He has a return flight booked in March. Can he enter visa exempt in November with this or will he need to show an exit flight or bus ticket within the 45 days or 75 days (with extension)?
Quicker too. Drives me nuts when people in front hold up the queue finding stuff on their phones! Much quicker and easier to just hand over the required documents.
Thanks to 14 years of Tory austerity governance! Pisses me off seeing Boris Johnson, Liz Truss already, wearing hard hats visiting factories, laying bricks, etc., pretending to be hands on and one of the people when they should be visiting the passport office, DVLA, etc., and sorting out their own public service understaffed mess! Just remember all this when you next go to the ballot box.
Unless wanting to work, in preference I would recommend a non-O visa based on retirement as it is a lot less hassle to extend annually than the marriage visa.
Emirates are the pits. They used to be good but now they dont seem to give a shit about their passengers. They changed my return flight but didnt show the extra stopover at Phuket in the new itinerary. 2 boring hours sitting there in the middle of the night and 2 more hours before I could get some sleep! Not even an apology!