Partners, divorce and dissolution
dissolution: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on how to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship and identify a valid divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.
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ThisUK guidanceVisas isand forImmigration immigrationguidance on how staff handlinghandle cases that involve a partner, to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship, and identify a valid divorce from marriage or dissolution of a civil partnership.
This guidance sets out the evidential requirements and factors that decision-makers should consider when assessing whether a relationship between an applicant and their partner is genuine and subsisting, and whether the requirements of the Immigration Rules are met.
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ThisUK guidanceVisas isand forImmigration immigrationguidance on how staff handlinghandle cases that involve a partner, to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship, and identify a valid divorce from marriage or dissolution of a civil partnership.
This guidance sets out the evidential requirements and factors that decision-makers should consider when assessing whether a relationship between an applicant and their partner is genuine and subsisting, and whether the requirements of the Immigration Rules are met.
We are aware these publications may have accessibility issues. We are reviewing them so that we can fix these.
Read more about our accessible documents policy.
Updates to this page
Published 2 August 2019
Last updated 207 JuneApril 2022
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href="#full-history">+ show all updates
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Details
ThisUK guidanceVisas isand forImmigration immigrationguidance on how staff handlinghandle cases that involve a partner, to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship, and identify a valid divorce from marriage or dissolution of a civil partnership.
This guidance sets out the evidential requirements and factors that decision-makers should consider when assessing whether a relationship between an applicant and their partner is genuine and subsisting, and whether the requirements of the Immigration Rules are met.
We are aware these publications may have accessibility issues. We are reviewing them so that we can fix these.
Read more about our accessible documents policy.