Fiancé’ Visa

Opportunity Knocks has been providing Fiancé’ Immigration services since 2003.

A UK Fiancé Visa or spouse visa enables your Fiance to join them in the UK provided that they have settled status as a permanent resident or Br
itish Citizen.

Duration

Fiance visas are generally issued for an initial period of 6 months and are issued only for the purpose of travelling to the UK to get married.
 After the marriage the applicant may apply to stay in the country beyond the 6 month period and generally a 2 year extension may be issued in the form of a marriage visa. After the 2 year period it may be possible to apply for indefinite leave to remain/residency in the UK as long as the marriage still exists.

Qualifying Criteria

Age

For a Fiancé visa application, applicants must be 21 years of age or over and the partner with settled status in the United Kingdom must be 21
years of age or older.

Relationships

In order to be eligible for the fiancé visa service, partners must fulfill the following requirements:

• Plan to marry within a reasonable time (usually six months)
• Plan to live together permanently after they married
• Have met each other

Be able to support themselves entirely without assistance from public funds

Have adequate accommodation for the applicant and any dependents to live until they are married without assistance from public funds

Additional Information

Only after an applicant’s fiancé visa is changed over to a 2 year marriage visa will they be able to start working and hold the same rights as their spouse who is present and settled in the United Kingdom.  After the 2 year period however applicants will be able to work without restriction.