UK Spouse Visa Application - US to UK Immigration

[Grimtol]

Good Afternoon

Apologies if this post is in the wrong place

My fiancèe will be applying for a spouse visa next month, once we are married

I am a UK citizen and have lived in the UK my whole life, and will be sponsoring my fiancèe, who is an American citizen via a spouse visa application

We believe we meet the financial requirements for the Visa as I earn over £21,000 and have done for many years (I have been employed with the police for over 8 years continuous service) with evidence of 6 months of bank statements, payalips, p60, employer letter and signed and dated employment contract

We believe we meet the accommodation requirement as I currently live with my mother in a 3 bed detached house (my mother and I are both named on the land registry documents, mortgage and utilities) and so with the addition of my fiancèe, there will still be suitable space without overcrowding etc. To evidence this, I am providing the land registry documents, latest mortgage statement, latest council tax; utilities statements, photos, floorplan and estate agents report, short letter from myself and my mother giving my fiancèe permission to live with us

Our real concern is the relationships requirements - probably as there is no set rules of what to provide and it is at the decision of the file handler

We met online in 2018, communicated over WhatsApp messaging and calling regularly (pretty much daily, though much of the older chats can't be retrieved, though we have an email on the day we met to my fiancèe from the website we communicated on informing her I had sent her a message). We have evidence of whatsapp texts and calls from 2019-2021. Since we met online, we have wanted to meet in person but couldn't - in 2018 I planned on visiting my fiancee (then girlfriend) in America but basically chickened out due to the overwhelming feeling of whether a relationship when we lived across the world from each other could ever work out, although we both desperately wanted it to. It was a few months before I established contact again and we planned to meet up but towards the end of 2019 I became Ill and then in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic (travel restrictions), we didn't meet in person until April 2021 when my fiancèe (then girlfriend) flew to the UK and has lived with me since April 2021 (though I believe she would be considered a visitor in immigration terms, no visa etc). While here, although due to having no official residency status, we consider this living together and cohabiting (though I'm not sure if we could call this cohabiting in our application due to my fiancèe having no permission to reside in the UK beyond her visitor status of 6 months, my fiancèe did use the free NHS services (depo jab/contraception and covid vaccinations - all free, no NHS debt) and through this has registered with my local GP (official NHS letters to her with my address), although she has not worked in the UK (as visitors are not allowed to work without a visa) so has not been able to open a bank so we have no joint finances or no joint utilities etc, though we do have other (non financial) letters addressed to us both (in separate names and some in joint names) at my home address in the UK. We also have a few photos (around 20 including screenshots of video calls to each other, photos of us together with family and friends statements from family and friends, booking confirmation of hotels stayed at together (a couple of hotels in London and a couple booked for when we are going to America together), engagement cards, cards and gift receipts between us while long distance etc. Does this seem like enough evidence to prove a lasting, genuine and sustained relationship? Can we say that this is officially living together? And consider my fiancèe's address as the same as mine? Or can she not regard my home as hers until she has a UK visa?

We are both flying to the US together to spend a month with my fiancèe's family, get married and apply for my fiancèe's spouse visa, which we are hoping will be approved while we are both in the US so can fly back to the UK together

While we have been in a relationship since 2018, this was solely online until April 2021 and then over 6 months together in person. Although we believe this is a long time, and 6 months in person in one continuous time is better than visiting each other for just a few weeks at a time over years, we believe, would the fact that we have only been together in person technically once (albeit for months) be viewed as negative and or reason for refusal? As explained above, we can explain why we hadn't met in person before April 2021. Is this satisfactory?

We intend on submitting our spouse visa the day after we are married. The reason for this is we want to begin our life together as a married couple as soon as possible without risking being apart again. We consider this a positive thing as it shows we are devoted to each other and desperate not to be apart again, however would submitting the application one day after marrying be viewed negatively and or a reason for refusal?

Thank you

Grimtol

[AmazonianX]

Good Afternoon

Apologies if this post is in the wrong place

My fiancèe will be applying for a spouse visa next month, once we are married

I am a UK citizen and have lived in the UK my whole life, and will be sponsoring my fiancèe, who is an American citizen via a spouse visa application

We believe we meet the financial requirements for the Visa as I earn over £21,000 and have done for many years (I have been employed with the police for over 8 years continuous service) with evidence of 6 months of bank statements, payalips, p60, employer letter and signed and dated employment contract

We believe we meet the accommodation requirement as I currently live with my mother in a 3 bed detached house (my mother and I are both named on the land registry documents, mortgage and utilities) and so with the addition of my fiancèe, there will still be suitable space without overcrowding etc. To evidence this, I am providing the land registry documents, latest mortgage statement, latest council tax; utilities statements, photos, floorplan and estate agents report, short letter from myself and my mother giving my fiancèe permission to live with us

Our real concern is the relationships requirements - probably as there is no set rules of what to provide and it is at the decision of the file handler

We met online in 2018, communicated over WhatsApp messaging and calling regularly (pretty much daily, though much of the older chats can't be retrieved, though we have an email on the day we met to my fiancèe from the website we communicated on informing her I had sent her a message). We have evidence of whatsapp texts and calls from 2019-2021. Since we met online, we have wanted to meet in person but couldn't - in 2018 I planned on visiting my fiancee (then girlfriend) in America but basically chickened out due to the overwhelming feeling of whether a relationship when we lived across the world from each other could ever work out, although we both desperately wanted it to. It was a few months before I established contact again and we planned to meet up but towards the end of 2019 I became Ill and then in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic (travel restrictions), we didn't meet in person until April 2021 when my fiancèe (then girlfriend) flew to the UK and has lived with me since April 2021 (though I believe she would be considered a visitor in immigration terms, no visa etc). While here, although due to having no official residency status, we consider this living together and cohabiting (though I'm not sure if we could call this cohabiting in our application due to my fiancèe having no permission to reside in the UK beyond her visitor status of 6 months, my fiancèe did use the free NHS services (depo jab/contraception and covid vaccinations - all free, no NHS debt) and through this has registered with my local GP (official NHS letters to her with my address), although she has not worked in the UK (as visitors are not allowed to work without a visa) so has not been able to open a bank so we have no joint finances or no joint utilities etc, though we do have other (non financial) letters addressed to us both (in separate names and some in joint names) at my home address in the UK. We also have a few photos (around 20 including screenshots of video calls to each other, photos of us together with family and friends statements from family and friends, booking confirmation of hotels stayed at together (a couple of hotels in London and a couple booked for when we are going to America together), engagement cards, cards and gift receipts between us while long distance etc. Does this seem like enough evidence to prove a lasting, genuine and sustained relationship? Can we say that this is officially living together? And consider my fiancèe's address as the same as mine? Or can she not regard my home as hers until she has a UK visa?

We are both flying to the US together to spend a month with my fiancèe's family, get married and apply for my fiancèe's spouse visa, which we are hoping will be approved while we are both in the US so can fly back to the UK together

While we have been in a relationship since 2018, this was solely online until April 2021 and then over 6 months together in person. Although we believe this is a long time, and 6 months in person in one continuous time is better than visiting each other for just a few weeks at a time over years, we believe, would the fact that we have only been together in person technically once (albeit for months) be viewed as negative and or reason for refusal? As explained above, we can explain why we hadn't met in person before April 2021. Is this satisfactory? Started online and after the delays and doubts you have met in person. That is a relationship criteria met and ongoing at that. Satisfactory and should not be negative or application refused based solely on this.

We intend on submitting our spouse visa the day after we are married. The reason for this is we want to begin our life together as a married couple as soon as possible without risking being apart again. We consider this a positive thing as it shows we are devoted to each other and desperate not to be apart again, however would submitting the application one day after marrying be viewed negatively and or a reason for refusal? No.

Thank you

Grimtol