Fiance Visa - Marry in UK - Leave to Remain

[forester]

Sorry for maybe going over old ground, but just help to clarify our findings and are we totally wrong.

Plan to marry in the uk in the spring therefore should apply for fiance visa which lasts for six months.

Before the end of six months, apply for leave to remain, the UK Border Web Site has two different periods, one for 2 years and one for 30 months. The 2 year period is under fiance and says that she can apply to stay permenantly after the 2 year period, subject to the usual requirements.

Is that right?

Also, the language test applies for the 2 year or 30 month period?

Sorry for repeating the same topic again, my head blurs with all the different information!

[Terpe]

Read here first - All New Guide - How to apply for a Fiance Visa

Then you'll be better placed to ask specific questions

Happy reading

[Terpe]

Read here first - All New Guide - How to apply for a Fiance Visa

Then you'll be better placed to ask specific questions

Happy reading

[forester]

How long can you stay in the UK?

This section explains how long you can stay in the UK if you successfully apply to enter or remain in the UK as the fiance(e) or prospective civil partner of a British citizen or a person settled here.

If we allow you to come to the UK in the category of fiance(e) or proposed civil partner, you will normally be given permission to stay here for 6 months. You must not work during this time.

After you have married or registered your civil partnership, you can apply for permission to remain here as the husband, wife or civil partner of a British citizen or settled person. If we approve your application, we will give you permission to live and work here for 2 years. Near the end of the 2 years, you can apply to settle here permanently if you are still married or civil partners and intend to live together

Terpe, Thank you for such a helpful link.
This was the section that set me off on the two year theme.

[Terpe]

How long can you stay in the UK?

This section explains how long you can stay in the UK if you successfully apply to enter or remain in the UK as the fiance(e) or prospective civil partner of a British citizen or a person settled here.

If we allow you to come to the UK in the category of fiance(e) or proposed civil partner, you will normally be given permission to stay here for 6 months. You must not work during this time.

After you have married or registered your civil partnership, you can apply for permission to remain here as the husband, wife or civil partner of a British citizen or settled person. If we approve your application, we will give you permission to live and work here for 2 years. Near the end of the 2 years, you can apply to settle here permanently if you are still married or civil partners and intend to live together

Terpe, Thank you for such a helpful link.
This was the section that set me off on the two year theme.

Forester,
In the link I provided for you it states:-

A successful Fiance(e) visa application will result in being granted permission to enter and to remain in the UK for a period not exceeding 6 months.
During this time you will be expected to actually get married, or register your civil partnership and to subsequently make application for Further Leave to Remain (FLR) here as the husband, wife or civil partner of a British citizen or settled person.

Remember that until FLR is granted by UKBA, the fiance(e) is not allowed to work.
There is also no access allowed to any public funds until Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) is granted.

After you have married or registered your civil partnership, you can apply for permission to remain here as the husband, wife or civil partner of a British citizen or settled person.
This is known as Further Leave to Remain (FLR) and when granted allows you to remain for 30 months and is the starting point for your 60 month (5 year) journey towards settlement (ILR)
Shortly before the end of your initial 30 month FLR period, application can be made to stay for a further 30 months provided all requirements continue to be met.
After completion of 5 years in the UK, as the partner of someone who is a British citizen or settled in the UK, then application for settlement can be made. This is known as Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).

Please do review the link I provided. I'm sure a lot of your questions will be satisfied.

There is no 2 year period for any applicants these days.
There are two periods of 30 months

[forester]

Terpe,

Thank you for your most helpful reply, it has helped us greatly.

[forester]

A further question if anybody can help?

We plan to use the savings route to meet the Finanacial requirement by liquidating stocks and shares.

Everything is currently held within a portfolio by a fund manager including a cash element.

Can the cash generated from the sales by shown as being held by the fund manager as cash ( A high street bank) or does it physically have to be put in a bank account?
Thanks again

[Terpe]

Savings must be held in cash in a personal bank/savings account in the name of the applicant, their partner or the couple jointly.
The savings can be from any legal source, including a gift from a family member or other third party, provided the source of the cash savings is declared.
The applicant and/or their partner must confirm that the money, which cannot be borrowed, is under their control and evidence that it has been held in their bank account for at least the 6 months prior to the date of application.

However, it is possible under certain conditions that the period of 6 months prior to the date of application can be reduced by the amount of time during that period that the funds were held in the form of investments, stocks, shares, bonds or trust funds.

For this to work, those investments must have been in the ownership and under the control of the applicant, their partner or both jointly for at least the period of 6 months prior to the date of application, and also that the value of the investments, stocks, shares, bonds or trust funds at the beginning of the 6 month period was at least equivalent to the amount of the cash savings relied on in the application.

Don't forget that cash savings can also be combined with employment income, pensions and other non-employment income.
But cannot be combined with self-employment income, or with income from employment as a director of a limited company.

Without combining cash savings with any income the amount needed to be shown for visa application purposes is £62500 min

Hope this helps

[forester]

Terpe, Thank you again for your helpful comments. What you are reinforcing is that you stick to exactly what is asked for in the application, no deviation even if it seems logical.

[Dedworth]

Good luck with the visa Forester - welcome back haven't seen you on here for a long while

[Terpe]

Terpe, Thank you again for your helpful comments. What you are reinforcing is that you stick to exactly what is asked for in the application, no deviation even if it seems logical.

If you do not comply with immigration rules then the application will fall for refusal.
This is especially true with respect to Financial Requirements since caseworkers have no discretion.

[forester]

Dedworth, Thank you, there will no doubt be many a slip between cup and mouth before everything is sorted, I will keep everybody posted!