Spouse settlement visa rejected

Hi
I am writing this on behalf of my cousin. He applied for settlement visa for his wife and it got rejected. I will explain you the scenario in detail and i require your guidance to help him.

He is a british citizen and was married to a white women. He applied for divorce but it took some time to clear. He got divorced on 13/09/2007 but due to family pressure and due to his age(getting old) , he got married to indian women in 2005 before getting divorced. He has a kid also with indian wife and kid was born in 2006.

He applied for settlement visa in Feb 2008 and it got rejected.
The EC officer rejected his application stating that ur marriage is not valid as u were lawfully married to ur first wife and visa was rejected on paragraph 281.

Please let me know how to help him in this matter as i have seen him losing lot of money in all this process and being uneducated , the advocates are also making lot of money.

Christ, he's a bigamist, how can he be helped, he might go to jail....

Actually he had filed for divorce in 2003 and they were seperate from last 4 years.I know it is not valid but i feel there shud be some way to sort this one. Shud he get marry to indian bride again to be lawfully married again.

Shud he get marry to indian bride again to be lawfully married again.

This is pretty basic! In order to get a spouse visa you have to be married! So yes, he really does need to enter into a legally valid marriage.

Sadly, he is a bigamist. If he had to cave into 'Family pressure , age & culture', then he shouldnt be surprised with the outcome.

The correct outcome.

I am not surprised but he is low in confidence. He doesn't know much about process and is used by lawyers.

I have a friend who almost the same situation as your cousins, infact it was worst. The ECO found out that my friend was legally married to her 1st husband, so the visa application for his present husband was rejected. The solicitor advised to file a divorced for his first husband and for the second she apply to nullify her marriage (NULL and VOID). At the same time. So when the certificate was issued, New application was submitted in the Embassy.

Good luck

namastelondon wrote:Hi
I am writing this on behalf of my cousin. He applied for settlement visa for his wife and it got rejected. I will explain you the scenario in detail and i require your guidance to help him.

He is a british citizen and was married to a white women. He applied for divorce but it took some time to clear. He got divorced on 13/09/2007 but due to family pressure and due to his age(getting old) , he got married to indian women in 2005 before getting divorced. He has a kid also with indian wife and kid was born in 2006.

He applied for settlement visa in Feb 2008 and it got rejected.
The EC officer rejected his application stating that ur marriage is not valid as u were lawfully married to ur first wife and visa was rejected on paragraph 281.

Please let me know how to help him in this matter as i have seen him losing lot of money in all this process and being uneducated , the advocates are also making lot of money.

I doubt re-marrying the same person will make a difference. The record will show it is the same position with different dates. The ECO is not going to change their mind - I bet they will even ask for the divorce papers for the second marriage!

An illeagal act is an illegal act and history can not be changed, I hold little hope that the spouse visa will be granted.