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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 13th 2026, 8:55 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 594
Posted By Sir Spangle

Remittance Basis - Any Experience With This?

Our first time dealing with the remittance basis in HMRC's self assessment carnival of fun! I have a question on how to fill out the self assessment form.

Backstory: My wife is a US citizen, but...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 12th 2025, 5:52 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,819
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Tax burden for US 401k to Roth IRA rollover under UK FIG regime

Interesting, I have seen another post elsewhere (Reddit) where the commenter cited the dual tax agreement was the relevant rule, not the new FIG rules:...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 12th 2025, 4:37 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,819
Posted By Sir Spangle

Tax burden for US 401k to Roth IRA rollover under UK FIG regime

I am a dual UK/US citizen who has returned to the UK after 15 years in the US, and my wife is a US citizen here with me on a family visa. We've been here 3+ years now, but this seemed to be the best...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 19th 2022, 9:33 am
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

That's the first time I've seen that option. Which application centre did you apply through?

This is the general guidance we followed, and was confirmed in a subsequent communication from the...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 19th 2022, 8:30 am
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

Interesting. Maybe it's a Commonwealth country thing? US citizens do not need a visa either (tourists can stay for 6 months without one) but there was no option to keep her passport as far as I'm...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 19th 2022, 8:00 am
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

I'm guessing they're not in the loop with how backlogged things are in the UK.

It'd be great if she could keep her passport, that would've solved our problems entirely, but that just doesn't sound...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 19th 2022, 7:32 am
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

Good luck everyone. Hopefully we're all contributing to the timelines thread....
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 19th 2022, 4:58 am
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

Wow, 17 weeks is not good! We are almost at the 13 week mark. Sounds like you are worst hit right now and we'll need to keep an eye on your timeline for guidance. Best of luck.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 16th 2022, 12:16 am
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

Can you share where you read it was now a 16-26 week timeline? I'd like to know more on this.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 9th 2022, 3:27 am
Replies: 1,263
Views: 1,814,146
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: UK Spouse Visa STRICTLY TIMELINES ONLY - NO CHAT

Visa Country applying from: USA
Type of visa: Spouse (Standard)
Visa Priority or Non-priority: Non-Priority
Online application: 8th January 2022
Documents uploaded: 9th January 2022
Biometrics...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 8th 2022, 8:10 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

From what I can tell, this is turning into a particularly British problem. Our government's application of visa checking rules for Ukrainians is considerably more stringent and consequently far...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 7th 2022, 9:08 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 6,453
Posted By Sir Spangle

Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

We received the email below. We are almost at 12 weeks wait for a UK Family visa for my US wife, the outer limit of the service promise, and we were thinking any day now.

Now it seems all bets are...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 13th 2022, 8:45 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Benefit Entitlement

Thanks all. FYI though Jobseeker's Allowance is not means-tested, it's available to you based on your NI contributions in the past. The 62.5k for the family visa would be irrelevant in this case. I'd...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 13th 2022, 2:22 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Benefit Entitlement

Mid-50s, but close :) Thanks, yes I will be fine for NHS treatment, and we are paying the surcharge fee for my wife on the Family Visa.

My question is more about benefits one would need to claim...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 13th 2022, 1:27 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,703
Posted By Sir Spangle

Benefit Entitlement

I'm moving back to the UK after 15 years away in the US, and my US wife will be arriving on a Family Visa. We have some savings, and we're using that as our proof of financial self-support for her...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 2nd 2020, 9:05 am
Replies: 1
Views: 838
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Premium settlement - VFS Miami BOOKED!!

Hi, did you use this service: https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/us/en/premium-services/priority-visa-for-settlement ?

I've been trying to get some info on whether it's worth forking out the money or...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 2nd 2020, 12:17 am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,367
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: VFS Global Premium Packages - Are They Faster?

Thanks. Do you, or anyone else on here, have experience of using this service? Did you feel it accelerated your application, and hence was worth the clams?
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 1st 2020, 7:25 am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,367
Posted By Sir Spangle

VFS Global Premium Packages - Are They Faster?

I (UK citizen) was just about to start the Family Visa application with my wife (US citizen) and just came across the involvement of vfsglobal.co.uk. Specifically,...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 1st 2020, 6:32 am
Replies: 3
Views: 1,132
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Timeframe after visa application process is done

Priority service is suspended due to Covid. The key part I was trying to find out was this:



Thanks for the info.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 1st 2020, 2:44 am
Replies: 3
Views: 1,132
Posted By Sir Spangle

Timeframe after visa application process is done

Apologies if this is answered elsewhere, a search did not dig up an answer. I'd like to know how much time one has to play with between the day one's family visa approval/biometrics/etc. is all done,...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 3rd 2020, 12:16 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 818
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Using cash savings as proof of income

Brilliant, thanks very much for your time and knowledge!
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 3rd 2020, 9:43 am
Replies: 5
Views: 818
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Using cash savings as proof of income

Right, I probably mixed terms there. My intention is to explore potential problems proving to the UK Gov that we can support ourselves in the UK, when neither of us has a job (in our case, retired)....
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 3rd 2020, 8:27 am
Replies: 5
Views: 818
Posted By Sir Spangle

Using cash savings as proof of income

Is anyone / has anyone used cash savings only as their proof of income? If so, were your savings in the UK or overseas?

As recent retirees, this will likely be our approach. I'm hoping to get a...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 2nd 2020, 11:50 am
Replies: 2
Views: 591
Posted By Sir Spangle

Re: Some unanswered questions after initial research

That's very helpful, thank you so much for your input!
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Aug 2nd 2020, 7:40 am
Replies: 2
Views: 591
Posted By Sir Spangle

Some unanswered questions after initial research

Context: I am a British citizen by birth, my wife is American. We have been living in the US for the past 15 years, in fact since we were married, and I have dual citizenship now. For family reasons...
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