Fiancee Visa Some Worries

[V303]

Hi all my first post on here but not my first visit.

Suppose I should give a little background, last year I took up some contract work in Thailand and worked for around six months.

During this time I met a very special lady who worked in the same company. We started dating and..blah..blah. You can put together the rest.

I returned to Thailand for another 3 week trip and proposed to her, she accepted and we are looking into visas. I've done some searching here and on the web and now, to be honest, I am bricking it. Both of us would be devestated if she was refused the visa.

Currently our plan is for her in six months, gain a fiancee visa, marry in the UK and stay here.

My worries are:

Currently I am unemployed and living with the parental unit in their house.

I am looking into the possibility of setting up a company and going self employed. If this doesn't happen and I can't find the position I want onshore here in Scotland then I will probably have to go offshore so I am pretty confident I can find work if push comes to shove.

We have been dating since August last year.

She is also still married to a Thai national, but they have been seperated for over two years due to her husband having a minor wife.

When she came over our plan was for me to work and support her while she studies for an IELTS or similar (she is a university graduate and speaks English very well). We were planning to live with my parents until we can find a suitable property locally.

Would any of the above cause any problems with an application?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Hi all my first post on here but not my first visit.

Suppose I should give a little background, last year I took up some contract work in Thailand and worked for around six months.

I returned to Thailand for another 3 week trip and proposed to her, she accepted and we are looking into visas. I've done some searching here and on the web and now, to be honest, I am bricking it. Both of us would be devestated if she was refused the visa.

Currently our plan is for her in six months, gain a fiancee visa, marry in the UK and stay here.

My worries are:

She is also still married to a Thai national, but they have been seperated for over two years due to her husband having a minor wife.

Would any of the above cause any problems with an application?

Thanks in advance for any help.

I rather expect that most any embassy would have to reject a "fiancee" visa if the lady is still married to another person.

First step for her would be to get a divorce.  I assume that she registered her marriage at the local amphur/district office.  Correct?  If not so, not registered, then she's not "married" to the Thai guy in Thai law.

Mac

[the scouser]

Certainly, your fiancée will have to either be divorced, or be able to demonstrate to the visa officer that divorce will be finalised in the near future. Additionally, a requirement of the Immigration Rules is that you and your fiancée can maintain yourselves without recourse to public funds. This will require that you have either an income or sufficient savings to tide you over.

Scouse.

[V303]

Thanks for the replies guys. I believe she will be looking into the divorce process soon, she is not familiar with it and of course works a 8-5 job plus is on call 24/7, but I will badger her about it.

Regarding the self-sufficiency is there any lower limit for having funds in place, I have around £4k in the bank at the moment, and probably less when the visa application gets put forward . We will have free lodging, food etc from my parents until they boot us out so that isn't a problem.

I suppose the best option would be to have an income, ideally this is the only option I believe as until she can legally work in the UK I will also be supporting her parents back in Thailand.

What about evidence for the application, I have loads of photos, emails and phone bills. We are in contact for around 3-4 hours a day made up of msm, skype, phone and email. Would these provide sufficient evidence?

Cheers again.

[the scouser]

You seem to have enough evidence of contact, but you will certainly need to get your finances sorted out.

The Immigration Rules in relation to fiancé(e)s allow third party financial support up until the time of the marriage, so your parents, for example, could offer to financially support you both, but following the marriage, you would need to be in a position to support yourselves. Essentially, you need to manifest available funds which amount to a figure at or above the amount you would otherwise receive if you were receiving income support and this is currently about £93.00 per week.

Scouse.

[V303]

<br />You seem to have enough evidence of contact, but you will certainly need to get your finances sorted out.<br /><br />The Immigration Rules in relation to fiancé(e)s allow third party financial support up until the time of the marriage, so your parents, for example, could offer to financially support you both, but following the marriage, you would need to be in a position to support yourselves. Essentially, you need to manifest available funds which amount to a figure at or above the amount you would otherwise receive if you were receiving income support and this is currently about £93.00 per week.<br /><br />Scouse.<br />

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Cheers for the info, the monies required doesn't seem to harsh. Wish I could live off of £93!

Hopefully it will all come together.