Fiancee/ Marriage Visa Question

[sambessey]

Hi,

It is not very clear on the official sites but:

1) If you get married in this country to a non- EU national, you need to get a fiancee visa for the non- EU person. This is fine, but I understand this typically takes around 3 months to obtain? (Brazil). After this, are you able to immediately transfer this to a married partner visa/ how long does this take to come through/ before the person can start working?

2) If you get married abroad (Brazil) you have to apply for a married partner visa to move to the UK... Does this also take circa three months to come through? Is it easier/ harder than the fiancee visa?

In our situation, my GF was already here on a visa, but we applied for a COA which (still) hasn't come through (no answer yet). Her visa has expired as of yesterday. Would this COA be valid if she were to come back as per situation 1, or do we have to start the COA process again?

Thanks

[sambessey]

Sorry I think this is in the wrong forum. Can someone move it pls?