Thanks Joe, I read this COA application form below.Originally Posted by 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
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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..
1 For which applications must use form COA?
This form must be used only if you are applying for a certificate of approval (COA) for marriage or civil partnership in the UK.
People who are subject to immigration control and who do not have indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK must have such a document in order to be able to give notice to a registrar of their intention to marry or to enter to a civil partnership, "unless they entered the UK with a visa for this purpose and the visa is still valid".
For what I understand here is, if I get a fiancè visa or a spouse visa I would not need to apply for COA, right?
