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Marriage Visitor

GuernseyShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Leave to enter as a visitor for marriage under Part 2 of the Rules requires a valid entry clearance for this capacity; it is a short visitor stay to get married in the Bailiwick, not a settlement route.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Consolidated text published by the Guernsey Law website; the site states it is not authoritative and has no legal effect.
  • Guernsey — Immigration (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008 (consolidated), Marriage Visitor
    **56D.** The requirements to be met by a person seeking leave to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey as a visitor for marriage are that he – [(i) meets the requirements of paragraph 41, and] (ii) can show that he intends to marry, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey within the period for which entry is sought, and (iii) can produce satisfactory evidence, if required to do so, of the arrangements for his wedding ceremony to take place, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the period for which entry is sought, and (iv) holds a valid entry clearance for entry in this capacity.
  • Guernsey — Immigration (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008 (consolidated), Marriage Visitor
    [(i) meets the requirements of paragraph 41, and] (ii) can show that he intends to marry, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey within the period for which entry is sought, and (iii) can produce satisfactory evidence, if required to do so, of the arrangements for his wedding ceremony to take place, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the period for which entry is sought, and (iv) holds a valid entry clearance for entry in this capacity.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

Applicants must meet the General Visitor requirements of paragraph 41, be able to show that they intend to marry in the Bailiwick within the period for which entry is sought, produce satisfactory evidence if required of the arrangements for the wedding ceremony to take place there in that period, and hold a valid entry clearance for this capacity. Employment, study and recourse to public funds are prohibited.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Consolidated text published by the Guernsey Law website; the site states it is not authoritative and has no legal effect.
  • Guernsey — Immigration (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008 (consolidated), Marriage Visitor
    [(i) meets the requirements of paragraph 41, and] (ii) can show that he intends to marry, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey within the period for which entry is sought, and (iii) can produce satisfactory evidence, if required to do so, of the arrangements for his wedding ceremony to take place, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the period for which entry is sought, and (iv) holds a valid entry clearance for entry in this capacity.
  • Guernsey — Immigration (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008 (consolidated), Marriage Visitor
    **56E.** A person seeking leave to enter the Bailiwick of Guernsey as a visitor for marriage may be admitted for a period not exceeding 6 months, subject to a condition prohibiting employment[, study and recourse to public funds], provided the Immigration Officer is satisfied that each of the requirements of paragraph 56D is met.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

A visitor for marriage may be admitted for a period not exceeding 6 months and must intend to marry in the Bailiwick within the period for which entry is sought. The official source does not state a rolling-period rule or the validity of the entry clearance.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Consolidated text published by the Guernsey Law website; the site states it is not authoritative and has no legal effect.
  • These are the paragraph 41 General Visitor requirements, imported into the marriage visitor category by paragraph 56D(i).

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

No amount is fixed: the applicant must maintain and accommodate himself or herself and any dependants adequately out of available resources without recourse to public funds or taking employment, or be adequately maintained and accommodated, with any dependants, by relatives or friends, and must be able to meet the cost of the return or onward journey. The applicant must also produce satisfactory evidence, if required, of the arrangements for the wedding ceremony in the Bailiwick, and must hold a valid entry clearance for this capacity.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Consolidated text published by the Guernsey Law website; the site states it is not authoritative and has no legal effect.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Admission is for a period not exceeding 6 months.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Consolidated text published by the Guernsey Law website; the site states it is not authoritative and has no legal effect.
  • Paragraphs 56D to 56F contain no extension-of-stay provision and no settlement route for a marriage visitor.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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