Soon be a £1000 deposit
A Fiancee Visa is for 6 months, that is THE TRIAL. If you don't know you can get on within 3 months, then split, and find one you will click with, and know instantly that'll you go on. It works like a light switch, the process is not a long list of check boxes you go through
Won't be much of a culture shock unless the girl is like this...
