fiance visa

[phillip]

hello i hope somone can give me some advice,i met a girl from the phillippines last sept on the internet we soon became very close and wanted to meet.she applied for a visiter visa to visit a great aunt and to meet me aswell,she got denied her visiter visa and has now appealed wich i think may take up to 6 months and then without a garentee she will get it,i the last few months we have become even closer speaking to each other twice a day.i am now going to visit her this feb,if everything goes well i want to get her here as soon as possible i think fiance visa might be the best way.can we apply for a fiance visa while her appeal for visiter visa is pending,hope you can help us.regards phillip

[LadyJ]

This is based on the Chapter 27 - Appeals from Entry Clearance Guidance

27.8 - Fresh application while an appeal is outstanding
There is nothing in law to prevent a person who has an appeal pending from making a fresh application for entry clearance in the same or any other category. There is no requirement for a person to withdraw an appeal before allowing a further application to be made. If an appellant is issued a visa to enter the United Kingdom, e.g. following ECM review, then post should follow the procedures as per 27.4.1.

[LadyJ]

If still not sre what to do phone the British Embassy in Manila when you get to the Philippines and ask your simple question to them.

Goodluck to you!

[phillip]

thank you for your help lady j

[troubled]

Good luck mate, I am hoping to take my Filipino fiancee to UK for a holiday at the end of the year from Bangkok.

The Pinoy Embassy in Bkk tell me to call the British Embassy and The British Embassy have nothing but recorded messages.

I still have no idea if I can take her to UK without having to go to Manila first and do a lot of silly paperwork.