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You can apply for spouse visa UK under the 10 years route if you do not meet all the requirements of the Immigration Rules for spouse visa under the 5 years route. Generally, the applicants who cannot meet the immigration status requirement, English language requirement or financial requirement do make applications for visa under the partner10 years route.
The FLR FP Visa Application route means Further Leave To Remain, and accordingly F refers to Family and P refers to Private Life.
a ‘partner’ is defined as one of the following:
There are two routes to settlement on the basis of family life as a partner viz 5-year route and a 10-year route. The 5-year route as a partner will be appropriate for those who meet all the suitability and eligibility requirements of the Immigration Rules at every stage. The 10-year route as a partner applies in respect of applications for leave to remain as a partner who meets all the suitability requirements, but only certain eligibility requirements.
An applicant in the UK may apply for the 5-year partner route on form FLR(M). If they fail to meet certain of the eligibility requirements, their application under the 5-year route will be refused and consideration is given to whether they qualify under the 10-year partner or private life routes. When the applicant knows that they cannot meet certain of the eligibility requirements of the 5-year partner route they can choose to apply directly for the 10-year partner or private life routes using form FLR(FP).
A person with leave to remain as a spouse under 10 years route can switch into spouse visa 5 years route at any time during the validity of leave to remain under the spouse visa (10 years route).
The only Requirement for switching to a 5 year partner route is meeting the financial Requirement for £29,000 and the English Language Test.
When considering applications under the Immigration Rules based on family life as a partner, your sponsor (the basis on which you are applying) is a person who is one of the following:
For a spouse visa extension application under 10 years route to succeed, there are following main requirements:
Our specialist spouse visa solicitors can prepare and submit your FLR FP application to the Home Office, UKVI through Super Priority Service (SPS) and get a decision on your spouse visa extension application within 24 hours. This way, you will not have to wait for the decision on your application for months (sometimes years).
This usually costs £1000 more than the standard service.
You must provide all documents for supporting your application. It takes minimum 12 weeks to process your application and a maximum of 24 weeks.
The FLR FP fee is £1048 and the same amount for each dependent member.
You can apply to extend / renew your partner visa under 10 years route from inside the UK if you are already in the UK on family visa under the 10 years route. The application for visa renewal under the 10 years route is made using online application form FLR (FP). The applicants applying for renewal of spouse visa under 10 years route are NOT required to meet the financial requirement of earning £29,000 gross per year and the English language requirement.
You can apply anytime within 28 days before your leave to Remain expires.
If you are in the UK with limited leave to leave to remain in the UK for 30 months under 10 years route and your relationship with your British or settled spouse breaks down permanently (irretrievably), you or your partner can file for divorce in the UK. If the Home Office UKVI comes to know through your partner or otherwise that your relationship with your British or settled spouse has broken down irretrievably or you are already divorced in the UK, the Home Office UKVI can take steps to curtail your leave to remain in the UK by reducing your leave to remain to expire in 60 days.
You may still be able to apply for further leave to remain in one of the following circumstances:
It depends as to what are the rights provided to you in your Refusal Letter whether an in-country appeal or out country appeal option has been provided. Our team of solicitors will have a close look at your application, your situation and the refusal letter and suggest the best possible way in furtherance to your application.
It depends as to what are the rights provided to you in your Refusal Letter whether an in-country appeal or out country appeal option has been provided. Our team of solicitors will have a close look at your application, your situation and the refusal letter and suggest the best possible way in furtherance to your application.
Our expert team of spouse visa solicitors specialise in UK spouse visa applications under 10 years route. If instructed to represent you regarding your application for extension of partner visa under 10 years route, our specialised team will carry out all the work on your visa application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your renewal application. The immigration casework to be carried out by our spouse visa solicitors will include the following:
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