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Her family's inability to understand English will be irrelevant to the case. The only feasible option will be the spouse visa upon marrying for which you can read the following guidance:
Are you eitherjmf121 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:52 pmUs as a couple:
- Met online
- Live in different cities but plan to live in the same city after her course finishes
- Have met in person twice
- She has met my family
- I haven't met her family
- We have photographs of us together
- We have years worth of chat logs, phone and video call logs, as well as emails dating back just over a year
Hi, she will move to my city after her course. So we will be living together at that point. We will also marry if we need to.secret.simon wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:20 pmAre you eitherjmf121 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:52 pmUs as a couple:
- Met online
- Live in different cities but plan to live in the same city after her course finishes
- Have met in person twice
- She has met my family
- I haven't met her family
- We have photographs of us together
- We have years worth of chat logs, phone and video call logs, as well as emails dating back just over a year
a) married, or
b) living together in a relationship akin to marriage (joint bank accounts, joint bills,-and together-,etc) for at least two years?
Being boyfriend/girlfriend for two years (or even longer) is irrelevant, as is planning to live together in the future.
If you plan to do it via the durable partner route (without marriage), you need to have already lived together in a relationship akin to marriage (as above) for at least two years before the application is made.
Keep in mind that if she is in the UK, any proposed marriage will need to take place at specified Registry Offices and the notice period of the marriage can be extended from the normal 28 days to 70 days while the Home Office investigates the genuineness of the proposed marriage.
Just a few more questions about our application.secret.simon wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:21 pmIf you plan to do it via the durable partner route (without marriage), you need to have already lived together in a relationship akin to marriage (as above) for at least two years before the application is made.
Keep in mind that if she is in the UK, any proposed marriage will need to take place at specified Registry Offices and the notice period of the marriage can be extended from the normal 28 days to 70 days while the Home Office investigates the genuineness of the proposed marriage.
So, to ensure that she can apply before her current visa expires, you will need to apply to marry her at least 70 days (ideally more) before the end of her visa.
Keep in mind that, given that you and she live in different cities currently, the Home office may not be convinced of the genuineness of the marriage.
You may want to look at moving with her to another EEA member-state before the transition period ends and residing there for a while (more than 3 months, ideally 6 months to a year or longer) before returning to the UK.
secret.simon wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:21 pmKeep in mind that if she is in the UK, any proposed marriage will need to take place at specified Registry Offices and the notice period of the marriage can be extended from the normal 28 days to 70 days while the Home Office investigates the genuineness of the proposed marriage.
So, to ensure that she can apply before her current visa expires, you will need to apply to marry her at least 70 days (ideally more) before the end of her visa.
On the face of it, it seems unlikely to be considered abnormal given the variety of situations the Home Office would see on a regular basis. Having met in person is one of the requirements, which you would meet. The other significant requirement is that the relationship be genuine and subsisting and it would be up to you to provide evidence of this showing that, on the balance of probabilities, the requirement is met (photos together and any evidence of having spent time together, evidence of ongoing regular communication, etc.). Keep in mind that the UK isn't that big and is relatively easy to get around relative to most of the long distance relationships the Home Office would typically see.jmf121 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:59 pmI am also wondering how genuine this will look to the home office. Is this fast pace of moving in, getting married, and applying for a visa a normal thing to them? I am worried the relationship might not look genuine considering we have at this point, only met twice.
Basically, she is studying and we have both agreed her studies come first. She has been very busy with this and I hope the home office would recognise her as hard-working and not question why we didn't meet more!geoeng wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:38 amOn the face of it, it seems unlikely to be considered abnormal given the variety of situations the Home Office would see on a regular basis. Having met in person is one of the requirements, which you would meet. The other significant requirement is that the relationship be genuine and subsisting and it would be up to you to provide evidence of this showing that, on the balance of probabilities, the requirement is met (photos together and any evidence of having spent time together, evidence of ongoing regular communication, etc.). Keep in mind that the UK isn't that big and is relatively easy to get around relative to most of the long distance relationships the Home Office would typically see.jmf121 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:59 pmI am also wondering how genuine this will look to the home office. Is this fast pace of moving in, getting married, and applying for a visa a normal thing to them? I am worried the relationship might not look genuine considering we have at this point, only met twice.
No it won't be taken into any consideration and application will still process on its own merit where all requirements will have to be met in its entirety. Also be informed that you can even marry her outside of UK which will also be valid in UK.
You may not be meeting more and still have subsisting relationship especially with not being in same city hence other evidence of the relationship like messages, chats, phone calls.jmf121 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:17 amBasically, she is studying and we have both agreed her studies come first. She has been very busy with this and I hope the home office would recognise her as hard-working and not question why we didn't meet more!geoeng wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:38 amOn the face of it, it seems unlikely to be considered abnormal given the variety of situations the Home Office would see on a regular basis. Having met in person is one of the requirements, which you would meet. The other significant requirement is that the relationship be genuine and subsisting and it would be up to you to provide evidence of this showing that, on the balance of probabilities, the requirement is met (photos together and any evidence of having spent time together, evidence of ongoing regular communication, etc.). Keep in mind that the UK isn't that big and is relatively easy to get around relative to most of the long distance relationships the Home Office would typically see.jmf121 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:59 pmI am also wondering how genuine this will look to the home office. Is this fast pace of moving in, getting married, and applying for a visa a normal thing to them? I am worried the relationship might not look genuine considering we have at this point, only met twice.