* you and your partner married or formed a civil partnership at least four years ago;
* you have spent those four years living together outside the UK;
* you are both coming to the UK to settle here together; and
* you have sufficient knowledge of the English language and life in the UK. (You do not need to meet this last requirement if you are aged 65 or over.)
this is what i found on the uk border agency!!! im still confused