Advice needed for unmarried partner visa

[jlee0717]

Hi all,

I'm a South Korea National (31/F), who are in a relationship and have been living with a British partner (32/M). We started to live from November 2017, so it has been over 2 years already. We both lived in Korea, where we met, by February 2018, then moved to the UK.

Our cohabitation history is as below:
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018: He moved in to my flat
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018: We stayed with his family in Essex. I first came to the UK on a tourist visa, went back to Korea in the mid of April 2018 for visa application, then stayed at his family's place again when I came back to the UK on a tier 5 visa until we rented a house ourselves.
Jul 2018 - current: We have been joint-rented a place and living together

The tricky part is Immigration Details and History including country details (where I lived outside the UK) and the date that I entered the UK. So my questions are in capitals below:

1.Immigration Details;
Have you previously lived in a country outside the UK including your country of birth? Yes
- Country you lived in: Korea, South (Republic of Korea)
- Date you lived there from: my birthday
- Date you lived there to: IS THIS DATE WHEN I ENTERED THE UK ON A TOURIST VISA (FEB 2018) OR TIER 5 VISA (MAY 2018)?
- Reason you lived there: I was born and grew up in South Korea

2. Immigration History;
When did you enter the UK? : IS THIS DATE WHEN I ENTERED THE UK ON A TOURIST VISA (FEB 2018) OR TIER 5 VISA (MAY 2018)?

3. Could you and your partner live together outside the UK if necessary? SHALL I ANSWER 'NO'?

Your advice and experience would be much appreciated!

[geoeng]

1.Immigration Details;
Have you previously lived in a country outside the UK including your country of birth? Yes
- Country you lived in: Korea, South (Republic of Korea)
- Date you lived there from: my birthday
- Date you lived there to: IS THIS DATE WHEN I ENTERED THE UK ON A TOURIST VISA (FEB 2018) OR TIER 5 VISA (MAY 2018)?
- Reason you lived there: I was born and grew up in South Korea

2. Immigration History;
When did you enter the UK? : IS THIS DATE WHEN I ENTERED THE UK ON A TOURIST VISA (FEB 2018) OR TIER 5 VISA (MAY 2018)?

3. Could you and your partner live together outside the UK if necessary? SHALL I ANSWER 'NO'?

Your advice and experience would be much appreciated!

1. The date you entered on a Tier 5 visa, I don't believe being in the country on a tourist visa would be accepted as living in the UK.

2. I would answer this with when you entered on the Tier 5 visa.

3. Answer whatever applies to your circumstances, answering yes won't result in the visa being refused. If you and your partner would be able to liver together in South Korea or elsewhere, the answer would be yes.

You will likely have to be careful with how you present your situation between Feb 2018 and July 2018 keeping in mind you were in the UK as a tourist only for a couple months and then did not return together to South Korea before you re-entered the UK in May. Think about where each of you will be considered to have been living during these times.