Hi every one, I am a newbie and I would be so thankful to you all if you feel my discussion is acceptable as i am at my wits end with worry.
My situation is I am a very happily married woman and my husband is tunisian. My intention was to live with my husband in his country however this plan has now changed as a result of my health and i am unable to get or afford the medication I need in Tunisia, we have both agreed that my husband will now make a spouse visa application to join me in the U.k. (please no cruel remarks about this topic). Our problem is that we got married in his town and on our marriage certificate they have used my birth surname which has been recorded in the marriage registry in his town and not in my legal and current/correct surname that i gave them which contained my current surname in on all the official documents needed in his country for us to be legally married. I am divorced and currently known by and still use my exhusbands surname in legal matters and i am going to change to my new husband's family name after his spouse visa application.
So the big question i am currently unable to get an answer to is am I legally married to my husband in the eyes of the UK government as i have been told by family i am possibly not due to me not being that person named on the certificate, even though I signed every document which was in arabic and i dont understand Arabic in my usual signature and my fear is that i am not legaly married to my husband and my husband's spouse visa will be refused if he applies with my incorrect surname on our marriage certificate due to him being shown as married to a woman with a different surname to mine and if this is the reality my husband would loose a fortune by way of the cost of the visa application being refused on this basis.
What are your thoughts on our situation please ? T.I.A. x