2½years
Up to two and a half years in the UK
Your partner’s first grant of entry.
Personal immigration/Family visas
Spouse or civil partner
visa UK
If you’re a British citizen or settled in the UK, your partner may be able to join you to live and work here. We guide you through the Home Office requirements and handle the application.
Who can applyA quick check
Your partner may qualify if all three apply
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- “Absolute dream to deal with”Dene Geary
- “They handled everything”Sylvette Jacobs
- “Professionalism at its very best”Jeff Grove
The visa
What the visa gives you
A spouse visa lets your partner live and work in the UK, with a route to stay for good.
Right to workUnrestricted
The right to work without restriction
Your partner can work while they’re in the UK.
Spouse visa
Extension
ILR
A route to stay
Extend the visa, or apply for indefinite leave to remain if you’re eligible.
The road to settlement
From first visa to settled status
Five years’ continuous residence takes you from a spouse visa to indefinite leave to remain.
Spouse visaUp to two and a half years
ExtensionBefore your visa expires
Indefinite leave to remainIf you’re eligible
Years of continuous residence in the UK
Our support
How Rove Legal helps
Whichever stage you’re at, a senior lawyer handles the detail for you.
The full application
Applying for the first time
We handle every part of the application so that all documents are submitted fully and accurately.
Book your callSpouse visa applicationHandled by Rove Legal
Both over 18Evidenced
Genuine and subsisting relationshipEvidenced
Financial requirementEvidenced
Documents submitted fully and accurately
Switching from a fiancé(e) visa
Already in the UK
On a fiancé(e) visa and now married or in a civil partnership? We help you switch into the spouse category.
Your visa todayFiancé(e) visa
Switch intoSpouse or civil partner visa
With the right to work without restriction.
Extensions and ILR
Staying in the UK
If your visa is close to expiring, we help you extend it.
After five years’ continuous residence, we advise on your eligibility for indefinite leave to remain.
Your route to settlementFive years
Spouse visaUp to two and a half years
ExtensionWe apply before expiry
ILRAfter five years’ residence
Our process
Three steps to your visa
01
Book your consultation
Tell us briefly about your situation through the contact form and we’ll arrange a call with a senior immigration lawyer.
02
Case review and quote
We look at your situation and goals, advise on the best route and give you a quotation.
03
We handle the legal work
Once you approve the quote and our terms, we work with you, or on your behalf, through to the decision.
“Jay and his team assisted with switching over from a student BRP to a spousal one. All I had to do was show up to my appointment and take my fingerprints and photos. They handled the rest. What a dream.”Sylvette Jacobs
“Rove Legal were an absolute dream to deal with. Jay ensured we submitted all of the required documents, and when our application was delayed he chased the UK Government to expedite the issue and ensure a successful outcome.”Dene Geary
Family visas
Other family visa routes
Get your case reviewed
Book a call with one of our immigration lawyers.
Personal consultations are £100 including VAT.