UK citizen who wants to marry an african woman...

Ozcat

You could try the UK resident forums too - I found them invaluable when going through the process myself (I'm Australian, husband is British)

SwipernoSwiping

Uk visa process is a stressful heartache, pent up with much limbo and expense. it is a true test for genuine love if ever I have crossed one.
My Hubby still feels very "alien" here and he is fluent in english. I would not like to guess how hard it would be for those that don't have a grasp on our quirky queue loving wrong side of the road driving, twist grammar using ways! ( My husbands opinion of our isle not mine!) Rules make it very very hard to live if you lose your job like i did. It's tempting to bend them because of that. But we haven't.
We had a great deal of help from the Immigration Advisory Service - (google it) who I strongly recommend to anyone with visa queries in the UK.CAB refered us. Our case was very complicated but with their help we managed to get the marriage visa. They will go through your problem, help you with paperwork, proof, supporting letters and in some cases will help with court appearences too.
His leave to remain is up in september. Talk about stress!

Ozcat

shellieholly wrote: »

Uk visa process is a stressful heartache, pent up with much limbo and expense. it is a true test for genuine love if ever I have crossed one.
My Hubby still feels very "alien" here and he is fluent in english. I would not like to guess how hard it would be for those that don't have a grasp on our quirky queue loving wrong side of the road driving, twist grammar using ways! ( My husbands opinion of our isle not mine!) Rules make it very very hard to live if you lose your job like i did. It's tempting to bend them because of that. But we haven't.
We had a great deal of help from the Immigration Advisory Service - (google it) who I strongly recommend to anyone with visa queries in the UK.CAB refered us. Our case was very complicated but with their help we managed to get the marriage visa. They will go through your problem, help you with paperwork, proof, supporting letters and in some cases will help with court appearences too.
His leave to remain is up in september. Talk about stress!

I'd have to agree here, it IS a very stressful process - my case was complicated also (for reasons which I won;t go into here), so we used a solicitor to put the application together.

Nimeth

shellieholly wrote: »

Uk visa process is a stressful heartache, pent up with much limbo and expense. it is a true test for genuine love if ever I have crossed one.
My Hubby still feels very "alien" here and he is fluent in english. I would not like to guess how hard it would be for those that don't have a grasp on our quirky queue loving wrong side of the road driving, twist grammar using ways! ( My husbands opinion of our isle not mine!) Rules make it very very hard to live if you lose your job like i did. It's tempting to bend them because of that. But we haven't.
We had a great deal of help from the Immigration Advisory Service - (google it) who I strongly recommend to anyone with visa queries in the UK.CAB refered us. Our case was very complicated but with their help we managed to get the marriage visa. They will go through your problem, help you with paperwork, proof, supporting letters and in some cases will help with court appearences too.
His leave to remain is up in september. Talk about stress!

I also agree with this. The stress can really get to you at times. I had loads of rows with my OH while I was going through the visa system and that didn't even include me trying to learn English (I'm American by birth). Most of the arguments were about money of course, the biggest row we had was when he found out my indefinite leave to remain visa was going to cost nearly £1k. It was totally worth it though and I'd do it all again if I had to as I love my OH dearly.

OP, if the two of you are absolutely sure this is the route you want to go down, I recommend setting up a savings account and start putting money away into for visa fees. This is how I did it and OH and I managed ok and we ended up forking out nearly £2,500 all in. I did all my applications myself, so it can be done, but if you're not confident with any of the forms, then get an immigration solicitor, it will be less hassle in the end as you're application will be less likely to be refused.

As for your child, he/she will have British citizenship. I have an American friend who is married to a Brit and their child is a dual national by birth.

brian_723

The irony is if you were to get any other person from an other EU state to go over and marry her she would be allowed in free of charge and regardless of language skills under under EU law .

Ozcat

brian_723 wrote: »

The irony is if you were to get any other person from an other EU state to go over and marry her she would be allowed in free of charge and regardless of language skills under under EU law .

So very true, and so very, very annoying, given how much the whole UK visa process costs

Darlyd

Omg things like this make me pretty mad, In my job I get to see a lot of indian's etc and none of them speak a word of english. How an earth did they get to come to our country. ? Op seems pretty genuine.