Help req'd please - various Qs

Hi all, could you advise on the following please
1-G/F in Dubai - both still married about to apply for divorce, is visitor visa best way to apply for her to come join me in UK?
2- Once divorced we will marry, does she then apply for spouse visa and can she stay during that transition?
3- She says her boss will not sign her CNO? will that effect visitor visa (if applicable) application?
4- Or is there another way she can apply to join me in UK?
5- Can you get married on a tourist visa?


Many thanks

derek

Hi Derek,

Can't get married here on a tourist visa.


Where did your gf marry in the first instance? This is a key factor.


Certificate of No Impediment? This isnt for her boss to sign.


Tourist or visit visas whilst definitely do-able, are not guaranteed and significantly more difficult to aquire than, say, a spouse or fiance visa.

A tourist visa is just for a maximum of 6 months. To get married you need a "fiance" visa (I think it has a new names now, someone else can clarify that).

You can't apply for that until divorced. A fiance visa and spouse visa have to be applied for from outside the UK.

Is she Filipino? Divorce could be a long old road going on what other people on here have experienced.

The main sticking point is your loved ones divorce, if she was married to a Filipino in the Philippines then she will need an annulment which takes a long time and is costly not to mention the stress.

Visit visas are difficult but not impossible to obtain for your gf visiting the UK (my wife was refused two from Dubai)

You can definitely not get married in the UK if she is here on a visit visa.

I strongly suggest that you search the British Filipino forum where you will find much about obtaining visas, annulments (if required) and much more.

Good luck

I advise you to contact the proper authorities first...where you can read the actual rules and regulations. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration . As others have mentioned, there is no way your partner can legally marry you until she has secured either a divorce or an annulment (through the Philippines court ).

I think CNO (certificate of no objection)from the employer is always necessary whatever the employee in UAE wants to do. However, this is just my opinion, anyone in UAE have a secured job and can submit six month bank statement, UAE residency and can provide a certificate of employment can apply for tourist visa anywhere in the world. But, never mentioned that you have somebody (BF) just as a normal holiday destination for yourself. Everybody has the right to relax if they can afford the trip. But you have to provide accommodation reservation and travel itinerary. and have a proper command in English. (That's why firstimer undergo personal interview.if the applicant have all of the above. ...then go go go

I agree with the point that you should try and keep the fact you are visiting a loved one in the UK secret and away form the UKVI, you would stand a much better chance in my opinion of securing a UK visit visa, especially if you went through a Dubai travel agency.

Book a hotel. Get the visa. Cancel the hotel.

It's not easy to convince ukvi, we Filipinas are not normally fond of going to Europe for holiday.because we prefer warm weather and cheap places with nice beaches and foooooddddd. But since you are from dubai it's different. You have a job to go back to. If the employer has no objection. Especially if the job provide the employee a vacation money and airticket. One thing sure start to get your marriage annulled first from philippines and devorce from UK when all done. You still cannot sponsor her as visit. You can only sponsor her as marriage visit.(not allowed to stay in UK after marriage) for fiancé visa you need financial requirements.

My wifes mother and father are in UAE and thinking of coming here for a few week or two, would you suggest it's better to say they are at a hotel or is it ok to say they are staying with us?

I think it's important to have enough room in your house to accommodate them .yes! They are family (in laws)

Ah we'll be okay, customary for at least 10 in a bedroom joke. We have enough space but we'd need to prove our accommodation?

Drag somebody on her hair from your local council for house inspection to prove that.

I think house inspections are chargeable by most councils these days. I'll investigate

Lol..nothing free these days but think will not break the bank.. another thing is take some pictures. But. For me they didn't ask for it. Just I answered that I will be in this address from and till... just on a the safe side... there's a question that if there anyone rather than your sponsor living in the house? Or is your sponsor sponsored anyone for the past 5 years?( Hmm masakit sa bangs) wrinkle enhancer questions.

Sure it will not break the bank..just on safe side..for me they didn't ask. Lots of tricky questions in application for careful careful

I don't think you'll have any bother at all, I think in laws have a much better chance of getting a visa, there isn't a love interest there unless you fancy your mother in law

If they apply from the UAE though it is quite expensive from what I remember, worth checking the cost before proceeding (only $133 per person just checked), I thought the wife paid much more.

Thanks for that, I'll let them know

My local Council charged me £80 recently but they made no reference to the Housing Act 1985 which is the relevant legislation to determine if living accommodation is overcrowded.

1. A visitor visa would allow her to visit for a maximum of 6 months. She would have to leave the UK within six months. Difficult to get a visit visa to visit a partner., if there is little evidence of why she would return to Dubai.

2. Where do you intend to get married, UK, Dubai or Philippines? If you intend to get married in the UK, she will need a fiancé visa, if in Dubai or Philippines she would apply for a spouse visa after you are married but the application for a spouse visa has to be made from the country she normally lives in. Once application for visa is made she will not have passport to travel until result of application is determined.

3. I assume the CNO is for her boss to say the company has no objection for her to visit you? That would really create a problem as she would probably have no reason, in the eyes of the UKVI, to go back to Dubai at the end of her visa.

4. If she has family or relatives in the UK it may be possible to get a visa to visit them (in which case no mention should be made of visiting you)

5. You can get married on a tourist visa but it is definitely NOT advised as your wife would have breached the terms on which the Visa was issued, but the marriage would still be valid.