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Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Feb 8th 2024, 6:59 am

Replies: 1

UK working holiday visa for my Canadian wife?

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Posted By ballenuk

UK working holiday visa for my Canadian wife?

My wife and I want to live temporarily (less than a year) in the UK. She's a Canadian citizen and under 35 so is seemingly eligible for the "Youth Mobility Scheme" or working holiday visa.

I...

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Dec 17th 2023, 9:24 am

Replies: 4

Probably a silly question, but...

Views: 436

Posted By ballenuk

Re: Probably a silly question, but...

This actually just raised another question in my mind: does it matter that we've been living elsewhere for the past couple of years? We're basically only going to her country of citizenship to apply...

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Dec 17th 2023, 9:03 am

Replies: 4

Probably a silly question, but...

Views: 436

Posted By ballenuk

Re: Probably a silly question, but...

Great, thank you! I figured - logically speaking - that it shouldn't be an issue. But logic doesn't always come into these things :lol:

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Dec 17th 2023, 7:46 am

Replies: 4

Probably a silly question, but...

Views: 436

Posted By ballenuk

Probably a silly question, but...

... do my partner and I need to begin filling in the online application (as in: creating the email account, filling in the forms, etc) from inside the country that we will be applying from? Or is it...

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Sep 12th 2023, 4:11 pm

Replies: 6

Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Views: 518

Posted By ballenuk

Re: Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Oh yeah, it's either 30 days for priority or something like 12-24 weeks regular. Definitely will be paying the extra for quick processing. Surprised they retain the passport for the processing time...

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Sep 12th 2023, 3:56 pm

Replies: 6

Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Views: 518

Posted By ballenuk

Re: Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Great, thank you. One more question (sorry): do we need to remain in Armenia during the processing time? I would imagine not but there's a lot of hoops so you never know!

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Sep 12th 2023, 1:35 pm

Replies: 6

Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Views: 518

Posted By ballenuk

Re: Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Thanks for your reply. So we can apply with a Canadian passport from Armenia?

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Sep 12th 2023, 1:12 pm

Replies: 6

Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Views: 518

Posted By ballenuk

Applying from a country you have residency in (spouse visa)

Hi everyone,

British born and raised here, married to a Canadian/Armenian duel national.

We want to move to the UK next year and will be doing a spouse visa. Having been looking at all the...

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Jul 21st 2022, 4:01 pm

Replies: 7

Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife

Views: 841

Posted By ballenuk

Re: Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife

For us, it would need to be down to our income. The full-time client I work for doesn't have any preference about where in the world I am, so if I was to register myself as based in the UK then could...

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Jul 19th 2022, 6:29 pm

Replies: 7

Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife

Views: 841

Posted By ballenuk

Re: Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife

Thanks for the replies. They make it as difficult as possible it seems!

I'm a freelance writer, I'm registered as a sole proprietor in Canada so it sounds like I'd need to do the same in the UK...

Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)

Jul 19th 2022, 10:20 am

Replies: 7

Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife

Views: 841

Posted By ballenuk

Self employed remotely, thinking of moving home with my wife

Hi everyone,

My wife and I are looking at moving to the UK but aren't too sure about if our circumstances will make eligible.

I'm British/Canadian (born and raised in the UK but moved to Canada...

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