How to apply for a Partner/Spouse Visa Under New Rules

I think that is absolutely the right thing to do.
Good luck on your application

Thanks!

Hello please need your.advice....

Been married 3 years and visited uk a number of times on a visit visa.

The next year or two we will be returning to the uk and will be applying spouse visa. Once I arrived in uk do I have to stay in the country? or Am I allowed to travel to visits friends abroad.

Thanks.

Kind Regards.
Via

you cannot apply for a spouse visa from within the UK--so you will have to apply from where you usually live. once you have your spouse settlement visa--you can come and go as you please.

do bear in mind--your partner will be your sponsor--and has to meet certain financial requirements--and have somewhere suitable for you to live.

I'm in UK but doing the paperwork on behalf of my wife as if applying from Philippines

Ahhhh, sorry, I just replied to the wrong post.

Same here mate...that's what I'm currently doing

How far have you got?

I just posted this under another heading, maybe you can answer it Daveyw
Only just started trying to get Spouse visa and already I'm lost....Following the UK Gov site for applying from outside UK I get directed to https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/User/Home
But looking through other advice websites I'm directed to https://assets.publishing.service.g...s/attachment_data/file/752362/VAF4A-11-18.pdf
Can anyone shed any light?

If you are applying for fiance...then it's the first link you will go through mate

No, Spouse visa.

Ohhh right sorry...not on that...but still still 99 percent sure it's the first one still...as I've not seen the other before and he first one allows you to fill it online and pay your charges etc once complete

I completed a personal timeline on here
Personal Timeline - Spouse & Step-Daughter Application which may give you some guidance

All well?

All good mate, like they have been here forever. Worth every single penny!

Thanks for the reply. As I arrived in Uk. Is there a limit on days that I can spend out of the UK?

Kind Regards,
Viaxxx

i am confused here--are you the applicant or the sponsor ?

Hi Bigmac,
I'm the applicant.
Thanks
Viaxxx

You are allowed to be outside of the UK for up to 180 days in any given year for the ILR application, but you cannot be outside of the UK for more than 90days in any 12-month period in the fiveyears preceding your naturalisation application.20 Jul 2017

as said before--you cannot apply for a settlement visa within the UK