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UK Fiancé Visa:
For those outside the UK, engaged, seeking to join a settled legal partner for marriage within six months of arrival, while meeting financial requirements.
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Engaged partners of British citizens, persons with indefinite leave to remain in the UK or limited leave to remain in the UK who intend to marry within 6 months of their arrival within the UK, are eligible to apply for the UK Fiancé visa category. UK Fiancé visa applications must be submitted from outside the UK.
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To obtain a UK fiance visa, you will have to prove to UK Visas and Immigration that you fulfil the requirements listed below:
UK Visas & Immigration requires the following requirements in order to grant you a Fiancé Visa:
Depending on your circumstances, you may need to satisfy different requirements so it is strongly advisable to confirm your eligibility in advance of making an application. Call Now: 0203 393 9269
You will need to meet a financial requirement in order to demonstrate that you can properly maintain yourself in the UK without using public funds.
If you’re applying for a Fiancé Visa, the settled person will be required to demonstrate that they have a gross annual income of at least:
The following are ways to meet the financial requirement for the UK Fiancé Visa:
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Initial validity of a UK Fiancé visa is six months if your application is successful.
Once you have been married, you will be able to apply to switch to the Spouse category without leaving the UK.
You will be granted further leave to remain in the UK as a Spouse for a period of 30 months if your application is successful. Before your Spouse leave expires, you will need to extend it for a further 30 months.
When you have lived in the UK for five years as the Spouse of a British citizen or settled person, you will be eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain.
What if 6 months is not enough?
Although the Fiancé visa expires after 6 months, so you can apply for another 6 months so the marriage can take place if you can satisfy the UKVI that there is a good reason why the marriage has not taken place yet and prove that it will conclude within the next 6 months.
In the real world, we understand that things don’t always go to plan.
It’s important to understand that whilst the Fiancé Visa is an immigration pathway to settlement, this is subject to ongoing compliance with the immigration rules.
There are many considerations such as:
You may apply for indefinite leave to remain if you are married to a British citizen or a settled person for five years and have met the immigration rules along this journey.
UK Immigration Solicitors are experts in this area and our team can ensure that you remain compliant with the rules throughout your immigration journey. For details call 0203 393 9269
UK Visa & Immigration aims to process 95% of applications for UK Partner visas within 12 weeks after they are submitted.
In the event that you are in need of a faster visa processing timeline, most visa centres outside the UK offer settlement priority service. At every stage of the decision-making process, your UK Fiancé Visa application will be placed in the front of the queue. It normally takes 30 working days to process a UK Fiancé Visa via the Settlement Priority Visa Service. If the visa application is well-prepared, the process can be sped up.
From within the UK, you will be able to choose between two processing timelines when applying to switch into or extend your Fiancé Visa status. Your in-country application will be decided within 8 weeks if you apply via the Standard Service. In most cases, you will receive a decision on the next working day after providing your biometric information if you apply through the Super Priority Service. Call now at 0203 393 9269
You may need to prove your knowledge of the English language when you apply.
When you do not need to prove it
You do not need to prove your knowledge of English or take a test if one of the following is true:
You also will not need to prove your knowledge of English if you’re a national of one of the following countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, USA
How to prove your knowledge of English
You can prove it with an academic qualification, or by taking a test.
Academic qualifications
You can prove your knowledge of English if you have a degree or academic qualification that was taught or researched in English.
If your qualification is from a UK university or college, you only need your degree certificate.
If your qualification is from a university or college outside the UK
You’ll need to provide a certificate from Ecctis (formerly UK NARIC) to show that your qualification is equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree or higher and that it was taught in English.
There are 2 kinds of certificate:
You need a statement of comparability if you got your qualification from a university or college in one of these countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, USA
If you got your qualification from a university or college in any other country, you need a visa and nationality statement.
Take an approved English language test
You can prove your knowledge of English by passing an approved English language test.
You must pass at least level A1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale for your first visa application. You can choose to take a higher level test.
If you pass level B1 or higher, you can use your test result again when you apply for settlement after 5 years. Your test still needs to be on the approved list of qualifications and your test certificate must not have been withdrawn by the test provider. For further information call 0203 393 9269
A Fiancé Visa holder is not permitted to work or study in the UK.
The Fiancé Visa is specifically designed for individuals who plan to marry or enter into a civil partnership with a UK resident within six months of their arrival. During their stay under this visa category, they are restricted from engaging in employment. Dial 0203 393 9269 for further information.
You need entry clearance before coming to the UK if you want to enter the country because of your relationship with a British national. You can apply for a Fiancé Visa from overseas only. This means the applicant cannot be within the UK at the time of making the application. Call 0203 393 9269
Any child intending to join the main applicant as part of their visa application is called a dependent.
Children under the age of 18 may enter the UK as your dependents.
They should be applied for at the same time as your Fiancé Visa application. Depending on how many dependent children are being sponsored, your sponsoring Fiancé Visa will need to prove income of a specific amount. For details call 0203 393 9269
A Fiancé visa can be extended for a maximum of 6 months if there is good demonstrable reason why the proposed marriage has not taken place within 6 months of arrival. Once you are married, you would need to apply for a Spouse Visa. This can be done from outside of the country and it is also possible to switch your Fiancé visa to a Spouse Visa whilst in the UK subject to meeting certain UKVI criteria
Our expert team can provide you with further guidance about switching visa after marriage.
Our expert team are ready to guide you through all of the requirements to extend your Fiancé Visa and will be able to ensure that you qualify before you apply.
To extend your Fiancé visa call now at 0203 393 9269
When you have lived in the UK as the Fiancé Visa of a British citizen or settled person for five years (60 months), you may be eligible to apply for permanent residency.
In addition to the requirements listed above, you will need to demonstrate that:
If your application for entry clearance, leave to remain or settlement as an Fiancé Visa has been refused, UK Immigration Solicitor can help you determine whether to submit a fresh application or challenge the decision by appealing to the Immigration Tribunal..
UK Immigration Solicitors offer professional legal advice and representation in all aspects of pursuing UK immigration appeals in addition to preparing high quality visa applications.
We provide immigration appeal representation at hearings before the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and higher courts, assist with the preparation of appeal bundles, represent you at immigration appeal hearings before the Upper Tribunal, and advise you on the merits of appealing against Home Office decisions. We draft grounds of appeal and applications to appeal and draft appeal bundles. Call 0203 393 9269 for further information.
Please note, the above fees are administrative only and do not cover our professional fees for legal representation.
We provide a full representation service for one transparent, affordable fee to handle your entire case.
As with most things in life, think accountant, doctor, electrician, it is possible to do it yourself if your suitably qualified and competent. You can complete your own visa application if you feel you have the required understanding of the Home Office rules, requirements and specified evidence thresholds. However, it is not ordinarily recommended if you are not totally comfortable with understanding and satisfying UKVI immigration rules.
If you make an application that is refused, you will lose all fees paid and they cannot be reclaimed irrespective of the outcome of your application, so it is extremely important to ensure that things are done correctly the first time round.
It is therefore highly recommended that you seek expert legal assistance.
The UK Immigration Solicitors team can provide you with expert guidance and support and will handle your entire application for one transparent fixed fee.
It is important to be aware, however, that making these applications involves numerous other costs. It’s not cheap so you must be successful with your first application. We recommend that you seek expert legal help with your Spouse Visa application as the rules are complicated and the costs of refusal are significant.
If you apply outside the UK in 2024, the fee (cost) will be £1,538. If you apply inside the UK, the fee will be £1,048.
The immigration health surcharge from outside the UK will be £1,872. If you apply inside the UK, the immigration health surcharge will be £1,560.
The priority (premium) visa service (optional, if you want fast processing) from outside the UK will be £573. If you apply inside the UK, the priority visa service fee will be £500 – £800.
Please note, that the above fees are administrative only and do not cover our professional fees for legal representation.
We provide a full representation service for one transparent, affordable fee to handle your entire case. Call now at 0203 393 9269
In addition to offering immigration services, our immigration lawyers assist individuals from around the world to obtain Fiancé Visas for the UK.
In order to obtain an Fiancé Visa, our immigration lawyers can be of assistance to you in assessing the merits of the application, overcoming challenges, assisting in preparing the application or representing you in challenging a decision to refuse an application.
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If you want to cancel your sponsor license, ask your sponsor to do it for you by sending a letter or email. Moreover, they need to cancel the license within 5 working days.
For businesses and employers holding a sponsorship licence, the UK Home Office offers an online platform called the Sponsorship Management System (SMS). It is employed to manage many facets of the sponsorship procedure for foreign workers arriving in the United Kingdom.
Employers who want to sponsor international workers can create and administer COS for those workers using the SMS. Moreover, this involves creating fresh COS, allocating them to employees, and keeping track of each COS that is issued.
We offer a variety of corporate immigration options for a UK company that wants to hire foreign labour. To assist you in obtaining your Sponsorship Certificate for UK visa, we will:
Please call 0203 384 4389 or send an online inquiry to talk with an immigration solicitor for more information about Employer Sponsorship Certificate Process.
