Applying for Spouse Visa after use of deception

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Hi all,

A couple of months ago, my fiancée (now wife) made a silly mistake and lied to the immigration officer about her relationship status, it was a one month (visitor) stay with the return flight booked. She didn't tell them that I was her fiancé and that her fiancé lived in Hong Kong. The reason for this (and we both understand that it's not an acceptable excuse) was that she was scared that immigration would think that she was lying about her intention to leave after one month and that she would remain here illegally. I didn't know she was going to say this and I would have told her not to if she told me!!!! She just panicked.

So as you can expect, alarm bells were rung and the immigration officer declined her leave to enter. For the reason that she used deception and that her credibility was weak as a result of that deception.

We have since decided that we just want to get married to make our lives easier and actually live together as a long distance relationship is so so painful. We got married 23/04/18 and we're now looking at a spouse visa application and collating all of our evidence and documents.

We're just concerned, will the previous refusal of leave to enter have a negative impact? She was refused 03/03/18. Would the fact that even though they found the truth, the truth was clearly not a reason for her to be denied entry. It was just down to her being scared and making a bad judgement. She is perfectly legitimate and always has been.

We look forward to your reply,
Thanks in advance.



She's from Hong Kong, I am British.

[Obie]

It should not have an effect.