Quote Originally Posted by jmac View Post
Thanks guys & gals for all the congratulations, its much appreciated. We have waited and worried for 4 months for the visa......bloody anoying as they are flying through now, cleary the applications sat there neglected for months. Flights are booked and we should be married and back here mid october. We'd deceided on getting married over there regardless of the visa as the fiance visa was refused we would decided to get married regardless and then get a spouse visa. marriage should be more fun over there, we have booked a reception for 100 on the beach and it promises to be a lively reception. If any of you are near the Scottish Borders or passing through let us now, would be good to meet up.

Jim
Congratulations on getting the visa, though are you really saying that you've been granted a fiancee visa but you are actually getting married in the Philippines before coming to the UK?

If so ignoring the fact that it's going to cost you an extra £465 in visas which you didn't need to pay, it might make life a bit interesting as I guess technically your wife's visa will be invalid when she enters the UK - IO could suggest you weren't honest when you applied for the fiancee visa.... Also not sure what the BIA will make of it when you come to apply for FLR later.

Maybe someone else on here did the same and can say if it caused them problems or not.