Arthur Little

[darren-b]

Hi Arthur and welcome your basic choices here are chance your arm with the tourist visa and if your lady gets it make a spontaneous decision to get married in an Anglican Church (still an permissible side stepping of the rules unless i am corrected ) you will still have to satisfy spouse visa rules

This loophole is still open, but I don't think it's possible to switch from a visitor visa to a spouse visa whilst in the UK so it would mean returning to the Philippines and applying from there.