http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/applying/general_caseworking/civil_partnership.html
"At the same time as the Act comes into force, the Immigration Rules and other provisions will be amended to introduce a new category of 'civil partner'. Civil partners will be afforded the same provisions in the Rules that currently exist for spouses of persons present in the United Kingdom here in permanent and temporary categories."
