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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 22nd 2025, 3:09 am
Replies: 3
Views: 764
Posted By Appalbarry

Moving goods Halifax NS to Cambridge

Hi all,
We've fallen in love with Cambridge, and have no plans to return to Canada. Leaving aside all of the usual visa, tax, and employment questions I would LOVE a recommendation for any company...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 8th 2025, 11:16 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 4,292
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: ETA Visa. Freelance writer?

Right now she only plans to be here for the nine months of an MPhil. If it looks like it will go past that, we'll rethink.
I've also got French residency, so leaving the UK after six months is not...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 8th 2025, 10:22 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 4,292
Posted By Appalbarry

ETA Visa. Freelance writer?

My wife, a UK citizen, has returned to study at Cambridge. I am Canadian, and have accompanied her on an ETA visa. (Two years, but leave the UK after six months.)

What I haven't been able to nail...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 8th 2025, 10:13 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 5,738
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: Another quick question: French phone # in the UK

For those following along at home: our French FREE mobile SIM allows us to call Canada, but charges an insane amount. We wound up getting Lebara (https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/home.html)SIMS, which...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 22nd 2025, 5:28 am
Replies: 4
Views: 5,738
Posted By Appalbarry

Another quick question: French phone # in the UK

We're both running dual SIM phones, one with a cheap Canadian #, and one with a Free Mobile France SIM because both the long distance coverage and data are massively better than anything out of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 22nd 2025, 5:22 am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,367
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: Quick recomendations: shipping boxes

Flying with BA. We're talking textbooks; music scores, and binders full of notes. Weight to be determined, but I'm thinking around 100 lbs or 45 kg.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 21st 2025, 9:23 am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,367
Posted By Appalbarry

Quick recomendations: shipping boxes

Hi everyone again,
We'll likely need to ship a half dozen boxes from Vancouver to Cambridge next month. Aside from Canada post, who's reliable?

(i'm astonished that the FEDEX web site insists...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 12th 2025, 12:39 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,050
Posted By Appalbarry

Next question: Medical care

You folks are a true treasure. Again, I'm 69, Susan is 79, and will be attending either Oxford or Cambridge this autumn. She's a UK citizen, I'm Canadian.

We're actually both really healthy,...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jul 3rd 2025, 4:47 am
Replies: 7
Views: 782
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: Visa timelines (Vancouver)

Again, thank you! You've saved me at least another hour.
Barry
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jul 3rd 2025, 4:36 am
Replies: 7
Views: 782
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: Visa timelines (Vancouver)

Ok, I have been asked to raise two more questions:

1) If a visa is refused, are the application fees refunded? (I assume no, but can't find a specific answer on-line)V
2) I recall that NHS fees...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Jun 30th 2025, 6:28 am
Replies: 7
Views: 782
Posted By Appalbarry

Visa timelines (Vancouver)

Hello everyone, I'm sure this info is around somewhere, but we're about six weeks from moving back to the UK, so we're a tad overwhelmed.

Background:
- Spouse is UK citizen, returning to UK to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 17th 2025, 1:02 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

My two threads became somewhat mixed up, so I'm cross-posting this:

Hello folks,
Just to wrap this up, Oxford University gave us a very clear explanation of our options. As you'll recall:
My...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 15th 2025, 11:31 am
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

And, by way of warning to people with long and interesting lives, the UK visa application will be much easier if you've kept every single bit of paper documentation of everything in your life for the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jun 14th 2025, 1:36 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

Just for the sake of completeness, since the government is clear that schools have discretion in terms of fees, we will be applying to Oxford or Cambridge to see if there is a way around the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 31st 2025, 8:49 am
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

She's British obviously, and we have income/savings to manage the visa requirements.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 31st 2025, 5:34 am
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

And, just to put this where other people can find it, is a response from the Secretary of State for Education:

Dear Barry

I am writing on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education to...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
May 31st 2025, 5:25 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,179
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: Wife is UK born; I'm Canadian

Just to close this out, thank you folks. I'm curious to see if UK paperwork is harder or easier than French paperwork.

If nothing else, we're both looking forward to a return to A4 instead of 8...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
May 19th 2025, 1:50 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,179
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: Wife is UK born; I'm Canadian

Sadly, we go back at least a couple of generations in Canada or the US. Sigh.... Maybe I'll just move back to France, where I have a visa, and look for a route from there.

Grumble, grumble,...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
May 19th 2025, 12:13 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,179
Posted By Appalbarry

Wife is UK born; I'm Canadian

Simply put, yes we're legally married. If Susan is returning to the UK permanently, which hoops do I need to jump though to live and work there? I'm sure the answer is buried somewhere on-line, but...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 12th 2025, 2:48 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

Thank you! The replies here have been exactly what we need in order to understand the rules. I think we will make the case to Oxford to see if we can arrange some kind of special dispensation.

I...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 12th 2025, 2:25 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

For those following along at home, here's a great nutshell description.

@UKCISA 13 December 2024 England

P a g e | 1

Long residence

In order to qualify for 'home' fees under this...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 12th 2025, 12:06 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

Thank you. That is exactly what I was hunting for.

Now I'll ask the question: How many years or months do you have to be out of the country before you become "International"?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 12th 2025, 10:58 am
Replies: 33
Views: 12,895
Posted By Appalbarry

Re: University Home Fees confusion

Hello everyone,
We too are confused. My wife Susan was born in Wales, attended the Royal College of Art, and lived in London til her 30s. She then travelled (it was the 60s) to Asia, and settled in...
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