Extending your partner visa
The second application is where people relax, and the Home Office does not. The rules are applied afresh: new income evidence, a relationship still subsisting, and no gaps in your permission. We treat the extension with the same care as the first visa, because it is the step that carries you to settlement.
Is this you?
Partners already in the UK on a spouse, civil partner or unmarried partner visa, approaching the end of their permission.
What we do for you
- Check your dates so you apply in time
- Re-run the financial requirement on today’s figures
- Gather updated relationship and accommodation evidence
- Confirm your English language level for this stage
- Prepare and submit, and handle Home Office requests
- Plan the route to indefinite leave so the next application is already in view
What we check before anything is submitted
- Your current permission and expiry
- Income, savings and employment since the last grant, including any change of job
- Evidence that you have lived together throughout
- Absences and travel
- Any changes in your household, including children born since the last application
The fee, the timescale and who does the work
£1,200 to £1,600 plus VAT.
Your exact fixed fee is confirmed on the free call and agreed in writing before any chargeable work starts. Home Office fees and the health surcharge are paid separately; see the Fees page for the full list.
Our fee covers taking your instructions, assessing eligibility, telling you what evidence is needed and reviewing it, preparing and drafting the application and any representations, submitting it, dealing with Home Office requests for information, and advising you on the decision.
Typical timescale. Usually 8 to 26 weeks; you keep your rights while a valid application in time is pending.
Who handles it. A named, Law Society accredited caseworker runs your matter from the first call to the decision, supervised by a solicitor who signs off the application.
Questions we hear every week
When can I apply?
Within the window before your permission expires; we confirm the exact date.
My partner changed jobs; is that a problem?
Not necessarily, but the evidence period changes and it needs working out.
Can I travel while I wait?
Usually not without risking the application; ask us first.
Together, on time, first time.
Start with a free call.
Twenty minutes, booked online, nothing charged. The route, the cost and whether you meet the rules today.