Long term partners of British or Irish citizens, persons settled in the UK, persons with pre-settled status, persons with a Turkish Businessperson or Turkish Worker visa, persons with refugee status or humanitarian protection wishing to join, or stay with, their unmarried partner in the UK are eligible for the Unmarried Partner Visa. If your unmarried partner is outside the UK but plans to go back to the UK with you, you may also apply for a UK Unmarried Partner Visa.
Following five years, the UK Unmarried Partner Visa may result in either settlement in the UK or indefinite permission to stay.
Requirements for an unmarried partner visa
You must satisfy UK Visas and Immigration that you fit the following criteria to be eligible for a UK Unmarried Partner Visa:
Your spouse is British or Irish, established in the UK, has pre-settled status, either possesses a Businessperson or Worker visa or has refugee status or humanitarian protection;
- Both you and your companion are over eighteen;
- You and your partner have personally met;
- At least two years of a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership have passed between you and your spouse;
- Your bond is real and continuing;
- Your boyfriend and you want to reside permanently in the UK together;
- Any past relationship has irrevocably broken down;
- You meet a budgetary need;
- Enough space exists for you and your dependents;
- You use English to the necessary degree of clarity.
Your situation may affect the precise criteria you will need to meet to be eligible for an unmarried partner visa. For professional advise, you should see or instruct legal representation.
- The situation of the sponsoring partner,
- To be eligible for a UK Unmarried Partner Visa, your partner either:
- From the UK, be a British or Irish citizen; or
- In the UK, have established status or permanent residence; or have indefinite permission to stay.
- Have pre-settled under Appendix EU; or
- Under Appendix ECAA, have restricted permission to stay either as a Turkish Businessperson or Turkish Worker; or
- Be in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection status;
A British citizen in the UK is a British citizen who is accompanying you from abroad. A person on indefinite permission to stay in the UK is someone being accepted for settlement on the same day as you.
Minimum Age for a Visa in Unmarried Partnerships:
On the day you submit your Unmarried Partner Visa application, you and your partner have to be both above eighteen.
UK Unmarried Partner Visa Requirements:
The UK Unmarried Partner Visa application process consists of many layers:
- You and your companion have to have personally met;
- Your connection ought to be real and sustaining;
- You and your spouse have to want to reside permanently in the UK together;
- Any past relationship must have ended forever.
Need to Have Met in Person:
You and your unmarried partner have to have personally met. Having “met” implies that you have to be able to provide evidence of a face-to-face encounter that produced a mutual acquaintance. The criteria for a UK Unmarried Partner Visa would not be met by just meeting in person followed by phone or written communication.
Requirement must have been in a relationship for at least two years
To be eligible for an Unmarried Partner Visa, you and your partner must have been in a relationship similar to marriage or a civil partnership for at least two years post dates application date
The Home Office will want you to be able to provide records proving that, at least for at least two years, you and your partner have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership—but not necessarily living together.
Our London immigration attorneys can advise on the chances of a strong application.
Conclusion:
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