We were in a similar situation at the end of August we wanted to go on holiday with friends. I learnt that even if you cancel the application (and lose all the money) they take 10 days to get your passport back to you. We sent a letter (special delivery) asking them to expedite the processing, and i...
My wife applied for her ILR (SETM) in early July, the special delivery letter was sent on 7th July. She received her ILR in the post on Saturday 19th September. We considered cancelling the processing just so we could go on holiday with friends, however if you cancel they still help themselves to th...
Hello, On the SET(M) form it asks if either of us are working. Why do they ask that question ? as I thought ILR was not refused for financial reasons. We have enough money in the bank to live for over a year but we are currently unemployed. Is there any risk that ILR will be refused as neither of us...
I'm after reassurance that we won't be throwing away £750 by applying for my wifes ILR whilst we have no income. I took voluntary redundancy from the company I worked for for 20 years and they had a generous redundancy policy, so we have enough money to live on for a couple of years, but otherwise ...
I'm in the same boat as "ilm" above, with a non European spouse. The costs for FLR and ILR are now punitive ! I don't think a monopoly supplier would be able to get away with costs / increases like this in any other field. I know we could go to another country so really the UK isn't a &quo...
Thanks ! I'm still bitter about the "imposition" of the Life in the UK test .... which will almost certainly cost us the price of an FLR extra. The ESOL/Citizenship course is an interesting option I haven't considered. I guess we will simply have to find someone to look after our baby part...
My wife is learning English, she isn't at he point where studying for the Life in the UK test would be worthwhile. She got the first FLR (after our marriage) in August and in the normal run of things would apply for ILR in August 2008 but because of the test I think we'll need another FLR (another 2...
She has no intention of returning to Brazil, even in the event of my death as she will have children here (neither of us want them to grow up or live there). She will ditch her Brazilian passport as soon as she can but the Life in the UK test will, I think, cause her to need at least one extra FLR w...
I'm a born and bred Brit married to a Brazilian, both resident in the UK. Legally my "domicile" is the UK, and that of my wife will be Brazil. I have discovered that because her domicile is not the UK then in the event of my death my "estate", which would pass to her, will be sub...
I (a Brit) went with my Brazilian Fiance to the Rio consulate in 2006, for a fiancee visa, but there was no point in me being there. I was immaterial to the process. The application form and money had to be handed over through a thick glass screen to a Brazilian employee of the consulate. There was ...
For a visa application outside of the UK, a UK solicitor can certify that copies match the original (as long as take them a copy and the original !). Make sure they sign, date and apply their company stamp to each sheet copied and also state it's a true copy of the original. But you obviously have t...
My pregnant wife has just got FLR and so we'll be applying for ILR in about 2 years time. Her English is not great and she recently had to postpone an intensive English course until January due to felling dreadful as a result of a pregnancy. There is a chance she won't be able to attend much of the ...
I'm now in a position to answer my own question, so I post it here just incase the information could be of use to someone else. My fiancee was called exactly 7 weeks and one day after making the application. She was told the visa was granted and she went straight there that day to pick it up. So the...
10 years I ago I met and (too) rapidly married a Colombian. I sponsored her to come to the UK. She stayed in the UK for 2 weeks, had something akin to a nervous breakdown and went back to Colombia, never to return. As soon as we could we got divorced (8 years ago now). Total disaster ! I am now bles...