Hi< I Need Desprate Advice

[ginapeterb]

Hello John,

This is a common question we get here at the forum, but good old Ian has hit the nail on the head, he tells it as it is, Bite the bullet, if you intend to live together as man and wife in the future, suggest your girlfriend leaves the UK now, although I suspect if she has overstayed, its by a good margin.

People tend to ask this question long after the horse has bolted through the gate, the problems now for like minded ones, is that they can be barred from re-applying to enter the United Kingdom for up to 10 years, although that is related to lying or supplying false or fraudulent information to UKvisas.

I concur with Iain, because UK Border Force at present has no exit visa system, she could leave the UK, without having an exit stamp placed in her passport, however, the problem is always one of Philippine Immigration, who unfortunately stamp the passports of inward bound Filipino's.

That is where your problem is, hopefully, if they don't stamp it, I understand it can be arranged locally for an express fee, (you will have to find this out through other Filipinos) then there is no reason why your girl cannot legitimately apply for a fiancee visa, to come to UK, on the basis of her relationship with you in UK whilst working here,
but you suggest she has put much into the country and or the economy, why has she overstayed ?

If she is on a work permit, has not the permit been renewed ? if not why not ? how long has she been here in the UK, is she not close to indefinite leave to remain as an OFW
You seemed to have left out some important information.

Unless we have the full picture, its very difficult to give an accurate advice, since you have left so much out, suggest Iain's advice is correct.

[darren-b]

That is where your problem is, hopefully, if they don't stamp it, I understand it can be arranged locally for an express fee, (you will have to find this out through other Filipinos) then there is no reason why your girl cannot legitimately apply for a fiancee visa, to come to UK, on the basis of her relationship with you in UK whilst working here,
but you suggest she has put much into the country and or the economy, why has she overstayed ?

Could be interesting though trying to provide evidence of a relationship during the time that you were supposedly in different countries.

[IainBusby]

I understand it can be arranged locally for an express fee, (you will have to find this out through other Filipinos)

Thank you all for your very honest and sometimes scary answers to my question. My girlfriends emplotes are aware of her status here in the UK, and therefore, they are putting their selves in danger of maybe priosecution if she was discovered. She has been in this country for 4 yrars, and honestly her visa was for 6 months. I met her 2 years ago, but, I dont want to lose her for 1 minuate. I would do any thing now to keep her here, but the advice you guys have given me is kid of scary, and makes me want to stay as far away from the border police as possible. Is there any chance i could marry her here, will it make a difference f she has a child to me as we are trying. And when i say she has given so much this counrty ecomically, she has worked with of the elderly who sufer alzheimers. I do know there is no easy way, but I wish there were. Thank you guys all the same, we're in a very dificul situation.

Looks like there is no way you can show any proof of a relationship whilst she was living in this country legally. However, the rules with regard to obtaining a visa only state that you must have met personally and I know of at least one member here who met and married his wife on his first visit to the Philippines, so you could still go to the Philippines and get married on, what would be seen as, your first visit.

The only problems are 1: that you would have to be apart for a while, and 2: getting back to the Philippines without having her passport stamped. Firstly, I think she should look into Pete's suggestion below. Or alternatively, I just wonder if she could perhaps go via a third country where passports are not routinely stamped on two separately booked flights. Don't ask me where, you'd have to look into that.

I understand it can be arranged locally for an express fee, (you will have to find this out through other Filipinos)

Iain.