Spouse visa

Looking for a lawyer to assist with your UK Spouse visa application? Try RLegal Solicitors

• Established in 2002 with extensive experience of UK spouse visa applications
• Recommended by the Legal 500 an independent legal directory for solicitors in both the business and personal immigration categories
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• our team of lawyers work to ensure your case is fully prepared!

If you are an overseas national married to someone living in the UK the UK spouse visa may be the route for your to come and live with your partner in the UK.

A spouse visa must be submitted from abroad but can in some cases can be submitted from within the UK if for example you currently hold a visa of more than 6 months duration.

A UK spouse visa entitles an individual to:

• live in the UK with their partner
• take employment, or
• establish themselves in business for so long as their relationship is subsisting.

Your UK spouse

You must be a:

• a British national 
• someone granted humanitarian protection
• someone with indefinite leave to remain (settled in the UK) or
• an EEA national with pre-settled status or settled status.

If so your UK spouse can then act as the sponsor for your visa to live and work in the UK.

Legal requirements

Both your sponsor and you must:

• be over the age of 18;
• intend to live together permanently;
• speak and understand English to a minimum level; and
• meet a minimum financial requirement and house themselves.

Financial requirements

Consideration should be given to the financial requirements for a UK spouse visa as depending on your circumstances this can be quite challenging. The current financial requirement since 11 April 2024 is £29,000 per annum which is usually met by showing your partner has this income or can make up a shortfall through holding savings. Please note the £29,000 amount is currently under review. Those who were granted a visa through the pre 11 April 2024 rules can continue to show an income of £18600 per annum. 

Route to settlement through the UK spouse visa

The UK spouse visa is a two-part process, the first is the initial application which will be granted for a period of 30 or 33 months (depending on whether it is an in-country or an out of country application).

On completion of this period the second extension application must be made for a further 30 months. 

After spending 5 years (60 months) in the UK with a UK spouse visa, you will become eligible for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and then British citizenship.

Why choose RLegal Solicitors for a UK Spouse visa application?

Applying for a UK spouse visa is a complicated and expensive process. The requirements for the grant of a spouse visa are exacting and mistakes can be costly leading to forced separation and financial loss. 

Our experience of lodging successful applications spanning three decades for UK spouse visas is almost unrivalled. Our lawyers have been involved in different types of cases with varying complexity.

However, we will not advise you to proceed with a spouse visa application unless we are confident of success.

Our spouse visa solicitors can guide you through the complex evidential requirements and assist from start to finish with your UK spouse visa application.

Who we are

RLegal is a recommended firm by the Legal 500 our solicitors have been helped many clients successfully obtain UK spouse visas.

We are based in the West End of London. Our clients instruct us from throughout the UK and around the world. If you are further afield, we can easily liaise with you by telephone, email and Zoom.

For more information, please contact us on +44 (0) 20 7038 3980 where you can talk to one of our team, email us at info@rlegal.com or complete our online enquiry form 

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