Mar. 15 2012
Source Page: Equal civil marriage: a consultation. consultation paper. 25 p.Found: Equal civil marriage: a consultation. consultation paper. 25 p.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to stop sham marriages and civil partnerships.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Government takes abuse of the spouse and partner immigration routes very seriously and is clear that family migration must be based on a genuine and subsisting marriage or relationship.
The Home Office focuses its efforts on disrupting facilitators as well as prosecuting individuals involved in sham marriages and civil partnerships and will consider refusal or cancellation of permission to stay, or removal, following any determination that a relationship is a sham.
The marriage referral and investigation scheme, introduced across the UK under the Immigration Act 2014, requires that all proposed marriages and civil partnerships where one or both parties could gain an immigration advantage from it are referred to the Home Office. Under this scheme, where we have reasonable grounds to suspect a sham relationship, the marriage notice period will be extended to allow for further investigation, and for enforcement or casework action to be taken where appropriate.
Part 9 of the Immigration Rules provides specific grounds for the refusal or cancellation of permission to enter or stay on the basis of any involvement in a sham marriage or sham civil partnership, providing a more robust and consistent framework against which immigration applications are assessed, and reflecting the seriousness of this type of abuse.
A bill to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in Northern Ireland; to make provision for the legal recognition of the same sex marriage of armed forces personnel overseas and of other same sex marriages solemnised outside Northern Ireland; to make provision in the law of Northern Ireland for the conversion of civil partnerships to marriages and for the review of civil partnerships; to make provision for rights to pensions and social security contributions for same sex married couples and civil partners; to make provision for gender change by married persons and civil partners; and for connected purposes
Nov. 02 2011
Source Page: Summary of responses: civil partnerships on religious premises: a consultation. 65 p.Found: Summary of responses: civil partnerships on religious premises: a consultation. 65 p.
Nov. 04 2011
Source Page: Corrected summary of responses: civil partnerships on religious premises: a consultation. 65 p.Found: Corrected summary of responses: civil partnerships on religious premises: a consultation. 65 p.
Mar. 31 2011
Source Page: Civil partnerships on religious premises: a consultation. Consultation paper. 90 p.Found: Civil partnerships on religious premises: a consultation. Consultation paper. 90 p.
Apr. 11 2024
Source Page: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): March 2024Found: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): March 2024
Jun. 11 2024
Source Page: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): May 2024Found: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): May 2024
Jun. 06 2024
Source Page: Confirm you’re free to get married in ThailandFound: You should allow enough time to do this between your embassy appointment and your marriage ceremony.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2022-23Found: Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2022-23