Fiance Visa UK

A fiance of a British citizen or settled person can apply for a UK Fiancé(e) visa to come to get married. The Fiancé(e) visa is normally granted for 6 months to enable you to get married to the UK sponsor within the permitted 6 months period.

We are experts in dealing with UK Fiancé(e) visa applications and if instructed will carry out all the work on the application until the decision is received from the Home Office UKVI.

Please contact our UK immigration solicitor at MCR Solicitors to fully assess your eligibility for a UK Fiance visa by considering all the relevant information including your past immigration history. 

UK Fiancé(e) visa requirements

The applicant applying for a Fiancé(e) visa UK must meet the following requirements:

• Suitability criteria as set out in Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules;
• Must have met each other;
• Must have the intention to live together permanently in the UK;
• Both the applicant and the sponsor must be free to marry each other;
• The applicant and the sponsor must have made appropriate arrangements and plans to get married in the UK;
• Financial requirement whereby the UK sponsor of the applicant must be earning at least £18,600 gross per year or savings of £62,500 if the UK sponsor of the applicant has no earnings from employment, self-employment or other means of income;
• Adequate accommodation for the applicant and the UK sponsor to be accommodated in the UK without recourse to public funds;
• English language requirement to show that the applicant has English proficiency at CEFR level A1 as required by the UK Immigration Rules.

You must also meet all the other eligibility requirements. Please contact us for initial assessment to determine your eligibility, and to discuss the options.

What documents are required for a UK Fiancé visa application?

Below is a list of required documents that you need to submit for your Fiancé visa application:

• Valid passport
• Proof that your relationship is genuine
• Evidence of meeting the financial requirement
• Evidence of meeting the adequate accommodation requirement
• Proof of meeting the English language requirement

Depending on your circumstances, you might also need to provide additional documents. Please contact us for initial assessment to determine your eligibility, and find out required list of documents in support of your UK Fiancé visa entry clearance application.

Switching from Fiancé(e) visa to Spouse visa

A person who is in the UK on Fiancé(e) visa can switch from a Fiancé(e) visa to a Spouse visa from inside the UK as soon they have registered their marriage with their partner.

Such application for switching from Fiancé(e) visa to a Spouse visa is made online using the application form FLR (M) before the expiry of the Fiancé(e) visa.

As specialist Spouse visa solicitors, we can provide Super Priority Service for applications for switching from Fiancé(e) visa to a Spouse visa and get a decision on your application within 24 hours of the biometrics enrolment date.