Entry Clearance UK Spouse Visa

If you as an applicant is married to a British national/British citizen or a person present and settled in the United Kingdom then you can apply for an entry clearance UK spouse visa.

Requirements to be fulfilled to apply for an Entry Clearance UK spouse visa are:

a) You must be over 18
b) You must be legally married
c) Your sponsor should be earning £18600.00 gross per year
d) You need to comply with the English language proficiency, however, you can
exempt to undertake English language test if you:

i) You are over 65
ii) A national of a majority English speaking country
iii) If you are disabled (mental or physical) and you cannot able to undertake the English Language test

UK Spouse Visa is refused

If the Entry Clearance office is not satisfied with the documentary evidence attached with the application then the Entry Clearance Officer may refused your UK Spouse Visa but it will generate a right of appeal, therefore you can appeal UK spouse visa and the time limit to lodge an overseas UK spouse visa refusal appeal is 28 days. UK spouse visa refusal appeal can be lodged online, by post or by fax.

UK spouse visa appeals are of two sorts:

a) UK spouse visa paper appeal:

UK spouse visa paper appeal will be determined on paper and nobody needs to attend the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal. Fe to lodge a UK spouse visa paper appeal is £80.00

b) UK spouse visa oral appeal:

UK spouse visa oral appeal will be determined within approximately 14 days once the appeal will be heard by the Immigration and Asylum Judge at the First-Tier Tribunal. As the applicant is overseas then the sponsors need to attend the Immigration and Asylum First Tier tribunal to give Oral evidence. The fee to lodge a UK Spouse visa oral appeal is £140.00