My Canadian wife with our kids will live in the UK while I work aborad?
Sep 12th 2010, 6:39 am
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My Canadian wife with our kids will live in the UK while I work aborad?
Hi, Can my wife who's Canadian and out Brit-Canadian babies live in the UK while I live abroad? Will she be granted with a UK visa. Right now we're in Canada but we're planning to go to the UK and find a place there to rent before I work abroad in the Middle East. I can file my tax from aborad so I'll be declared as a british resident. Will this work?
Sep 12th 2010, 3:41 pm
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Re: My Canadian wife with our kids will live in the UK while I work aborad?
i'm not so sure you are permitted to do this
your wife can apply for a settlement visa based on the circumstances that you are returning to the UK to live permanently
if you then leave to work overseas you may fall foul of the system, especially when you apply for an extension of the visa or conversion to indefinite leave to remain because UKBA will want proof of your relationship, where you have been living in particular, as well as your income sources
suggest you take a close look at the relevant website, www.ukvisas.gov.uk
your wife can apply for a settlement visa based on the circumstances that you are returning to the UK to live permanently
if you then leave to work overseas you may fall foul of the system, especially when you apply for an extension of the visa or conversion to indefinite leave to remain because UKBA will want proof of your relationship, where you have been living in particular, as well as your income sources
suggest you take a close look at the relevant website, www.ukvisas.gov.uk
