need help if i marry in hong kong do i apply for visa in hong kong for my new wife or do in uk before i go to hong kong and where do i get the forms in scotland for to apply or in hong kong or do i use a agency to do for me in hong kong help needed
Full answer will follow later but yes, you apply in HK, where your wife is resident. Markham is the best source of information on the forms etc as he has married in HK more recently than I
Visas have to be applied for in the country that the applicant is ordinarily resident. Therefore if your new wife normally lives (and works) in Hong Kong, then she applies to the British Embassy there for her visa. The application will be sent to UKVI's regional processing centre in the Philippines. The forms to marry in Hong Kong can be downloaded from the Hong Kong Registry's web site (part of HK Immigration).
She works hong kong and has visa to work but isnt resident but shes been hong kong 9 yrs workin there
If trying to help you results in my being labelled "dumb" you can help yourself, sunshine. You post here and ask for help and when offered it you are gratuitously offensive. Expect no more help from me - after all, I lived in HK and married there, so what would I know? Learn some manners
Mate i dont know why as iv no sent anything offensive nor would aye im glad and that u were helping me as im just new here and glad for information sorry about this and i appolojise to u if this has happened as i never done it
Mate i sent u appology i not even sure how to do that and i never sent anything and if i did by accident then i apologise to u im the dumb one here not u and thanks for ur help but if this has happened im sorry and applogise to u again
OK. Let's try again - but please don't label posts "dumb". Your fiancee is "ordinarily resident", but not "domiciled" in Hong Kong, so she should apply for her visa through the British Consulate in Hong Kong. Markham and I will both recommend getting married in Hong Kong - the process involves much less paperwork and hanging around than getting married in the Philippines, and the UK visa process (which is horribly expensive!) is a bit cheaper if you are already married. Here is a quite useful website: http://www.internations.org/hong-ko...-education/getting-married-in-hong-kong-15924 and here is the official one for booking the appointment: http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/bdmreg/marriage/bookgivingmarriage.htm
Thanks mate sorry about earlier i would never right anything offensive mate just glad of the information u are all giving me thanks
My advice is to get married, then apply for the visa for your wife. You could apply for the visa the day after you marry, but I advise not applying for it before you do. I have been advised myself to make it a two stage process as the Borders Agency cannot cope with an application from a fiancee who turns into a wife in the course of the process!
And do i need to take proof of what i earn and where she will be staying to hong kong or will they allow her here then i have to take all documentation to them once she is in uk
Yes, you need proof of what you earn and of where she will live with you in the UK. Take it all with you and submit the application as soon as you are married. All this has to be done with the application for the visa - once your wife is here you go on to Stage Two with Further Leave to Remain and all that. The "chapter and verse" on applying for a spouse visa for your new wife is here: http://www.british-filipino.com/ind...r-a-partner-spouse-visa-under-new-rules.5740/ Your application, although handed in in Hong Kong, will, as Markham says, be sent to Manila to the VFS office for "processing". You need to be able to show that you have met in person, etc.
Then she is "ordinarily resident" in Hong Kong and will need to apply for her visa there. Now would you please remove the two "dumb" ratings that you have given to Methersgate for his replies numbered #2 and #6.
I suggest you download the necessary forms and guidance notes from the UKBA web site. You must be able to prove an income of (at least) £18,600 a year.
