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Fiance Visa Applications

What is a Fiance Visa?

A UK fiancé visa - also known as a prospective marriage visa or prospective civil partnership visa. This category is falls under the Appendix FM of the Immigration rules. Applicants who intend to get married in the UK to their partner can apply for this visa.

Your partner in the UK must is British Citizen, person holding Indefinite Leave to Remain, EEA National pre-settled status or a person holding limited leave under Appendix ECAA (Ankara Agreement) of the immigration rules.  The UK Fiance Visa is granted for 6 months and within these 6 months you must be able to get married and apply for a further extension for Spouse Visa.  After arrival on anfiance visa, you can extend your stay inside the UK.

If the fiancé has any children from previous relationships, the children can apply to come with the fiancé, provided the single parent has sole responsibility of their child/ren.

Requirements for the UK Fiance/Fiancée Visa 

  • You both must be above 18 years of age;

  • You both must have met each other in person prior to application and have the intention to permanently live together after marriage or civil partnership;

  • You should provide evidence of arrangements of your mrriage;

  • Both of you must be free to marry and any previous relationship must have broken down permanently;

  • The couple should provide evidence to prove that their relationship is genuine and subsisting;

  • You must provide evidence that they have adequate accommodation available to live in the UK;

  • If you are not a national of English Speaking Majority, then you must fulfil the relevant English language requirement at level A 1 by providing SELT test certificate or degree with UK Naric statements;

  • You must meet the financial requirement that means that your partner must provide evidence of earnings at £18,600 per year or £29000 if applying after 11 April 2024. There is a higher threshold in case any children (who are under 18 years of age) that is £3800 for the first child and additional £2,400 for each child thereafter; and 

  • If you are unable to get married within the 6 months period you may be able to extend the fiance visa from within the UK provided there are genuine reasons why you were unable to get married within the 6 months granted to you.

Financial Requirements & Exceptions

The financial requirement can be satisfied by the applicant or the UK sponsor (i.e. a person with ILR or a British citizen) in different ways. For example, you may be employed, self-employed, a director of a limited company, have savings, assets or liquidation of shares stocks or properties. The document requirements change according to the way you want to satisfy the financial requirement. 

If the sponsor is receiving any of the following allowances or concessions, then the applicants  are exempted from meeting the above financial requirements:

  • severe disablement allowance;
  • industrial injury disablement benefit;
  • attendance allowance;
  • carer’s allowance;
  • personal independence payment or Disability Living allowance;
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment or Guaranteed Income Payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme;
  • Constant Attendance Allowance, Mobility Supplement or War Disablement Pension under the War Pensions Scheme; or
  • Police Injury Pension

The applicant's will need to meet the maintenance and accommodation requirement in such cases which is based on the amount of income support for the family of same size in the UK after deduction of rent and council tax payments.

Required Documents

Each visa category - including fiance visas - have a specific set of required documents which depends on circumstances of the applicant and sponsor. The applicant has the burden of proof so they need to provide documents to the Home Office in order to show that they satisfy the requirements of the Immigration Rules. Some of the documents which must be submitted include:

  • Your passport and 2 recent passport photographs, which is taken at the Visa Application Centre;
  • Evidence of your and your partner’s age if you have just turned 18 years old;
  • Evidence that you have met each other, intend to marry or register your partnership, and intend to live together permanently after marriage;
  • Documents to show that you meet the necessary financial requirements, including:
    • Permissible sources of income and savings;
    • The time periods and permitted combinations of income sources applicable to each permitted source relied upon;
    • Reliable evidence for each permitted source on income;
  • Documents to prove the successful achievement of the necessary English language requirements

How Long Can You Stay in the UK?

If your fiance visa application is successful, you will be a granted a 6-month visa to allow you to come to the UK and get married. You must then apply for a marriage or spouse visa once married. After you arrive in the UK, you must wait until you have been present for 7 clear days. After this point, you can go to a registrar office in order to give notice of marriage. 


How Long Does it Take to Get a Fiance Visa to the UK?

Once making the application from outside the UK, the supporting documents must be submitted to the Entry Clearance officer for consideration. Once you are in the UK and have got married you can extend your stay from within the UK by submitting a spouse/marriage visa application. Generally, the process takes between 8 to 12 weeks from outside the UK unless you are purchasing priority service, which has an additional fee.  The Home Office UKV&I fee for the application is £1846. Once you have extended your stay on a marriage or spouse visa visa and completed 5 years, you will be eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.


UK Fiance Visa Refusal Reasons

It may be the case that your initial application for a fiance visa is refused. There are a various reasons why this can happen, including supplying incorrect documents, not disclosing relevant information or immigration issues, or assuming will request for documents which may be missing. 

You should avoid such mistakes so that the Home Office does not get a chance to refuse your visa application. In order to get expert legal advice on your UK fiance visa application, get in touch with us. We guarantee you the successful outcome on cases where you provide us with all the documents we request.


How We Work

We assess your circumstances and provide you a quote for our services. If you choose to move ahead with your fiance visa application, you pay a 50% deposit of our fee and 50% on submission. Once the process is started, we provide you with a comprehensive checklist of the documents you'll need to provide. We advise you on the evidence and submission process, in relation to the country you are applying from. We review all the evidence and suggest any amendments you may require, or we can draft letters and templates for you where necessary, as well as preapring your application forms and booking you an appointment in the country where you provide your biometrics. Finally, we prepare detailed representations for the Home Office or UKV&I.

We do not leave any scope for refusal of your application - if there is anything which is of concern, we point this out to you and help you to remedy the issues. Should there be a delay in your fiance visa processing times, we will chase the application for you. We can guarantee a positive outcome if you will be able to provide all the evidence we request from you in our checklist.

FAQs

Can I switch to the UK Fiance Visa from Visitor Visa?

The Immigration Rules generally restrict a person on visitor visa to switch into UK Fiance Visa.

Do I need to pay Immigration Health Surcharge when applying for a UK Fiance Visa?

No you do not need to pay for the Immigration Health Surcharge for UK fiance Visa 

Do I need to provide a TB test with UK Fiance Visa?

As the application can only be made form outside the UK, the immigration rules provide a list of countries where the applicant may have resided for 6 months or more will require a TB test from an IOM approved clinic.

Do I need to provide English Language Test?

Yes, you will need pass an English Language Test if you do not have a degree from the UK or certified by UK Ecctis, however, if you are between 18 and 65 years old you would need to meet the English Language requirement or if you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, you do not need to pass the English language test. 

Do I need to pay IHS fee? 

For fiance visa you do not need to pay for the IHS surcharge.

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Visa and Migration is a private OISC regulated company (F201500999) and is not an official Government body. If you would like to prepare and submit your UK immigration application yourself you can do so by visiting the UKVI website.