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    is this a silly question ???

    Didn't get any response elsewhere.......perhaps it is silly???
    So i meet and fall in love and we want to marry...
    Cant she just get a general visa.....i could deposit say 5000$ in her account....come to uk and we marry and then apply for her to stay..........or is that a bit too simple ??????


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    a bit too simple & cheap . Trawl this site to gen up on these issues


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    Yes, as Dedworth says, too simple and not enough dosh for the UK coffers.

    Basically, you (well your spouse/partner/fiancee) needs a settlement route visa.
    Can't imagine why you couldn't find the answer anywhere else. It's basic.
    Have you actually looked at the UKBA website?
    Have you actually met?
    Have you formulated any kind of plan?
    Better to think about a step by step sensible approach. Plenty of members here will help you every step of the way with great experienced and detailed advice.
    First up, think seriously about your intended visit and what you want to achieve. Think about how you can document your steps to that point (you will need these as evidence for the UKBA if you decide to take up a settlement route)
    Now you will be in a much better position to get answers to any questions you may have.
    Whatever you decide to do and however you decide to achieve that objective, I wish you the best of luck.
    IMHO without proper research and accurate knowledge it's likely to become an expensive, frustrating and uphill battle.
    No offence intended.
    Just my 2 centavos worth


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    http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/vi...s/eligibility/

    To come to the United Kingdom as a general visitor, you must be able to show that:

    • you are 18 or over;
    • you only want to visit the United Kingdom for up to six months, or up to 12 months if you are accompanying an academic visitor;
    • you intend to leave the United Kingdom at the end of your visit;
    • you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
    • you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
    • you are not in transit to a country outside the common travel area.

    You must also show that, during your visit, you do not intend to:

    • take employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directo to members of the public;
    • undertake a course of study;
    • marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership;
    • carry out the activities of a business visitor, a sports visitor or an entertainer visitor; or
    • receive private medical treatment.


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    well after watching the uk border force tv programme.. u might well get lucky... its worth a try if cash is no problem but in all honesty it may be just a bit difficult.. so id suggest u try the proper avenues go thru it accordingly... but then again after watching that tv series... any thing can happen.. one guy came in to the uk to meet his gf but it was his bf haha with no money wot so ever so they called his bf mum and asked if she would support him.. she agreed and he was instantly allowed in... it takes the piss out of so called regulations and visa requirements..


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    Jon coming from a training background I always say The silly question is the one you don't ask...I remember asking my GF to come to Kuala Lumpur when I first met and thought she could just turn up!
    Immigration in Manila didn't let her out so that night I faxed a pile of docs to the airlines fax and she rebooked the next days flight. Wasn't asked for anything! Came through no probes.
    Came back to UK and started looking into this and was overwhelmed with what was needed.
    Good luck with your process and keep asking the questions..
    Tone


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    if you were a european living in the uk, you could do anything

    basically she needs something called 'entry clearance'
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    if you were a european living in the uk, you could do anything
    Aye ... a continental European!


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    Or a citizen of the Republic ... or ...

    ... just so long as you HADN'T been born in - and lived here all your life!


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    its a fiance visa so u can marry here in the uk.


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