I often read here, and elsewhere, with regard to Fiance visa applications, the following:
1. You must have a decree absolute if getting divorced.
2. You must have a wedding booked in the UK.
I have looked at the British Consul Manilla web site and the UK governement website for officers and they say the following:
A decree absolute is not a necessary rquirement only evidence that the divorce is taking place.
and
The law prohibits booking a wdding for a person not already in the in the in UK etc.
So who is correct here then? The people on this and other web sites or the UK government?
Both these matters affect my application for a fiance visa for my girlfriend.
On further question please. Exactly how long should I have known the girl. I have liven with my gf here in cebu since 2 December 2005 and we met a month before that. Have I known her long enough?
Here again I have met people who have got visas having only know the girl for 4 months or so but often on web sites one reads that this is not long enough.
Bob Draper
