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

It makes sense but I recall ours being over this. Not by much but over nonetheless.

I don't think it would be a problem either, I doubt whether it is set in stone but never the less it could be an excuse for refusal especially if other things were not in order.

Yep don't want to give them any excuse of course.

Same here. They ( the agents ) said, 28 days with a few days grace. Our submission was close to the month end so we were watching that one.

Welcome to British Filipino, chloenzy.

I agree with Markham that your loved one can request to get get a copy of his NSO-authenticated birth certificate through http://www.e-census.com.ph from anywhere in the Philippines and abroad.
Making a cover letter is not mandatory but it would help in summarising the documents you submitted. In my case (July 2014 application), I did not make a cover letter but a hand-written table of contents.

Hi i am going to apply for a spouse visa and i want to bring my daugther from my ex partner... what are the requirements For my daugther? TThank

Is your daughter not British?

We are in the same situation with my partner's son by her ex partner. As I understand it, when you complete the on line application for the Visa you need to show your child as a "dependent" with Passport Number etc. You also need to complete a separate application for the child, online.

That is as far as the UK is concerned. There are also Philippines requirements for the child to be permitted to leave the country. I am not so sure about these.

hi Keithangel, no shes not a british shes my daugther from my past relationship and now im married to a englishman and im going to apply for spouse visa and i want to bring her with me i tried to search online what are the requirements for her but its confusing me...

A note on the initial post. The requirement to submit CT603 along with CT600 for category 'F' applicants dissapeared some time ago. The immigration rules now state they require CT600 and proof of submission to HMRC. The rules do not refer to a CT603.

The initial post was made in July 2012, which may explain the discrepancy.

It is important for anyone to remember who is viewing the British Filipino forum that some information may be out of date, it does state on each thread the date, so its always worth checking the information is current, better safe than sorry

Good evening all

I am new member to the group and I am after some advice regarding my girlfriend moving here to the UK next year.

At the moment she is contracted to work for a US company until March 2016.

We have been talking at length about the future and I would like her to come here with me and she would love that too and to work and contribute.

I have been in touch with Visas and immigrations here in UK and they having pointed me in the direction of the Family Visa option.

It all looks great until I read about how she can stay here. I just want some clarity on anyone who has experienced or been through a similar situation.

The way I read into the process is that we would have to get married with 6 months or her arrival here in the UK.

We have not long been a couple, just a matter of months but we both very much feel we have a bright and exciting future together.

Is this marriage option the only option to move forward and ultimately reach our goal and live here in the UK and create a life together?

Your valuable thoughts and advice is apprectiated

There is one other option within the "family settlement" route, which my partner and I discovered by accident.

IF (and only if) you have lived together for a period of two years continually, your partner may apply for settlement in the UK as your unmarried partner. The process is the same as if you were already married.

Probably not a lot of help, but the option is there.

Good morning.

Thank you both for your replies and input.

I did think Marriage was the only option.

Methersgate, we have been a couple for a few months so the 2 year thing is not applicable sadly.

In terms of marriage, would it be easier to get married in the Philippines?

I am going to visit there next year for 3 weeks.

Steve

Steve, there are arguments both ways.

On the one hand, marrying in the Philippines slightly simplifies the "import process" in the UK.

On the other hand, should you marry in the Philippines, you, the foreign husband, can divorce your wife but under Philippines law she cannot divorce you. Some people, of whom I am one, think this is unfair on the Filipina spouse and therefore choose to marry outside the Philippines.

The bureaucracy of marriage in the Philippines is covered in other threads here.

A compromise which appeals to some is to marry in Hong Kong; your partner's parents etc don't need visas to be present at the wedding and the Philippines restrictions don't apply.

What @Methersgate said is correct. In order for a foreign divorce to be recognized in the Philippines, I believe that it needs to have been 'secured' by the foreign national. I suppose that could be counted a disadvantage to marrying in the Philippines if a couple did see divorce in their future. However if she did file for divorce abroad and remained abroad, there would be no obstacle to her remarriage.

To @Steve Lewis , it's going to be much cheaper and frankly I think simpler for you to marry in the Philippines. If you elect to marry in the UK then not only do you have to go through the hassle and the aggravation of applying for a short term 6 month visa in order to marry. Once in the UK, I believe you need to give notice in person at a certain designated register office (https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/foreign-national). Then you marry in the UK. Then you will still need to apply for a further 'spouse' visa valid for 30 months which will involve a whole new set of fees and papers. Since weddings in the UK are more expensive and you have double the visa fees, you can see the disadvantage.
when marrying in the Phils, you do have the register the marriage and then wait a couple weeks which means either two trips or a long trip. I myself married in the Philippines. We registered start of the month and married end of the month. Its not so bad. There are plenty of threads on how to do it.

I think I am right in saying that the lady in such a case might require a CENOMAR as evidence that she could validly contract a new marriage. If she had initiated the divorce, she could not obtain one.

However, Philipines records are not always perfect. My ex wife recently applied at the London embassy to resume her Philippines citizenship. She was told that she could only have a passport in her maiden name, as her marriage to me (she uses my name) had not been registered. It MOST CERTAINLY WAS registered and her two last Filipina passports (she lost interest when she took British citizenship) were in her married name!

Possibly a man contemplating his third attempt at Holy Deadlock may be more willing to contemplate the theoretical possibility of failure. But I thoroughly dislike the idea of my wife having fewer rights than I have.

What I mean of course, is that there would be no obstacle to her remarriage abroad. As you say, she might encounter difficulties with the Philippine authorities.
Its often said isn't it that second (or third) marriages are the triumph of optimism over experience. When I went through my divorce some years ago to my thieving hag of an ex-wife, I would have bet the ranch that I would never have signed again. And yet here I am. I don't want to think about divorce or about making it easy. If there's ever any talk about divorce again they are going to have to cut a hole in the courtroom door big enough for me and the telephone pole I'm chained to.