Hi I have a few questions regarding coming to the UK on a spouse visa.
I'm an American citizen, my fiancé is a UK citizen. We've known each other since 2006, been dating since 2010 and got engaged in June of this year. I've been in the UK for the last year for a post graduate degree on a tier 4 student visa. I'm going home in December and we're planning a wedding for October 2013.
Now we did do research and found it would be easier to get married in the US and have him return after we are married and then for me to apply for the spouse visa. I don't think he needs to apply for anything to get married to me as long as he returning to the UK but I don't know exact what I need to do.
I've looked on the UK Border Agency website and they've made some recent changes for those wanting to come to the UK because a spouse is in the UK.
From what I read there are a few things I need to do.
I will need to have a sponsorship of £18,600 in order meet the financial agreement. I'm assuming that means he'll need to make that much minium but I'm not sure.
I have to have accommodation. Now this one was tricky for me. My fiancé and I will be living with his parents when I am over here. I think that is okay but I would like some clarification on that.
I heard I couldn't actually apply for work either until I'm in the country for two months. But I didn't read anything on here about so I don't know where that two month wait has come from.
I do have student loans I need to pay off but while I am in the US preparing for our wedding I am also going to be trying to save up as much money as I can so I can pay these bills while I am not working.
Neither one of us has a criminal record.
Oh and as far as I know we won't be having a joint bank account at least not right away, I don't know if that will change in the future. But the last thing I want to know is how soon can I apply? After we get married and he's in the UK? And how long does the process generally take?
I know this is asking a lot of different things but I'm a bit of a worrywort and I want to make sure we have this all figured out by next year. Thanks!
I'm an American citizen, my fiancé is a UK citizen. We've known each other since 2006, been dating since 2010 and got engaged in June of this year. I've been in the UK for the last year for a post graduate degree on a tier 4 student visa. I'm going home in December and we're planning a wedding for October 2013.
Now we did do research and found it would be easier to get married in the US and have him return after we are married and then for me to apply for the spouse visa. I don't think he needs to apply for anything to get married to me as long as he returning to the UK but I don't know exact what I need to do.
I've looked on the UK Border Agency website and they've made some recent changes for those wanting to come to the UK because a spouse is in the UK.
From what I read there are a few things I need to do.
I will need to have a sponsorship of £18,600 in order meet the financial agreement. I'm assuming that means he'll need to make that much minium but I'm not sure.
I have to have accommodation. Now this one was tricky for me. My fiancé and I will be living with his parents when I am over here. I think that is okay but I would like some clarification on that.
I heard I couldn't actually apply for work either until I'm in the country for two months. But I didn't read anything on here about so I don't know where that two month wait has come from.
I do have student loans I need to pay off but while I am in the US preparing for our wedding I am also going to be trying to save up as much money as I can so I can pay these bills while I am not working.
Neither one of us has a criminal record.
Oh and as far as I know we won't be having a joint bank account at least not right away, I don't know if that will change in the future. But the last thing I want to know is how soon can I apply? After we get married and he's in the UK? And how long does the process generally take?
I know this is asking a lot of different things but I'm a bit of a worrywort and I want to make sure we have this all figured out by next year. Thanks!