The UK is one of the few countries, which offer visitors visa for their loved one. Being a country famous for its order and immigration, it has introduced spouse visa for foreign nationals to live with their beloved each other even after marriage. This article will serve as a guideline that how to apply spouse visa for UK.

I mean, it’s scary: there are many different visa options available for a UK citizen and their spouse if they wish to move them to Britain. The process is not very clear, some visas don’t include children. 

The UK partner visa is issued to a non-European spouse of British citizen or person settled in the UK. UK provides great advantages for immigrants seeking a right to live in the United Kingdom. It lets people seek a spouse visa who are already living outside the UK as it allows exemption from most of the usual immigration rules and criteria. Undoubtedly, it renders your life much easier if you have settled status in UK because in that situation you can be employed without any restrictions on time of stay or type of work, you can be self-employed, or start up businesses or companies, own property and settle anywhere in the UK.

How To Apply Spouse Visa For Uk

A spouse visa is used by the applicant who is residing in the country of origin. He or she can apply for a UK spouse visa once they are married to someone who is living in the UK as a legal resident or citizen. To apply for a UK spouse visa you will need to put forward compelling evidence of your relationship and show that you have enough funds to look after yourself without having to rely on public funds. A UK spouse visa is applicable for people from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.

A spouse visa is a UK immigration category where the partner of a British citizen/person settled in the UK can apply for a visa to join them. The individual must have sufficient funds at their disposal and be in good health.

Apply as a partner or spouse

To apply as a partner, you and your partner both need to be 18 or over.

Your partner must also either:

• be a British or Irish citizen
• have settled in the UK – for example, they have indefinite leave to remain, settled status or proof of permanent residence
• be from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and have pre-settled status – they must have started living in the UK before 1 January 2021
• have a Turkish Businessperson visa or Turkish Worker visa
• have refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK

You and your partner must intend to live together permanently in the UK after you apply.

If your partner has settled or pre-settled status you may be able to apply to the free EU Settlement Scheme.

What you’ll need to prove

You must be able to prove one of the following:

• you’re in a civil partnership or marriage that’s recognised in the UK
• you’ve been living together in a relationship for at least 2 years when you apply
• you are a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner and will marry or enter into a civil partnership in the UK within 6 months of arriving

You also need to prove you:

• have a good knowledge of English
• can financially support yourself and your dependants

If you do not meet these requirements you may still be able to apply for a visa or extend your permission to stay if:

• you have a child in the UK who is a British or Irish citizen or has lived in the UK for 7 years and it would be unreasonable for them to leave the UK
• there would be very significant difficulties for you and your partner that could not be overcome if you lived together as a couple outside the UK
• it would breach your human rights to stop you coming to the UK or make you leave

If you’re applying as a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner

You must prove that:

• any previous marriages or civil partnerships have ended
• you plan to marry or become civil partners within 6 months of arriving in the UK