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by Casa » Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:51 pm
The Home Office are due to withdraw the Certificate of Approval, although no date has been confirmed. Your solicitor should have advised you that if you apply for a COA for permission to marry this may well alert the Home Office to your fiance's illegal residence and he could be removed before the marriage takes place.
Even if you are able to marry (with or without a COA), he will still need to return to his home country to apply for a spouse visa to settle legally in the UK.
What is his nationality and are you both over 21?