Marriage Visa

Opportunity Knocks has been providing Marriage Immigration services since 2003.

A UK Marriage Visa or Spouse Visa enables your husband, wife or civil partner to apply to join or remain in the UK provided they are married to a person who is present and settled in UK. Both partners in the marriage need to be 21 before a marriage visa can be issued. Applicants under this visa must apply for entry clearance before travelling to the UK.

Duration

Marriage visas are generally issued for an initial period of 2 years, after this time, applicants may apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) otherwise known as residency in the UK.

Benefits
 A UK Marriage Visa allows the applicant to look for and take up employment in the UK as soon as they arrive in the country, there is no need to arrange a UK sponsor or Work Permit and there are no restrictions on the type of work that can be undertaken.

Qualifying Criteria
Age
For a Marriage 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 Marriage visa, partners must fulfill the following requirements:

• Parties have to be legally married to each other
• 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.

Dependents
Any children of the marriage under 18 years of age will be granted entry to the UK as dependents. Dependents can make their applications at the same time as the main applicant, after a period of three years in the UK, if they still meet the residence requirements, may then apply for British Naturalization and Citizenship.