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Practical guides for couples across borders

LovHQ is a free, browser-based toolkit for adults already in cross-border relationships. These guides help with visits, records, household planning and selected country-specific route questions. The immigration explainers link to official sources, but are not legal advice or eligibility assessments. LovHQ is not a dating, matching or profile service.

Plan the practical parts of your relationship

Build an annual visit budgetEstimate travel, lodging and daily costs from your own inputs, agree how to share expenses and set a monthly savings target. Organize a relationship timelineKeep a factual private chronology and evidence index, then consult instructions for the exact official route. Plan before living togetherDiscuss location, money, housing, routines, privacy, support and what to do if a move is delayed.

Read a country-specific route explainer

These pages cover only the named jurisdiction and route family. They separate relationship categories, point to official government instructions and show where a process may have later steps. A general guide cannot decide whether an individual qualifies or predict a decision.

US K-1 vs CR1/IR1 spouse visaCompare the U.S. fiancé(e) process with the spouse immigrant-visa sequence, including what happens after entry. UK fiancé vs partner or spouse visaUnderstand the UK family-route categories, including fiancé(e)s and some unmarried couples who live apart.Australia 309/100 vs 820/801Compare the offshore and onshore partner routes, and see how prospective-marriage subclass 300 differs.Canada spouse, common-law or conjugal partnerUnderstand IRCC's relationship categories, cohabitation distinction and separate application classes.

Use a tool for the next planning step

Estimate visits with the Long-Distance Budget Calculator, compare time in two selected cities with the Shared Hours Finder, or count dates with the Days Together Calculator. The Visa Preparation Checklist is a broad planning prompt, not an official checklist. None of these tools decides immigration eligibility or predicts an outcome.

Start with the authority for the exact route

A fiancé route is not the same as a spouse route, and one country's partner definition does not apply everywhere. For current instructions, use the official authority responsible for your route:

United States, K-1 fiancé(e): USCIS fiancé(e) visa guidance and the Department of State K-1 page.
United States, spouse immigrant visa: USCIS spouse guidance and the Department of State spouse-visa page.
United Kingdom, partner or spouse: GOV.UK partner/spouse guidance and information and evidence instructions.
Australia, partner routes: LovHQ 309/820 and subclass 300 explainer, plus the official onshore and offshore pages.
Canada, family sponsorship: LovHQ spouse, common-law and conjugal category explainer and the official IRCC category guidance.

Government requirements, fees, forms and processing guidance can change and may depend on route, location, nationality and case. Check the live official source before acting. LovHQ publishes general planning information, not legal or immigration advice.

How LovHQ prepares these guides

LovHQ is the publisher; no individual writer or professional reviewer credential is claimed. Each route-specific article shows its source-check date and links government information beside jurisdiction-specific claims. Search query groups are editorial hypotheses, not measured search volume or ranking claims. Planning examples are labelled, and no approval rate, personal experience or typical result is invented. Read about LovHQ's scope and editorial approach.

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