Quote Originally Posted by mshoei@blueyond View Post
Thanks for allowing me to join this forum

I would like some info on a couple of points. I am due to get married on the
29th March 2008 to a wonderful filipino lady who I spent 3 weeks with in
Sept this year.

1 If we apply for a spouses visa on NSO issued Scepa papers, will they raise these documents at the same time we go to register the marriage?

2 If this is so & assuming an appointment at the embassy is available having prepaid the fees taking appropriate documentation, I could accompany my wife shortly after the wedding for visa application?

3 Is it essential to get her passport changed before she leaves for uk?

4 If successful how is the visa granted ie day of visit, much later, 1 month or more etc. (Tina has to give a months notice at work)


Thanks for your help & to the masterminds behind this site
hi mshoei@blueyond welcome to the forum,as far as i know after your wedding your marraiges certificate still there in church or civil registry office (where you married) for a couple of weeks but its defend if you don't push them to transfer to the local registry office to have a stamp in there,and the local registry normally they transfer it after a month to the NSO office thats why its take to long to process. what i did before i told to church staff to forward my marraige cert.straight away after the wedding to the local registry office just pay a little bit of penny and after a week went to the local registry in town where ive got married speak to the manager to get the original copy of marraige cert. photo copy it send the original copy to NSO send it personally to 24hours courier keep the reciept by the next day go to NSO show the reciept to the staff so they know your marraige cert. is already there in the office,then i've got it....goodluck to you both!