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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.

“Absolute dream to deal with”Dene Geary
“They handled everything”Sylvette Jacobs
“Professionalism at its very best”Jeff Grove

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Eligibility

Who can apply and
what the visa gives you

Who can apply

Tick each one that applies to you3 checks

Your partner may qualify if all three apply.

Keep going. All three need to apply.

Your partner may qualify. A lawyer can confirm on a call.Book your call

Up to two and a half years

Successful applicants are granted entry to the UK for up to two and a half years.

Work without restriction

Your partner is permitted to work without restriction while in the country.

A route to stay

At the end, extend the visa or apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) if eligible.

Our support

How Rove Legal helps

Your spouse visa application

Documents checked, full and accurateRove Legal
Application submittedRove Legal
Fingerprints and photos appointmentYou
Home Office correspondenceRove Legal

The full application

We handle every part of the application so that all documents are 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.

Extensions and ILR

If your visa is close to expiring, we help you extend it. After five years’ continuous residence, we advise on your eligibility for ILR.

The journey

From spouse visa
to settlement

Five years’ continuous residence leads to indefinite leave to remain, if you’re eligible

Spouse visa, up to two and a half yearsSpouse visa Extension ILR

Spouse visa

Entry for up to two and a half years, with the right to work.

Extension

We help you extend before your visa expires.

Indefinite leave to remain

After five years’ continuous residence, if you’re eligible.

Three steps to
your visa

Book your consultation. Tell us briefly about your situation through the contact form and we’ll arrange a call with a senior immigration lawyer.

Personal consultation£100Including VAT, for bespoke advice by phone
Who you speak toA senior immigration lawyer
How to startThe contact form

Case review and quote. We look at your situation and goals, advise on the best route and give you a quotation.

Case reviewWith a senior lawyer
Your situation and goalsReviewed
The best route for youAdvised
Your quotationSent

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.

What we take off your deskRove Legal
Case reviewHandled
Document curationHandled
Application servicesHandled
Correspondence with the Home OfficeHandled
Appeals and judicial reviewIf needed

What clients say

“All I had to do was show up to my appointment and take my fingerprints and photos. They handled the rest.”
Sylvette Jacobs, switched from a student visa to a spouse visa
“Rove Legal were an absolute dream to deal with.”
Dene Geary
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