Guidance overview:

Suitability: sham marriage or civil partnership

Staff guidance on applications where a person is involved in a sham marriage.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 2 December 2020
• Last updated: 16 November 2021 — See all updates

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Suitability: sham marriage or civil partnership

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Details

This guidance tells caseworkers when entry clearance, permission to enter or permission to stay in the UK may be refused or cancelled on the grounds that a person is involved in a sham marriage.

Within this guidance the more generic term of ‘sham marriage’ has been used but where appropriate this includes sham civil partnerships.

Published 2 December 2020
Last updated 16 November 2021 + show all updates

1. 16 November 2021

   Replaced document with a new version.

2. 2 December 2020

   First published.