Wife - Requirements for entry clearance or leave to remain

[johnddd]

Hello

I have the following question. I met my girlfriend here in the UK. She was a student when we started a relationship. I work under Tier 2 before I met her. She left UK before her student visa expired. She came back to UK with a tourist-visitor visa to visit me. We will get married next year in our country, so she can join me here in UK as a dependant.

Checking the family member requirements, the section 319C -h mentions that "An applicant who is applying for leave to remain must not have last been granted entry clearance or leave as a visitor".

My question is: My gf last entry was a tourist. Is that tourist-visitor visa going to cause the spouse/wife dependant visa rejection? I just don't get this requirement.

Any help understanding that requirement would be appreciated, I understand all of the regulations in that section, but this numeral make no sense to me.

Regards

[CR001]

You are misunderstanding. It means she cannot switch to leave to remain as your partner if she is IN the UK as a visitor.

[johnddd]

Thank you very much.

Reading through again and with your clarification I get the requirement now.

Regards