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Worried about UK settlement visa

Worried about UK settlement visa

Old Feb 10th 2003, 5:18 pm
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Soup Lover
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Hey folks.

Let me bring you up to speed. I am a UK citizen (born and raised) and
my wife of nearly 2 years is a US citizen. We currently live in the
US, and I have a greencard. However, we need to go back to the UK
permanently.

I spoke to someone at the UK embassy, who said that as long as I have
money in the bank to support us, and a confirmed place to reside, we
should have no problems. The thing that worries me is that all my
employments are sales/retail-related, and I have only GCSE's to list
as my qualifications. I unfortunately am uneployed at the moment, as
is my wife. We both had seasonal jobs over christmas, but did not
continue, because we had to prepare for our return to the UK.

I am very employable, and not worried in the slightest about either of
us finding work once in the UK. We have a fair amount of cash in the
bank to survive on when we arrive, and a confirmed roof over our head
(my parents). The finances and accomodation we have proof of, but to
be blunt, on paper we look like a pair of bums, being that we are both
unemployed. This worries me, but we can show the embassy that we can
sustain ourselves with our savings, and we have accomodation,
therefore we are unlikely to become public charges.

We are very young, both in our early twenties- that is why we are
unsettled. All we need is to get back to England, and then we will be
able to make much stronger contributions to the economy. Can anyone
offer any advice?

Thank you for your time.
 
Old Feb 10th 2003, 7:27 pm
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Sthrnshrte
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Default Re: Worried about UK settlement visa

    >I spoke to someone at the UK embassy, who said that as long as I have
    >money in the bank to support us, and a confirmed place to reside, we
    >should have no problems.

I know most people may refer you to another newsgroup (if I had the link to
give you I would), but I'll just add my experience here. I applied for a
settlment visa back in August, and was requested to interview in Los Angeles.
My husband, living in England, had a long-term temp job in an office, and I was
unemployed in the states. His parents (divorced) both signed to be sponsors and
said they would support us and provide a place to live until we could be on our
own. Unfortunately that wasn't enough for the IND. After 6 months in review
they denied it. But after speaking with the orginal consular officer with whom
I had interviewed (they're very good at keeping in touch and answering your
questions throughout the process), I learned that our biggest flaw was not
having lived independently yet since we've been married and not having any
joint savings. So, if you do have money in savings, I think you will have a
chance. It seems from my experience that their biggest worry is the applicant
her/himself having money to live off of before they find a job. Good luck

Ash
 
Old Feb 11th 2003, 12:34 am
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L D Jones
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Default Re: Worried about UK settlement visa

Soup Lover wrote:
    >
    > Hey folks.
    >
    > Let me bring you up to speed. I am a UK citizen (born and raised) and
    > my wife of nearly 2 years is a US citizen. We currently live in the
    > US, and I have a greencard. However, we need to go back to the UK
    > permanently.
    >
    > I spoke to someone at the UK embassy, who said that as long as I have
    > money in the bank to support us, and a confirmed place to reside, we
    > should have no problems. The thing that worries me is that all my
    > employments are sales/retail-related, and I have only GCSE's to list
    > as my qualifications. I unfortunately am uneployed at the moment, as
    > is my wife. We both had seasonal jobs over christmas, but did not
    > continue, because we had to prepare for our return to the UK.

There are posters in misc.immigration.misc who are knowledgable about UK
immigration
 

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