dunroving

Tone down the font, it's rude. We can read it without you having to blind us with "big red".

Panhandle

I wouldn't be surprised if they make some amendments to the rules, lets face it they are penalising the wrong group. Spouses partners probably make up a tiny portion of migrant intake, and I would say a larger amount of them would be pretty much financially sound.
Its all those EU economic migrants that are the real issue here, there numbers are huge and they dont need a brass razoo to enter the Uk and yet they can milk the welfare system etc.

its just not British, slamming the door shut on a fellow Brit!

I wonder what Winston would make of it!

Vexcore

He ain't a troll, i would say 'he knows his rights' UKBA ain't invincible, if you LOOK deep within the system there's always a way around this.

Just because he speaks his mind you call him a troll?

Still it's upsetting that if my own country deny my wife... i feel like starting a mass riot against the MP'S and that bitch 'MAY' -_-

I assume you're in UK with you're wife via spouse yes? before the rules came into play ?

Tr1boy

If I 'hated and resented' a country I'm not all sure I'd be moving heaven and earth to live there.

ldollard

No not at all, i'm still in California, wish I was there already. Sadly there is no LEGAL way around it, i'm just trying to make it clear there's no point fantasizing about doing anything different.

ldollard

Yeah my words where a little strong, i should replace "country" with Teresa May and immigration. But at the same time, whats happening to our country when its own citizens are punished and millions of EU people can migrate without an issue.

I believe the UK is stronger with the EU, but it seems that unlimited EU migration, was one of the worst EU laws ever made. There should have been a quota system instead.

Pollyana

No-one is welcome on this forum unless they are "clean"as you put it. People trying to work out scams and ways around the rules are not welcome, and if detected will be banned.

And most of them have ways of detecting that type of story. It has been known for many years that case officers in immigration departments in various countries browse the forums of BE. I wouldn't be surprised if the UK has followed suit due to the vast increase in immigration dicsussions here lately.

Thats exactly how we would like it to stay. Those asking how to break the rules will have a short career with us.

Please cut out the unnecessary large red text. It is considered very aggressive and is generally poor netiquette.


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Could I also ask certain posters to tone down their language. Unnecessary swearing and bad language causes offence to many other posters. Please stop and use more acceptable language, especially in a serious thread such as this.

ldollard

Completely agree. Especially chatting about ways to cheat the system. That's pretty silly considering UKBA would be trolling these boards hoping to catch cheats.

Not to mention its illegal and will cause you more hardship in the long run.

swapcrate

I have been reading this Thread and its very interesting.

Im a NZer, and my spouse is UK citizen. We live in NZ. I have property that I am selling to meet the Financial Requirements. I earn the money and my spouse looks after our little boy. I earn enough, and when I'm in the UK I contract and earn more then enough.

Our goal is to come back to the UK to setup a business (Startup) and for me to contract as an IT & Finance contractor (not part of the Startup). I will contract until my startup is working and Im earning enough revenue that can support me and my family, and we can grow the business.

My spouse does not need to work as I will earn all the money. Which doesn't help us for this visa. But I want her home looking after our boy.

The problem for me is that I want to come over as soon as possible as I really want to get cracking on my business. I will have the money eventually, from my property sale. But the property sale seems to be classed as savings, and may mean I have to wait a further 6 months.

Does anyone know if the sale of my land is classed as savings, and does this mean I will have have to wait another 6 months, once my property has sold?

People have mentioned gifts, I can get people who are part of my startup to gift me money, if that is the word. Then once I have sold my land I can re-gift the money back. So effectively my 6 months of savings starts when the gift hits my account.

This is only an idea as I want to cover the six months as soon as possible. If I wait for my property to be sold it may be about 4 months, before I have anything to place into my account, and then I will have to wait a further 6 months, if selling my property falls under savings.

I have looked at the entrepreneurs visa, this is another option, as it does not need savings for 6 months, but the spousal visa, makes the most sense since my partner is Welsh. And the entrepreneurs visa is 200K, which may be a stretch. But it is an option.

As an aside, we love living in NZ and we are content here, we will move back eventually, but my business can only get started in the UK as I have a license for my particular business in the UK. So regulations mean I can only promote it in the UK, and run it in the UK. That's why I'm keen to get over there and get going. We didn't realise these changes were happening, so it kind of took us by surprise.

Anyway, there seems to be a lot of good advice on here. So just asking a question.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

englishguygoinghome

Sounds like you've understood it fine (but wish you were wrong). Yes money in the bank is Savings and needs to be in the bank for 6 months as cash before application. Exchange rate is as per the day of application -think about moving it to GBP at the start if you want to remove any exchange rate risk (which could make or lose you money).
You will need to declare the source of the funds. Gifts are allowed but the ECO will need to be happy that it is a true gift not a loan.

WEBlue

Even if someone "gifts" you part or all of the savings amount, it has to stay as cash in the bank account for the required 6 months in order to count for the spouse application.

And don't forget that there is a second spouse visa to apply for inside the UK after 2.5 years (FLR) for which you must also meet financial requirements. The good thing about this second visa is that both the UK citizen AND the visa applicant's incomes can count towards meeting the financial requirement. However, in your case--if your UKC wife continues to look after your child and not take a job--once again only your income will be used. Some couples may want to keep the cash savings account high just in case of income falling below the requirement.

It's 5 years to ILR now, with the two spouse visas applied for in all under these new requirements, so you want to keep this in mind for the future as you wait out the time to ILR.

mrsadeyemi

Hi All,

Im new to this forum and have been reading up trying to get my questions answered.

I have dual citizenship - British & Polish.

Can my husband (a Non EEA national) apply for EEA?
Or do we need to go for UK Spouse visa?

Thanks in advance!

englishguygoinghome

Where do you currently live? And have you lived in another EEA country (other than the UK and Poland) in the past?

mrsadeyemi

I live in Nigeria since Dec 2011 and have been working here for the past 6 months. My income translated to GBP is around £28,000 after tax.

I grew up in Bulgaria (now an EU country), lived in Poland for a short while and prior to moving to Nigeria, I worked in London for 7 years. My last gross income in UK was £53,000 pre-tax.

swapcrate

That made me laugh

Yep definitely right "but wish you were wrong"

Im not sure about the gift part, as I don't really want to do anything wrong. Its complex enough as well, and I want to be cautious in my approach, it was just to get an understanding.

So thanks for that.