OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Oct 1st 2011, 10:41 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Ahhhh yes indeed that does explain a lot about our friend cheers 
how come its taken me a couple of years on this thread to find that out 
Hmmmm ahhh windsong, yes I wonder also what happened to her,
---- and I wish that young lady that left the U.S. to live in Malta would let us know how shes getting on, I wonder if she ever made it to England yet, her posts were always lovely to read, everyday was an adventure, its been so long since her last post, way over a year I think, its been so long I think Ive forgotten her name, was it Tracy? omg my memory is normally quite good (help please anyone) ----------- Ah Huh I think now its come back to me, its Anne in Malta isent it ?
how come its taken me a couple of years on this thread to find that out Hmmmm ahhh windsong, yes I wonder also what happened to her,
---- and I wish that young lady that left the U.S. to live in Malta would let us know how shes getting on, I wonder if she ever made it to England yet, her posts were always lovely to read, everyday was an adventure, its been so long since her last post, way over a year I think, its been so long I think Ive forgotten her name, was it Tracy? omg my memory is normally quite good (help please anyone) ----------- Ah Huh I think now its come back to me, its Anne in Malta isent it ?
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Oct 1st 2011, 11:05 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Yes, give me the farmer's market and free range food any day.
Oct 1st 2011, 11:08 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
, Lin-da as opposed to their Lin-der. The nerve! 
Oct 2nd 2011, 1:14 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Rodney,
I think your right it is harder for a single man to make friends in a new place. Do you feel lonely? You always sound so nice on here and have a very positive attitude I hate to think of you feeling a bit isolated. Do you have any hobbies you could seek out clubs for? Its easier for women we have stuff like the WI to join, maybe check out library notice board to see if there's anything going on that you might enjoy and meet people at.
I think your right it is harder for a single man to make friends in a new place. Do you feel lonely? You always sound so nice on here and have a very positive attitude I hate to think of you feeling a bit isolated. Do you have any hobbies you could seek out clubs for? Its easier for women we have stuff like the WI to join, maybe check out library notice board to see if there's anything going on that you might enjoy and meet people at.
Oct 2nd 2011, 6:15 am
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Oct 2nd 2011, 6:17 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Ahhhh yes indeed that does explain a lot about our friend cheers how come its taken me a couple of years on this thread to find that out
Hmmmm ahhh windsong, yes I wonder also what happened to her,
---- and I wish that young lady that left the U.S. to live in Malta would let us know how shes getting on, I wonder if she ever made it to England yet, her posts were always lovely to read, everyday was an adventure, its been so long since her last post, way over a year I think, its been so long I think Ive forgotten her name, was it Tracy? omg my memory is normally quite good (help please anyone) ----------- Ah Huh I think now its come back to me, its Anne in Malta isent it ?
how come its taken me a couple of years on this thread to find that out Hmmmm ahhh windsong, yes I wonder also what happened to her,
---- and I wish that young lady that left the U.S. to live in Malta would let us know how shes getting on, I wonder if she ever made it to England yet, her posts were always lovely to read, everyday was an adventure, its been so long since her last post, way over a year I think, its been so long I think Ive forgotten her name, was it Tracy? omg my memory is normally quite good (help please anyone) ----------- Ah Huh I think now its come back to me, its Anne in Malta isent it ?
Oct 2nd 2011, 7:59 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Boodles, I've copied your posts and added them to another thread I have started on the subject of UK Spouse Visas.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=732223
The info in them is great and could be really helpful to others who wouldn't come across them in the middle of this thread. If anyone has any other info or links that have helped in the Spouse Visa process for the UK please feel free to add to it.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=732223
The info in them is great and could be really helpful to others who wouldn't come across them in the middle of this thread. If anyone has any other info or links that have helped in the Spouse Visa process for the UK please feel free to add to it.
Tina
Oct 2nd 2011, 8:12 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Trotty, I popped over to the UK-Yankee site and found my post of the list of documentation I sent for my ILE when we first moved back to the UK last year.
I used a 3-ring binder, every numbered document was in a separate, clear plastic sleeve with a tab on it and corresponding number. I included a Table of Contents so they could look up each document quickly if they needed to, and of course I sent along a cover letter describing what I was applying for.
This is just a guide as your situation is different (i.e., you won't need to include any job-related information since you are both retired, but you therefore may need to include additional information with regard to your money situation) and some things (forms?) may have changed since then, but perhaps this will help you/your husband the next time around.
I was the Applicant; my husband was the Sponsor.
==================================================
Here's what I sent:
1. Original/VAF4 w/required photograph
2. Copy/ Biometrics Appointment sheet
3. Copy (certified)/Applicant’s birth certificate
4. Original/Applicant’s Current passport
5. Original/Applicant’s Expired passport
6. Copy (certified)/Sponsor’s passport details page
7. Copy (certified)/Sponsor’s [long-form] birth certificate
8. Copy (certified)/Marriage Certificate
9. Copies (certified)/Applicant and Sponsor’s divorce decrees
10. Evidence/Sponsor’s employment record
11. Copies/Sponsor’s pay slips
12. Copy/Sponsor’s CV
13. Evidence/Sponsor’s job search efforts to date
14. Evidence/Applicant’s employment record
15. Copies/Applicant’s pay slips
16. Copy/Applicant’s CV
17. Evidence/Applicant’s job search efforts to date
18. Support letter from Sponsor
10. Accommodation letter from family member in UK
20. Copies/Joint bank statements
21. Copies/Individual bank statements
22. Evidence/Additional income sources (Applicant and Sponsor)
Please note: Copies of past tax returns highly recommended.
I used a 3-ring binder, every numbered document was in a separate, clear plastic sleeve with a tab on it and corresponding number. I included a Table of Contents so they could look up each document quickly if they needed to, and of course I sent along a cover letter describing what I was applying for.
This is just a guide as your situation is different (i.e., you won't need to include any job-related information since you are both retired, but you therefore may need to include additional information with regard to your money situation) and some things (forms?) may have changed since then, but perhaps this will help you/your husband the next time around.
I was the Applicant; my husband was the Sponsor.
==================================================
Here's what I sent:
1. Original/VAF4 w/required photograph
2. Copy/ Biometrics Appointment sheet
3. Copy (certified)/Applicant’s birth certificate
4. Original/Applicant’s Current passport
5. Original/Applicant’s Expired passport
6. Copy (certified)/Sponsor’s passport details page
7. Copy (certified)/Sponsor’s [long-form] birth certificate
8. Copy (certified)/Marriage Certificate
9. Copies (certified)/Applicant and Sponsor’s divorce decrees
10. Evidence/Sponsor’s employment record
11. Copies/Sponsor’s pay slips
12. Copy/Sponsor’s CV
13. Evidence/Sponsor’s job search efforts to date
14. Evidence/Applicant’s employment record
15. Copies/Applicant’s pay slips
16. Copy/Applicant’s CV
17. Evidence/Applicant’s job search efforts to date
18. Support letter from Sponsor
10. Accommodation letter from family member in UK
20. Copies/Joint bank statements
21. Copies/Individual bank statements
22. Evidence/Additional income sources (Applicant and Sponsor)
Please note: Copies of past tax returns highly recommended.
Tina
Oct 2nd 2011, 8:19 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
TO YOU ALL.
The past two days have been really bad I thought selling and moving was bad but this was just the icing on top of the cake. But I have to say you people on here are the kindest most helpful I could ever wish to meet unfortunately I probably will never meet any of you but your are truly the best. I have been close to tears so many times this past couple of days and just getting on here and reading your replies really kept me grounded and not wanting to shoot someone.
I have never known such really good people who really care. Thankyou all.
Boodles and DDL the advice you sent me was really helpful.
.................
Even when we are at our lowest we find something brings us back to were we need to be.
Most of you know that my husband apart from having the accident has been ill so it upset me to think that this would never have happened when he was feeling at his best. He was a most careful person.
So today I lost my temper with him and told him that apart from anything else the passport picture he sent in looked liked some indigent, his beard, the black eye he sported at the time of the picture being taken, the gap in his moustache on his upper lip were he had stitches and the missing tooth.
Well about an hour later he came out of the bathroom with no beard and no moustache. I felt like a heel.
The past two days have been really bad I thought selling and moving was bad but this was just the icing on top of the cake. But I have to say you people on here are the kindest most helpful I could ever wish to meet unfortunately I probably will never meet any of you but your are truly the best. I have been close to tears so many times this past couple of days and just getting on here and reading your replies really kept me grounded and not wanting to shoot someone.
I have never known such really good people who really care. Thankyou all.
Boodles and DDL the advice you sent me was really helpful.
.................
Even when we are at our lowest we find something brings us back to were we need to be.
Most of you know that my husband apart from having the accident has been ill so it upset me to think that this would never have happened when he was feeling at his best. He was a most careful person.
So today I lost my temper with him and told him that apart from anything else the passport picture he sent in looked liked some indigent, his beard, the black eye he sported at the time of the picture being taken, the gap in his moustache on his upper lip were he had stitches and the missing tooth.
Well about an hour later he came out of the bathroom with no beard and no moustache. I felt like a heel.
Thank you for posting it.
It's so good to know you've felt such help from the support here, even at such a difficult time.
Your honest account of your emotional ups and downs--both with the process and with DH!-- is very meaningful and also, I believe, helpful to anyone contemplating this kind of life change.
Hope the visa thing sorts itself out and you're able to relax and enjoy the rental.
Tina
Oct 2nd 2011, 8:19 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Dearest TT, don't be hard on yourself. What you are going through is like being in the eye of a cyclone, it is scary and unsettling. You are so courageous, that is why so many of us on BE admire you. This is a horrible stumbling block but keep your eye on the goal, you WILL get there. You and your husband have been through a lifetime together and sound like a good little team. So he made a mistake with the paperwork, that is understandable given his poor health. I'm just sad that the bureaucratic maze is so awful. I hope you can feel the hug I'm sending your way. You are the very reason the BE forum is so dynamic and we are all here for you.
Tina
Oct 2nd 2011, 11:12 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Believe me, the toxins in plastic wrapped food are significantly worse:
http://www.ecologycenter.org/factshe...theffects.html
http://www.ecologycenter.org/factshe...theffects.html
Well done on finding this link about the bad health affects from plastics and plastic wrapped food, it certainly opens your eyes, makes you think dont it how people ever got on before plastic was invented,
I would love to own my own farm, and grow my own veggies (all of them) and raise my own chickens and pigs and cattle, everything fresh including eggs, bake my own bread, make my own apple pies with the apples picked from my own trees, Ohhh wouldn't it be so nice to just get back to basics,
I have always admired the Amish people, the true basic living, and where the family life is something indeed to be envied, where all the kids and parents and elders (ACTUALLY) sit around the table for every meal including breakfast, where the kids dont even have that word (whatever) in there vocabulary, not to mention all the swear words,
Ahhh yes indeed back to basics, ----- I would enjoy that simple good life, but I would have to add just a few mod cons like a T.V. and definitely a computer, and maybe a wireless (radio) ----- so I would have to have electricity, and a boiler so I have hot water, and fresh water, and sewage, but thinking about it I could do without everything else really, I would love to have a nice horse and cart for my only transportation, Im in no hurry to get from a to b, Im retired
And have you heard the news over here lately that the government is going to raise the speed limit on motorways from 70 to 80 mph, they think that it would improve the economy if people got to there destination 10 minutes earlier
what? well I cant make any sense of that can you? 
No forget all this modern stuff, I think the whole world should get back to basics, and for starters take away all the cell phones and texting capability from the teenagers, wow wouldn't it be great to see all there faces, they wouldn't have a clue what to do when they are eating there dinner
and while were at it take away there Ipads, ------- and I think there credit cards too OMG how would they survive, Oh and there calculators too, let them try and add subtract multiply and divide using a pen and a piece of paper ------ WOW what a compleat novelty that would be for them 
I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday, here in the British Isles the Sun is shining brightly without a single cloud in the sky and without a breath of wind and 80 degrees again, Hmmmm I could get used to this weather
Rodney.
Oct 2nd 2011, 11:24 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
[QUOTE=jasper123;9652728]bandrui,
Well done on finding this link about the bad health affects from plastics and ry a
PS Rodney - And wouldn't it be good, if they banned the Hooded Coats, black Glasses, and The wearing of Caps, back to front, and of course hats, at the table when eating! - Too much to expect, I fear. Don
Well done on finding this link about the bad health affects from plastics and ry a
PS Rodney - And wouldn't it be good, if they banned the Hooded Coats, black Glasses, and The wearing of Caps, back to front, and of course hats, at the table when eating! - Too much to expect, I fear. Don
Oct 2nd 2011, 11:39 am
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Oct 2nd 2011, 12:38 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
[QUOTE=dontheturner;9652738]
bandrui,
Well done on finding this link about the bad health affects from plastics and ry a
PS Rodney - And wouldn't it be good, if they banned the Hooded Coats, black Glasses, and The wearing of Caps, back to front, and of course hats, at the table when eating! - Too much to expect, I fear. Don
Well done on finding this link about the bad health affects from plastics and ry a
PS Rodney - And wouldn't it be good, if they banned the Hooded Coats, black Glasses, and The wearing of Caps, back to front, and of course hats, at the table when eating! - Too much to expect, I fear. Don
Oct 2nd 2011, 1:26 pm
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