Hello Again, Last Saturday we married and would like to pass on our thanks to this forum for all the help and guidance through the Visa application. As we were granted a marriage visa to allow my partner back into the UK for us to be married, this is due to expire on Oct 28th 2015, so we are now looking for advise on the next step, i believe the next Visa for which we apply should be a "SPOUSE" visa? I have been told our closest office is located in Glasgow and that we can apply and receive paperwork on the same day? Is there an office in Glasgow where we could do this? What are the fees? How do we arrange an appointment? I assume we should take all the paperwork we submitted the last time along with our Marriage certificate and photographs of the wedding? We are also expecting a child, should we submit proof of this as we never knew during last application. Any help and guidance links and phone numbers would be truly appreciated. Mark & Sherey
Hello Mark & Sherey congratulation were on the same process as well. But were getting married next month. And after that we will apply the next visa. Which is the FLR (M) form. Please click the link below, and you will see what you will do through out the process https://www.gov.uk/remain-in-uk-family
Hi Mark. Congratulations on your wedding. I didn't know there was such a thing as a "Marriage Visa" Is it a fiancée visa? Thanks.
Congratulations Mark & Sherey, take a look at the link below, it will help you with your next steps, all your questions will be answered, getting the FLR(M) is your next step on the five year settlement route. I am assuming that you brought your loved one to the UK on a Fiancee visa which gave you six months in which to marry and apply for Further Leave to Remain (FLR(M). The reason I ask is because you mentioned Marriage visa in your post which is a visa that entitles the visa holder to enter the UK to marry only, not to reside here. http://www.british-filipino.com/index.php?threads/fiancee-visa-to-flr.11144/
i'm confused by the OP. Mark----the visa your new wife got--( congrats by the way )----was it a marriage VISIT visa ? ( just say what the fee was--we can easily tell from that )----if so--then she now needs to apply for a settlement visa. we need to establish this before we go any further.
Congratulations Mark and Sherey and I like both wedding outfits! There is an office your can visit in Glasgow to submit an FLR(M) application but that is only for the premium service, which costs an extra £400, on top of the FLR(M) fee of £649. If you don't want the premium service you apply by post. Here is the FLR(M) form... https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447242/FLR_M__04-15.pdf
That is a very good point bigmac. If it was a marriage visit visa she will have to leave the UK to make a settlement visa application. If it was a settlement visa in the first instance she will have to follow the FLR(M) route.
I think there is a degree of uncertainty with regards the fiancee visa, which seems to have disappeared. We need clarification about the visa type here. As Howerd says, if it is just a visa to come to the uk as a visitor and get married, then she would need to return home and apply for a spouse visa from outside the uk. If it is the settlement visa then the next step is flr(m) from inside the uk.
I think Mark's good lady was already in the UK doing some charity work, she could have possibly been entitled to switch visa, I'm sure Mark will clarify this.
To Clarify. My wife was in the UK doing Charity work on a volunteer visa for 1 year. When this expired she returned home to the Philippines March 2015, We applied for a Visa to allow Sherey to return and for us to be married, this Visa was granted May (2015) and cost approx. £1000, says on passport (Type: MARRIAGE CP M LEROY) I think there is a lot of confusion as VISA name have changed over time, i believe the above type is a Marriage to Settle VISA Type. With this information am i correct in thinking we would be looking at the FLR(M)
yes thats a settlement visa--so now your married your bride needs to apply for FLR----which is beyond my ability to comment at this stage.
Yes, you are correct. Once the marriage has taken place you are eligible for application of FLR(M) ( Further Leave to Remain) that visa will be valid for 30 months. The FLR application will also include application for BRP
Now in the process of completing the application, never realized we had to pay a Health Care Surcharge at £500. This is required before you can arrange an appointment for your FLR(M) Thought best to update this thread to make others aware.
Yes you pay the surcharge and get a reference number to include with your FLR(M) application, is that how it works Mark? £500 is a tidy sum of money
