For Luigi and Cheryl

Submitted by Egypt (Egypt), Jul 1, 2008 at 06:03

Hi Luigi,

Maybe he has something sinister planned?

Yes indeed, thats why i have wrote this question for cheryl to answer. I'm British living in Egypt. I know what is required for egyptian to apply for a visa - if they have the money in the bank to provide for their self then they can at least take a visitors visa.

So why is he rushing into marriage? maybe he has something planned - or maybe he simply wants to take the easy route to a visa this time. However being married to a British national does not automatically entitle you to a visa. I know of a pregant woman married to an egyptian and wanted to have her baby in the UK and then travel back to egypt, however they refused her husband a visa for the 4 month stay, the reasons are unknown to me.

That's not necessarily true. What are the stipulations on his current visa?

As i said above, a marriage to a British national does not entitle you to a visa - you MUST meet the visa requirements first. They may speed up the process if you're married, but thats all. It normally takes about a 2 weeks from the time of applying till the time the visa is issued, if your married the process may be speeded up to be 1 week. He obv. meet the visa requirements the first time round - so whats stopping him this time?

I hope you noticed that i also advised cheryl not to rush into anything. No one should rush into marriage. And its important to understand his culture, his religion, ect. (he should also have time to understand cheryls culture and her religion) it works both ways.

Cheryl - i would also advise that while you are visiting his family - look at their quality of life - are they well off or do they need their son to be living in the UK to send them money every month? there are people who do this. Also if they do give you a gift and its not worth a lot, they believe they should give a gift showing how much they believe you are worht. If the gifts not worth a lot - they dont think much of you. Please dont rush into this. He can get a visa without marriage, if he meets the visa requirements. Also Marriage to an egyptian is very time consuming- its probably fast just to apply for the visa. It takes about one month to complete the marriage process! (only when they marry british nationals) Our Embassy in Cairo need to meet him, to approve of the marriage, they like to make sure its the real thing. Also you need to go all over Cairo to different government buildings getting stamps and signing documents, and getting things officially translated from the embassy. Its more time consuming than applying for a visa. Keep that in mind when you are deciding to marry you partner to keep him close to you.

Egypt

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