Unmarried Partner Visa but living separately

[iloveuk123]

Hi all,

I'm looking for some guidance as I know that the rules have changed some what in the last week for leave to remain visas.

My current situation is that I am a British Citizen from birth and have lived in the UK all of my life. My partner is from the USA. We have been in a relationship for 2 years and after spending this time living apart we've decided we've had enough and it's time for her to take the leap to the UK.

We have never lived together although we have spent periods up to a month together when we visit which is typically every 8-10 weeks but we have plenty of evidence that our relationship has been existing for 2 years.

On the UKBA web page it now appears that it groups Unmarried/Same sex partner with spouse/civil partnership visas and that as long as you meet this criteria then you could apply. There is no longer a mention of a two year cohabiting requirement but simply just proof of a 'genuine and subsisting' relationship.

My thoughts on this would be that as there is now a 5 year probation period which consists of 2 x 2.5 year periods that this would be ample time for the authorities to weed out the imposters.

Any comments on this would be appreciated as both my partner and myself are very excited to start the process.

Ben

Hi Ben,
I know this topic is a bit outdated, but your case is exactly the same as what I'm suffering.
My boyfriend is English and live in uk, I'm from Hong Kong and have long distance relationship. I just don't understand how can we achieve "have to living together for two years".
Do you have any update for your case? Appreciate if you can share it with me.
Thanks a lot

[Wanderer]

Hi all,

I'm looking for some guidance as I know that the rules have changed some what in the last week for leave to remain visas.

My current situation is that I am a British Citizen from birth and have lived in the UK all of my life. My partner is from the USA. We have been in a relationship for 2 years and after spending this time living apart we've decided we've had enough and it's time for her to take the leap to the UK.

We have never lived together although we have spent periods up to a month together when we visit which is typically every 8-10 weeks but we have plenty of evidence that our relationship has been existing for 2 years.

On the UKBA web page it now appears that it groups Unmarried/Same sex partner with spouse/civil partnership visas and that as long as you meet this criteria then you could apply. There is no longer a mention of a two year cohabiting requirement but simply just proof of a 'genuine and subsisting' relationship.

My thoughts on this would be that as there is now a 5 year probation period which consists of 2 x 2.5 year periods that this would be ample time for the authorities to weed out the imposters.

Any comments on this would be appreciated as both my partner and myself are very excited to start the process.

Ben

Hi Ben,
I know this topic is a bit outdated, but your case is exactly the same as what I'm suffering.
My boyfriend is English and live in uk, I'm from Hong Kong and have long distance relationship. I just don't understand how can we achieve "have to living together for two years".
Do you have any update for your case? Appreciate if you can share it with me.
Thanks a lot

Work permit, student visa etc, that's how my unmarried partner and I did it. Easy, but not cheap.

You can't expect the UKVI to start chucking visas at every boyfriend/girlfriend relationship - they need to see some level of commitment in the form of marriage or some effort to rack up the 2 years on other visas.

[AnaShine]

Hi all,

I'm looking for some guidance as I know that the rules have changed some what in the last week for leave to remain visas.

My current situation is that I am a British Citizen from birth and have lived in the UK all of my life. My partner is from the USA. We have been in a relationship for 2 years and after spending this time living apart we've decided we've had enough and it's time for her to take the leap to the UK.

We have never lived together although we have spent periods up to a month together when we visit which is typically every 8-10 weeks but we have plenty of evidence that our relationship has been existing for 2 years.

On the UKBA web page it now appears that it groups Unmarried/Same sex partner with spouse/civil partnership visas and that as long as you meet this criteria then you could apply. There is no longer a mention of a two year cohabiting requirement but simply just proof of a 'genuine and subsisting' relationship.

My thoughts on this would be that as there is now a 5 year probation period which consists of 2 x 2.5 year periods that this would be ample time for the authorities to weed out the imposters.

Any comments on this would be appreciated as both my partner and myself are very excited to start the process.

Ben

Hi Ben,
I know this topic is a bit outdated, but your case is exactly the same as what I'm suffering.
My boyfriend is English and live in uk, I'm from Hong Kong and have long distance relationship. I just don't understand how can we achieve "have to living together for two years".
Do you have any update for your case? Appreciate if you can share it with me.
Thanks a lot

Hello iloveuk123!

Have you tried to apply to this kind of visa? Me in the same cease. Please share the experience if you have one.

Thank you!
Ana

[Casa]

This is very old thread and iloveuk123 only posted once on the forum and this was in March 2016. Unlikely you will get any response.