Does anyone know the answer to this?

[Maggs]

I'm getting married next year (I'm Canadian) to my LDR fiance (he's from the UK). I ideally would like to get married (we're getting married in Canada), then go over there and apply for my visa rather than waiting here for several months after our wedding to get it before I can travel. But I don't know if I can do this. A friend of mine seems to think I can, but I don't know how and where to go about doing it. And also no clue what I'd say to immigration folks when I go through on a one-way plane ticket. Have looked all over online and can't find the answer to this specific question.

 

Anyone do this with an LDR that can answer my question? Thanks

[Island Girl]

Has he been in contact there to find out?

 

I know in the US you can apply for a fiance visa but that is for the fiance to come here and get married within 90 days.

 

Once the marriage is complete you file for a spousal visa and in some cases you can get approval for them to come here until the paperwork is final.

 

In both of these cases the US can force the spouse to go back and wait for the approval.

 

 

The UK is easier than the US from what I gather with the forums online.

But I don't know about your circumstances and a cursory check yielded nothing. Sorry.

[Mountainlove]

Hello,

 

I had a look online ....

 

Please viseit these webseite which will also give you contacts...

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ukresidency/

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ukresidency/eligibility/partnersandchildren/

 

 

 

This page explains how your husband, wife or civil partner can join you in the United Kingdom if you are permanent resident in this country.

 

If this page does not answer all your questions, you can contact us.

 

Your husband, wife or civil partner may come with you to the United Kingdom, or join you here, if you are aged 21 or over and you:

 

* currently live in the United Kingdom and are settled here; or

* are returning to the United Kingdom with him/her to live here permanently.

 

He/she must show that:

 

* you are legally married to each other or have registered a civil partnership;

* you are going to live together permanently as man and wife, or as civil partners;

* you have met each other;

* you can support yourselves and any dependants without help from public funds;

* you have adequate accommodation where you and your dependants can live without help from public funds; and

* he/she is aged 21or over.

 

If you have more than one husband or wife, only one of them will be allowed to join you here as your husband or wife.

 

Your husband, wife or civil partner must obtain permission to enter the United Kingdom before travelling here. We call this permission (entry clearance). It will be in the form of a visa or entry clearance certificate. To obtain it, he/she should apply to the British diplomatic post in the country where he/she lives. For information about visas, see our visa services website.

 

When your husband, wife or civil partner arrives in the United Kingdom, he/she will be given permission to live and work here for two years. Near the end of the two years, if you are still married or in a civil partnership and plan to live together, your husband, wife or civil partner may apply to live here permanently. See Settlement for details of how to apply for permanent residence.

 

In some cases, we can give your husband, wife or civil partner permission to live permanently in the United Kingdom as soon as he/she arrives. To qualify for this, you must:

 

* have married or formed a civil partnership four years or more ago;

* have spent those four years living together outside the United Kingdom;

* now be returning to the United Kingdom to settle here together; and

* your spouse/partner must (unless aged 65 or over) have sufficient knowledge of the English language and about life in the United Kingdom.

[Maggs]

Island Girl--he's not contacted anyone there, I think I need to contact the British Consulate in Ottawa to ask them. There's a fiance visa for the UK too but you need to prove that you'll be married in the UK within the 6 months. And well...we'll already be married

 

Mountain Love--that's the info I've found online already. But thank you anyway. I suppose it's best not to be sneaky and wait and apply there. It'd only be a couple of months anyway. It's not like we've never done LDR before haha.