Financial worries

He has now came back to me saying he did not understand what I originally meant by coming across and seeing how we get on. To now understanding what I meant and he has sent me the site to pay his surcharge telling me to get this paid as he understands now.

Good. Misunderstandings can often occur as:

1. Whilst Filipinos speak English they can unwittingly do so using a Malayo-Polynesian grammar.
2. We British are inclined to use our own slang - for instance saying "get on" where a Filipino would use the American "get along"
3. The accent and the way words are stressed are different.

Fiance visa isn't on the list here: https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/checker/type

I'm not sure you need to pay it yet. Why don't you call the Immigration Contact Centre and check if you need it for a fiance visa. 0300 123 2241 then option 4

Oh yes it is!
It is just not called a "fiance visa". It is a "settlement visa for an unmarried partner" and the fee is £600.

(or on the case of K and her son, £1,200!!)

I think that's different. I think that's the two and a half year visa for people who have been living together.

Worth checking. You're not going to be paying £1,200 on a 6 month visa.

Unmarried partner visa: http://www.visalogic.net/uk/uk-unma...BWcot3NZHcDj4P0DMXz__LImMTYGE2TL98aAs3e8P8HAQ

Fiance Visa: http://www.visalogic.net/uk/uk-fiance-visa/4/25

I will check again when I get home tonight. There is a link from the visa application.

its all as clear as mud as to whether the surcharge applies to a fiancee visa. i thought it was payable with the first FLR. after all--what if a marriage doesnt take place--and the applicant returns--is a refund of surcharge likely ?

And I thought that the term "fiancée visa" was no longer in use?

telling me to get this paid as he understands now.

is your fiancee paying for anything jumil ?

i'm a bit confused about the unmarried partner bit in the visa logic link----have a read of this;

UK Unmarried Partner visa - duration
If you and your UK citizen partner have been together for less than four years you will be issued an unmarried partner visa for a period of two years.

At the conclusion of this two year period you can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) provided that you are still living together in a relationship.

If you and your UK citizen partner have been in a relationship outside the UK for four years or more, you will be granted ILR immediately when you make your initial unmarried partner visa application. This means that you are not required to fulfill the probationary two year period before you are eligible for ILR in the UK.

I'd say I'm 99% certain that it doesn't apply to the fiance visa. If you follow the logic of what they have said, then it's 100% certain.

The payment would be due when applying for FLR. With a wife and a child applying, that would be two payments of £500. So £1000 when applying for the two and a half year visas.

Also, it wouldn't apply if you don't apply for FLR. There'd be no reason to pay it if you're not applying for a visa.

As I recall it, the surcharge is £200 a year, and applies to visas of over 6 months. A fiance visa is for 6 months. During that time you're supposed to either have health insurance or pay for NHS services yourself.

That seems odd. i'm wondering if it's old information, based on the previous rules. Otherwise it mkes it a shorter time than if you are married.

He has told me he is selling his "stuff" and can send small amount of money to help. He has confused me with his financial situation as in one breath he stated he was down to $100 and he had to buy his son uniform etc and he has said that he has not begged me for money as he knows I have to pay this surcharge.
then he could send me £250 as he had sold some of his "stuff" Also I do NOT grudge him treating his son but he is able to buy him toys as he promised he would buy him if he sold a portrait, but he is struggling with money?

My poor head hurts! I am now thoroughly confused

During that time you're supposed to either have health insurance or pay for NHS services yourself.

eh ? my other half was here twice---4 years on a student visa--then 6 months on a visit visa. i dont think she ever paid for any NHS services--except prescription charges.

This is what they have now announced as part of this mullarky.

This is what they have said:

If you apply for a visa of longer than 6 months, you will need to pay an NHS surcharge of £200 per year for each applicant.

If you apply for a visa up to 6 months, then the surcharge doesn't apply.

A fiance visa is for 6 months so, logically, there is no NHS surcharge on a fiance visa.

After you get married, you apply for 2.5 years FLR. As you are applying for a visa for her son too, that's 2 payments of £500.

That's how I see it, anyway.

this thread is flying off topic in all directions---but to get back to jumil's opening post---i want to do a bit of plain speaking here.

Jumil:

have you made it totally clear to your partner---that if he gets the visa he has applied for----he will NOT be allowed to work in the UK till he gets the first FLR ? and--more importantly--he MUST get that FLR within 6 months if he is to remain in the UK?

to get that 1st FLR he will need to be married to you----and it will cost approx £600--for the FLR--plus another £300 if you want an on the spot decision on the day at the office--PLUS the NHS surcharge--£500 ( if you dont have to pay it right now --which i dont think you do )

so--thats about £1400------on top of the flight ticket---and whatever budget you have for your big day ?

it seems clear from what you say--he has no money---so ALL the above will be down to you

Jumil--please dont think i'm having a pop at you--but i cant help feeling your floundering a bit at the moment.

Whats site is that Jumil have you got the link?