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Congratulations. Nature has a way of making life decisions for you!
Advice: get married now.

Is a 'marriage visa' an English thing that provides a partner from a foreign marriage an easier path to a long term visa into the UK? If so, are you asking whether it is better to marry in England before she leaves in 2 months? Or whether to wait until next summer and get married in Vietnam, after she has the baby there without you? Or third option?
Is a quickie English marriage possible? Would it make a visa for her more difficult to obtain later? Or simpler?

Sorry can't help you with visa, not English. You haven't given us much to work with, didn't say where you plan to live together, or how you will support them, but sounds like England. Practically I'd lean to marriage now for her and her family to feel more secure about their daughter and grandchild's care.

How is she liking your cold country so far? That might be important info too!聽

Thank you for replying Gobot. The initial idea was for her to go home in October and see out the pregnancy In VN during which I would visit jan-feb and again for the birth. What I am fishing for is advice on wether we get married in VN before the birth or England after the birth,the route with less headache. We would like to live in England where I work as a lab technician. And yes she likes our country so far, probably because we have been blessed with a heatwave since she arrived haha.
Thanks again Gobot

I鈥檓 from the US and I decided to marry my wife in Vietnam first. It鈥檚 sicnificantly cheaper and my wedding looked nicer than any wedding I鈥檝e been to in the states. She will also have the support of her family, friends, and relatives which will make it more comfortable for her during the busy and stressful planning time.
Initially, I thought about having the baby first then married in the states after, but it was too much of a rush I thought. We just wanted to get married right away. We immediately started planing for the wedding and had the wedding 2 months after finding out she was knocked up.
Overall, I鈥檓 personally glad it鈥檚 all out of the way. Now we鈥檙e just focusing on the baby100%. The baby will be due in December.

louisluu wrote:

The baby will be due in December.

Best month to be born, just tell the baby not to wait until a few days before Christmas before arriving.聽 It's pretty sad when no one remembered your birthday in the busy holiday season, or on the few times that they remembered, it has always been "Happy-Birthday-and-Merry-Christmas-to-you".聽 If I've had a dollar each time I heard that line, I would've a very fat bank account a long time ago.

Congratulations!! Thanks for your response.
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Lee000 wrote:

Hi there.. could anyone give me any advice?
I've been with my Vietnamese girlfriend nearly 3 years, during this time I have travelled to vietnam and stayed with her and her family on 4 occasions, 2 weeks - 7 weeks at a time. This May she travelled to England to stay with me on a 6 month visa (expires october 2018). Last week we found out we are expecting our 1st child (Due April 2019). We planned to apply for a marriage visa when she got home to wed next spring/ summer. It would be good to hear if anyone else has dealt with this before or if anyone has any advice to shine some light on what would be best for us.
Thanks in advance
Lee.

Congratulations, my girlfriend has just been to visit me in England too and we had a moment where we went to boots and bought every brand of pregnancy test just to be sure. I personally, wouldn't want a child born and to grow up in Vietnam so don't want to start a family until we both settle in the UK after marriage. However, the incident did get me thinking about what I would have to do if it were positive. Where's the best place to get married... is it even possible for her in the UK as i l know the Vietnamese government stopped a loophole for Vietnamese citizens to get married in Thailand by not issuing the documents they require to get married. It got me thinking and I too have lots questions. Fortunately for me she isn't pregnant so we have time to plan and have more options. Our plan now is to live together in Vietnam for a year or two before settling in the UK and starting a family there.

Why I don't want a kid in Vietnam... the bureaucracy from Vietnamese and UK government.聽 Sponsoring a kid over requires more declared income which isn't an problem for me but added paperwork, British citizenship by descent seems to have T&C's too. There's also healthcare concerns... we got the NHS.聽 The thought of her carrying a baby on a back of a scooter is no no.聽 Yup, I'm glad the test was negative so we can plan properly.

Thanks form you reply Pikachu and best wishes with the future馃愤