Quote Originally Posted by bigmac View Post
just to go off topic slightly.

is it a case of UKBA looking more stringently at fiancee visa applications--as opposed to spouse visa apps?. after all--if its a spouse app--then its a case of fait accomplis--and so long as the sponsorship criteria are correctly met---how can UKBA reasonably refuse ?

in which case--if a couple offset the cost of a return flight for the ( groom ) to the philis compared to the added cost of the extra FLR fee if the fiancee comes to marry here?

do you see where i'm coming from ?
I suppose its everyone to the own bigmac.

But me personally I found it hard when I left my fiance on the first visit but bloody devastating after the second visit the time that we married.

Nearly 5 months seperated from each other was hell... just my opinion...