Tier 1 to spouse visa

[xiaojizi]

Hello,

I am currently in the UK on a Tier 1 Post Study Work visa that runs out in Feb 2013. My partner and I have been living together for 2 years, but we don't have any joint accounts etc. Next month I am going to go back to my home country to work for a year (it has been difficult to get a job in the UK on my visa and I need the money/experience).

We are going to get married soon, but we are not sure whether to apply for a spouse visa now or wait until my job is over and apply then. My partner is going to begin a university course (he is a mature student) that requires a year abroad (sept 2013 - june 2014), so this complicates things.

Should we rush through it now, or will our being apart be a problem?
Or should we wait, only to go through the process of applying from abroad and not having been together? Thanks for your help.

[Greenie]

As the two of you are not going to be living together in the UK for the next two years it seems then i would say applying to switch to leave as a spouse would not be appropriate and you also wouldn't fulfil the requirements for ilr two years later.