UK Spouse Visa Application - no marriage certificate

[Steve_UAE]

Hi,

I am looking for some advice on what to do as we have no evidence in a form of a marriage certificate that we are married. We have requested this from the national records office of the country we married in but this has never been sent to us. Neither of us is a resident of the country where we were married so going back to get a certificate will be a problem.

I have been in a relationship for over 5 years, living together and have a child together.
I have proof that we have been living together in the same property for the last 4 years. As I work overseas my partner is on my Visa sponsorship as a dependent of mine. We have a 2-year-old daughter together.

We are planning to return to the UK in 2019 to settle. I know the marriage certificate would make things easier, but what are the options when this cannot be provided?

[seagul]

There must be no legal marriage in the world where no marriage certificate even marriage records are not being kept. If by chance there is then more likely the marriage must have not been conducted under any legally or recognizable way under such country law.

[Steve_UAE]

There must be no legal marriage in the world where no marriage certificate even marriage records are not being kept. If by chance there is then more likely the marriage must have not been conducted under any legally or recognizable way under such country law.

I never said there was no marriage certificate. It is possible to obtain one, but not in the time scale that we can be within the country. The National Office of Statistics can provide the proof of marriage but this takes up to 60 days. We cannot afford to take 60 days off work and risk our current jobs to get the certificate.

We have wedding photos, Videos, Bills in excess of £30k for the wedding and over 150 guests.

So unless i was dreaming a wedding did occur. We just do not have the piece of paper. So do not make a judgement

[vinny]

If the marriage was conducted in the UK, then they would have issued the marriage certificate on the same day. I'm surprised that they do it didferently in the place where you were married.

If you cannot prove that you are married, then can you prove that you have been living together, akin to marriage for at least two years?