Originally Posted by
JandM
If she's admitted to the country, then there wouldn't be an issue about applying for the other visa any time while she's legally there. And she would be issued with an Interim visa to keep her legal while processing was going on.
In theory she could return, but it's likely she would be asked about her intentions on any future visit, having once applied for a partnership visa.
It's all part of the same scenario - you're quite correct. But someone on a WHV is a more common sight than a repeat visa waiver visitor, so less likely to attract close questioning. Disclosure is something you'd have to make up your own minds about.
Aside from meeting airline rules if she can fly internationally without a parent at every stage you are likely to be hit with:
E4.5.15 Minimum requirements for recognition of partnerships
For the purposes of these instructions, a partnership meets the minimum requirements for recognition of partnerships if an immigration officer is satisfied that:
the couple were both aged 18 years or older at the time the application for a temporary entry class visa was made, or if aged 16 or 17 years old have their parent'(s) or guardian'(s) support for the application being lodged; and
the couple have met prior to the application being made; and
they are not close relatives (see F2.15(d)).
That would include any unaccompanied arrival at the border.