NHS question

I wondering at what point am i allowed to use NHS as someone holding a visa. Ill be applying for my marriage visa here soon and would like to know if i need to pay for insurance for the next 2 years.

Now I don't know all the ins and outs, but don't you need to go back to the States now that you are married on a marriage visit visa before you can apply for a spousal visa?  If you didn't come on a fiancée visa or a spousal visa, I don't think you have the same kinds of rights.  I'm assuming that would include any non-emergency health care.

I need to go back to the US to get a Spousal visa (i messed up wrong wording). Which is rather the same to a FLR(M) when you apply in the UK. I have got emergency care once, we went to my Hubands normally GP and i paid for my prescription. I'm wonder about once you have this 2 year visa if it changes that and can apply for a NH number.

Once you come back on your spousal visa, you are entitled to NHS services as soon as you enter the country.

Great, I wasnt to excited about paying for Insureance for 2 year.

You beat me to the punch.  It's true that you are fine with using the NHS once you have FLR-M.  I registered at a GP within a few weeks of coming to the country.

Just to clarify, one you have taken up residence in the UK you are entitled to access the NHS without paying at point of service.  This includes fiancées.  You don't have to wait to get married and then get your FLR-M as might have been implied by some of the posts.

Visitors (who aren't residents) and students staying < 6 months (again, not considered residents) are not entitled to the NHS.

I need to go back to the US to get a Spousal visa (i messed up wrong wording). Which is rather the same to a FLR(M) when you apply in the UK.

You don't have to go back to the US to get your spousal visa, the FLR(M) is exactly the same thing. I'm not sure where you got the idea that you had to go back to the US to do it. You could have done it back in July when you got married (if I'm reading your signature right) and then you'd already have it.

You don't have to go back to the US to get your spousal visa, the FLR(M) is exactly the same thing. I'm not sure where you got the idea that you had to go back to the US to do it. You could have done it back in July when you got married (if I'm reading your signature right) and then you'd already have it.

She has to do it because she did not enter the UK on a fiance visa in July, she came on a 6-month marriage visit visa, which requires that you leave the country and don't return to the UK once you are married. Once she gets back to the US, then she can apply for the spousal visa and then re-enter the UK when she has it.

Once you're back in the country on your spousal, you don't actually need to APPLY for a NH (I assume you mean NHS number or medical card).

You just go down to your local surgery and tell them you want to register.  Seems like different surgeries have slightly different procedures, but you'll want to take your passport along.  They should ask (but the two surgeries I've registered with didn't) about your status, and it's good to be prepared to let them know that you are entitled to register and use the service.

A few weeks after registering, you should receive a card in the post, which, in my experience, can then be safely tucked away again with your other important documents.  The number on the card is registered at my doctor's surgery, and I've never been asked to produce the card...

She has to do it because she did not enter the UK on a fiance visa in July, she came on a 6-month marriage visit visa, which requires that you leave the country and don't return to the UK once you are married. Once she gets back to the US, then she can apply for the spousal visa and then re-enter the UK when she has it.

Ok given that, shouldn't she have left back in July after she got married?

A marriage visit visa is valid for six months.  She has to leave before the end of the visa, not immediately after marriage.

Vicky

sorry if any of my posts caused confusion.  I wasn't speaking of general fiancée status, but of the OP's situation of being here on a marriage visit visa.  I'm aware you don't need FLR-M to be eligible for the NHS.