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thank you for reply, with my visa ¨"student visitor visa" (NO TIER 4) I cant get married. are there other way to switch to FLR (M) and Do I have to give notice of my pregnancy ? How long will it take to get an answer from the home office ? how far in advance I have to make the visa application ?Casa wrote:You can marry here and then switch to a FLR(M) spouse visa at any time before your current visa expires.
Alternatively, once you can prove with documented evidence that you have been living together in a relationship 'akin to marriage' for 2 years, you could apply as an Unmarried Partner, again on form FLR(M).
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _04-15.pdf
Apply FLR as unmarried partner when you've lived together for two years and have proof.studentepregnant wrote:thank you for reply, with my visa ¨"student visitor visa" (NO TIER 4) I cant get married. are there other way to switch to FLR (M) and Do I have to give notice of my pregnancy ? How long will it take to get an answer from the home office ? how far in advance I have to make the visa application ?Casa wrote:You can marry here and then switch to a FLR(M) spouse visa at any time before your current visa expires.
Alternatively, once you can prove with documented evidence that you have been living together in a relationship 'akin to marriage' for 2 years, you could apply as an Unmarried Partner, again on form FLR(M).
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _04-15.pdf
thanks
Wrong. OP is a Visitor, and cannot switch to spouse in the UK.Casa wrote:You can marry here and then switch to a FLR(M) spouse visa at any time before your current visa expires.
Also wrong. As corrected above, OP is a Visitor and therefore cannot switch to any family or spouse status from within the UK.Wanderer wrote: Apply FLR as unmarried partner when you've lived together for two years and have proof.
I missed the fact that the student visa is a Short Term Study visa. However, the length of residence won't be a problem as the following applies;sah10406 wrote:Also wrong. As corrected above, OP is a Visitor and therefore cannot switch to any family or spouse status from within the UK.Wanderer wrote: Apply FLR as unmarried partner when you've lived together for two years and have proof.
Once you have been living together for 2 years, you could apply *in Colombia* (not in the UK) to come here as his unmarried partner. However, I am slightly concerned that you have apparently used an 11-month Visitor route to do that.
Was it all clear from your visitor visa application that you had a UK-based partner? For example, is he meeting the costs of your visit and providing free accommodation? Did you include evidence of that in your student visitor visa application?
Where did I say they could switch in country?sah10406 wrote:Also wrong. As corrected above, OP is a Visitor and therefore cannot switch to any family or spouse status from within the UK.Wanderer wrote: Apply FLR as unmarried partner when you've lived together for two years and have proof.
Once you have been living together for 2 years, you could apply *in Colombia* (not in the UK) to come here as his unmarried partner. However, I am slightly concerned that you have apparently used an 11-month Visitor route to do that.
Was it all clear from your visitor visa application that you had a UK-based partner? For example, is he meeting the costs of your visit and providing free accommodation? Did you include evidence of that in your student visitor visa application?
Actually sah10406, I don't believe any of the members posting in this thread are 'amateur online immigration advisers'. The forum exists to help members with their immigration matters without charge and is in no way a contravention of the OISC regulations. Do you want the forum to close as a legal advisor who is concerned that you are losing business?sah10406 wrote:With respect, this is a serious situation and you need proper one-to-one professional immigration advice, not tips from random people online. Speak to your partner about seeking professional advice.
The people who have posted above mean well, but they are mostly amateur online immigration advisers giving their opinion, which is not useful. In the real world they would be prosecuted under OISC for giving unregulated immigration advice.
We are mostly people who have been in immigration hell or have been through certain processes personally and often the advice given by such people is more accurate than that given by the jumped-up wannabe solicitors that some OISC members seem to be.sah10406 wrote:With respect, this is a serious situation and you need proper one-to-one professional immigration advice, not tips from random people online. Speak to your partner about seeking professional advice.
The people who have posted above mean well, but they are mostly amateur online immigration advisers giving their opinion, which is not useful. In the real world they would be prosecuted under OISC for giving unregulated immigration advice.
And to be fair I've come out with a fair amount of drivel as well, hence my sig!Casa wrote:Further to Wanderer's post I believe he will agree (with his 10 years on the forum + 7638 posts) that we frequently see members on here who have been given appalling advice by legal advisers, even OISC registered and often for uncomplicated cases.
When you said "Apply FLR as unmarried partner..."Wanderer wrote:Where did I say they could switch in country?
Not at all. I work for a charity, and I am one of those meaning-well amateurs myself.Casa wrote:Do you want the forum to close as a legal advisor who is concerned that you are losing business?
No, that's clear from OP's first post. But I did miss the nuance in the rules, you are absolutely right: although the guidance talks about not being about to switch from visitor to unmarried partner, the rules do not say that. They say you must have leave for more than six months, which she does. She can indeed in theory make an FLR application in the UK. However, I would be concerned about her credibility, given that she could appear to have used the visitor rules to live here with her partner, and caseworkers hate that.By the way, I'm surprised you missed the fact that the OP is permitted to stay for 11 months - (18 or over and taking an English language course)
No need for sarcasm. And no, that is not an issue in itself. But someone's general credibility could be, if they previously withheld information that they had a British partner. But that's something for OP and her professional adviser to discuss, and may not even be relevant here.Casa wrote:With your OISC professional knowledge, is there anywhere in the Immigration Rules that says the OP is not permitted to co-habit with her partner while on an 11 month Short Term Study visa and later count this towards the 2 year qualification period for an UPV?
Exactly, hence my cautious wording about that.Casa wrote:We don't know of course that the OP didn't declare the existence of a partner if the application required it.
It is quite ironic that a person who has given flawed advice is insulting the people who had indeed given correct advise.sah10406 wrote:Wrong. OP is a Visitor, and cannot switch to spouse in the UK.Casa wrote:You can marry here and then switch to a FLR(M) spouse visa at any time before your current visa expires.