UK Fiance Visa

To be eligible for the UK Fiance Visa, you and your foreign partner have to meet the following criteria:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Be planning to get married during the 6 months period that the Fiance Visa is valid for
• You have UK citizenship or settled status in the UK
• You intend to live together in the UK after you get married
• You have enough money to support yourselves as a couple after your partner joins you in the UK
• You have suitable accommodation where you will live comfortably as a couple
• Your foreign partner is able to pass an approved SELT test to demonstrate that they have at least A1 English level.

If you are not sure whether you and your partner meet the requirements for the Fiance Visa, talk to our immigration lawyers. They will analyse your circumstances and will determine whether the Finance Visa is the right way to bring your foreign partner to the UK.

To prove your eligibility for the UK Fiance Visa, you have to show that you and your partner have enough money to support yourselves as a couple and that you meet certain minimum financial thresholds.

The combined annual income of you and your partner has to be at least £18,600. If you intend to bring dependents to the UK, this amount increases by £3,800 for your first child and £2,400 for every child after the first one.

The information that you can use as evidence confirming that you have enough money include:

• Employment contract
• Proof of being self-employed
• Proof of receiving statutory sick pay, maternity, paternity, or adoption pay
• Evidence of having enough savings
• Stocks and shares
• Evidence of receiving income from property, for example, from renting it.

Keep in mind that if your partner comes to the UK on the Fiance Visa, they will not be able to work and access public funds.

The application for the Fiance Visa has to be made from outside the UK, which means that your foreign partner has to initiate their application process from their home country. To apply, they have to submit an online form available on the website of the UK government. Then, they have to pay the application fees.

In addition to the online form, your foreign spouse has to submit a number of documents that prove their eligibility for the visa. These include:

• Photocopies of any old passports and previous visas to the UK
• Proof of nationality of their parents
• Information about your relationship (For example its duration and the number of times you saw each other)
• Details of any previous marriages, divorces, and children
• Details of any criminal convictions
• Information about countries that are not the UK where they lived or which they visited.

The exact documents that you and your partner might need to prepare vary depending on your individual circumstances. Our lawyers can help you put together a complete portfolio of evidence.

For your partner to be able to receive the UK Fiance Visa, they have to provide evidence showing that you two are in a genuine relationship.

Information that can be used as evidence includes:

• Bank statements showing that you have joint accounts
• Evidence of having joint financial commmitments
• Leases or other documents showing that you have previously lived together
• Birth certificates if you have any children together
• Reference letters from friends and family that can confirm that your relationship is real
• Records of holidays you have went on together
• Details about how long you have been together, how you met, and how many times you have seen each other
• Photographs of you two spending time together as a couple.

If you and your partner are unable to provide sufficient evidence showing that your relationship is genuine, your Fiance Visa application might be rejected. Talk to our immigration lawyers to receive expert guidance on how to prove the authenticity of your relationship.

The application fee for the Fiancé Visa UK is £1,538. Your foreign partner might also have to pay additional fees, for example, for taking an English language test or for having documents translated by an official translator.

As for the waiting time for the Fiancé Visa, there is no specific timeframe for the processing of applications. On average, however, you can expect to receive the decision within 24 weeks after you submit your application and all the required documents if you’re applying from outside the UK, and around 8 weeks if you apply from inside the UK.

If some of the information or supporting documents are missing, the processing of your application will take longer. To make sure you included everything, hire one of our immigration lawyers. They will review your application before you submit it.