RE:RE: Desperate Adivce

[bornatbirth]

if they made it to cheap to bring our loved ones here,it would take so long for the visa to be processed because so many would be appyling.

to be honest i think getting a visa is far to easy and should be far more restrictions on who can apply and get given one.

[joebloggs]

it should be your legal right to bring your wife or husband to the uk, as long as they don't have a criminal record like your average scouser

[PeterB]

it should be your legal right to bring your wife or husband to the uk ...

... as long as it is a genuine marriage, and not one of 'convenience'.

I believe that this is the reason why each and every application has to be scrutinised.

[joebloggs]

... as long as it is a genuine marriage, and not one of 'convenience'.

I believe that this is the reason why each and every application has to be scrutinised.

and how do they know that ?

and why they so bothered about money and somewhere to live ? what it got to do with the gov who you marry or where they are from ?

i agree about the marriage of convenience thou, but how do they decide it is ??

[PeterB]

i agree about the marriage of convenience thou, but how do they decide it is ??

I guess that they attempt to do that by weighing up all the evidence presented to them. Inevitably, they will get it wrong sometimes. However, from the reports on this forum (where, I hope, all the marriages are genuine), it would seem that really genuine cases are rarely denied. However, we all have to suffer that agonising wait while the decision is made.

What I do think is really unfair is the apparent assumption that no one can form a meaningful partnership below the age of 21. I really hope that discretion will be used when applying this rule.

[darren-b]

What I do think is really unfair is the apparent assumption that no one can form a meaningful partnership below the age of 21. I really hope that discretion will be used when applying this rule.

I thought the aim of raising the minimum age to 21 was to try and stop the number of forced marriages in the UK (especially involving spouses from India) rather than because the Government believes that no one can form a meaningful partnership below the age of 21. I've since figures from 2005 stating that about 1 in 5 applications for a marriage visa from India involved a spouse under the age of 21.

[PeterB]

I thought the aim of raising the minimum age to 21 was to try and stop the number of forced marriages in the UK...

So, effectively saying that marriages involving a party who is under 21 are probably arranged marriages - therefore we will prevent them from coming to UK.

Anyway, if it's to stop forced marriages in UK, why does the law now not allow visa applications from those under 21 who are already married?