Spouse/ Fiance Visa application

[Blessings2014]

Dear Forum,

I hope you are all keeping well. I will highly appreciate any advice or pointers given to guide me further on spouse visa application.
I am a British citizen. I want to invite my fiancé here in the UK. We are planning to get married by the end of next year. I want to know the best visa application to make and please advise what I need to submit. My view is for him to be here in April 2015 in order for us to plan our wedding together.

[Wanderer]

Dear Forum,

I hope you are all keeping well. I will highly appreciate any advice or pointers given to guide me further on spouse visa application.
I am a British citizen. I want to invite my fiancé here in the UK. We are planning to get married by the end of next year. I want to know the best visa application to make and please advise what I need to submit. My view is for him to be here in April 2015 in order for us to plan our wedding together.

Fiance visa, must you must marry within 6 months and and you must pass the earning test (earn at least £18,600 pa).

[Casa]

Have you met in person?

[Blessings2014]

Hello Thank you for the reply. I can confirm that I am earning more than £28 000 p.a and we have met. Which is the best application.

[Lucapooka]

It's not a case of which is best; it's which is appropriate. If you are already married, the spouse; if you are not already married, the fiancee. Simply as that! You have said you want to marry in the UK, so, obviously, the fiancee visa is appropriate in your circumstances.

[SoHopeful]

If you don't plan to marry until the end of next year then you can't apply for a fiance visa until a maximum of 6 months prior to then.
Your only other option would be a visitor's visa.

[Casa]

Bear in mind you can't switch from a visitor visa to spouse settlement from within the UK. Also unless your fiancee can submit strong evidence of reasons to return to her home country without overstaying her visitor visa, an application is unlikely to succeed. Especially with you, her fiance resident in the UK.