Obtaining a visa for your partner to live in the United Kingdom

 This advise is applicable to the United Kingdom. Advice for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales can be found here.

If you want your husband, wife, or partner to join you in the UK, they may need to obtain a visa, depending on where you are from.

If you are a citizen of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, or Liechtenstein,

If you arrived in the UK before December 31, 2020, your partner may be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme for pre-settled or settled status. It's less expensive and less time-consuming than applying for a visa.

Even if your partner was not in the UK on December 31, 2020, they may be able to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme.

You can find out if your partner is eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme.

If you're unsure, go to GOV.UK and look up which nations are part of the EU and EEA.

You are a Northern Irish citizen if you were born in Northern Ireland.

Your partner may be able to apply for pre-settled or settled status through the EU Settlement Scheme. It is less expensive and takes less time than applying for a visa.

Your partner can apply for pre-settled or settled status if you have British or Irish citizenship – or both. By December 31, 2020, you must have lived in the United Kingdom. One of your parents had to have: When you were born, one of your parents had to have:

Citizenship in either the UK or Ireland - or both

an immigration status that allows them to stay in the UK indefinitely, such as indefinite leave to remain

If your partner is one of the following, they can apply for a family visa to come and live with you:

your spouse, civil partner, prospective civil partner, or fiancé (e)

your spouse, with whom you've been living for at least two years

They will only be able to apply for a family visa if you have one of the following:

British nationality

leave to reside indefinitely or right of abode

Refugee status or humanitarian assistance

settled status as a result of the EU Settlement Scheme

If you have a pre-determined status,

Your partner may be eligible for a family visa. Before they apply for a family visa, see if your partner may apply for the EU Settlement Scheme, which is simpler and less expensive than filing for a family visa.

If you arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020 and applied to the EU Settlement Scheme as a family member, your partner will be unable to apply for a family visa. If you are in this circumstance, your spouse will have to wait until you have obtained established status before applying for a family visa.

The criteria fluctuate depending on the sort of partner, but you must always demonstrate that you have the money to support them and that your relationship is real.

Your partner may apply from outside the United Kingdom. They can also apply from within the UK if they meet the following requirements:

were granted permission to stay in the UK for more than six months are not on a visit visa in the UK

are not submitting an application as a fiancée (e)

If their original visa was for less than six months, they will not be able to change to a partner visa while staying in the UK. They'll have to leave the UK and reapply as a partner.

Coronavirus - if your visa is about to expire and you are unable to renew it or leave the UK

If your visa expires before the end of September 2021, you must request an extension or leave the UK. This is referred to as 'extraordinary assurance.' GOV.UK has instructions on how to apply for extraordinary assurance.

For example, you may be unable to leave the UK if:

You have a medical condition that makes you "very susceptible" to coronavirus – GOV.UK can tell you whether you're severely susceptible.

Because of the coronavirus, the country you need to visit will not let you in.

You are unable to arrange travel in a timely manner.

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