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Spouse Visa UK (5 Years Route)

You can apply for spouse visa under 5 years route as a spouse if you meet all the spouse visa requirements as set out in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. Spouse visa is also known as settlement visa or Appendix FM Partner visa. As a result of an application for entry clearance for spouse visa, the applicant is granted initial leave for a period of 33 months. In case of an in-country application for switching into spouse visa, the applicant is granted an initial leave for 2.5 years (30 months) and a further extension  is granted for another 2.5 years (30 months). You can apply for ILR as a spouse under 5 years route upon completion of 5 years on spouse visa.

To apply as a spouse, you and your spouse both need to be 18 or over.

Your UK spouse must also either:

  • be a British or Irish citizen; or
  • have settled in the UK – for example, they have indefinite leave to remain (ILR), settled status or proof of permanent residence in the UK; or
  • be from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and have pre-settled status – they must have started living in the UK before 1 January 2021; or
  • have a Turkish Businessperson visa or Turkish Worker visa; or
  • have refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK.

Our specialist team of spouse visa solicitors based in London have wealth of knowledge and experience of successfully dealing with spouse visa applications under 5 years partner route. Our expert spouse visa solicitors will provide you with fast, friendly, reliable and fixed fee immigration services for your UK spouse visa application under 5 years route. We can provide Super Priority Service (decision within 24 hours) for all in-country applications for spouse visa under 5 years partner route including application for switching Into Spouse Visa (5 Years Route), renewal Of Spouse Visa (5 Years Route) and ILR Spouse Visa (5 Years Route).

Ask a question to our spouse visa specialists for free spouse visa advice online by completing our enquiry form and one of our spouse visa experts will answer your question as soon as possible.

Our Services For Spouse Visa (5 Years Route)

Our specialist team of spouse visa solicitors can provide fast, friendly, reliable and fixed fee immigration services for following spouse visa applications under the 5 years route:

Challenging The Refusal Of Spouse Visa

If your application for spouse visa is refused by the Home Office, UKVI, our expert team of immigration appeals solicitors can provide following legal help and support to  challenge the refusal of your spouse visa refusal:

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Zofia Wrobel
26 September 2026
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I would like to express my gratitude towards the service we have received at Sunrise Solicitors for their dedication and absolute excellency dealing with my husband NTL case. No time limit application case - succesfully approved. The management of my husbands case proved excellent, including cover letter and managing documents throughout the process.
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25 September 2026
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This is agency is highly recommended. Thank you for their assistance for successfull partner visa application of my partner. Mr. Nai Kiet who assisted us iis very professional and very good. Thank you
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Laura Fennell
24 September 2026
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Tariq has been the most amazing help over the past several months. He guided my husband and I through our Fiance visa and Partner FLR M visa. Both times Tariq made sure we provided ample evidence, submitted everything in a timely manner, and communicated any potential issues. We are so grateful for everything and highly recommend this practice to anyone needing similar services!
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Dom
23 September 2026
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I got great service from Amir Naviwala. Very timely and provided detailed explanations where I needed. I'll definitely recommend him.
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22 September 2026
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Pascal Jarjour
22 September 2026
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Usman Ahmad was really helpful and would highly recommend
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Lauren Penn
22 September 2026
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Omar Naviwala was excellent. He provided advice for my upcoming ILR application. He was patient, thorough, professional and generous with his time. I cannot recommend enough.
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Pascal Jarjour
22 September 2026
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I had questions for my application and Usman Ahmad was really good, helpful and knowledgeable. Thanks for his hard work
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21 September 2026
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21 September 2026
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I don’t usually leave reviews like this at all, but I couldn’t not leave one for sunrise solicitors and particularly Mr Rizwy for all the time, effort and patience they had working on my case and providing me with the service that they did. I am very particular about details, especially with something this important, and my case involved a huge amount of evidence, documents and information that needed to be properly understood rather than just read through because it was extremely personal and the case is about more than just paperwork. I asked a lot of questions and raised things to him repeatedly when I was worried about them, and sent a massive amount of material for him to deal with. At no point did I feel like I was being rushed, ignored or treated as difficult. If I raised something, he listened to it. If something needed checking, he checked it. And when I needed something explained, he explained it properly rather than giving me a vague answer and moving on. That’s probably what I appreciated the most working with sunrise solicitors. I am extremely grateful to Mr Rizwy and everyone at Sunrise Solicitors for the amount of work they put into my case and for the patience they showed me throughout. I have been dealing with this matter for a long time, so having a solicitor I could actually trust with it meant a great deal to me. I have nothing but positive things to say about the way they handled my case.