Are you A Filipina spouse/Fiancee of UK National

[eljean]

you can't switch your application from fiancee to spouse visa if you have already made an application to the embassy but you can call to withdraw it but its not refundable so waste of money if you wanted to...since your wedding will take place next month you can either put it on to hold (in case you get refusal)just in case, the best thing to do is to wait for the result of your application becoz it can come at any time by now...i dont know what would happen if they have gotten your email saying they just have to switch your fiancee visa application to spouse visa and wait until you got married and wait for the marriage certificate i dont think they have much patient and time for that...or if they have that kind of rulesi think you better stick on your fiancee visa application coz you cant have both ways or you will just confused the embassy...

[Peanutz]

you can't switch your application from fiancee to spouse visa if you have already made an application to the embassy but you can call to withdraw it but its not refundable so waste of money if you wanted to...since your wedding will take place next month you can either put it on to hold (in case you get refusal)just in case, the best thing to do is to wait for the result of your application becoz it can come at any time by now...i dont know what would happen if they have gotten your email saying they just have to switch your fiancee visa application to spouse visa and wait until you got married and wait for the marriage certificate i dont think they have much patient and time for that...or if they have that kind of rulesi think you better stick on your fiancee visa application coz you cant have both ways or you will just confused the embassy...

After a day passed in exhausting thinking fiance and I had come near to a decision. I researched for info about getting married in UK (if ever they grant me the fiancè visa) as what I learned (hoping this time i have not misinterpret again what I read) once I get in UK I need to apply for COA and if COA granted we need to give notice of marriage and register and all this processing will take time and money. Since we are getting married next month and everything is settled (families are already booked to fly over here and everything) the worse scenario is we have to withdraw the fiancè visa application and apply for spouse visa and wait for three months approx. Now, that is the first option which means the advantage is we get married and apply for the visa if visa granted then major problem is solved cause I can get there and start working also. The second option, wait for the fiancè visa (this is if they grant me) and fly over and do again the abc of getting married. Since we have no certanties that I will be granted a fiancè visa we also have to consider that the fiancè visa might get rejected. If the fiancè visa got rejected then it is a real mess! Because, wedding cancelled (another money lost) and we need to do the abc marriage again to be able to re-apply for spouse visa here. I am still waiting for the reply from the embassy and within this week if I got no response I will withdraw the fiancè visa and go on as what we have decided.

This is a real mess...next time I will be more careful!

Thanks guys I really appreciate everyones advice it really helps us to think and consider a lot of things...Again thanks.

[joebloggs]

After a day passed in exhausting thinking fiance and I had come near to a decision. I researched for info about getting married in UK (if ever they grant me the fiancè visa) as what I learned (hoping this time i have not misinterpret again what I read) once I get in UK I need to apply for COA and if COA granted we need to give notice of marriage and register and all this processing will take time and money. Since we are getting married next month and everything is settled (families are already booked to fly over here and everything) the worse scenario is we have to withdraw the fiancè visa application and apply for spouse visa and wait for three months approx. Now, that is the first option which means the advantage is we get married and apply for the visa if visa granted then major problem is solved cause I can get there and start working also. The second option, wait for the fiancè visa (this is if they grant me) and fly over and do again the abc of getting married. Since we have no certanties that I will be granted a fiancè visa we also have to consider that the fiancè visa might get rejected. If the fiancè visa got rejected then it is a real mess! Because, wedding cancelled (another money lost) and we need to do the abc marriage again to be able to re-apply for spouse visa here. I am still waiting for the reply from the embassy and within this week if I got no response I will withdraw the fiancè visa and go on as what we have decided.

This is a real mess...next time I will be more careful!

Thanks guys I really appreciate everyones advice it really helps us to think and consider a lot of things...Again thanks.

not read all this thread, but iam sure you dont need COA if you get married in Anglican church in england or wales

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/app...vilpartnership

[Peanutz]

not read all this thread, but iam sure you dont need COA if you get married in Anglican church in england or wales

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/app...vilpartnership

I knew I have missed reading something!!! Thanks Joe, by the way how can someone know how to get married in Anglican church? Do I need to change my religion?

[Peanutz]

I knew I have missed reading something!!! Thanks Joe, by the way how can someone know how to get married in Anglican church? Do I need to change my religion?

I just stumbled in this links while searching for info in getting married in Anglican church.

Q. What happens if one of us is a foreign national?
A/ If one is a national of country outside Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the EU or USA The Church has a responsibility to conduct marriages which will be recognised in the country the bride or groom comes from. This is done for the couple's benefit not just for bureaucracy. Therefore, the Faculty Office strongly recommends that these marriages should be done by Common Licence rather than banns and some dioceses ask the person to obtain from the relevant embassy or consulate a letter saying their marriage will be recognized. There are now stricter rules applied by the Civil Registry office to prevent "sham" marriages.


This predict a long processing?

[Peanutz]

I just stumbled in this links while searching for info in getting married in Anglican church.

Q. What happens if one of us is a foreign national?
A/ If one is a national of country outside Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the EU or USA The Church has a responsibility to conduct marriages which will be recognised in the country the bride or groom comes from. This is done for the couple's benefit not just for bureaucracy. Therefore, the Faculty Office strongly recommends that these marriages should be done by Common Licence rather than banns and some dioceses ask the person to obtain from the relevant embassy or consulate a letter saying their marriage will be recognized. There are now stricter rules applied by the Civil Registry office to prevent "sham" marriages.


This predict a long processing?

This is another.
Home Office Regulations issued in 2005 have restricted acces to marriage for those who are not British citizens. The regulations prevent non-citizens from marrying in a Registry Office or non -Anglican church to religious building unless they have obtained a supplementary marriage visa or licence. The licence application costs £135.00 and may take 13 weeks!!! to obtain, if it is granted at all!!!

[joebloggs]

i dont know about religion. i got married by a judge in the philippines , who kept telling jokes, looking back i'm wondering now if i'm legally married ........

you really need your bf or you to phone ind up and ask them, because as it says "This page contains advice concerning the issue of Certificates of Approval for Marriage, following both the judgement of the High Court (10th April 2006) and the Court of Appeal (23rd May 2007). If you are planing to to get married in the UK and you think you may require a COA you should read this page in full".
so there was a high court judgement and an appeal and the gov was forced to make changes..