family law regulation of getting married in the UK by foreigners?
samcdubai asked:
I am an Indian citizen, currently working in the UK with full work permit. I want get married here in the UK. My fiance is from the Republic of Philippines. She is married there but separeted from her husband for more than 6 years. She is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She has not obtained a divorce from the Court. Can we still get married here in the Uk? Are we permitted to get married under UK laws under the present circumstances as mentioned above. Please reply with provisions of UK Law
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I am an Indian citizen, currently working in the UK with full work permit. I want get married here in the UK. My fiance is from the Republic of Philippines. She is married there but separeted from her husband for more than 6 years. She is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She has not obtained a divorce from the Court. Can we still get married here in the Uk? Are we permitted to get married under UK laws under the present circumstances as mentioned above. Please reply with provisions of UK Law
April 27th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
You can get all the info you need from the UK border agency website.
Remember though that as neither of you are British citizens, marriage will not grant you any other rights to stay in the UK other than those granted by your current visa. ZBDblues Unplugged
April 29th, 2010 at 7:56 am
She will have to prove to immigration/the embassy that she is allowed to get married in order to get a visa for clearance in order to get married. Even then that doesn’t give her rights to settle. KeyshaJ
May 1st, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Under UK law any man and woman may go through a marriage ceremony provided that they have capacity to marry, i.e. are both free individuals who are not already married. I’m afraid that your fiancée is not free to marry and if you do go through a ceremony of marriage with her without her obtaining a proper divorce which she can show to the court, the marriage would be null and void and she would be laying herself open to a criminal charge of bigamy. Doethineb