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What Visa do I Need To Get Married in the UK?
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

We are often asked ‘what visa do I need to get married in the UK?’.  If you wish to travel to the UK to get married then there are two main immigration routes available:  a marriage visit visa or a fiance...

 visa.  The Marriage Visitor visa is designed for individuals over the age of 18 who wish to visit the UK to marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of a marriage or civil partnership, in...

Making a UK Spouse Visa Application: 10 FAQs
By Gillian McCall - Immigration Barrister

The Spouse visa category is for individuals who are married to British Citizens and people who hold Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. It can also be used by partners of those with leave as a refugee or humanitarian...

 protection, those with leave under Appendix EU or with leave as a Turkish Worker or Turkish Businessperson. Deciding to make a Spouse visa application to enter to remain in the UK can be a daunting...

Fiancé(e) visa - what do I need to know?
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

If you want to join your partner in the UK and you intend to get married within six months of entering the UK, you may want to consider applying for a fiancé(e) visa. Your partner must be a British citizen in...

 the UK, present and settled in the UK, or in the UK with refugee leave or with humanitarian protection. It is important to note that this category is different to the marriage visitor visa. The marriage...

Fiancé(e) visa: Failure to marry within 6 months
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

The Fiancé(e) visa allows British citizens and those with indefinite leave to remain to bring their fiancé(e) to the UK in order to get married.  If an applicant is granted leave to enter as a fiancé(e), the...

 applicant will be given a grant of leave for 6 months. During this period of leave, the applicant and sponsor must get married, before applying for leave to remain as a spouse. But what happens if you fail...

Adequate Maintenance Requirement - Appendix FM
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

In July 2012, the Immigration Rules were changed to implement new requirements for non-EEA nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK under the family migration route. Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules was...

 subsequently introduced, incorporating an adequate maintenance requirement. What is the adequate maintenance requirement? Appendix FM brought with it a new financial requirement based on a minimum income...

English Language Requirement for Spouse Visas
By Richmond Chambers -

The English language requirement for partner and parent visas was introduced on 29 November 2010 by then Home Secretary Theresa May, who stated at the time that ‘the new English requirement for spouses will help...

 promote integration, remove cultural barriers and protect public services’. This requirement is equally relevant for partner and parent visa applications. What is the English language requirement? The...

Who is a ‘partner’ in Appendix FM?
By Zarina Rahman - Immigration Barrister

Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules allows British Citizens and settled persons to bring their ‘partner’ to join them in the UK.  A ‘partner’ is defined as the applicant’s spouse, civil partner, fiancé(e),...

 proposed civil partner or a person that has been living together with the applicant for at least two years prior to the date of application.  Spouse A marriage in the UK must be evidenced by a valid...

5 FAQS about paragraph 320(11)
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

In applications for entry clearance where the applicant has a negative immigration history in the UK, the application may be refused under the general grounds for refusal, which are found in part 9 of the Immigration...

 Rules. Where an applicant has ‘previously contrived in a significant way to frustrate the intentions of the Immigration Rules’, the application could be refused under paragraph 320(11). In this post...

Spouse Visa Financial Requirement: Company Director
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

When applying for entry clearance or leave to remain as a spouse, an applicant has to show how they meet the spouse visa financial requirement of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.  There are many ways in which...

 the financial requirement can be met, one of which is through earnings from being a director or an employee of a specified limited company. Spouse visa financial requirement In order to satisfy the spouse...

A Guide to the UK Fiancé(e) Visa
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

The fiancé(e) visa allows British citizens and those with indefinite leave to remain to bring their fiancé(e) to the UK in order to get married. Fiancé(e) visa applications are considered under paragraph EC-P...

 of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. Requirements for a fiancé(e) visa In order to make an application for entry clearance as a partner (including fiancé(e)s), the applicant: Must be outside the UK...

How to get married in the UK
By Richmond Chambers -

In order to get married in the UK or enter into a civil partnership in the UK, the majority of individuals must give at least 28 full days notice at a local register office. ‘Giving notice’ at a Register Office...

 essentially means that a couple gives notice of their intention to marry to each other. To do so, you must have lived in the registration district for at least 7 days prior to giving notice. A list of...

Minimum income requirement under Appendix FM: is there room for flexibility?
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

As has been discussed in one of our previous blog posts, the minimum income requirements for those applying for entry clearance to the UK as a the spouse of a British citizen or settled person can be...

 difficult to meet. The minimum income requirement According to Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules applicants for entry clearance  must provide evidence of an annual income of at least £18,600, plus an additional...
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