Quote Originally Posted by aryM View Post
Hi Iain,. Thanks for the reply. I am already widowed for about 2 years now. My children are legitimate too.
In that case I think that as long as you have evidence of your relationship and that he has visited you in Phils and as long as your bf/fiancee has adequate funds to support you all in the UK, a good steady income and his home in the UK is adequate to house you all, then I don't think you will have any problems in getting either a spouse or fiancee visa.

The advantages of marrying in Phils and applying for spouse visa rather than a fiancee visa is that you can work in the UK from the day that you arrive and you don't have any other visa procedures to go through for 2 years.

If you go for the fiancee visa, it will be for 6 months only and you have to get married in the UK within the 6 month period of the visa. Then you have to apply for FLR (Further Leave to Remain) which will last until you have been in the UK for 2 years in total. At that time you will have to apply for ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) which is the same visa that you would have had to apply for after 2 years, if you had come here on a spouse visa.
Iain.