SPOUSE VISA APPLICATION AND ENTRY CLEARANCE FROM ALBANIA TO UK

mrsmagoos Active member

Member since 06 March 2015

mrsmagoosActive member04 August 2015 13:18:11

Hello All,

Can anyone help me with my query?
My partner who is Albanian and myself (British) are planning to marry in Albania within the next 6 weeks.
He is currently in a removal centre in the UK as he is an illegal entrant but has opted for voluntary departure and will be flying to Albania this weekend.
We will marry as soon as I get all the relevant documents that I need from the UK.

After marriage we will apply for entry clearance to the Uk and a spouse visa.

As he has gone for VD we have been told he should be ok, but can anyone help and tell me the process, costs and length of time we are likely to wait?

Thanks in advance

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Samera2015 Member

Member since 26 August 2015

Samera2015Member26 August 2015 22:10:10

Hi,

My husband is Albanian and I am British.

My husband went back to Albania in May.

I had to get my certificate of non impediment legalised and translated.

I also got my birth certificate legalised.

We then got married in Albania in June 2015 and we submitted the application in June 2015.

We still haven't had a decision from them as I understand the application takes up to 12 weeks.

We have paid as follows:

£650 NHS surcharge
£1,079 Visa Application and fee
£39.95 DHL original documents to Albania
£1,580 Immigration Advisor and a letter
£23.40 copy of birth certificate
£35.00 Notice of Marriage
£35.00 X2 Legalisation of above documents
and flights costs.

We also needed him to do A1 English test (I can't remember how much it cost).

The gov website doesn't tell you everything you need but you should definitely get support from a immigration specialist.

I did a lot of research and got everything to make it easier for them but we still haven't heard anything.

The most important is the financial supporting documents as they do not want your spouse to claim benefits and you need to show them that you can support them financially and also have accommodation that is not crowded.

supporting letters from family members also helps.

do not submit the application until you have everything.

Good luck

Mumchkin76 Member

Member since 04 April 2019

Mumchkin76Member06 April 2019 11:38:56

Hi can I ask some advice from you ? I no this thread is old but hopefully someone will help , I am marrying my Albanian partner in a few months , how can I get him to the uk if I am on Benifits and don’t earn to get him here is there any way round it ? X

Mumchkin76 Member

Member since 04 April 2019

Mumchkin76Member06 April 2019 11:40:30

So I don’t need to be there to hand the documents in ? He can do it then I go for the wedding ? Also were did u get ur English documents noitorised x

post Contributor

Member since 13 November 2018

postContributor08 April 2019 01:51:31

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Mumchkin76 wrote:
So I don’t need to be there to hand the documents in ? He can do it then I go for the wedding ? Also were did u get ur English documents noitorised x

Do you need to get the documents professionally translated and attested in the UK before they can be used in Albania?