Bringing Canadian wife to UK as visitor & applying for visa inside UK is it possible?
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:40 pm
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Re: Bringing Canadian wife to UK as visitor & applying for visa inside UK is it possi
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/vi...cessing-times/
The processing times are based on January's performance for applications lodged in Canada.
It's not difficult per se as long as you meet the requirements but it's an expensive and protracted process that'll will take at least five years before your wife will became eligible for a British passport. An Italian passport will allow her to live and work in the UK immediately without restriction as an EU citizen.
The processing times are based on January's performance for applications lodged in Canada.
It's not difficult per se as long as you meet the requirements but it's an expensive and protracted process that'll will take at least five years before your wife will became eligible for a British passport. An Italian passport will allow her to live and work in the UK immediately without restriction as an EU citizen.
Apr 23rd 2014, 8:58 pm
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Re: Bringing Canadian wife to UK as visitor & applying for visa inside UK is it possi
No idea to be perfectly honest but I would suggest it's an avenue worth exploring even if it's obtained during the 27 months after the initial visa is issued. Much cheaper and flexible in the long run and the OP's wife can still apply to naturalise as a British citizen after five years' residence should she choose to.
Apr 23rd 2014, 9:17 pm
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Re: Bringing Canadian wife to UK as visitor & applying for visa inside UK is it possi
Two weeks, really? Its says twelve on the site, but I guess they are just covering themselves. Well the Italian is really a long shot, from what I have read I'm entitled to it and so is my wife, but Its more of a joke than anything else. Why would it be easier, is it that difficult to get one?
Apr 24th 2014, 12:34 am
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Re: Bringing Canadian wife to UK as visitor & applying for visa inside UK is it possi
With a UK spouse visa, once she has her visa, any new rules UK immigration rules won't affect your wife.
With the EU...who knows what will happen. EU rules change and often change retrospectively. The UK might come out of the EU. That route is all ifs, buts and maybe.
EDIT - I thought the new EU rules on the back of the McCarthy case, meant that a dual national UK/another EU country, can no longer use the EU route to bring a non-EU to the UK, unless they use their free movement rights in another EU country?
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1547/made
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Apr 24th 2014, 5:53 am
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Re: Bringing Canadian wife to UK as visitor & applying for visa inside UK is it possi
The British visa could easily be delayed through the system simply being understaffed, or through general error or lack of knowledge / incompetence. Plenty of people are getting them in reasonable timeframes but there are also those who aren't.
You will also need to reapply twice (in 2.5 and 5 years time) and part the fees and fulfill the financial requirements each time.
The Italian passport gives you both the automatic right to be in and work in the UK. I don't know about the quality or speed of the Italian system. I'd certainly advise getting the papers ASAP even if that is after moving to the UK - it will remove the risk of your wife being deported of you lose your job at the wrong time.
You will also need to reapply twice (in 2.5 and 5 years time) and part the fees and fulfill the financial requirements each time.
The Italian passport gives you both the automatic right to be in and work in the UK. I don't know about the quality or speed of the Italian system. I'd certainly advise getting the papers ASAP even if that is after moving to the UK - it will remove the risk of your wife being deported of you lose your job at the wrong time.
Apr 24th 2014, 5:56 am
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Re: Bringing Canadian wife to UK as visitor & applying for visa inside UK is it possi
EDIT - I thought the new EU rules on the back of the McCarthy case, meant that a dual national UK/another EU country, can no longer use the EU route to bring a non-EU to the UK, unless they use their free movement rights in another EU country?
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1547/made
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1547/made
