Fiancee visa -spouse visa- need guidance

[naazz]

HI All,

i am engaged but my fiancee is in US currently, i want to know how can i bring her to UK get married here and changing her status without she leaving the UK. Which visa i need to apply which will allow me to do that. Marriage visitor visa only allows you to get married in UK but not settle. Or is there anyway i can get her a settlement visa without going through all this hassle. I want to avoid going abroad getting married and then brining her here it will consume too much time and resources.

Please advice

[Wanderer]

Fiancee visa.

You need to earning £18,600 or over for the last six months or have £62,000 in savings or combination of both.

Visa will cost about £1500 including health charge, I forget the exact amount.

[Casa]

She can apply for a fiance visa. https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview

This enables her to marry in the UK within 6 months and after the wedding (before the visa expires) apply for her Spouse Settlement visa on form FLR(M).
After the 6th April the fiance visa fee will be £1,195.
The FLR(M) visa will grant your wife 2.5 year limited leave. The fee from 6/4/16 will be £811 for a postal application or £1311 if the application is submitted in person. Bear in mind that she will be unable to work in the UK until her FLR(M) visa has been granted. In-person applications are generally processed on the same day, postal applications can take up to 3 months.
At the time of applying to FLR(M) she will also have to pay the NHS surcharge of £500 (post 6/4/16 fee) online before submitting her application.

Are you earning at least £18,600 per annum?

[naazz]

Thanks for you reply, yes i am earning the required amount. Is there a way to skip all this hassle and get her on a spouse visa directly like unmarried partner. what do i have to prove for unmarried partners.

[CR001]

what do i have to prove for unmarried partners.

To do this route, you have to prove with documentary evidence that you have lived together 'in a relationship akin to marriage' for at least 2 years. Visits do not count.

[naazz]

so in short either take fiancee visa route or get married first. apart from that there is no other way to get here on a spouse visa directly right?

[CR001]

Correct.

[naazz]

Correct.

Thank you so much!!

[Casa]

so in short either take fiancee visa route or get married first. apart from that there is no other way to get here on a spouse visa directly right?

Getting married in the US would save you the cost of one visa application as you would apply directly for a spouse settlement visa and wouldn't have to apply for the first FLR(M) extension. However, you may want to weigh that up against your flight costs.
Marriage in the US = £1,195 spouse settlement visa + £600 NHS surcharge.
Your wife would have 30 days to enter the UK after the visa is issued and she would have to collect her BRP within 10 days of arrival at a designated Post Office.

[naazz]

She can apply for a fiance visa. https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview

This enables her to marry in the UK within 6 months and after the wedding (before the visa expires) apply for her Spouse Settlement visa on form FLR(M).
After the 6th April the fiance visa fee will be £1,195.
The FLR(M) visa will grant your wife 2.5 year limited leave. The fee from 6/4/16 will be £811 for a postal application or £1311 if the application is submitted in person. Bear in mind that she will be unable to work in the UK until her FLR(M) visa has been granted. In-person applications are generally processed on the same day, postal applications can take up to 3 months.
At the time of applying to FLR(M) she will also have to pay the NHS surcharge of £500 (post 6/4/16 fee) online before submitting her application.

Are you earning at least £18,600 per annum?

Which form do i need to use for marriage visa that will lead to settlement visa?? as there are many categories and i am confused with that.

[CR001]

VAF4A

Settlement
>settlement
>>Fiance

[naazz]

VAF4A

Settlement
>settlement
>>Fiance

thank you so much, you are a star