I applied a fiance visa back in 2010. My then fiance was in Samar and i was in london. i used a lawyer here to make the application, i provided all what was required like bank statements and payslips also evidence of us knowing each other. we had alot of photos. When she took the forms to the visa centre they told her that they was not the correct visa form and made her fill out the right form in half an hour. It was a total disaster the lawyer got alot of info wrong, but amazingly they still granted the visa and posted her passport back to her about 4 weeks later.