Originally Posted by callowman

I had to call the 900 number - and talk really fast to get some answers before my credit card maxed out its 3 bucks a minute

after you get the visa they told me 24 months to use it.
wife -non eu - need 18k Pounds in the bank -dont matter what bank or where it is

add on non EU children and then it starts to get beyond the realm of normal people savings- you could end up needing over 60k

All our money was tied up in the house which of course has now vanished so its savings time.
and Im lucky- myself and kids have brit passports just the 1 Yank wife- I feel for someone who has foreign spouise AND kids

we really have been thrown under the bus by OUR government- i DO understand why they did it- newcomers claiming benefits and using the NHS without putting a penny in -I get that - for Inidia/pakistan arranged marriages and africans etc but what about all the eastern europeans thanks to the EU?

and should there not be a clause if you been married or more than a certain amount of years (15 for me) that the money thing dont count?

Originally Posted by Nicola1

Do you know if we'd need additional savings for our two children, who are British passport holders (born in South Africa to British mother - the kids are first generation outside on UK).
Is the savings for non EU children or just children regardless of where they were born?

Originally Posted by Nicola1

Which leads us back to the Family of Settled Persons visa option. However, the title of the visa is a tad misleading....I live in South Africa with my family here, therefore I would not be considered a "settled person" correct? Or am I wrong and even though I do not live in the UK, I am allowed to enter indefinately?

Is this Family of Settled Persons visa the same as the often referred to spouse visa?

Originally Posted by WEBlue

Either the savings or the income (or a combination of both) are higher ONLY for non-EEA citizen children. If the children are indeed British passport holders, they will not be counted under the new UKBA rules.

Originally Posted by WEBlue

If you are a Brit married to a non-EEA person, he will need a spouse visa. If your spouse has children who are not EEA citizens, they will be part of the application, but it's still called a spouse visa. It sounds like the children you have ARE British/EEA citizens, so all you likely need is what everyone here calls the spouse visa for your husband.

UKBA calls it a "partner visa" on this page (below). It's for those who are "partners of a British person OR a settled person". In your case, your husband would apply as a partner of a British Person.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/vi...ly-outside-uk/

Originally Posted by Giantaxe

Dates on most cameras "prove" nothing given most allow you to set the current date to almost anything you like.

Originally Posted by dontheturner

OK - so what's your answer then?

Originally Posted by MrMuffin

Regarding your second question, from what I've read elsewhere you have three months to move over after the visa issue date. BUT I also have read that you can request a delayed start and I *think* the delay is up to three months. So in other words if you applied today and requested a visa start date of January 12, 2013 then you'd then have until April 12, 2013 to move before the visa expires. But I am not 100% sure of that. Maybe someone else with more solid info can confirm or correct??

EDIT: Oops sorry I didn't see the additional page of replies. Ignore me

Originally Posted by Former Laowai

Don, I don't think you HAVE to have been cohabiting for the last 6 months, in fact (if you're relying on proof of minimum 6 months work in the UK earning 18,600 pa) this would only be possible if your partner was in the UK on a visitor visa.
S/he would then need to return to their home country before applying to re-enter as a spouse.
It's still a good point to make though because, although I have stacks of pictures of my wife and boys together, almost none include me since I'm always the one behind the camera!
This is a fairly rare one and was taken the night before my wife had to leave the UK...
Sigh, we all miss her so much

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Originally Posted by Former Laowai

Don, I don't think you HAVE to have been cohabiting for the last 6 months, in fact (if you're relying on proof of minimum 6

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Originally Posted by Nicola1

Hi there,

Do you know if we'd need additional savings for our two children, who are British passport holders (born in South Africa to British mother - the kids are first generation outside on UK).

Is the savings for non EU children or just children regardless of where they were born?

Originally Posted by rukiddingme

Hi former laowai, here's a link to a family in a very similar position, but there's no follow up as to whether the Mum did return to Korea with/without her boys.

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk...ail/story.html

So, the media is getting hold of this in bits and drabs, the overall tone of the comments for this story were positive.

Originally Posted by WEBlue

So sad! This mother's allowed time in the UK (6 months under a regular visitor/tourist stamp?) expired several weeks ago, but I can't find any further mention of her in the British media. I wonder what happened....