Hello all, my Filipino girlfriend was recently refused a tourist visa to the UK. The letter says she doesn't have the funds to visit. We supplied them with passport, bank statements that shows she gets money constantly from her sister, my income, and my mums income. We also sent letter of invitation stating that I will support her and so on. She had never traveled before but we recently went Singapore, so she has 1 travel on her passport now. We are getting married here in Philippines very soon and I return to the UK on 18th March. I was really excited to take her with me but I guess that is gone. Is there anything we can do to get approval? Will being married make a difference? Dumping loads of money in her bank? Anything? I really really really need her to get a visa because I'm due to go uk prison (silly mistake) in May and I want the support from her through it. I don't mind bending rules to get one, so any advice would be fine. Edit: We also provided her kids birth certificates because that to me, is a strong tie to her own country. She was only visiting a few weeks.
Can't email inside. I had my heart set on her coming back with me before it all. Just shocking how difficult it is even with providing everything they ask for.
It's worth reapplying as many who are refused initially are subsequently successful But you do need to cover all the points on the refusal letter. You must be able to demonstrate: That she has compelling reasons to return after her visit, It helps if she is in full-time employment or school but she needs to provide a letter from her boss to confirm her status and that she has been granted a leave of absence for the duration of her trip. She should be a property owner That she has sufficient funds to cover her travel expenses Do not even contemplate using fake or forged documents; there are no shortcuts.
Dumping loads of money into her account is a no NO, looks like a sugar daddy payment! One of the things they may ask her about is her itinerary and to be blunt visiting yourself whilst you are doing porridge will not be well received. Marrying her you will have to meet certain criteria and at best will take 6 to 12 weeks for any application to be processed (that's an average)
According to your profile you are 18 is that actually correct? (just asking lots of people have deliberately inaccurate profiles) You should really think carefully about marrying at this point in time, you are very young, it sounds like she is older than you and has dependants this is a lot of responsibility to take on at your age and you have a prison sentence, I know it is prying but how much time will you have to serve? Spouse visa's are complex and require a lot of time and money and being married will not increase your chance of just getting a visit visa, will you have a job when you get out, if not do you have savings. (as in lots of savings) If I were you I think I would be concentrating on the immediate most important issue in my life which for you is your upcoming jail term and resolving that before tackling anything else.
The guy is physically in the Philippines at this moment in time Malcolm. Apart from that he appears to be from the North West.
She cares for her nanna, so doesn't have a job. And lives with her mum and that so doesn't own her own property. But they have money. There is well enough funds to support the trip. I hate how it has to be difficult.
It may be a silly question but why does she need a tourist visa if she will be your wife by the time she wants to go to the UK? Is she not planning to stay with you in the UK? I married in the Philippines, wife got a new passport with her married name and then applied for an immigrant visa for the UK. It was relatively easy - but admittedly that was 30+ years ago.
