Thanks for the reply, Yes that's the plan. We would still be going with our September plan. Hopeful, we get the marraige notice sorted on October 10 (Also considering we have experience from the 1st). Then we will be looking for the next available date for the court ceremony where will receive the marriage certificate on the ceremony day thereafter i apply. Spousal Visa takes maximum 8 weeks if in the UK so will have HO do all that in November&December (or i do the Priority visa if concerned about the application time). As someone asked earlier we meet all other criteria for Spousal visa especially the finance requirement as we both earn more than 4x the present salary required.

Zahra29:


As ReesheesuKnack advised, it is best to follow through and comply with the 70 day investigation.

However I think that getting married in Nigeria in September will work in your favour and help substantiate your relationship. You could frame it as the wedding in Nigeria is to adhere to your customs and tradition, and also gives you the opportunity to celebrate with all your family and friends and introduce them to your fiancée while the registry wedding is to have a small celebration with those in the UK.
The church wedding certificate is different to the registry certificate, so you can provide this as further evidence to the investigation that your relationship is genuine and subsisting.

Make sure you notify Home Office of your plans to get married (church and traditional) in September.

Hello All,

I am faced with an issue and will require advise on this. I have been trying to get married through UK registry via the council to a British citizen since May this year. Because an immigrant is involved, our marriage notice application had to be reviewed by the Home Office. Hoe Office replied saying they will increase the notice from the usual 28 days to 70 days to investigate if its a sham marriage.

They requested a couple of documents such as 6 months bank accounts and credit card statement for the interview which i mostly had all my bank accounts printed but only went with my active credit card statement (I had others but rarely used it). Unknowingly to me they already did a search and discovered i didnt submit the inactive credit card statement. Thus because of this we were issued a non-compliance document and were told to start over again.

We started process for the 2nd marriage notice interview on August 1st but was yet issued another document requesting a 70 days investigation time ending October 10th. We are going to Nigeria for traditional and church wedding in September. The issue now is my PSW ends December 31st. Thus, i am thinking if it will not be seen to be dodgy going for a Nigerian court wedding for a marriage certificate whilst they might have the data information that i have earlier applied to a UK registry for court wedding which underwent investigation.

Thought of this considering, i will need the marriage certificate to apply for a Spousal visa and will need to apply or get a reply for the Spousal visa before December as my supervisor at work seldom ask about next plan considering they're unwilling to sponsor back office staff.

Will appreciate your comments

@zahra29 @justwise