Spouse visa help!!

[Kudraj40]

Hi all,

I have been following this board recently and I must say it is very useful.

I married to my girlfriend back home in a register office in 2014 when I was on tier 2 visa. After a couple of months, we decided to end our relationship and I came back to the UK when she got married to someone. I have a document saying that it all got settled but didn’t apply for divorce as she doesn't want to know her husband.

I have never applied a visa to her as we didn’t plan to live together. After that, I have applied a tier 2 visa for myself in 2015 and 2017. I received my ILR through Tier 2 General 5-year route in 2018 Dec. In all these visa applications I have mentioned my status as single which I realized it now could cause a problem.

As you can clearly see, there is no need for me to hide my marital status for all my tier 2 applications as I always thought I am single and it got settled. I will start the divorce process now to submit for the future spouse application. I never needed to tell the home office of my 1st marriage as it got settled and didn't apply for her visa.

Does home office revoke ILR due to deception as I mentioned my marital status as a single in previous applications?
If not, how can I bring my future wife to the UK without any refusal?
What options I have got if my first wife doesn't cooperate for divorce as she doesn't want to know her current husband?

your help on this is highly appreciated.

Thank you

[seagul]

If you were issued with marriage certificate and the marriage was registered there (back home) and you both were free to marry then that marriage was a legal marriage under HO eyes too. Therefore, it might become a case of deception only when it gets discloses otherwise no issue.

[Kudraj40]

Thanks. Much appreciated!!