Currently a student looking at a marriage visa

Hey everyone.
Just looking to see if I can get some advice.

I'm currently studying in the UK for a degree at university and have met my fiance.

I think I've checked into every Canadian government site that I could possibly look at and they all seem to give me the same advice - nothing. haha.

I'm looking to marry my fiance in a years time, yet I still have 2 more years of my course left. I've noticed in some statements in the government websites that it says I must 'intend' to live with my spouse when we marry, does this really apply? We are currently living on either side of the country at the minute and there has been some difficulty in me getting down to Devon to live with him.

What sort of papers do I need to find and sign before I get married and what sort of things must I prepare before I am married?

Thanks for all the help!

K

Hi

I think you should read more about it on uk websites rather then canadian ones. I have tried to send you websites, but they didnt allow me. If you want i can email them to you. just let me know.

my boyfriend and I have planned on marriyng in the Uk next march. I needed to apply for a fiance visa in order to marry in the uk. I had to come back to Canada and apply for it.

What you need to know is that to marry you need to show a fiance/marriage visa or a certificat of approval to the registrar's office. For the visa you need to apply for it in Canada and there's no other way.

Its a lot of paperwork and stress, but worth it in the end. It was a long process to get all the documents required but their answer was very quick. Within 24 hours they gave me the visa!

You need to read a lot about it to make sure you know exactly what to do and what to say. You need to be fully prepared before you apply. To answer to your question, you really need to show that you both intend to live together and have a proof of that. In our case we showed them a tenancy agreement.

I really hope you will find a way. To you and your fiance, i wish you the best of luck!

Good place to start your research might be on this British Expats website, its high traffic (loads of people surfing it each day) and as I have found, people are generally very friendly & helpful. I've used that site myself to find out about my British partner (soon to be fiance) being able to move to Canada with me next year, seems it will probably be easier for him then it was for me 3 years ago when I came here on an Ancestry Visa. Here's the Canadian section of the website: British Expats

Hi all,
I actually never needed a Fiance visa. I had a working holiday maker visa and then I just got my "Certificate of Approval" to marry a Brit and then jumped right into my "Further Leave to Remain" visa. So, I didn't have to go home to get a thing!

Good luck!

I came over on a working holidaymaker visa and applied for a spousal visa, but because my husband and I went on a honeymoon after getting married the Home Office claimed that I had broken the continuity of my visa, and I had to return to 'South Africa' to get it (obviously they couldn't be bothered to change the previous refusal).
I returned to Canada, applied in person in Ottawa, and left the building in less than two hours with the right to return to the UK.
I asked if I could return to Canada when applying for my next visa (indefinite leave to remain) because it had been SO easy to get from Canada, and impossible in England. They said I would have to apply directly to the Home Office. UGH!
As far as I'm concerned the Home Office decided what it wants to do, and does it. As my immigration lawyer said, "They are a law unto themselves."
All I can recommend is having proof of EVERYTHING they ask for on the application form.
Best of luck with things.