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Lexusgs430:
Out of curiosity, what is the lawyer charging £1400 for?...

For filling our application. She said that she will write the cover letter in such away that my wife abandoned me and I decided to call off the marriage that was why I put single. But now we have reconciled and want to be together, So she said she will charge us £1400 for our case.

Lexusgs430:
False...... Some churches are affiliated with registry registers and issue same valid certificates.......

Serious. So one can use any court certificate. I taught that the only recognise court and certificate for spouse visa is Ikoyi marriage certificate in Lagos. That was what they told us and we spent alot of money at Ikoyi marriage court. Thanks for the information.

DMainMan:
There is nothing like fiance visa. It is spousal visa.

You cannot apply for spousal visa with marriage visitor visa.

Another option to do is for you to apply as a student and get Tier 4 General student visa.

With the Tier 4 visa, you can marry in the UK and apply for spousal visa.

Good luck.

I goggle it there is fiancé visa. Read the link. I am still reading it. I also saw in spouse thread some one that want to know which one is better either spouse or fiancé visa

http://www.visabureau.com/uk/fiance-visa.aspx
UK Fiance Visa - UK Visa Bureau

The student route is very expensive.

DMainMan:
This is very simple. No need to panic. Thank God you are legal. I thought your visitor visa has expired.

This is what you should do.

Since you said you are single. What you should is to marry. You and your wife should come back to Nigeria and marry.

Then you can now apply for spousal visa. Ensure you have proof of relationship and that your relationship is subsisting.

Whatsapp communication, facebook, proof of sending money, proof of hotel bookings together,
proof of travelling together, pictures before marriage, pictures after marriage and so. Add your marriage certificate and
wedding pictures too.

Then thereafter, apply for priority spousal visa for fast decision.

In the UK website:

You must be able to prove one of the following for spousal visa:

you’re in a civil partnership or marriage that’s recognised in the UK
you’ve been living together in a relationship for at least 2 years when you apply
you are a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner and will marry or enter into a civil partnership in the UK within 6 months of arriving

You also need to prove you:

have a good knowledge of English
can financially support yourself and your dependants

Check these links to help you:
https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse
https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/knowledge-of-english
https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/proof-income

Many thanks Dmainman. I really appreciate your respond. Yes we are contemplating remarrying, my wife friend suggested that I go back to Nigeria and apply for fiancé visa with the intention of marrying in the UK. She said that fiancé visa allows me to get married in the UK and then apply for spouse visa in the UK. Or I should apply for marriage visa. Than for me and my wife to go to Nigeria. We are considering cost of flight fare and my wife job. She works as agency health care. If no work no pay. Please what do you think of this suggestion?

LagosismyHome:
You really should have been truthful and consistent so hope you learnt how a lie is not necessary

That been said , I am not am im migration lawyer but know faintly that when the child is born , you might be able to get a "stay " based on discretion as a parent of a British child. The downside It would take you 10 years to get ILR compared on a spouse visa that would have taken 5 years to ILR but at least you have a legal stay .

I dont have the full details regarding that parent of a British child or based family ties because i personally didn't do it but i have heard in the pass of people who had overstayed and regularised based on that

The mistake has been made but before you rush off to Nigeria. Research properly on the options here based on what I mentioned . Also UK rules changes so frequently that is possible what I told you have been modified , changed or scrapped.... I not really current but do hear one or two thing via the wind so do Your research

Many thanks . I really appreciate. Yes my wife said something about this child route and she said that many have done it. That was the route we were contemplating taken bf I came in with visiting visa. Thanks I will look into it

justwise:
Chances of refusal is high but you must come out clean and hope for the best, if the ECO forgives you for telling the truth then great but don't be surprised if you are refused.

Another thing is..did you overstayed the visiting visa? How many weeks/months did you say you will stay and how long have you stayed now?

Many thanks Justwise. Exactly my fear. Chances of refusal and beside spouse visa is very expensive to risk that refusal.

I stated I will stay for three weeks. I have stayed one month now. I am contemplating leaving soonest to Nigeria. I am not overstaying again, not an easy life overstaying in UK. Just that my wife keep saying that when we have kids I will get papers quickly but I wish to stay legal now. I have to leave to get soln quick to join her .

Aphrodite007:
Oga. You realised that I just told you that the only way out is divorcing her and remarrying her right? Or if you overstayed you have to keep overstaying till after 10 years, of which you have to divorce and remarry her while waiting for the 10 years.

Thanks for your time you too!

Many thanks. But divorcing my wife just because of this lie. Divorce takes a long time. What do you think please?

I am not overstaying again, not easy here overstaying.

CowbellY:
I believe it's a straightforward process seeing as you haven't submitted a prior application stating you were married.

You should definitely not overstay, then go to Nigeria to begin your spousal Visa application.

Many thanks cowbellY. I will definitely not overstay my visit. But I am really scared of applying spouse visa with the lie in my previous application. God help me!

dustydee:
For me the easiest thing will be to marry her again.You mentioned you have done traditional and court wedding, then go back and do church or mosque if you belong to any of those faiths. Whatever you do, do not over stay because UK does not joke with overstayers, not even spouses.

Many thanks Dustydee. That is what we are contemplating doing. Honestly we regret this lie we told. We are either contemplating we do marry visa, a friend also mentioned to my wife instead of marriage visa, we can do fiancé visa which I am still making research.

UK Embassy does not accept church wedding, they only accept court marriage certificate for spouse visa as I learnt.

I will definitely not overstay. I am coming bk to Nigeria by God grace soonest.

Aphrodite007:
You could have met and married her while you were here. So it doesn’t matter if you put that you were single or not. What me I’m after (other than your plastic love for your wife) is if you overstayed. If you overstayed, just humbly wait till after 10 years then apply for residency. If you didn’t overstay, you have only one problem, which is divorcing your wife and re-marrying her Cos your singlehood will not tally with your lie if you provide a court certificate that says you married before you declared how single you are.

Also, i’m wondering how home office didn’t see through your lies since you declared being married twice then declared you’re single without a divorce cert. it must have been an inept person working on your application OR Gods favour.

Thanks for your time

Lexusgs430:
Out of desperation, you have complicated a very simple issue.........

That lie, cannot be unlied (if such word exist).....

Even after paying that £1400..... No guarantee......

If i was in your shoes, going to Nigeria and doing it all over again, would be my ideal start point and a lesson for future dealings........

NB: Are you saying lawyers want to magic your visiting visa, into spousal visa? Remember, lawyers too got bills to pay..... That £1400 would balloon into £6000 with no outcome........

While at it, head to spousal thread for guidance........

Thanks for your respond. I never said that lawyer want to magic my visiting visa into spouse visa. I am going to come back to Nigeria.

RalphJean:
I don’t have an answer to your dilemma.
I rather had a question in my mind.
If I were you wife, I would be careful, very careful.
A man whose family (and himself too) thinks it’s ok to divorce me sake of say dem wan grand-pikin...wahala dey!

I hope your wife doesn’t follow this thread on Nairaland to see that you & your family had actually contemplated divorcing her because the grand children haven’t arrived yet.

.

Thanks for your response. I am glad my wife is reading all the responses and we are taking note of it. I love my wife so much and we are only looking for soln to our problems that is all. We all av different family background with their attitude towards having grand kids. I am glad My wife understand my family background. I am the only child and parent like that are always worried. Once again thanks for your response. I appreciate.

Hello good people of nairaland . I am new to this forum, it is through search to my problem I got this forum. I and my wife is confused and in big dilemma right now. We need advice and suggestions what we can do to solve the problem we are in right now. We never knew that this problem will come up like this and never knew that my wife will get idenfite leave this soonest. We lost hope on it. lawyers are charging us alot to solve the problem. (£1400)My wife is based in the UK. In 2013 she came to Nigeria we got married in court and did small traditional marriage .Then my wife spent three weeks bf she left UK and promise to fille spouse visa for me but my wife was refused indenfite leave two times in 2015&2017. I got frustrated staying alone ,so my family was contemplating calling off the marriage bc they need grand kids and me too need to settle down. I was also refused visiting visa twice bf I got married. So I re-applied again for visiting visa this May 2019 through an agent and the agent advice that I put single in the application instead of married. The reason the agent put single is that he said that home office will denied my visa application if I write that my wife stays in the UK and homeoffice will refuse it bc they might think I will not like to come bk again. So I agree to what the agent said, we put single. I got the visiting visa and travel around June. And also I and my wife deceided that I will not come bk bc my wife av been trying to conceive. My wife put in for her papers again, To the glory of God my wife was given Indenfite leave just yesterday .But the problem now is that i wrote I was single in my visiting visa application. Please house can my wife still apply for spouse visa for me using our previous court marriage certificate? Will the visa be denied bc of saying I was single in my visiting visa application? If my wife explain to ECO in cover letter will they give me spouse visa? Should I come back to Nigeria and apply for marriage visa, so that we can remarry again in the UK and then I go bk to Nigeria and the spouse visa will be filled? We spoke to my wife lawyer she said we can apply for spouse visa but need to explain all in cover letter to ECO why I decided to put single in my visiting visa application. Please I need suggestions and advise from the house. I and my wife are in serious dilemma. Please I will appreciate advice to this situation or suggestions on what can be done. Or is there any body that have lied in visa application and apologize and got visa? I really need to be with my wife so that we can start making babes. Thanks you.

Hello good people of nairaland . I am new to this forum, it is through search to my problem I got this forum. I and my wife is confused and in big dilemma right now. We need advice and suggestions what we can do to solve the problem we are in right now. We never knew that this problem will come up like this and never knew that my wife will get idenfite leave this soonest. We lost hope on it. lawyers are charging us alot to solve the problem. (£1400)My wife is based in the UK. In 2013 she came to Nigeria we got married in court and did small traditional marriage .Then my wife spent three weeks bf she left UK and promise to fille spouse visa for me but my wife was refused indenfite leave two times in 2015&2017. I got frustrated staying alone ,so my family was contemplating calling off the marriage bc they need grand kids and me too need to settle down. I was also refused visiting visa twice bf I got married. So I re-applied again for visiting visa this May 2019 through an agent and the agent advice that I put single in the application instead of married. The reason the agent put single is that he said that home office will denied my visa application if I write that my wife stays in the UK and homeoffice will refuse it bc they might think I will not like to come bk again. So I agree to what the agent said, we put single. I got the visiting visa and travel around June. And also I and my wife deceided that I will not come bk bc my wife av been trying to conceive. My wife put in for her papers again, To the glory of God my wife was given Indenfite leave just yesterday .But the problem now is that i wrote I was single in my visiting visa application. Please house can my wife still apply for spouse visa for me using our previous court marriage certificate? Will the visa be denied bc of saying I was single in my visiting visa application? If my wife explain to ECO in cover letter will they give me spouse visa? Should I come back to Nigeria and apply for marriage visa, so that we can remarry again in the UK and then I go bk to Nigeria and the spouse visa will be filled? We spoke to my wife lawyer she said we can apply for spouse visa but need to explain all in cover letter to ECO why I decided to put single in my visiting visa application. Please I need suggestions and advise from the house. I and my wife are in serious dilemma. Please I will appreciate advice to this situation or suggestions on what can be done. Or is there any body that have lied in visa application and apologize and got visa? I really need to be with my wife so that we can start making babes. Thanks you.

Hello good people of nairaland . I am new to this forum, it is through search to my problem I got this forum. I and my wife is confused and in big dilemma right now. We need advice and suggestions what we can do to solve the problem we are in right now. We never knew that this problem will come up like this and never knew that my wife will get idenfite leave this soonest. We lost hope on it. lawyers are charging us alot to solve the problem. (£1400)My wife is based in the UK. In 2013 she came to Nigeria we got married in court and did small traditional marriage .Then my wife spent three weeks bf she left UK and promise to fille spouse visa for me but my wife was refused indenfite leave two times in 2015&2017. I got frustrated staying alone ,so my family was contemplating calling off the marriage bc they need grand kids and me too need to settle down. I was also refused visiting visa twice bf I got married. So I re-applied again for visiting visa this May 2019 through an agent and the agent advice that I put single in the application instead of married. The reason the agent put single is that he said that home office will denied my visa application if I write that my wife stays in the UK and homeoffice will refuse it bc they might think I will not like to come bk again. So I agree to what the agent said, we put single. I got the visiting visa and travel around June. And also I and my wife deceided that I will not come bk bc my wife av been trying to conceive. My wife put in for her papers again, To the glory of God my wife was given Indenfite leave just yesterday .But the problem now is that i wrote I was single in my visiting visa application. Please house can my wife still apply for spouse visa for me using our previous court marriage certificate? Will the visa be denied bc of saying I was single in my visiting visa application? If my wife explain to ECO in cover letter will they give me spouse visa? Should I come back to Nigeria and apply for marriage visa, so that we can remarry again in the UK and then I go bk to Nigeria and the spouse visa will be filled? We spoke to my wife lawyer she said we can apply for spouse visa but need to explain all in cover letter to ECO why I decided to put single in my visiting visa application. Please I need suggestions and advise from the house. I and my wife are in serious dilemma. Please I will appreciate advice to this situation or suggestions on what can be done. Or is there any body that have lied in visa application and apologize and got visa? I really need to be with my wife so that we can start making babes. Thanks you.