Engaged to a British partner and planning to marry in the UK? We complete your forms, translate and organise your documents, and book your VFS appointment — so your application is accurate and ready to submit.
A UK Fiancé(e) (or proposed civil partner) visa lets you come to the UK to marry your British or settled partner. It is granted for 6 months: you marry within that time, then apply from inside the UK to switch to a spouse/partner visa to stay.
On the fiancé visa you cannot work and you do not pay the NHS health surcharge yet — you pay it when you switch. The spouse visa you move to counts towards settling permanently (currently after 5 years, but the rules are changing).
This page explains the 2026 rules, exactly how to prove you plan to marry within 6 months, the money requirement, the documents, the real cost in baht, and what we prepare for you.
Basic English (A1) test and TB test required. You cannot work on this visa and pay no NHS fee until you switch to a spouse visa after marrying.
You can apply if you are engaged to a British citizen or someone settled in the UK, you have met in person, your relationship is genuine and ongoing, and you both intend to marry (or form a civil partnership) and live together permanently in the UK.
If you are an unmarried couple who have already lived together for 2 years, the spouse/partner route may fit instead. If you are already married or in a civil partnership, use the spouse visa, not this one.
This is the heart of a fiancé application: the caseworker wants to see a real, planned wedding or civil partnership ceremony that will take place within the 6-month visa.
The stronger and more concrete your wedding plans, the clearer your intention to marry within 6 months looks to the caseworker.
You do not normally need to have given notice of marriage before you apply (you usually do that after you arrive — see below), but the stronger and more concrete your wedding plans, the clearer your intention looks. Helpful evidence includes:
You also show the relationship itself is genuine — how you met, time spent together (photos, travel and chat history across the relationship), and that you both intend to live together. We help you assemble and organise this so nothing important is missing.
After you arrive in the UK, you and your partner go to a local register office and sign a legal statement that you intend to marry or form a civil partnership — this is called 'giving notice'. There is a waiting period after giving notice before the ceremony can take place, and where one of you is a foreign national this can be longer and the case may be referred for extra checks.
Because the fiancé visa lasts only 6 months, give notice as soon as you can after arriving and leave room for the waiting period. Confirm the exact timings and what to bring with the register office where you will marry and on gov.uk.
The financial requirement for a fiancé visa is the same as for a spouse visa. For a first application made now, your UK partner usually needs to show income of at least £29,000 a year — for example through their job, with around 6 months of payslips and matching bank statements.
If income alone is not enough, you can use cash savings of £88,500 held in your name(s) for at least 6 months, or combine income and savings.
No income? £88,500 in cash savings, held for 6 months, can meet the financial requirement on its own — exactly the same threshold as the spouse visa.
The money evidence must be in the exact format the rules require, and the figures change — use the checker below to compare your figure to the published amount, and confirm the current rules on gov.uk.
For your first application you must show basic English at level A1 — either by passing a Secure English Language Test (SELT) at an approved centre, or by an exemption such as a degree taught in English. (Later, when you extend and settle, higher levels apply.)
You must also have a TB test certificate: the fiancé(e) route requires one even though the visa is for under 6 months. In Thailand the ONLY UKVI-approved provider is IOM Bangkok (Migration Health Assessment Centre, Silom Road); the chest X-ray is done at Bangkok Christian Hospital.
The certificate is valid for 6 months, so time it to your application. Do not use a clinic that is not on the gov.uk approved list — the certificate would be rejected.
Tick off your pack below — it saves on this device and prints. Items that need a certified translation are tagged.
Because you are not married yet, you will need a Certificate of Single Status (Kor Ror 2) from your local district office (amphur), certified-translated into English. If you have been married before, you also need your divorce or death certificate.
A frequent cause of delay is a name that does not match across documents — a maiden name, a name change, or a different Thai-to-English spelling. We check for these and prepare translations that match.
The government application fee is £2,064 (applying from outside the UK). The all-in cost below adds the English and TB tests, certified translations, optional VFS extras and our service fee — in pounds and live baht.
Importantly, the NHS (IHS) health surcharge is NOT charged on the fiancé visa; you pay it when you switch to a spouse visa (currently £1,035 per year — about £3,105 paid up front for the 33-month spouse grant). Build that into your budget for the months ahead.
You apply online, then give your fingerprints and photo (biometrics) at a VFS Global visa application centre. In Thailand these are in Bangkok (Belle Grand Rama 9) and Chiang Mai (Huay Kaew Road). For settlement-type family applications the standard decision usually takes around 12 weeks.
Optional paid services may be available through VFS — for example a Priority service for a faster decision, a premium lounge, document courier/return, and keeping your passport while you wait — subject to availability for this route; check the current options when you book.
The UK has moved to a digital visa (eVisa). After a successful decision you will NOT normally get a sticker (vignette) in your passport. Instead you set up a free UKVI account using a link in an email after the decision, and your permission is held online.
Your visa lives in your UKVI account on your phone — show a share code instead of a sticker.
To prove your status — for example to an airline, employer or landlord — you generate a share code from your UKVI account (it lasts 90 days). Always travel with the passport you added to your UKVI account, and keep your account email and recovery details up to date.
Two clocks matter on this route: the TB certificate is valid 6 months, and savings (if you use them) must be held for 6 months before you apply. After the visa is granted you have 6 months to marry, then you switch to a spouse visa. Plan your start date with the planner below so the pieces line up.
Once you have married, you apply from inside the UK to switch to a spouse/partner visa. That grant is for 2 years 9 months (33 months) and at that point you pay the NHS (IHS) surcharge — currently £1,035 per year, about £3,105 up front.
The spouse visa lets you live and work, and the time counts towards settling permanently (indefinite leave to remain) — currently after 5 years, but the government is changing the rules towards a longer 'earned settlement' baseline, so check the current position on gov.uk.
A fiancé(e) decision is usually treated as a human-rights decision, so a refusal often carries a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal, with a strict deadline (commonly 28 days from outside the UK). In many cases, though, the practical answer is to reapply with stronger, correctly-formatted evidence.
You must declare ALL previous UK and other-country visa refusals on any application — hiding them, or any deception, can lead to a refusal and a re-entry ban of up to 10 years. We help prepare and organise a complete, accurate reapplication; for an appeal you should speak to a registered immigration adviser or a solicitor.
The most common reasons are money evidence in the wrong format, not enough proof you plan to marry within 6 months, thin relationship evidence, missing certified translations, names that do not match, and a TB certificate from a clinic that is not approved.
We prepare, translate, organise and check every document against the published gov.uk rules before submission. This is document preparation — it improves completeness and accuracy; it is not a guarantee of the outcome, which only the Home Office decides.
Our service fee is separate from the government fees above, and a fraction of typical law-firm fees in Thailand.
Last reviewed: June 2026. Fees, income thresholds and rules change — always confirm the latest figures on gov.uk before you apply. This page is general information, not regulated immigration advice, and we never assess your chances of success.
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