Denied Application

[IainBusby]

If you apply for a tourist visa you must be absolutely truthful about everything. This is the one thing with regard to applying firstly for a tourist visa and later for a spouse/fiancee visa that could seriously jeopardize the outcome of the spouse or fiancee visa.

I read somewhere (probably on this forum) about girl who had a British boyfriend and who applied for a tourist visa to come to the UK to visit her aunt and if I remember correctly the application for a tourist visa was refused However when it came to her applying for a spouse or fiancee visa it was refused because when she applied for the tourist visa she failed to mention that she already had a British boyfriend when she applied for the tourist visa.
Iain.

[Arthur Little]

If you apply for a tourist visa you must be absolutely truthful about everything. This is the one thing with regard to applying firstly for a tourist visa and later for a spouse/fiancee visa that could seriously jeopardize the outcome of the spouse or fiancee visa.

I read somewhere (probably on this forum) about girl who had a British boyfriend and who applied for a tourist visa to come to the UK to visit her aunt and if I remember correctly the application for a tourist visa was refused However when it came to her applying for a spouse or fiancee visa *it was refused because when she applied for the tourist visa she failed to mention that she already had a British boyfriend when she applied for the tourist visa.
Iain.

, Iain ... I seem to remember that particular scenario too. And *it highlights TOTAL DISCLOSURE as being an ALL IMPORTANT factor in the visa application process. But this incidence also illustrates that the staff at the British Embassy have either "long memories" or their records are intact!

[darren-b]

If you apply for a tourist visa you must be absolutely truthful about everything. This is the one thing with regard to applying firstly for a tourist visa and later for a spouse/fiancee visa that could seriously jeopardize the outcome of the spouse or fiancee visa.

I read somewhere (probably on this forum) about girl who had a British boyfriend and who applied for a tourist visa to come to the UK to visit her aunt and if I remember correctly the application for a tourist visa was refused However when it came to her applying for a spouse or fiancee visa it was refused because when she applied for the tourist visa she failed to mention that she already had a British boyfriend when she applied for the tourist visa.
Iain.

If it is the case I am thinking of then they weren't actually refused because of it, but it did appear the ECO performed more checks than usual and actually found a reason to refuse them. In other similar cases I know the applicants have been called in and given a hard time at an interview.