voluntarily return home and apply for a spouse visa

[ariancardiff]

Hi,
My fiancée now lives in Germany for about three months and has applied for asylum and she has been fingerprinted. but now she wants voluntarily go back to Iran (her home country) as she does not feel in danger anymore. she wants to go to the Iranian embassy in Germany and apply for a return paper pass.(dispass)
If she goes back to Iran on her cost (buy ticket with her money) and later on apply for spouse visa in the british embassy, would we face any problems on that application because of her asylum application withdrawal?
Thanks

[member]

Hi,
My fiancée now lives in Germany for about three months and has applied for asylum and she has been fingerprinted. but now she wants voluntarily go back to Iran (her home country) as she does not feel in danger anymore. she wants to go to the Iranian embassy in Germany and apply for a return paper pass.(dispass)
If she goes back to Iran on her cost (buy ticket with her money) and later on apply for spouse visa in the british embassy, would we face any problems on that application because of her asylum application withdrawal?
Thanks

Are you going to marry her before she makes the UK spouse visa?

[ariancardiff]

Hi,
Yes I can do that in Germany or I can wait for her to go back and do it in another country like turkey or do it by post.
Could you please explain the possibilities?
Thanks a lot

[ariancardiff]

I have to add the fact that she has never been interviewed by German authorities so far.

[Casa]

Her withdrawn asylum claim in Germany shouldn't adversely affect a UK spouse visa application.

[ALKB]

Hi,
Yes I can do that in Germany or I can wait for her to go back and do it in another country like turkey or do it by post.
Could you please explain the possibilities?
Thanks a lot

Have you researched this?

Getting married to a non-EEA national is a lengthy, complicated and expensive thing to do, even without a pending/withdrawn asylum application in the mix.

For this very reason I got married in Denmark - I am a German national and my fiancé had a valid residence permit for an EEA country at the time.

It might be a good idea for your fiancée to go to the local Standesamt (register office) and ask for the exact procedure as it varies from nationality to nationality.

[ariancardiff]

Thanks for all your replies
The fact is, I am not aware of how to this in Germany
...
Would UK home office accept me to apply for a spouse visa for a asylum seeker?
What is the procedure?
If she needs to get refugee status in Germany, God knows how long would it take time.
I know if she goes back home, I have to proof financial and accomodation criterias and I can do that in order to sponcer her to come to the UK.
Please help me by giving some roots in staying Germany and finally come to the UK
Thanks again

[ALKB]

Thanks for all your replies
The fact is, I am not aware of how to this in Germany
...
Would UK home office accept me to apply for a spouse visa for a asylum seeker?
What is the procedure?
If she needs to get refugee status in Germany, God knows how long would it take time.
I know if she goes back home, I have to proof financial and accomodation criterias and I can do that in order to sponcer her to come to the UK.
Please help me by giving some roots in staying Germany and finally come to the UK
Thanks again

I don't think any of this will be quick or easy or even possible. Getting permission to marry a non EEA national in Germany can take 6 months or longer (depending on country of origin, due to document checks) even if the case is straightforward and all required documents are at hand.

Germany is overwhelmed with asylum applications and cases take five months to a year or longer to be decided; every case is different, so no time frame can be given.

If you meet all the spouse visa criteria and she no longer feels in danger in Iran, why does she not return and you go there to get married in Iran? Should be the easiest option.

Your fiancée can contact the local 'help to return' office and they will help her sort things out.

[ariancardiff]

Hi,
Thanks very much for your replies.
Could anybody show me some EU/British immigration rules that withdrawing an asylum claim would not affect her spouse visa application in Iran?
Thanks very much

[ariancardiff]

Hi all,
I have a question.
I am going to bring my wife to the UK.
She is now in Germany and has applied for asylum and still has not been interviewed.
Is it possible for her to apply for a spouse visa in the UK embassy in Germany to come here?
If yes, what documents she needs to have and how is the procedure?
Thanks very much

[Casa]

Are you married now?

[ALKB]

Hi all,
I have a question.
I am going to bring my wife to the UK.
She is now in Germany and has applied for asylum and still has not been interviewed.
Is it possible for her to apply for a spouse visa in the UK embassy in Germany to come here?
If yes, what documents she needs to have and how is the procedure?
Thanks very much

Did she get one of the new refugee photo ID's?

Or some other paperwork stating that she has applied for asylum?

Whether this is enough to be able to apply for a spouse or fiancée visa (which one would it be? Have you somehow got married in the meantime?) would be a question to ask the nearest British Embassy or consulate.

As I understand it, the applicant would have to be legally resident in the country they are applying from. Whether a pending asylum application is considered 'resident' in the eyes of the Embassy/HO, I do not know.

[CR001]

Does she have a passport etc?

[ariancardiff]

Hi,
Thanks for your replies.
We will be married soon and she has got a passport and a refugee photo ID card.