How To Apply For A UK Fiance(e) Visa

Please try and keep to one thread, I'm getting confused again

yes--it usually happens like that--for a man to feel tired if you havent seen each other for a while.

Yes. Sorry.. hehehhee.. its already 3am here in phil. So a bit sleepy too... will ask more of i got confused in my application. Thanks a lot timmer..

Are you feeling giddy, Timmers?

To some tune I am hard to get your point across sometimes, as you know , especially when you're doing two threads at once on the same subject with the same person

We are very patient chaps here at BF are we not.

I remember looking at Peters post on applying for a spouse visa for the first time and thinking how daunting the whole process is.

Yes timmer. See you in 2 forums. Visa approved and how to apply a fiancee visa... i see you replying in visa approved so i also reply you there. And then i see you reply in "how to apply a fiancee visa" forum, so i also reply you there. But it looks like the same topic its just two forum.. hahahaha. Sorry of making you more confused.. im now upto applying my fiancee visa. Its too much to apply a visitor visa and then fiancee visa and then spouse. Better to stick in one application which is applying for a fiancee visa. Im just hoping in my first application it will be approved easily. Im just hoping your help guys here about my application.. Thank you so much..

Anne, it sounds like you approached the visa process in a really good and methodical way, that is exactly what is required and it will serve you well. people have to pay attention to detail, the visa process is very expensive and sometimes confusing as you know and the last thing you want is for your visa application to be denied.

We had two visit visas refused in the past, a Fiancée visa refusal would have devastated us.

Anne, if more people think like you then there will be more successful visa applications on there way, that's for sure

We will help you as much as we can, you can count on that young lady

Thank you Anne, i will read and understand more of that. And if i have a little bit confused and cant understand i will asked here...

Thank you all guys...

Thanks, Timmers. We opted to process the visa by ourselves than to pay for an agency. As being said that it costs a lot of money. Maybe one of the reasons it took us quite a while before submitting the documents.

As of the moment, I choose to think positive than to torture myself with the 'what if' game. Wish us luck!

We'll be more than happy to help you out, dear. As JohnAsh told me when I just registered here: "stick around"

You are doing exactly what we did, playing the hindsight game is just going to give you sleepless nights, best to take your time, prepare and get it right first time.

The Case Officers who process our visa submissions are waiting eagerly to find the slightest reason to decline our visa applications, the trick is not to give them the opportunity and satisfaction.

I wish you luck, but as we say in the UK, "you make your own luck"

Hello,

We are new to this forum but have read some very helpful responses to some previous questions in relation to the UK fiancee visa process.

My fiancee and I are currently looking to relocate from Manila to the UK and are having difficulty understanding the financial requirements for the fiancee visa.

I am a British Citizen and have been living and working here in Manila for the past 3 years. My salary here is not enough to meet to the 18.6K per year requirement. I do however have a job offer in the UK that will pay well over the required amount.

Is the job offer/employment contraction for when we return enough to qualify as a sponsor or do I also need to have been paid over the 18.6K per during my time here?

If we have to prove our current earning are over the 18.5K would mine and my partners joint salary be accepted or does it have to be the salary of the sponsor only?

Any advise or guidance to the above questions would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Josh

Hi Josh, just perusing through the VAF4A2 it appears that you would have to be earning £18,600 over in Manila to qualify, as you will have seen, you will be filling in part 3B of the form which is for income from salaried employment from overseas (with job offer in UK). Remember that if you don't earn enough then you could supplement the shortfall with savings as outlined in the form. Bit of a tricky one really, you might have to do a little digging.

Another thought would be to move to the UK ahead of your Fiancée, set up shop etc then 6 months later apply for her to join you here.

Oh, and welcome to British Filipino

Sponsor only. Not joint salary.

What the rules say:

Family Members under Appendix FM and Appendix Armed Forces of the Immigration Rules

5.4.5. Case study – Category B: Less than 6 months with current employer or variable income – overseas sponsor returning to the UK

Example (a)

"The applicant’s partner currently lives in China and is returning to the UK with the applicant. The applicant’s partner left her job in China 3 months ago to prepare for the move to the UK. She is not employed at the date of the application. From the job that she left, she received an income of £19,000 in the 12 months prior to the application. So part (2) of the Category B calculation for a returning sponsor is met because she received in the 12 months prior to the application the amount of income required to meet the level of the financial requirement.

In addition, the applicant’s partner must also, under part (1) of the Category B calculation, have a confirmed offer of salaried or non-salaried employment to return to in the UK (starting within 3 months of her return). This must have an annual starting salary or income sufficient to meet the financial requirement, alone or in combination with other sources. She does have a confirmed job offer in the UK starting within 7 weeks of her return, with an annual starting salary of £24,000.

So part (1) of the Category B calculation for a returning sponsor is also met because she has a confirmed offer of employment in the UK to return to which has an annual starting salary sufficient to meet the financial requirement."

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...337420/Annex_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement.pdf

Or :

5.2.3. Case studies – Category A: With current employer for 6 months or more – overseas sponsor returning to the UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...337420/Annex_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement.pdf

If I was already in the Philippines like young Josh I would marry my Fiancée there then return to the UK alone, then apply for a spouse visa once in employment and the home is set up, time and money saved, one less visa application to worry about. In addition to this your spouse can start working straight away once in the UK.

At the end of the day most of us don't marry in the Philippines because of the hassle, but if you're already there living with the missus then you might as well go for it, plus her family will be happier as they can attend the wedding.

Thanks a lot for the response, it's upsetting to know we will have to be apart for such a long period of time but I suppose these rules exist for a reason. We will go ahead with a wedding here in the Philippines thanks again