Getting my Saudi fiancée to the U.K.

[Richard101]

Hi my fiancée is a Saudi female (36) and I am a British male (36). We currently live and work in the UAE.

We want to live in the U.K. Ideally moving in summer 2019.

However...

We are not able to get married in the gulf where we currently reside as her dad does not agree to the marriage.

We want to know the best and least expensive/ time consuming way to go about getting her a visa to work and us getting married.

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post:)

Thanks so much:)

[Casa]

As you are unable to marry in your fiancee's home country, you would have to apply for a fiance visa to enable you to marry in the UK within 6 months of the visa issue date and then submit a FLR(M) application which would grant an initial 2.5 year spouse visa, with the right to work.

However, unless you have £62,500 (the current requirement) in savings which have been held in an accessible account for at least 6 months, without this you would have to return to the UK and once you have employment with annual earnings of £18,600 pro rata in a 6 month period, you could then submit the fiance visa application.

There is no 'cheap' option. Spouse settlement fees + the NHS surcharge will be £3,000+