Marrying in the US
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Marrying in the US
Hi, I am a British citizen and my fiancé is a US citizen. We plan on getting married in the US and moving bVk to the UK.
So far we have not contacted the registry office in the UK.
I plan on going to Chicago and getting married, obtaining a marriage licence and returning with my husband, then letting the government know that we are married and applying for spouse or EEA2.
Does that sound about right? Or am I missing something?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you
So far we have not contacted the registry office in the UK.
I plan on going to Chicago and getting married, obtaining a marriage licence and returning with my husband, then letting the government know that we are married and applying for spouse or EEA2.
Does that sound about right? Or am I missing something?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you
#2
Re: Marrying in the US
Hi...welcome to BE.
As you are looking for information regarding your US spouse moving to the UK...I have moved your thread out of the US forums and into the UK forum. Someone will probably be along soon to help you.
Good luck and congratulations on your impending wedding.
As you are looking for information regarding your US spouse moving to the UK...I have moved your thread out of the US forums and into the UK forum. Someone will probably be along soon to help you.
Good luck and congratulations on your impending wedding.
#3
Re: Marrying in the US
OP, begin here. It has to be a spouse visa (the financials are a killer) or the Surinder Singh route
Spouse Immigration-UK : British Expat Wiki
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Surinder_Singh
Married in the US, I don't think you need to inform the UK registry office
start your visa process next
https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk
https://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...4029/VAF4A.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...settlement.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...equirement.pdf
Spouse Immigration-UK : British Expat Wiki
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Surinder_Singh
Married in the US, I don't think you need to inform the UK registry office
start your visa process next
https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk
https://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...4029/VAF4A.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...settlement.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...equirement.pdf
Last edited by not2old; Feb 8th 2015 at 3:21 pm.
#4
Re: Marrying in the US
Hi, I am a British citizen and my fiancé is a US citizen. We plan on getting married in the US and moving bVk to the UK.
So far we have not contacted the registry office in the UK.
I plan on going to Chicago and getting married, obtaining a marriage licence and returning with my husband, then letting the government know that we are married and applying for spouse or EEA2.
Does that sound about right? Or am I missing something?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you
So far we have not contacted the registry office in the UK.
I plan on going to Chicago and getting married, obtaining a marriage licence and returning with my husband, then letting the government know that we are married and applying for spouse or EEA2.
Does that sound about right? Or am I missing something?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you
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Re: Marrying in the US
Ok confused.
Can we not go through the EEA2 route? I don't earn 18,600 to obtain a spouse visa for my husband to be.
At there any other routes? I thought EEA2 was a good route as I am an EU citizen and he is not.
Thanks
Can we not go through the EEA2 route? I don't earn 18,600 to obtain a spouse visa for my husband to be.
At there any other routes? I thought EEA2 was a good route as I am an EU citizen and he is not.
Thanks
#6
Re: Marrying in the US
OK, but you didn't say anything about that in your OP, you just stated 'moving back to the UK' which people will have assumed you meant straight back to the UK. so you need to carefully read the Surinder Singh part of the links you were given. Malta and Ireland do seem to be the most popular countries to use.
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Re: Marrying in the US
post# 6 Mike good points
OP, you cannot go directly to 'Residence card' without first going the Surinder Singh, unless your US spouse is also an EU citizen
If your spouse is a US only citizen with no entitlement to a UK ancestry visa or citizenship of a EU country & that you the Brit are sponsoring him - then its the 'Family visa' route or as Mike posted the Surinder Singh route.
We're doing a lot of assumptions based on your OP
OP, you cannot go directly to 'Residence card' without first going the Surinder Singh, unless your US spouse is also an EU citizen
If your spouse is a US only citizen with no entitlement to a UK ancestry visa or citizenship of a EU country & that you the Brit are sponsoring him - then its the 'Family visa' route or as Mike posted the Surinder Singh route.
We're doing a lot of assumptions based on your OP
#8
Re: Marrying in the US
Not nearly enough information given to help you. Where do you reside with your fiancé now, the US, the UK or elsewhere? Unless your fiancé already holds a UK visa then he will need to apply for his spouse visa from the US although that's a moot point if you don't meet the financial requirements. In order to qualify for an EEA2 residence card you would first need to live with your husband in another EEA country and obtain an EEA Family Permit under the Surinder Singh rules. This generally would require you to live and work in another EEA country for at least six months.
#9
Re: Marrying in the US
I concur with the responses provided for you so far - that said, why don't you take a look at the EEA application & see if you meet the requirements
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...er-form-eea-fm
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...er-form-eea-fm
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-uk-residence-card/apply
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...er-form-eea-fm
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...er-form-eea-fm
Last edited by not2old; Feb 8th 2015 at 4:09 pm.
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Re: Marrying in the US
Sorry for limited information.
I currently reside in uk, hold a British passport. My fiancé lies in the states and hold the us passport. We met online therefore have not lived together. We plan on getting married in the states in his city which is Chicago and then returning back to the uk to settle here together.
As far as I was aware, because I am a Uk citizen, and it being in the EU, I can apply for an EEA2 for my husband after we get married?
I currently reside in uk, hold a British passport. My fiancé lies in the states and hold the us passport. We met online therefore have not lived together. We plan on getting married in the states in his city which is Chicago and then returning back to the uk to settle here together.
As far as I was aware, because I am a Uk citizen, and it being in the EU, I can apply for an EEA2 for my husband after we get married?
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Re: Marrying in the US
Sorry for limited information.
I currently reside in uk, hold a British passport. My fiancé lies in the states and hold the us passport. We met online therefore have not lived together. We plan on getting married in the states in his city which is Chicago and then returning back to the uk to settle here together.
As far as I was aware, because I am a Uk citizen, and it being in the EU, I can apply for an EEA2 for my husband after we get married?
I currently reside in uk, hold a British passport. My fiancé lies in the states and hold the us passport. We met online therefore have not lived together. We plan on getting married in the states in his city which is Chicago and then returning back to the uk to settle here together.
As far as I was aware, because I am a Uk citizen, and it being in the EU, I can apply for an EEA2 for my husband after we get married?
you need the 'spouse visa' & since as you mentioned that you do not meet the financial requirements of 'spouse visa' - then your option is Surinder Singh
easy read, start at the bottom of the page in the link & read up
http://anundividedfamilyinmalta.com/
Last edited by not2old; Feb 8th 2015 at 4:22 pm.
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Re: Marrying in the US
Sorry for limited information.
I currently reside in uk, hold a British passport. My fiancé lies in the states and hold the us passport. We met online therefore have not lived together. We plan on getting married in the states in his city which is Chicago and then returning back to the uk to settle here together.
As far as I was aware, because I am a Uk citizen, and it being in the EU, I can apply for an EEA2 for my husband after we get married?
I currently reside in uk, hold a British passport. My fiancé lies in the states and hold the us passport. We met online therefore have not lived together. We plan on getting married in the states in his city which is Chicago and then returning back to the uk to settle here together.
As far as I was aware, because I am a Uk citizen, and it being in the EU, I can apply for an EEA2 for my husband after we get married?
Other than that, if you want to marry and then move immediately to the UK, you need to sponsor him for a spouse visa as per British immigration law, and for this you have to fulfill certain financial requirements.
Read the following document carefully to see how you qualify:
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...equirement.pdf
He must obtain the spouse visa BEFORE he enters the UK. He cannot apply for it once in the UK. The visa is "join family settled in the UK"
Start here
https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk
Last edited by SanDiegogirl; Feb 8th 2015 at 4:44 pm.
#13
Re: Marrying in the US
10 posts all providing (more or less) the same response
OP, have you considered the reverse option?
Bringing Spouses to Live in the United States as Permanent Residents | USCIS
OP, have you considered the reverse option?
Bringing Spouses to Live in the United States as Permanent Residents | USCIS
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Re: Marrying in the US
So let me get this clear. To go through the surinder Singh route, both myself and my "husband" would need to live and work in an Eu country for min of 6 months?
That means I would have to leave my job and move to an EU country?
My "husband" can't stay there for 6 months while I remain in the UK? The we apply for the EEA.
Thanks
That means I would have to leave my job and move to an EU country?
My "husband" can't stay there for 6 months while I remain in the UK? The we apply for the EEA.
Thanks
#15
Re: Marrying in the US
That means I would have to leave my job and move to an EU country?
My "husband" can't stay there for 6 months while I remain in the UK? The we apply for the EEA
As posted in that link 'an undivided family in Malta' & the 'Surinder Singh' Wiki link
Your centre of life has to move from the UK to another EU country
Last edited by not2old; Feb 8th 2015 at 5:42 pm.