The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has confirmed that visas granted to visiting athletes, coaches and other officials for London’s Olympics Games will bar them from forming any civil partnerships or from marrying while in the UK. A civil partnership in the UK is a relationship between two people of the same sex that is formed when they register as civil partners of each other. The UKBA announced they were imposing these restrictions amid concerns that illegal immigrants and terrorists will take advantage of the games to get into the country.
Visa applicants will be required to provide evidence that they will be staying in the UK for no longer than the six months their visa is valid for.
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April 10th, 2012
Tushar Mathur
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