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This also includes a divorce law, which was enacted by the Philippine Legislature in 1917 through ACT No. 2710. Under this ACT, divorce was allowed on grounds of adultery. ACT No. 2710 was repealed by Republic Act No. 386 or the Civil Code of the Philippines enacted on June 18, 1949.19 Sep 2012

my filipina wife divorced her first ( filipino ) husband while she was here in the UK--on a student visa--in 2012. the divorce would obviously be recognised here in the UK--and the rest of the world...but not the Philippines. it cost her about £1000 including solicitors fee and expenses.

we considered long and hard about her applying for a fiancee visa after she had returned home-in 2012. i could not get any definite answer online as to whether her status in the Philippines would be a problem with UKVI, but i reckoned they would not accept her situation and reject her application. kiss goodbye £1400 app fee.

so--she applied for an annulment, which set us back 15 months and £2000.

also--she needed to consider the CFO--would they accept her UK divorce ? who knows. they couldnt ignore her annulment though.

we digress

One other option is to get marriage visitor visa and can get married in UK. Visa lasts for six months but MUST leave at the end of six months.

Opportunity to see what life is like in UK before committing to move. If you are going to move to the other side of the world then really should see what it is like first at least for a short time.

Downside is if want to move then HAVE to go back to philippines and apply for spouse visa. There is NO option to convert to spouse visa in the UK. Slightly more than tourist visa but can provide better evidence for why you want to visit ie see what kife in UK is like before deciding where to live permenantly.

Other downside is have to pay for return trip from philippines to UK, then wait three plus months to get spouse visa when you return. Fiance visa means only gave to pay for one trip here and can convert to spose visa in uk.

Upside is get a relatively low cost run at preparing a full application and having to think about evidence. Technically do not need the same level of evidence but worth preparing the level and quality as it will force you to think about the requirements and improves chances of getting. Addresses the question of have you lived together before/after marriage and can demonstrate that you comply with visa restrictions.

Surely you mean a Fiancee Visa, someone that i know did come over on a Fiancee visa then went back to Phills without marrying, they did get married afterwards, and now have a young family here in the Uk..

No. There is fiance visa and marriage visitor visa. They are very different.

My now wife came over on marriage visitor visa. Similar time to get as a tourist visa (answer in about two weeks from vfs global visit and dealt with in philippines) and not the same level of requirements as spouse or fiance visa.

Not allowed to marry on a tourist visa although people do. If you plan to marry in UK you are supposed to get marriage visitor visa.

HAVE to leave at the end of the visa and if you want to settle apply for spouse visa from your country of residence when you leave the UK.

My take on what your asking I won't bore you with all the cans and cannot I know you know them.
Fianceè visa and marriage visa....both of these give the immigrant a chance to make sure the lifestyle stacks up, are we right for each other is what he telling me right( I live in a mansion.... 2 bed shack really) both here for up to six months marry in both but fianceè visa allows the couple to stay together in the UK, and if honest pretty much certain to go into spouse(flr) a bit easier unless the couple become terrorists.
Both have escape points till married
Spouse visa once your wed your wed and the immigrant is coming across a bit on trust of what they have been told so a tad riskier than previous 2.
If kids are involved all different.
Does this help?

Yes that’s great and helpful Mattecube, thanks for taking the time and effort to reply .

Tourist Visa is really our plan A until we heard so many mixed feedback about it.Anyway, my concern for Touris Visa is that all the documents that I need from my boyfriend, he need to send the original copy through dhl or its just fine to send it through email?Because my bf told me that no need to send it through dhl at all..LOL! Although, I had a feeling that the original copy is also needed yet he insist his statement..Thats why I ask about it to make it sure as were both newbie about visa application before we make an action.. ☺️Thank you ahead

Hi Angel, I've been reading a lot about visas, best advice is for you to get married in the Philippines first then apply for the spouse visa. Make sure that your husband meets the financial requirement, has an accommodation and currently employed. You can read about the requirements in UKVI.

with regard to sending copies----try starting an online visa application and see if theres a notification from UKVI about using copies--rather than original documents.
we recently did my wifes FLR application and there was a large message from UKVI to say we could use copies instead of originals--except passports

but i dont know if it applies to visit visas.

Key thing with tourist visa is convincing them that you have have reason to return which is your evidence as opposed to his. That is evidence of links to why you have to return. In my now wife's case it was the house rental contract, one child was originally going to stay (even managed to get visa for him later after we sorted his passport and sent in tourist visa application for him after we had the visa for my wife and the other child to say we had changed our mind), her bank account statements. We also provided emails from registry office as we were planning on getting married in UK. We also had a lot of evidence of relationship as we were applying for the marriage visitor visa.

We used a fair amount of evidence from me when we applied for marriage visitor visa and sent in copies not originals. Mostly evidence such as bank statenents and payslips to show I could support her while here. As copies could have been scanned, emailed and printed.

@Br28016 , Our case is his in England now and I’m here. So, ill be the one who apply the visa instead of him? I just only know what the documents that i needed to prepared for Tourist visa such as COE, LOA, Properties, Bank Staement , Payslip. My questions are how about the cover letter, invitation letter , and iterinary , I will be the one who prepare it too? Do you have any sample ? Also, do we need to include our Pictures together too to my Tourist application ? Lastly, what else should he need to send me aside from his bank statement ,property and passport ? Thanks ahead

Send me a personal message, I've joined a group in Facebook with Filipinas married or in a relationship with British men, they might be able to give you more based on experience advice. I can add you there. Cheers!

Need to be able to explain with evidence why you want to visit the UK, how long you will stay and why you have to return to the Philippines. Visitor visa is about you and showing that you have the necessary money to support yourself on the visit or to show where the money is coming from. It is also about showing why you will be returning to the Philippines and that is probably the most important thing. Photos are good as shows that you have met before and part of an ongoing relationship and the longer the relationship the better as it explains your reason for wanting to come.

For visitor visa his bank statements and wage slips are only relevant if you want to be able to show that he can afford to sponsor you for a settlement visa or if it links to a relationship or he will be paying for part of the trip. Sponsorship form SU/07 may also add to the weight of evidence and may be worth getting him to do one of them. Accomodation details are relevant to show that you will have somewhere to stay and hence why you have less of a financial requirement.

Need to be able to explain how long you will visit for and this needs to link to being given time off work and then returning to your job at the end. Need to think carefully about how long you will visit for - not to short and limited in length by whether your job would be available when you come back. You have to be able to show that if relying on savings then will still have money when you come back as not believable that you would come back to nothing.

Tried to send you a sanitised version of my invitation letter but it wont let me post it to you. Not sure if you have settings so that cannot receive private messages. I can get messages so if you want to send me a private message I'll post it back to you. My invitation letter detailed our relationship, explained why we wanted to get married in UK, what we would do while in the UK, explained why we did not want to go for a settlement visa at that time and the reasons why she had to return to the Philippines with reference to the evidence we supplied.

Suggestion to join the facebook groups is a good one as there are several and I know my wife is a member of a number of them and can get good information there including reasons why people have been refused visas which is useful to understand mistakes made in application process. Picked up a few things from her on what was discussed in the groups.

They are closed groups mostly and I believe tend to to be open to filipinas. I think my wife is a member of those one's.

THE LUCKIEST FILIPINA BRITISH WIVE'S "GF/FIANCEE"
UK VISA APPLICANTS - Philippines with Love
UK Settlement Visa for FILIPINOS
UK SPOUSE SETTLEMENT VISA

Can't say what most of them are like as not a member and don't think would qualify as I'm not a filipina.

Best of luck with your application