Honeymoon question!

Hi - I'm hoping someone can answer a quick question!

My fiance and I are planning to get married next year (he's in the US, I'm in the UK). We're applying for the correct visas and things to allow him to enter the country to get married. But if we left the country on honeymoon would he be allowed back in again?

Thanks very much!!

Possibly not.

You will need to switch the fiancee visa to a spousal visa before leaving the UK.

Victoria

Thanks for your reply. 

Stupid question but do we need to be married before we apply for the spousal visa? I suppose what I'm really asking is how long does it take to switch from a fiance visa to a spousal? Is it a matter of days or would it be months?!

And one other question, on a spousal visa would he be able to come and go from the UK in the same way as a UK citizen or are there restrictions?

It occurs to me that I should have posted this under Visas etc but I'm new to all of this! Sorry!

Thanks for your help!

There are two ways your fiance can obtain his spousal visa once you're married. You can submit the application by post, which hopefully shouldn't take more than a few weeks and is cheaper, or you can take advantage of BIA's 'premium' service and take the application in person to a public inquiry office (locations here), which will process his visa while he waits but costs more. Submitting by post is £395, and the PEO option is £595. You must make an appointment in advance if going to a PEO, but he'll get his visa on the day.

Once he has the correct visa, he can pretty much come and go as he pleases, but he'll still be subject to immigration control (filling out a landing card, using the queue for non-EU citizens if he's traveling alone,
and you can read this bit of guidance for using a different queue if you're traveling together). There's really no hassle though if his visa is in order. 

Postal applications are currently taking about 4 weeks.

Vicky

Thank you both so much!

That's so helpful. I really appreciate it.

Thanks again. I know where to come next time I'm confused!!