Help with marriage visitor visa

You do not need a lawyer for this: you follow to the letter the rules that are set out on the UK visas web site and if necessary refer to the guidance for immigration officers which is also provided there.

Now, a Spanish citizen does not normally need a visa to visit the UK. However, permission from the Home Secretary (I think this might be what you call 'Home Office clearance') is required for any marriage in the UK involving a foreign national. To simplify the process, one can apply for a "Marriage visitor visa" whereby with one application one applies both for a visitor's visa and for permission to get married in the UK. This would have been the most obvious application for your partner to have made, given that he does not want to settle in the UK.

Now, if I have understood your post correctly you had obtained the necessary permission to get married and your partner attempted to visit the UK without a visa. Under the circumstances you have stated he should have been admitted and allowed to get married before leaving the UK, but there may have been something else about him that made him seem undesirable to the immigration officer he met. Or perhaps the officer made a mistake. Either way, I suggest that you write to your MP, politely asking the MP to contact the Home Office on your behalf. See if the MP can find out (i) what was the reason why he was not admitted; (ii) if his refusal was an error what the Home Office will do to put matters right; (iii) if the decision not to admit him was correct then what should you do next timee to avoid a similar outcome.

You say that the two of you "don't intend to live together in the UK or Spain": does that mean you have plans to establish a home together somewhere else? If so, you should mention that (with evidence) in any future application. If an immigration officer suspects that you intend to overstay your 'leave to remain' then you will almost certainly be refused admission.

Thank you. We did however give notice without a visa while my partner was in the UK visiting and before an application was submitted for a visa.

Thanks for your reply Paula

Lawrence