To bring a spouse to the United Kingdom you must have a family member who is a British citizen or who is currently settled in the UK. It is also possible for children under the age of 18 to be brought to the UK with dependents. In addition, unmarried persons can apply for an Unmarried Partner Visa, which allows entry to the UK for 6 months. However, during this time a couple must marry. In addition, the application for a UK Visa for Unmarried Couples is a long-lasting and financially high-worth application, and repeatedly applying for trial-and-error method inflicts both financially and psychologically harm. As proof of this, there is a requirement of savings or financial income for individuals who wish to apply for this type of visa.
What is Unmarried Partner Visa and how to apply?
Persons with permanent residency or British citizenship in the UK can apply for an Unmarried Partner Visa for their partner (girlfriend/boyfriend) in Turkey and can live in the UK under this visa. UK settlement visas for unmarried couples are issued for a period of 30 months in the first place. Couples who are in the UK under this visa will be able to stay indefinitely if they complete their stay in the UK for 5 years with visa extension applications if they prove that they are living together in the same house, just like married couples. Individuals who are in the UK for another 1 year as a permanent resident, i.e. 6 years in total, will be able to apply for UK citizenship.
Required conditions for Unmarried Partner Visa
In order to apply for an Unmarried Partner Visa, couples must have lived together for at least 2 years backwards from the date of the visa application and must prove this process with the documents they submitted during the application. They may have spent this 2-year period in any country. However, within this 2-year period, the period in which they are separated for any reason must not exceed 3 months and the party with UK citizenship or the right to stay indefinitely must be resident in the UK. Couples applying for a UK Settlement Visa for unmarried couples have no obligation to marry after travelling to the UK under this visa. However, couples planning to get married within 6 months of leaving the UK can apply for a UK Settlement Visa for engaged couples. If marriage is planned within a very short period of time, you can apply for a UK Settlement Visa for married couples after the marriage is performed. UK settlement visa applications for unmarried couples are very important applications and require special care during File preparation. The professional help to be received during the preparation process is very important in terms of the positive outcome of the application. Couples wishing to apply for this visa are required to have a minimum income of £18,600.00 per annum from the party already in the UK and be able to legally prove that income.
