Hi,

Yes, if they have allowed the appeal then this means that she can visit for the period of the visa.

If you wish to make an application for her to remain here permanently as your spouse then she will have to leave at the end of the visitor's visa and then make an application directly to the British Embassy. As she already has a visitor's visa the UKBA will look at this as being dishonest if she then applies for a spouses visa from here, they are very strict about that.

If you wish to apply for a spouses visa, you will have to show that:-

• 1. That you are legally married to each other (marriage certificate)
• 2. You have met before (statements, correspondence)
• 3. You are not in breach of the immigration rules (your visa)
• 4. Your decision to marry was not due to you potentially being deported)
• 5. Your wife's present and settled in the UK (eg. Passport, proof of accommodation)
• 6. You intend to live permanently together here in the UK as husband and wife (statements, evidence of her (statements, correspondence(
• 7. You can support each other without the need for public funds (bank statements, evidence of income)
• 8. You have suitable accommodation which is owned or lived in only by you or your household and where you and your dependents can live without any help from public funds (tenancy agreement, land registry docs if you your own home)
• 9. That neither of you are younger than 21 years of age. (birth certificates, passports)

You will need to apply for settlement (ice. spouses visa) by using form VAF4(A) Settlement, available for download from UKBA's website. It would be best for either a solicitor in the UK to prepare it in consultation with both you and your wife before submitting it.

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Tom