Fiance(e) or proposed civil partner of a British citizen or settled person
Documents required
This section explains whether and how you can come to the UK if you are the fiance(e) or proposed civil partner of a British citizen or a person settled here who had applied on or before 8 July 2012 for a visa to come to the UK.
If you had not applied for a visa under this category by that date, please see the main Fiance(e) section for the different rules that apply to you.
If you applied to come to the UK as a fiance(e) or proposed civil partner on or before 8 July 2012, the conditions of your stay have not changed. If you apply to extend your stay or settle in the UK, we will consider your application under the rules that applied until 8 July 2012.
This section describes the documents that you should send us to support your application to enter or remain in the UK as the fiance(e) or proposed civil partner of a British citizen or a person settled here.
All supporting documents must be originals, not copies.
If you do not send us all the documents we need when you make your application, we may refuse your application because of insufficient evidence, and your fee will not be refunded.
You must send:
- 2 recent passport photographs and your passport - see the Photographs and passport page
- evidence of your age and your partner's age
- official evidence that your and your partner's previous marriage(s) and/or civil partnership(s) broken down permanently, if either of you has been married or in a civil partnership
- evidence that you intend to marry or register your civil partnership within a reasonable time (usually 6 months)
- evidence that you have met each other
- evidence that you intend to live together permanently after you have married or registered your civil partnership
- evidence of your English language ability - see the English language page
- evidence that you can can maintain yourselves and any dependants adequately without needing public funds - see the Maintenance (funds) page
- evidence of your accomodation
To find out how we will return your documents, see the Applying page.