When my now wife came here, she came for 6 months initially on a fiance visa. We then married while she was on that visa, and she applied for FLR(M). This was a fairly common route. I know other people here used it too, and there are others looking to use it. But, suddenly, the fiance visa has become conspicuous by its absence on all the Government sites, which makes me wonder what has happened with it. Is this still available to people? They are offering spouse visas and visas for partners, which are 2.5 year visas. I don't think we would have been eligible for a partner visa when we intially applied as we weren't living together. Can anyone find any definite information on this? I've looked online. all visa agencies still advertise it, but it seems to have become a bit of a hidden option if it is still there.
You might be right Graham. I havent been tracking it. I seem to remember they dropped the actual name Fiance visa as such a while back. But a route for Fiances was still there under a different guise?
as far as i can see--the first mention of the word fiance occurs in part 10 of the one-size-fits-all form VAF 4A: You should complete Appendix 2 if you wish to come to the UK as: • The spouse or civil partner of someone settled in the UK; or • The child of a parent who is applying for entry clearance as a partner or the child who is applying to join their parent who is already in the UK and has been granted limited leave as partner granted under the Immigration Rules in force on 09 July 2012; or • The fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner of someone settled in the UK; or • The unmarried or same sex partner of someone settled in the UK; or • The Post Flight family member (spouse or civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner, or child) of someone with limited leave to enter or remain in the UK as a refugee or is the beneficiary of humanitarian protection.
So, that would be the one here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-uk-visa-for-family-settlement-form-vaf4a
Yes and very likely because to our political correct civil servants, the term "fiancé(e)" is no longer an appropriate term.
That form looks similar to the "on line application" that K and I are working on together. At least, many of the questions are the same.
