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If you are interested in securing a Civil Partnership visa for the UK, our lawyers at Cranbrook Legal can help you to apply successfully for this popular visa. We are award-winning professionals in immigration law, with over 25 years’ experience.
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As an existing civil partner of someone based in the UK, or as someone who intends to enter into a civil partnership with someone who is presently in the UK, you may be looking to obtain a Civil Partnership visa that would enable you to live together in the UK permanently.
Our experts in immigration law at Cranbrook Legal can help you to get approved by the Home Office for this visa, so that you can secure a bright future for you and your partner in the UK.
Based in central London, our Civil Partner visa UK lawyers have a superb track record of helping civil partners and proposed civil partners to move to the UK on this visa. Trust us to guide you through every step of the process when you call our team on 0208 215 0053.
It is important to be well-informed on every aspect of the process of applying for a Civil Partner visa or Proposed Civil Partner visa for the UK, if your own application is to be a success.
This is where ourskilled and experienced Civil Partner visa UK solicitors can assist. Our immigration lawyers will hold your hand through every stage of the application process for this visa route, to maximise the likelihood of the Home Office granting you the visa.
Our service is a complete one that includes the project management of our clients’ cases from start to finish. Whatever your specific circumstances and requirements may be, our talented immigration solicitors will give you the benefit of tailored advice and guidance.
We take pride in treating every client case with care, transparency and dignity; we also communicate clearly and precisely, to help ensure all of our clients’ questions about the process are answered.
We also work on the basis of a fixed fee, agreed at the outset of our relationship with you, to give you all-important financial certainty. For an initial conversation about how our Civil Partner visa UK lawyers could help you, please do not hesitate to book a consultation with us today.
The term ‘Civil Partner visa’ is typically used in reference to the visa category for civil partners of someone based in the UK, who would like to join their partner in the UK.
Alternatively, you might be looking to apply for a ‘Proposed Civil Partner visa’, if you would like to move to the UK to enable youto enter into a civil partnership with your UK-based partner.
These visas come under the Home Office’s broad banner of family visas, and the Civil Partner visa UK requirements are largely the same as those that apply for other UK family visas.
If you are approved for the Proposed Civil Partnership visa for the UK as a proposed civil partner, you will be expected to enter into a civil partnership with your UK-based partner within six months of your arrival in the UK.
If you are a civil partner or proposed civil partner looking to obtain the Civil Partner visa for the UK, you will only be able to apply if both you and your partner are 18 years of age or older.
Your partner is also required to either:
It is also expected that you and your partner will intend to live together in the UK permanently after applying for the UK Civil Partner visa.
The Civil Partner visa UK requirements also include proving at least one of the below:
In the event of your civil ceremony being delayed due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), you may have the option of asking for an extension of your stay in the UK. As this can be a fast-moving and unpredictable situation, if this is the case for you, please contact our immigration lawyers for the latest advice and guidance.
Applicants for the Civil Partnership visa or Proposed Civil Partner visa will also need to prove they have a good knowledge of the English language, as well as that they will be able to financially support themselves on this visa. As a proposed civil partner, you will also be required to prove that any previous marriages or civil partnerships have come to an end.
Proving to the Home Office that your relationship is genuine is another key part of the process of securing a Civil Partner visa for the UK.
To satisfy this requirement, you will be expected to send evidence that:
Examples of such evidence accepted by the Home Office include:
Some candidates for the Civil Partnership visa may struggle to gather evidence that meets the above criteria. If this is the case for you, there is alternative evidence that you may be able to provide. However, such evidence is less likely to convince the Home Office to grant you a visa.
Examples of such possible alternative evidence include:
You probably will not be successful in being approved for a UK Civil Partner visa if your submitted evidence for your relationship being genuine only consists of such things as travel tickets, receipts, greetings cards, photographs, or text or social media messages.
For a detailed discussion of your circumstances and requirements with regard to the Civil Partner visa or Proposed Civil Partner visa for the UK, and what is involved in the application process, please feel free to book a consultation online with our immigration experts, or call 0208 215 0053.
It will be necessary for you to provide certain information and evidence when applying for a UK Civil Partnership visa. You will be required to provide:
Those submitting Civil Partner or Proposed Civil Partner visa applications from outside the UK will also need to have a blank page in their passport on which to put the visa.
It may be necessary for you to provide further documents, depending on your circumstances. When you apply for a Civil Partnership visa, the Home Office will tell you how to provide your documents.
Do you have any further questions about what is involved in the process of obtaining this in-demand family visa? If so, please contact our well-informed and experienced Civil Partner visa UK solicitors. We will answer all of your questions clearly and precisely, so that you have the latest and most accurate knowledge about this visa route, with which to make the right decisions for you.
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