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Thanks @rasg turns out that since Dec, opposite sex couples can get into a civil partnership. So gonna go for that. Thanks for the tips!

Re the price, even if you're married, the spouce visa price is £1500?

Hello,

-Do I need to get involved as a sponsor for my girlfriend to visit me in England? She has a professional job with a capable salary. Her english is excellent. We're currently living in Thailand together. I own my apartment in England but i've rented it out whilst i'm here. We plan to go back together.  Does being a sponsor help her situation in acquiring a visa? I wont have any recent council tax statements etc because i've been here for the past 8 months. I work as an engineer so whilst my annual income has been approx 95k. Past two years its only been approx 40k because i've taken time off and worked remotley.

-I want my GF to come live with me, but getting sponsored job for her profession is a bit difficult as theres not much demand [Project manager for IT firms] but she would have no problem if sponsorship was not an issue. I want to try manage a Partnership visa, which requires us to be living together for 2 years. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/immigration/visas-family-and-friends/getting-a-visa-for-your-partner-to-live-in-the-uk/

 - I dont want to get married for the sake of visa, we're quite young and we only met in Jan 2019 and have been living together since June 2019. We will have a full 1 year togther by the time we go to England. Will her 6 months in England count for the 2 years together? I assume international locations apply here? I need to squeeze 6 months extra from somewhere ????

Also please note, I actually have an Irish passport but have been living in England for the past 9 years. I have a LTD company registered in England aswell as my property. Not sure if Brexit has much effect on this.

Moving forward when we do get married, should I try acquire a British passport so my wife gets it as well? For her to get Irish passport requries me to live in Ireland for 5 years or something strange and I wont be going back there to live.