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Spouses/Fiancées/Unmarried partners/Civil Partners of UK citizens or permanent residents (mainly those with indefinite leave to remain) may come to the UK under Family Visa category. You will need to meet certain requirements; like minimum age, minimum English level, Income Level, your intention to join your partner permanently in the UK.
you will be able to work as soon as you enter the UK. Unique Visa Services can assist you at every stage of the process of applying for a Marriage/Civil Partner Visa or applying for the extension of your visa while you are in the U.K and finally when you apply for your settlement
Children of the married couple who are under the age of 18 years will be allowed to enter as dependants. The family can submit their application all together at the same time should they wish to do this.
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Settlement
- Initially you will be granted probation period of two and a half year. After that you can apply for extension of another two and a half year in the U.K. Once you have completed your 5 year period and your marriage still exists then you can apply for Permanent Residency. You also need to pass ‘Life in the U.K Test’ when applying for permanent residence. If you applied for marriage visa on or before 8th July 2012 then you can apply for settlement under old rules, i.e. after two year probation period.
You Will Need To Meet The Following Marriage Visa Requirements:
- You and your partner are both aged 18 or over at the date of application.
- You and your partner have met in person.
- Your relationship with your partner is genuine and subsisting
- You should be legally married (in cases of Fiancée/proposed civil partners, you plan to get married in the UK)
- In the case of Unmarried partners, you should have been living together in a relationship akin to marriage for minimum two years
- You and your partner intend to live together permanently in the UK.
- You partner need to show that he/she can support and accommodate you without using public funds. He/she has got suitable accommodation for you and certain minimum level of income and savings.
- You also need to fulfil the English Language Requirement. You need to show that you have passed approved English Language test or you have degree level qualification (in English language medium) or you are a citizen of English Speaking Countries.
FAQ!
Unfortunately, in order to come to the UK on family visa, your sponsor need to earn minimum of £18600.00 per annum.
In case you are applying with children (who are not British citizen/settled in the UK), you will need to earn extra £3800 for the first child and £2400 for every other child
There are various sources that can be classed as your income for example, your employment, self employment, pension income, Non working income like dividends and rental income and cash savings of above £16000.00
There can be a case where you do not need to meet the minimum income criteria. it is If you are applying as a 'Parent'
OR you are in receipt of certain allowances like Disability Living Allowance or Carer's Allowance