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You will or have wasted your money on visit visas because even if that visit visa gets approved but still he will have to return back home after a short stay and cannot be able to switch into any visa from UK. Better to apply the spouse visa for which you are already earning sufficiently.marasinghes wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:07 pmMy husband is Sri Lankan and lives in Sri Lanka. We have been living together for the past three years in Sri Lanka. I returned to the UK in October to get a job, so I can sponsor him to join us after 6 months
It’s my 40th in April and I really want him to come here instead of going there. He works full time and has done for a year, as a general manager at a boutique hotel. He earns LKR 150,000 (approx £700) per month. He has saving of around £1000 in his current account and a couple of thousand in other fixed deposit accounts. He owns a house, a motorbike and has family in Sri Lanka.
We have been married two years, together for three.
We applied just over a year ago when the circumstances were quite different for a visit visa and he got refused. He was working but for himself and he didn’t have so much hard evidence of that.
I’m just wondering if there’s any point at all going down this route? My mum can also sponsor him. She is currently renting but had around £30k in the bank. Plus I am earning and earn £24k per year.
Will get to the spouse visa applications later.... just want to know whether to waste our time and money on this first!
There's no harm in trying. If the visitor visa is refused, it wont affect your spouse visa application.marasinghes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:16 amOh sorry, maybe I wasn’t clear. The visit visa is just for a visit if two weeks for my birthday. We are not able to apply for the spouse visa until beginning of May, when I will have been working for the company for six months.
As you have identified, there are provisions for a visa being granted in these types of circumstances; however, it is a realm in the immigration rules of little certainty. It depends entirely on the strength of the case you present in the application and the best interests of a relevant child are a primary consideration. If you have not found this already, the requirements are discussed in the guidance document linked below from page 66.marasinghes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:42 pmIs it pie in the sky to think that this visa will ever be granted?