How to Apply for Fiance Visa in the UK
How to Apply for Fiancé Visa in the UK
This type of visa in the UK allows an individual to come on a fiancé visa in the UK to marry and live with his or her future spouse/partner that is a British Citizen, permanent resident or person settled in the UK. UK Visas and Immigration has this criteria and eligibility to meet for both of the applicant and someone settled in the UK.
Free to marry– A part of the age requirement of 18 years old and above, an applicant and sponsor should demonstrate that they are free to marry both in their country of residence, or if any of them has been divorced, the evidence of the documents would also be provided.
Met in Person – You should have met each other, as one of the core requirements for this type of application, relationship on the basis of internet acquaintance, online dating, or arrange marriage without knowing each other in person, or have not met in person – for the purpose of applying for this type of visa does not guarantee that you can obtain a fiancé visa to enter and apply another visa to remain in the UK.
- Sponsor Responsibility – The UK Immigration sets an income requirement for the sponsor to demonstrate that he or she can support his fiancé while in the UK, since once the fiancé visa is granted to the applicant, the holder is not allowed to work while in the UK whe the marriage supersedes within the six month period of time, except if there is a circumstances of compelling reasons to delay the propose marriage. Moreover, the sponsor should provide an adequate proof of accommodation for his fiancé and able to meet the income threshold requirement as below.
- Sponsor’s financial eligibility: sponsor meets the financial requirement of £18,600 per year if you’re applying only for yourself, £22,400 per year for you and one child, £2,400 per year for each additional child.
The relationship is genuine and subsisting –In spite of the income requirement, much of the evidence of the documents as to ascend the likelihood of obtaining this visa is to provide by the sponsor and fiancé e.g., how they met, how the relationship started, how they support oneself, how they plan to marry, and eventually live together in the UK as a spouse or couple permanently and how they maintain their relationship. These are procedural assessment when the visa officer assesses if the relationship is bonafide.
Fiancé Applicant – If you are not included in the list of the countries exempt from the English requirement of at least a minimum A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) or IELTS equivalent of 4.0 above, you are to require by providing your English skills for this type of Fiancé visa application in the UK. In addition to when you get married in the UK you may eligible to apply to remain in the UK as a spouse on its own merits under 2 routes’ to live and work in the UK.
This type of Fiancé visa application is available online. Contact Visa Online Assistance at www.visaonlineassistance.com or send us an email at info@visaonlineassistance.com for more information.