Molly Coddle

OK, well all the best with it. and I hope your sister is kind and forgiving


Don't you fancy North, Yorkshire, there's some lovely places here and I'm sure you'll get more for your money. Plus you can't beat Northern hospitality - You know we're much friendly people up here.

BASHO

I'm in Qld and as usual I suspect that things are somewhat the same but different, there are two primary schemes under the Act, one being a 'Standard Format Plan , the other being a 'Building Unit Plan' the latter being defunct but still in place in many complexes , it pays to find out which plan the property is under in the instance of Strata tiled properties, the differences are profound.

And in the instance of pedantry in QLD at least, the phrase 'Body Corporate' refers to all owners as a collective body and an 'owners corporation' is not a description of anything in relation to residential property---as far as I know anyhoo

BASHO

My sister will be lucky if she doesn't end up making a lot of new friends in Holloway , she has some matters to explain.

I like the North greatly , it's where I'm from , however the slightly milder climate in the South is very attractive especially after 40 years in Australia.

There are also places like The Hope Valley which are climate defiers which could be a consideration.

chris955

We seem to be in an area like that, in thenext town where the boys go to school it will often get snow and we get a blue sky, it is just 7 miles away.

Molly Coddle

Yeah I can't say I blame you.

Actually there's quite a big difference. My husband works in London and sometimes it can be boiling down there, shorts and T-shirt weather and up here we're all in our coats.

BASHO

New question---

--What's the residency go with spouses ? I have an Australian one who will be coming with.

She will not be working- or looking for work and we are jointly and individually entirely self funded.

The way I read it it's initially a two year spousal visa followed by an application for permanent residency ?

If I'm right how likely is it that the application for permanent residency will be denied --or accepted as the case may be.

We will also jointly own a home in the UK long before her application for permanent residency will be filed.

I am a British citizen born and bred She is an Australian citizen hatched and raised.

old.sparkles

I'd have a read down in the MBTTUK forum. There are financial requirements you'll need to satisfy in terms of income and/or savings, as well as accommodation. Don't know much about it, but there is plenty of info available

BASHO

Thanks for that, I've posted there now--- but---

---if anyone on this thread has any comment/advice regarding the immigration do's and dont's of taking an Australian wife to the UK permanently I'd appreciate reading them

Coal to Newcastle comments and their ilk will be treated with harsh response.

Jon77

Pfffftttt I used to live near Selby in North Yorkshire. VERRYYYYY strange place indeed and the biggest power station in Europe casting a constant shadow over the place!

It is a very nice county indeed though. But I find that you have the same problem there as anywhere else in the world. The beautiful areas within easy commuting distance are pretty expensive by northern standards. I know the reality for us as a young family was that we had to buy close to somewhere like Selby or Acomb in York with its resident chav population.

As I have mentioned before many times in the past....same shite....different country. We got fed up of commuting in those bad winters of 2009/10 and 2010/11 when the car wouldn't start and it would take 2hrs to get to work in the snow and ice and scraping the ****ing car windows every morning. Then the floods between Selby and York would cut the road for weeks on end which meant a 1 hour detour to work and home again. Our house that we thought was a good standard was actually quite shoddy and started to show all kinds of issues. I developed pneumonia in 2008 as a fit and healthy 30 year old and I am sure it was a combination of the stress of the house, the damp weather and lot of other issues at that time.

Beautiful place to visit but not sure I could live there again. I appreciate it more now when I visit anyway and actually do more!

quoll

Spouse visa is getting a bit tricky - an income of £18500 or savings of £62000 (or thereabouts). Don't suppose she's entitled to a visa or citizenship in her own right? Hasn't got a UK born parent stashed away anywhere? (They changed the rules to allow children of UK born mothers of any age to be entitled to citizenship by descent a couple of years ago). Good luck! Hope she enjoys it!

BASHO

UK born grandmother -paternal. ??

I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has actually gone through this ,---- there will inevitably be some idiotic complication .

spouse of scouse

That would only get her an Ancestry visa, which is a work visa. Have a look at the Moving Back to the UK forum, tons of info there and you really do need to get your head around it all - it's a far, far different system than it used to be.

As well as the financial requirements, there are now three stages to go through before your Aussie wife receives Indefinite Leave to Remain - and the process takes over 5 years and a lot of pounds.

I've also replied on your MBTUK thread.

BASHO

Thanks for that, just printing some info out now .

I'm wondering about the new EU visa fuss I've been seeing on the news lately of the anticipated hordes of Eastern Europeans now able to reside , work and stay permanently in the UK without let or hinderance, that apparently didn't actually horde up for the occasion ,---

-- however a returning British citizen and his Commonwealth wife (me and the missus) who want nothing from the UK gov and are financially self sufficient have what seems like 20 tons of bull-hit to wade through with nothing but uncertainty as to the desired end result .

Strange --

spouse of scouse

Strange is probably the mildest term for it........

You'll see on the MBTTUK forum that so many people are affected by the new rules, with many having little or no prospect at present of moving back due to being unable to meet the financial requirements. It probably doesn't seem like it now, but you and I (and our respective spouses) are the most fortunate ones, in that we're self funding and seeking to retire in the UK. Our move will be in a year or so - just hoping the goalposts don't change yet again.

quoll

Well if she is prepared to work, then the Ancestry visa would be a better bet - don't know what would happen if she worked for a few days then "retired".