if your fiance or husband to be if he loves you and your family he gonna choose to have a wedding in the philippines for the sake of your family, my husband did it he went to philippines on his own to marry me and have a blessing party for his family when i arrived here in uk. and he brought all documents we need for spouse visa application so for me applying spouse visa is so easy as long as you have gather complete documents in your hands before the wedding and wait for a couple of days in you MC.