My fiance has collected her fiance visa this afternoon in Manila. I have some questions about what happens next.
1) I understand she needs to go through the CFO process before she can leave the country.
2) Our wedding plans have been changed because the visa has been issued from now rather than as we had requested in the covering letter for September. This need not be a major issue as we only had a provisional date confirmed and nothing else booked. And it will be on a small scale.
Assuming that I can move the wedding to November and Daisy arrives in early August is this a practical timescale?
3) I understand she has to be resident for 7 days before we can arrange to see the registrar for an interview. Is there any other paperwork involved in arranging the wedding - specifically I read about needing Home Office permission to marry. This may have been linked with another type of visa.
4) The visa expires on 11/12/08. My understanding is that our application for a spouse visa has to be submitted by that date. It doesnt necessarily have to have been issued by then. Is that correct?
5) I will be flying out to Manila and bringing Daisy back with me. Are there any recommendations as to companies to use to arrange 1 return and 1 single ticket - the single being on my returning flight. The websites I have used previously to book my tickets only deal with single or return flights from the UK.
5) Again my understanding is that once the spouse visa is issued Daisy will be able to work and then after 2 years she can apply for ILR as long as she has either passed the Life in the UK test or an ESOL course with that element contained within it. And the evidence required and procedures for ILR are explained elsewhere in the forums. Is that a fair summary?
6) Is there any practical advice to give to a Filipino woman who has never travelled abroad before? I have suggested she waits until she is here before thinking about warm clothes.
7) Any other thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you
David
