Hi.

Fiance visa is for six months and you need to get married in those six months. No work is permitted. After the six months you then apply for a spouse visa. This route is more expensive as you pay for two visas plus NHS surcharge on the spouse visa.

Spouse visa lasts 33 months and work is permitted.

Requirements are:

No recourse to public funds.

Minimum salary of sponsor of £18600 for a minimum of six months at time of application for a single applicant. Higher if applying with children. There are other options (for example for those on certain benefits or self employed) but please look here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...ugust_2015.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview

Suitable accommodation with permission of the owner for the applicant to reside there.

TB test from the approved test clinic in Manila.

IELTS english exam A1 or B1 from an Approved test centre.

Proof of relationship. There are many posts here about this. Please do a search.

We got our spouse visa last year. Here is a link to what we submitted.

http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....to-help-others