UK Marriage Visas
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Do you want to reunite with your partner or spouse in the UK? The UK marriage visa also known as a spouse visa allows you to do that. The marriage visa UK application process is complex and plenty of challenges come across while applying. Now don't worry, our OISC-accredited UK marriage visa experts are here to help you navigate through the complete process. We assess all our cases carefully and provide personalized assistance to maximize the success rate.
UK Marriage Visa is for people who intend to get married in the UK or want to apply for a visa based on their marriage. Marriage is an important event for people and it is equally important that people are aware of what exact visa they should apply and what eligibility requirements they must meet. Our intention is to provide all the details on the available Marriage Visas.
The term Marriage Visa generally relates to 3 types of UK Visas –
Allowing you to come to the UK in order to get marriage. This visa falls under the Visitor category – Appendix V of the Immigration Rules. Therefore you are expected to meet all the general visitor visa requirements in addition to the marriage requirements.
You are allowed to come to the UK for 6 months in order to get married and must leave the UK before the end of 6 months.
The visa currently in 2024 costs £115 for the UK Government Application Fee. There are no Immigration Health Surcharge payments associated with the Marriage Visit Visa.
This is also known as a fiancé visa and is made under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. It falls under the Partner Visa category. The visa allows you to come to the UK for 6 months and get married. Unlike the Marriage Visitor Visa above you do not need to leave the UK and are allowed to extend you visa from within the UK.
Your fiancé or fiancée in the UK must be British citizen or holding Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), or holding EUSS pre-settled status, or have humanitarian protection or refugee status or have a right to stay in the UK under the ECAA Ankara Agreement.
This is also known as a Spouse Visa. You can apply for this visa from outside and inside the UK too, provided you are allowed to switch into this visa category.
The marriage could have taken place inside or outside the UK and the applicants are expected to meet all the eligibility requirements, such as, providing evidence of proving the relationship is genuine and subsisting, meet the financial requirement, meet the accommodation requirement and the English Language requirement where relevant.
All applications for the marriage visa UK are done online through the www.gov.uk website. You must complete the application and book the appointment for biometric through with VFS or TLS if you are applying from outside the UK. If you are applying from within the UK then you will book an appointment through UKVCAS. The Marriage Visit Visa can only be made from outside the UK.
The application for any of the UK marriage visas is made online through the www.gov.uk website. You must make sure that you meet all the relevant requirements for validity, suitability and eligibility.
All the requirements are equally important to apply for a UK Marriage Visa that you submit a relevant application form, provide your biometrics at the relevant appointment centre, attend the interview if requested and fulfil all the eligibility requirements that must be satisfied.
It is generally the duty of the applicant to make sure that they meet all the relevant requirements, as the application will be refused if you do not meet the relevant requirements of the immigration rules.
What are the requirements for a Marriage visa UK?
Eligibility requirement for the D-Marriage Fiancé Visa
Your partner may be exempt from financial if they receive certain kind of benefits, such as Disability Living allowance, Personal Independence payment, carers allowance, Attendance Allowance, etcetera. However, you are still required to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirement at the levels of income support.
If you are unable to get married and want to extend the fiancé visa then you must provide good reasons beyond your control that you were unable to get married in the UK.
When extending your stay in the rules at the time of your first application will continue to apply. It is important now because on 11 April 2024 the financial requirement will increase to £29000 and this will be appliable to all new applicants after 11 April 2014.
You will need to prove that your relationship remains genuine and subsisting and provide relevant evidence to discharge the burden of proof. Additionally, you must meet all the eligibility requirements stated above in according to the route you want to apply under.
In order to switch to the spouse visa, you must be in the UK lawfully, you will be unable to switch to the Spouse Visa, if you are an overstayer or in breach of immigration rules or on a visa which is issued 6 months or less or on a visitor visa. If you apply for the visa and not allowed to switch the visa the application will be considered as invalid or lead to refusal.
The requirement of the documents generally depends on your circumstances, however, there are certain documents which you must submit with the application:
You must provide the evidence in a readable format and its your responsibility to make sure all the relevant evidence to your circumstances has been provided.
For professional advice and assistance with your application, please contact us on 02034111261 or email us – info@visaandmigration.com
Ans: From 11 April 2024 the requirement will be £29000 and this will keep increasing;
Ans: No, you do not pay for the Immigration health Surcharge for a Fiance Visa.
Ans: TB test certificate is not needed for Marriage Visit Visa. For other Marriage visas, yes, you do need TB test certificate depending on your country of residence.
Ans: You can provide either the latest tax year and if you income is lower than £29000, you can provide average income of 2 financial tax years;
Ans: You can book marriage venue or make invitation cards for your marriage.
Ans: No, you do not need English Language Test for the Marriage Visitor Visa
Ans: Yes, you both must be 18 years or above
Ans: Yes, you can use savings of £88500 to meet the financial requirement
Ans: Yes, certain categories are allowed to be combined in order to meet the financial requirement
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