Quote Originally Posted by darren-b View Post
FLR is hardly complex and the big difference is you may only have to collect an extra month or so paperwork over what you needed for the fiancee visa.

I might be wrong but I didn't think you could land in the Philippines and get married the following day - you had to be there for a while.

You totally missed by point about the cost of a wedding. You don't have to spend £20K, and it is possible to have a very cheap wedding in the UK, probably less than £200. I bet very few 'foreigners' have got away with a wedding that cheap in the Philippines...

And it terms of timescales yes it could take up to 9 months with a fiancee visa to get FLR, but then again she could get married in the UK and have FLR within 3 weeks of getting the fiancee visa if you really wanted.
no visa app is complex , you can be refused FLR just like any other visa , thou not many are refused FLR or ILR. but it's still a visa, and your having to watch your bank statements for at least 3 months.

as long as things are arranged before hand, then i don't see why you can't get married the next day

i didn't miss the point at all about weddings , yes you can spend £200 here, but my stepson is getting married soon in the phils, cost of the judge and ceremony a few 1000 php if that