Hi all,
I am a mid 30's British born divorcee and I have been in a long distance relationship with a lovely Philadelphia lady for a couple of years. We have decided we want to get married in the UK and for my fiance to move here permanently.
I am currently unemployed but classed as disabled, I receive the Daily Living Allowance portion of Personal Independence Payment benefits but not ESA as I have personal savings of some £69,000.
My fiance is currently in the US (just returned from a 2 months visit in the UK leaving about 4 weeks left on the obligatory 6 month stay in the UK in any 12 month period) and we would like for her to come here for a small registry wedding in the UK with an aim to stay and apply for a Right to Remain visa so she can work without having to go back to the US in between. Timescale wise we would like to get the visa and marriage sorted ASAP but I am not sure that this happening quickly is realistic?
As we are at the very start of this process I was hoping to get some advice on exactly which visa we should be applying for? I have spent a lot of time researching this and it seems like the Fiance Visa is the correct one to apply for which allows travel to the UK to marry within 6 months which then can be transferred into a remain visa afterwards. Now when I go onto the Government visa website there is no reference to a Fiance Visa at all, only a Marriage Visitors Visa which seems to imply she would have to return to the US after 6 months?
Any help/advice anyone could give would be extremely useful!
Thanks in advance,