visa for wife, Divorced 1st wife in Pakistan when i ws in UK

[Aliahmed_uk]

Dear Members,

I’m a British Pakistani, (born in Pakistan, and now have dual nationality)

I married a girl in Pakistan, she spent an year in getting spouse visa, came to UK but marriage didn’t work out and she went back after an year, lived there two months and then we decided to divorce. As she was resident in Pakistan, I initiated the divorce proceedings in Pakistan. While living in the UK, appointed a solicitor and gave him special power of attorney to act on my behalf. I sent the notice of divorce after getting this verified by Pakistan Embassy, notice was served to Union Council in Pakistan and to my wife. After three months I got divorce certificate from NADRA. So, a divorce by proceedings and not a bare talaq.

Now, I need to marry another girl in Pakistan and apply a visa for her. However, on different forums have learned that though above mentioned divorce is legally valid and accepted by British law, immigration officers usually reject such case stating that your divorce is not valid because YOU WAS NOT IN PAKISTAN when you pronounced the divorce.

Can someone please guide or share his/her experience as I’m in quite a delima, don’t wish to spent months in proving courts about my previous divorce. Anything that I can do before re-marrying etc? have consulted a couple of solicitors but they are not not too sure about it, so desperately finding someone who can help.

thanks