Hi John, My wife was travelling on a 5 year visit visa and she fell pregnant in the UK. She left the UK and returned to have the baby but the immigration official said she needed a medicinal visa is she wanted the baby in the uk so she had to go back to Pakistan and apply. Thanks for the good wishes...

Thanks Wanderer and John. Yes John, my plan is once I receive the decree absolute I fly to Pakistan, re-marry my wife. Then I will apply for my wife’s spouse visa. However I am not sure whether her case will weaken somewhat if our child travels on a British passport and her mother on a Pakistani? Co...

Hi all!

Any info would be appreciated at this time. I seriously do not know what to do as I have exhausted all known options to me.

Hello all. I am a British Born national and am currently going through divorce proceedings in the UK. The problem I am facing is that my decree absolute is forever taking to appear and my second wife [through Islamic marriage] has had our first child and is currently living with her grandfather in P...

Hi all, just a general question really. I often read visa applicants attaching a covering letter [written by a solicitor] to their visa application form explaining particular points. Of course, a covering letter is no substitute for evidence but I am wondering whether such letters are taken into con...

Hi all. I've just been informed by my solicitor that my decree absolute may take a little longer than expected; in fact 6 months longer. My plan was to get my wife to apply for a spouse visa once I received my decree absolute however the wait seems longer. My question is whether my wife [lives in Pa...

Hi all, My wife is applying for a spouse visa and I have a question regarding accommodation. I currently live with my parents in a 4 bedroom house which is rented from the local council. I’ve had a look at the IND guidelines and the house would not be overcrowded if I include my wife and child. My q...

Thanks, but what if they ask why she and I married again?

Apologies for another thread here, but my wife in Pakistan is related to me outside our marriage; she is my cousin. I have been told [by a UK immigration officer at heathrow] that she will not be granted a spouse visa since she is my cousin [and now my wife]. Is this true? And if so, what are the po...

Hi all. I was born in the UK and married my wife in Pakistan in 2002 however during which I was waiting for my decree absolute in the UK to come through before my wife could apply for a spouse visa. From 2002 until now my wife has been visiting me in the UK and fell pregant however I am in the final...

Are you a British citizen? If so, how did you get your British citizenship? And if not, what's your UK immigration status? Hi Jaj, I was born in the UK . \ Then your child should be a British citizen (by descent) automatically, assuming you are a British citizen yourself. Apply for the child to get...

Are you a British citizen? If so, how did you get your British citizenship?
And if not, what's your UK immigration status?

Hi Jaj, I was born in the UK .

Thanks Mars007, so do I attach the B-from with the spouse application?

Hi all, My wife will be applying for a spouse visa soon however in 2 months she will be giving birth too. Would I Need to submit two forms [one for my wife and child?] or just one form would cover both? I would appreciate if someone could provide form numbers.

Thank you.

Hi, She was granted a visiting visa for 5 years but then she fell pregnant and when she arrived in the UK she was told to apply for a medical visa from Pakistan. The immigration officer at Heathrow stated that her purporse of visit had changed and she had to reapply for the correct visa. Hope this h...

Hi All. I was wondering whether any one on the board has had their leave to enter to the UK cancelled [for what ever reason] but then at later stage had successfully applied for a visa? Alternatively has anyone had a visa application rejected and what was the resolution, if any? I spoke to the Immig...

John, many thanks. Your information is worth its weight in gold and it just goes to that immigration solicitors are utterly useless when asked to provide key information. The solicitor suggested that she should write a letter and attach it with my wife's application but as far as I have read on this...

There might be another way of proceeding? If she applies for a fiancee visa she could fly to the UK and then get legally married at a UK Register Office. I totally accept that such a plan may or may not appeal to you. The Fiancée visa was an option that we considered but my wife changed her name on...

Hi John, I am a bit confused by your comment. Do you suggest I remarry my wife religiously once I receive my decree absolute? No, but given you are currently legally married, to your first wife, clearly the UK will not recognise the marriage ceremony you had with your second wife. It therefore appe...

The Decree Absolute will enable you to get (legally, as compared to religiously) married ... following which your wife will be able to apply for a spouse visa. Hi John, I am a bit confused by your comment. Do you suggest I remarry my wife religiously once I receive my decree absolute? for the year ...

Hi all. I wondered if anyone could help me with my query my situation is driving me insane. I am a British Born citizen and travelled to Pakistan in 2000 and was married under Islamic law [Nikkah], I then travelled with my wife back to the UK and married her at my local registrar office and she rece...