UK Fiancée Visa for your Thai Fiancée

Perhaps, the single most important thing after dating is when you finally take the next step and be engaged. You may decide to get married and move to the UK with your Thai fiancée. As a British citizen, a UK settlement visa in the form of a fiancée visa is your key to bringing your Thai fiancée to stay with you in the UK for good. This is possible for a couple contemplating to get married in the UK then they can later the adjust fiancée’s immigration status there after marriage.

In applying for a UK fiancée visa for your Thai fiancée, there are two important requirements: proof of a genuine relationship with your Thai fiancée and your financial status in the UK. Once you establish a genuine and on-going relationship between you and your fiancée, you are eligible for this visa. And of course, the longer you have known each other, the better chances.

To do this, you need to show substantial proof of your existing relationship in the forms of email messages or postage letters, photos together, receipts of money transfer, telephone bills, and boarding passes to Thailand and any other pieces of evidence that could validate your existing relationship. You also need to provide a certificate of your freedom to marry or if you have been married before, an appropriate certificate should be presented to attest the invalidation of your previous marriage. Lastly, you also need to write a detailed letter of how your relationship started and developed which then becomes part of the relationship evidence you have put together.

The British fiancée’s financial position in the UK is the next factor in consideration. The justification behind this is that UK government wants to make sure that you are be able to shoulder the expenses of your future wife’s stay in the country without resorting to public funds. So as the sponsor of your Thai fiancée’s visa, in addition to the sponsorship letter, you need to provide evidence of financial capability such as bank statements, at least 3 pay slips, employment letter, House Title deed or Mortgage Agreement and photos of your house.

All documents will be collected, arranged and prepared for the application. Once everything is prepared, the visa application is submitted to the Visa Facilitating Service. It takes about two to three weeks to process the visa application and longer if an interview is required. Your wife is initially allowed to stay in the UK for 6 months with the anticipation that you will get married. After marriage in the UK, you can adjust the immigration of your fiancée so she can stay there for good.

The UK fiancée visa application may be a tedious process and requires a thorough preparation of necessary documents. It is best to solicit the services of UK visa specialists to direct you and your Thai fiancée through the entire visa application process.