Forum Immigration UK

[Lady Kayla]

Hi guys, My fiance and I are intending to marry in july and will be applying for the fiancee visa soon. I was wondering if this is enough for it and am I doing it right? Also what is the normal processing time for a fiancee visa?


Our life is a bit complicated. We're both pretty much broke. He's a university student full time and has a small part time job at the university. His parents, however have agreed to help us with any financial problems we will come across and have agreed and are willing to pay us money to help with the rent of our new flat we'll be living in after we're married. I don't have any real qualifications as I would wish to be gaining them in the UK. I'm only 18.

Anyway, I have a letter from him, stating our intentions, a letter from his parents stating their intentions and that they'll support us as much as we need so we wont have to resort to public funds. I have a letter from me telling them about our life together. (We've been together 2 and a half years, 3 on our wedding. ) I have payslips and bank statements and mortgage papers from my fiance's parents showing that they can take care of us while we need it. I'll have his bankstatements, a letter from his employer, his CV and educational certificate showing he has employment and can get employment if needed. I'll also have a copy of the deposit we're putting down for the flat we're getting.
I also have:
Letter from the preacher who'll be marrying us,
Letter to confirm the booking of our reception,
both of our passports, my birth certificate
a list of contact details, photographs proving our relationship together,
and a bunch of other things.
Will this be enough or should I look for more things? @_@

(I'm doing this through the mail by the way, since I couldn't make it to the Chicago office to do it in person)

[thsths]

Our life is a bit complicated. We're both pretty much broke. He's a university student full time and has a small part time job at the university. His parents, however have agreed to help us with any financial problems we will come across and have agreed and are willing to pay us money to help with the rent of our new flat we'll be living in after we're married. I don't have any real qualifications as I would wish to be gaining them in the UK. I'm only 18.

Hi Kayla, welcome on the forum.

Unfortunately, your case is not going to be easy. There are a number of issues, and any one of them may prevent you from getting the visa. Most importantly, you need to have enough means to support yourself. This pretty much means 500 Pounds per person per month, although your personal circumstances are taken into account. Third party support is no longer allowed, as far as I am aware. So his parents may support you, but that is not enough for the visa. If they own the flat, they can offer you a generous rent, but that is about as far as it goes. Maybe if they transfer a lump sum into your fiancé's account, that would be considered sufficient for the time being.

You can also demonstrate that you will work as soon as you are in the UK. Even without qualifications you should be able to find a job. However, on a fiancée visa you are not allowed to work. So basically you need to demonstrate sufficient means until after the marriage.

The final problem is that you may not have much time. The minimum age for a spouse visa may be raised to 21 within a few months. I am not sure what would happen to existing visa holders, but previous experience with the Home Office is not very encouraging.

I have a letter from me telling them about our life together. (We've been together 2 and a half years, 3 on our wedding. )

Just an idea: if you have been living together, you may be able to get an unmarried partner visa. That does not solve all your problem, but you could work immediately. Applying for an unmarried partner visa is very difficult, though.

a list of contact details, photographs proving our relationship together,

Photographs are not considered good evidence. It is better to supply utility bills and bank statements for the times when you have been living together, and phone bills for the times that you were apart.

[Lady Kayla]

Well, they say on the website that if we're staying with relatives before marriage, to show that. and that's also what we're doing. We could easily bring in money after we're married. We need this to -get- married. We don't really have any bank statements that would significantly show our presence around one another except for when he was spending in america, years ago. And we don't have those anymore. The pictures significantly show a time gap and they're pictures of us in each others countries. We also have love letters and such from years ago. But no utility bills. or anything that I can think of really. x_x; I'll show his parents what you've said and I guess I'll figure it out from there.

[Lady Kayla]

Could you please show evidence to support your claim that the age may be changing? And could you also please show me something that specifically says that parental support wont be sufficient considering every where I and my family have looked, there is nothing saying that it isn't good enough. Infact from all that I've read, we seem to have everything they want. albiet a bit tight on money but we can support ourselves and have done before. But it's been him supporting me because I have.. no money! haha