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Skip to content The proposed Civil partner visa is suitable for you if you are outside of the UK, already engaged, and want to join your UK-settled legal partner to marry within 6 months of arrival in the UK. You must meet the financial requirements.
If you need immediate and personalised assistance with your visa application you can contact us at 02033844389.
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If you are engaged to a British or Irish citizen, settled in the UK, have a pre-settled status, or are a refugee or humanitarian seeker in the UK and want to start a civil partnership within 6 months of arriving, you may be eligible for the UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa. You can’t apply for a UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa from inside the UK.
With the UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa, you can’t move to the UK right away. As long as you have entered a civil partnership in the UK, you will be able to use the Civil Partner visa route to stay in the UK longer. After 5 years, the Civil Partner Visa UK can lead to an indefinite leave to remain or settlement in the UK.
To get a UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa, you will need to show UK Visas and Immigration that you fulfill the following conditions:
According to your situation, the exact standards you need to meet may be different. You should get professional help from a visa lawyer.
Call us at 02033844389 to speak with one of our immigration solicitors about your fiancé or proposed civil partner visa application.
If your partner wants to get a UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa, they must either
Anyone who is a British citizen and is coming to the UK with you as your partner is also a British citizen. A person with indefinite leave to stay in the UK includes someone who is coming to the UK to settle down at the same time as you.
At the time you apply for the visa, both you and your partner must be at least 18 years old.
The relationship requirement is composed of multiple parts:
You and your intended civil partner must not be in a relationship that is against the law, as described in the Marriage Act 1949, the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986, and the Civil Partnership Act 2004. If you meet these requirements, you may be able to get this visa.
This means that you and the person you want to marry must not be connected in any of the ways below:
“Sibling” in this list refers to a brother, sister, half-brother, or half-sister.
A proposed civil partnership between a person and any of the following people will not be eligible for a proposed civil partner visa until both parties are at least 21 years old and the younger person has never been related to the other person as a child before this age:
You and the person you want to marry must have met in person. It’s necessary to have “met,” which means that you must be able to show that you met in person and became familiar with each other. The conditions for a UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa cannot be met just by meeting in person and then communicating by phone or writing.
Depending on your circumstances, you may need to satisfy different requirements so it is strongly advisable to confirm your eligibility in advance of making an application. For help call 02033844389.
You will need to meet a cash requirement in order to show that you can live comfortably in the UK without using public funds.
You must show that your proposed civil partner (or both of you together if you are in the UK with valid leave to stay) makes at least £29,000 a year unless you are exempt. This is per the financial requirement for a UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa.
You no longer have to meet a necessary income level in addition to having a child.
The sponsor needs to be able to “adequately maintain and accommodate” the family member they are sponsoring to enter or stay in the UK. If your intended civil partner receives certain state benefits or entitlements, special rules will apply.
You will need to show proof of funds when you first apply to enter the UK as a potential civil partner, when you apply to stay longer as a civil partner, and when you apply for leave to remain in the UK indefinitely as a civil partner.
The proposed rules for the Proposed Civil Partner Visa’s financial requirements are very complicated and include strict requirements for required documents. It is up to the applicants to show that they can meet the cash requirements. Without the required financial proof, a visa application through this route is often denied.
The following are ways to meet the financial requirements for the UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa:
When your partner receives certain benefits, there will be different considerations. For assistance call 02033844389.
You may need to prove your knowledge of the English language when you apply.
When you do not need to prove it
You do not need to prove your knowledge of English or take a test if one of the following is true:
Also, you will not need to prove your knowledge of English if you’re a national of one of the following countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, USA
You can prove it with an academic qualification, or by taking a test.
You can prove your knowledge of English if you have a degree or academic qualification that was taught or researched in English.
If your qualification is from a UK university or college, you only need your degree certificate.
If your qualification is from a university or college outside the UK
You’ll need to provide a certificate from Ecctis (formerly UK NARIC) to show that your qualification is equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree or higher and that it was taught in English.
There are 2 kinds of certificates:
You need a statement of comparability if you got your qualification from a university or college in one of these countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, USA
If you got your qualification from a university or college in any other country, you need a visa and nationality statement.
You can prove your knowledge of English by passing an approved English language test.
You must pass at least level A1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale for your first visa application. You can choose to take a higher-level test.
If you pass level B1 or higher, you can use your test result again when you apply for settlement after 5 years. Your test still needs to be on the approved list of qualifications and your test certificate must not have been withdrawn by the test provider.
If you are outside of the UK
You can only take a SELT with one of the following providers:
If you are outside of the UK
You can only take a SELT with one of the following providers:
The main reason a Proposed Civil Partner Visa application is turned down is that the applicant does not provide enough documentary proof to back up their application.
The Immigration Rules are very strict about the papers that must be sent with an application for a UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa. To apply for a Proposed Civil Partner Visa, you will need different papers depending on your situation.
People who want to apply for a Proposed Civil Partner Visa should be very careful when using pre-made paper checklists. If you talk to an immigration lawyer, you can be sure that the papers on the list are right for your situation.
To the same extent, an application for a Proposed Civil Partner Visa could be turned down if a necessary document is missing, in the wrong formatting, or does not include all the necessary information. It can take months to decide on an appeal, and the result may not be clear. It will cost more and take longer to make a new application.
Our UK immigration solicitors help people who want to apply for a Proposed Civil Partner Visa by giving them expert advice on the documents they need to make sure their application is successful. They also make sure that the supporting papers follow the Immigration Rules.
UK Visa & Immigration aims to process 95% of applications for UK Partner visas within 12 weeks after they are submitted.
In the event that you are in need of a faster visa processing timeline, most visa centres outside the UK offer settlement priority service. At every stage of the decision-making process, your UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa application will be placed in the front of the queue. It normally takes 30 working days to process a UK Proposed Civil Partner Visa via the Settlement Priority Visa Service. If the visa application is well-prepared, the process can be sped up.
From within the UK, you will be able to choose between two processing timelines when applying to switch into or extend your Proposed Civil Partner Visa status. Your in-country application will be decided within 8 weeks if you apply via the Standard Service. In most cases, you will receive a decision on the next working day after providing your biometric information if you apply through the Super Priority Service.