Boyfriend Wants to Visit Me From UK, Confused on Procedure?

[Illiria 980]

which is odd as they dont recognise common law marriages in the UK anymore.

[DannybearsGirl 0]

So again, what do you suggest we do? What are our options? It seems like there's millions of visa for both of our countries and it's one complicated mess. We just want to be together. What is the best way to go about that?

[DannybearsGirl 0]

I'm not sure about the youtube thing. I'm pretty sure it is on his taxes but he doesn't get paid much so it may not be counted. He gets some money from the government and has been struggling to find a job. There are several places I want to apply for work and I also have my own self managed jewelry making business which I intend to continue when I am allowed to work there. The income thing wouldn't be a problem if we didn't have to waste time going back and forth between each other's countries. Employers don't like that.

[Illiria 980]

which is odd as they dont recognise common law marriages in the UK anymore.

That is to say the UK does not recognise a common law marriage between two UK citizens living in the UK.

Also why couldn't I edit my original post?!?

[DannybearsGirl 0]

Is common law different from a regular legal marriage? I thought if we both had goverment identification and we had a simple (but nice, obviously it should be a special day!) wedding in the US, it would still count as being married in the UK. Am I wrong on that?

I have no idea why you couldn't edit your post, I'm still figuring out this website myself.

[Boiler 43,430]

Getting well off topic, cohabitation can be used as a basis for UK immigration, as you have not and will not then irrelevant.

Yes you can get married in the US and that will be fine for UK immigration, issue of income seems much more significant.

Edited September 16, 2014 by Boiler

[DannybearsGirl 0]

I lived with him for 6 months and yes things were tight but that's fine. We love each other and that is our main concern. So basically if he's poor I'm not allowed to live with him?

I don't feel like I've gotten any really helpful information here. Again I'll ask: WHAT are our options.

[SBB 74]

Is common law different from a regular legal marriage? I thought if we both had goverment identification and we had a simple (but nice, obviously it should be a special day!) wedding in the US, it would still count as being married in the UK. Am I wrong on that?

I have no idea why you couldn't edit your post, I'm still figuring out this website myself.

A common law marriage involves no ceremony and most states do not allow people to contract them . In some US jurisdictions, living together presenting yourself and your significant other in public as married, makes you actually, legally married (a common law marriage entered into in a jurisdiction that recognizes them is just as legally valid as one with a ceremony).

That having been said, in the UK "common law marriage" is frequently used as slang to refer to long-term cohabitating couples, and the UK does have a visa to accommodate people in that situation (the Unmarried Partner Visa) which requires that the applicant "must have been living with their partner in a relationship akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least two years prior to the date of application."

[DannybearsGirl 0]

A common law marriage involves no ceremony and most states do not allow people to contract them . In some US jurisdictions, living together presenting yourself and your significant other in public as married, makes you actually, legally married (a common law marriage entered into in a jurisdiction that recognizes them is just as legally valid as one with a ceremony).

That having been said, in the UK "common law marriage" is frequently used as slang to refer to long-term cohabitating couples, and the UK does have a visa to accommodate people in that situation (the Unmarried Partner Visa) which requires that the applicant "must have been living with their partner in a relationship akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least two years prior to the date of application."

We mean to get legally married, not just say we're married. I'm also aware of the 2 year requirement. I'm concerned about that income thing someone mentioned - if my fiance doesn't make a large amount of money, and that's grounds for not allowing me into the country (even though I can legally work there with the visa I'd get once we marry) then that's end game. There's no way for us to get around that.

[Boiler 43,430]

If you wish to move through Marriage to the UK then you have to be sponsored by your spouse and the Spouse has to meet the income or savings requirement.

I forget the amount, something like GBP18k?

UK immigration in both quicker and more user friendly.

But if your aim is to move to the UK sounds like he needs to be focussing on his career rather than long visits to the US.

Edited September 16, 2014 by Boiler

[DannybearsGirl 0]

Okay, I don't really care how we do it. I just want to know how to do it. We planned to have him come here because I'm not allowed to go there for another six months since I just got back. It's horrible being separated from each other and that stupid 2 year requirement of living together seems to pop up everywhere, which is hard with all these other requirements put in place. If there is anyway for me to just go there and stay with him, let me know. That's what I want to do. The issue is this amount of time they want us to live together first, and it costs a lot of money to keep going back and forth. We have known each other for 8 years and we know what we want so this is ridiculous. Please tell me where we can go from here.

I have looked into immigrating there and all these requirements keep coming up that require me to have lived in the UK for a certain amount of time (which they're making it incredibly difficult for me to do) or have lived with my fiance for a certain amount of time (and the only way I know to do that is with the UK visitor visa, which I can only do once every 6 months)

I'm seriously stuck here. Someone please enlighten me.

[Ryan H 3,790]

Also why couldn't I edit my original post?!?

I have no idea why you couldn't edit your post, I'm still figuring out this website myself.

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[Boiler 43,430]

You can get married in the US or UK, you need to have your Fiancee sponsor you if you wish to move to the UK, he seemingly is currently unable to do that and that seems your problem.

https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility

[DannybearsGirl 0]

Right I get that, he's poor. Is that seriously our only option? We have to spend 6 months at a time away from each other while he works to satisfy this requirement, because there's no other way?

[Illiria 980]

For a tourist visa he applies to the London embassy, here is the links to the guide.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/visitor-visa-guide

A lot of people on here are in the same position and some of them have only seen each other for a few weeks a year even after marrying. I am not trying to get you down, just want you to know we know how frustrating this all is.