Quote Originally Posted by sentinelws View Post
Hi everyone. I am new here, I joined this forum because I am about to get married to a Filipina. We are just tryiong to decide which is the best way to go about it. We would like to get married in the Philippines, because we want her parents and family to be there and becasue I only have a small family it is more practical to fly them out there.

Our only concern is the time taked for the Spouse's visa - she has been told that it can take two or three years (we don't want to wait that long) while my research finds that the average should only be about 15 weeks.

A finacee visa seems to be quicker, but then we would have to get married here in the UK which is a much more expensive proposition !

I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has any experience of the two types of visa, I know there will be the odd bad expeience but I am trying to get a rough idea of how long we can expect to wait before we can both be in the UK.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Mike

Go with the Wedding there and spouse. may be a few months more in total.

But no worries about FLR and getting married in the first six months. While your mahal cant work until she has FLR.

There are advantges to both Visas. But from what i read the Spouse Visa is the best for you both.

Its tough in certain stages for you both the process but the group on here led by Mr Admin should be able to help and support you both.