Getting married to another person?

Hi I am on a fiance visa and just wanna know if can I get married to another person?

I guess so, but you'll probably have to leave the UK before the visa expires and apply for a spouse visa from your own country. You certainly wouldn't be able to change to FLR in this country.

So you've effectively paid about a thousand quid for a tourist visa.

Just to confirm. You mean get married to another person, as in, not the person you came to the UK for on the fiancé visa?

That's certainly the way I took it.

well--if you marry the person you originally intended to----only to live to regret it----it could well cost you a damn site more to end it.

and--if your the immigrant--you could well be on an early flight back anyway

Me too but I was just making sure something wasn't lost in translation.

I wouldn't disagree, just somewhat surprised. I guess you don't know people until you live with them. I just seen earlier posts from the user which suggested some transient nature. They were asking for accommodation in a previous post.

This would undoubtedly be a very complex case, and I would get firm legal advice if I were you. In any case, as Maharg says you would indeed have to return home to then apply for a spouse visa. You wouldn't be able to marry and stay.

Yep I concur and agree with what Maharg stated too. Go home, start again. Assuming another application is made, I wonder what the ECO's take would be on it? I suppose if it's a new application they should view it as such but I'm sure they ask about previous applications (so maybe it is partly considered)?

Just to reiterate what @HaloHalo asked, you have come to the UK on a Fiancée visa, met another man and want to marry him instead of the original sponsor?

Actually, when you give notice, I seem to remember they check on the immigration status (which shows who you are to marry), so you might not even be able to get married at all without going back and re-applying.

thinking about this. a fiance visa gives you 6 months to marry--and apply for the first FLR. so--if you dont marry--you have the balance of the 6 months here--but you cant work. so you need to be able to support yourself.

now--as regards marrying a different person----simplest answer is to ask at your local registry office--see what they say.

if they do give the go ahead--then you could marry and then try going for FLR--see what happens. but you risk losing the visa fee. or--return home--and then apply for a spouse visa:: if your successful--you wont then have to apply for that first FLR--so that goes a long way to pay for the spouse visa.

That is correct, my girlfriends annulment papers were sent to the Registry of Births and Marriages Head Office for verification, it took us a month as opposed to the usual notice to marry of two weeks before we got the green light.

I very much doubt whether you would be able to marry another chap without leaving the country and reapplying for the simple reason the new chap hasn't gone through the financial requirements check and the whole Fiancée visa paperwork/sponsorship route.

I must admit, I never thought I would be replying to a post like this

Interesting thread.

I'm not sure the registry office would have any relevance, I don't think they will be clued up on UKVI rules.

If the OP is considering marrying a person other than the one that sponsored them for a Fiancee visa in the first place then it will not be permitted. Surely?

Yea I think Maharg has answered it correctly. They would have to go back, I'm sure of it the more I think about it. I'm intrigued, especially with their previous posts too

exactly my point. if they can satisfy registry office requirements--and actually get married--its a fait accompli. UKVI cant de-marry the couple. who knows what will then happen if they then apply for FLR--has anyone ever tried it--?

I like your thinking but if it was me and my loved one, I'd be looking over my shoulder all the time. You have to follow the rules of UKVI. Same with a post earlier with the filipino guy who had been in the UK for 10 years and is now fighting the UKVI to stay here. I have no sympathy because he didn't follow the rules.

If they did succeed (in getting it past the registry office), I still think it would be illegal. Not certain, but I have a feeling it would be.