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Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jan 14th 2024, 8:07 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 2,544
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Spouse Returning Resident question (reinstate ILR)

That’s great news! I was in a very similar position however was told it was very hard to get returning resident and not to bother, so I started the spouse process all over again. I’m now 2 years down...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jan 6th 2024, 7:50 am
Replies: 2
Views: 351
Posted By marigoldfairy

FLR application date query and financial requirements

Hi there - I am very confused about when I can apply for FLR, I don’t find the government website very good. My BRP has an expiry of 10 December 24, I arrived in the UK in March 22. I think the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 4th 2023, 6:11 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,267
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: To move or not to move…nz-uk

We have been back in the UK for 16 months with no regrets, very easy transition. Loved NZ, but time for change was right for us. I don’t miss anything about NZ other than friends. We saw and did...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 17th 2023, 8:22 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 571
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Cash Savings Route - What Amount of Savings are Held in this Account?

Assuming you aren’t only using Cash Savings route Category D, as the requirement for that alone is £62,500. Unless they have reduced it in the last year.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 2nd 2023, 5:33 am
Replies: 4
Views: 481
Posted By marigoldfairy

Personal loan

We’ve been back a year, good jobs and own our house outright. Our bank just rejected a small loan application my Husband put through. He’s had the account for 30 years. Has anyone had any luck...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 17th 2023, 5:26 am
Replies: 6
Views: 936
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Shipping Auckland, NZ to the UK

sure, we lived in Taupo then New Plymouth and moved to Norfolk, a small market town just outside Norwich. Love it. We’d previously lived in London and Essex before moving to NZ.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 16th 2023, 6:22 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 936
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Shipping Auckland, NZ to the UK

we used Crown in February last year, they were very good - great staff, good communications, nothing broken or missing either!
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 19th 2022, 9:11 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,920
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: I'm at my wits end...

So odd, I just went to the HSBC bank with my husband the day after I got to the UK and they added me to his existing account no issues. Even set me up on an additional saver account in addition to...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 19th 2022, 9:04 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 749
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Vignette but no e-mail

Hi there, my passport came back with a letter. That’s all I needed, and they weren’t interested in the letter at a Heathrow. I just went through the e-gate. Picked up the BRP from the post office we...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Sep 2nd 2022, 7:05 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,619
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Spouse Visa Questions

Hi there, are you looking in the right place online as your question about SU07 does not make sense as it’s not a require for your visa type

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/partner-spouse
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 23rd 2022, 7:41 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 775
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Moving Cats to UK

same, JCS organised for the cats to be ‘chauffeured’ to our house, and it worked out much cheaper than driving back to London to pick them up ourselves. They kept us up to date on everything.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 21st 2022, 5:54 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,605
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Moving with my 2 cats back to the UK soon - need help with paperwork

Hi Tate! We used Aeropets and our contact was Brenda. She was amazing. Cost for two cats was $4.2k for flights, cages, securing bookings, overnight care in Auckland. Also you’ll have rabies...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
May 20th 2022, 7:37 am
Replies: 85
Views: 7,873
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Still waiting!

get in touch with your local MP in the UK and see if they can help.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 30th 2022, 7:31 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,377
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Tips on preparing to move home

One other thing…if you need to get secure employment…you need to provide proof of address (2), for direct employment or even just with (good) recruitment consultants. Was just reading posts about...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 24th 2022, 8:05 am
Replies: 19
Views: 4,377
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Tips on preparing to move home

I just bought a phone outright and got a Tesco pay as you go SIM card, and buy one of their rocket bundles each month.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 23rd 2022, 10:31 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,377
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Tips on preparing to move home

The thing that took me by surprise was no credit rating - it wasn’t recongnised! I couldn’t even get a £10 p/m Tesco mobile account! To put it in perspective we are buying a house here mortgage free...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 23rd 2022, 10:13 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 5,851
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

To be fair we had my visa within the timeframe, and may have got lucky from timing with the Ukraine situation, but it was still while they were apparently not back in the office.
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 23rd 2022, 9:58 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 5,851
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Ukraine and impact on UK Family Visa

Just because they have not returned to the offices doesn’t mean they aren’t productive. Assuming they have the technology to WFH of course. Such old school thinking that people are not working if...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Apr 19th 2022, 6:10 am
Replies: 5
Views: 785
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Question about cash savings

Since our countdown started as soon as the threshold was reached (62.5k) we just put 62,500 as that was in the account for the entire 6 months regardless of any additional funds going in.

You need...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 25th 2022, 3:18 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 728
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Moving costs for a cat NZ to Scotland

we just moved to the UK from NZ and all up total costs were approx. 6.5k NZD for 2 cats. That included everything - cages, flight, overnight stay in Auckland with pet transport company, clearance...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Mar 15th 2022, 4:54 am
Replies: 1,260
Views: 1,766,180
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: UK Spouse Visa STRICTLY TIMELINES ONLY - NO CHAT

Decision notification: nil
Decision Made: Approved
Passport arrived: 15 March
Date on decision letter that came with passport: 3 March
90 day entry

Very happy, however I wish they had sent me...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 18th 2022, 5:43 am
Replies: 9
Views: 4,587
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Spouse Visa processing times out of Asia

https://britishexpats.com/forum/citizenship-passports-spouse-family-visas-uk-196/uk-spouse-visa-strictly-timelines-only-no-chat-899214/

check out this link, hopefully it helps. Agree getting real...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 11th 2022, 4:49 am
Replies: 14
Views: 3,985
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: AirBnB accommodation evidence for UK spouse visa

Getting a visa is an expensive and emotional exercise, and with the risk and stress of being declined on a technicality I personally would keep everything above board. If you aren’t intending to stay...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 7th 2022, 4:45 am
Replies: 6
Views: 958
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Time between submitting application online and biometric appointment at VFS

I was there for an hour but a lot of that time was waiting for my turn. They check your paperwork with you and then they go away and scan it, then they call you in for the biometrics which took about...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Feb 7th 2022, 4:14 am
Replies: 6
Views: 958
Posted By marigoldfairy

Re: Time between submitting application online and biometric appointment at VFS

Once you apply online you can go anytime. If you are scanning in the documents yourself they ask to make sure that’s done at least 24 hours before your appointment, but I got them to scan mine for me...
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