Hi, I'm hoping that this is a very quick and easy question to answer. My wife is a US citizen that lives with me in the UK. I am a UK citizen and my wife came to live here with me in 2007 on a spouse visa. Since then she has applied for and been granted her ILR and everything has been great. But she...

Hi all, My wife is American and is here in the UK on a spouse visa. She's been here a year almost. We've travelled all around the UK and now she wants to go further afield. Does she need to have any kind of visa to travel through Europe with me on holiday or does the fact that she is married to me a...

To everyone that has helped with their wisdom and advise, can I just post this in thanks for everything that you have all done. My wife received confirmation this morning that her spouse visa has been received, accepted and issued! This site has been invaluable, we were pulling our hair out both sid...

My wife is American and I am British and we were married in Kissimmee FL. We had to apply for our marriage licence in Oceola County before we married and after it was granted we had to wait 3 working days before we could marry. We didnt have to make an appointment with the Clerk of the County, we ju...

hughjars99 wrote: The certified copies are fine and you do not need to send your original passport unless of course you are there in person. What happens if you send your passport and you need to make an emergency travel out of the UK? A certified copy is all you need and as Christophe told you, yo...

Christophe, thanks a lot for your advice. This site really has been invaluable for me and my wife in sorting our visa requirements out. I think that this is the last question though. We have followed everything to the letter, we have fulfilled everything in the guidelines except for the issue about ...

Its been a while since I posted on here, but there have been some invaluable other threads that I have read on here in the last few weeks that have answered my own questions. But one question has cropped up. I was reading through the immigration policy of me going to the States (the opposite of what...

Many congratulations on your visa success!

John, as an aside, I dont suppose you know the statistics of spouse visa's applied for and then granted at the New York consulate?

Just a few quick questions regarding this 1) Do we need to have a flight reserved (whether paid for or not) when we apply for the visa, or can we just show that we have the funds to purchase a ticket as and when the visa is granted? 2) Can she fly and return to the US whenever she likes (Christmas e...

I am still in the UK and my wife is in Baltimore still. We are planning to submit her application at the end of July. I've got together all my paperwork, bank statements, pay slips, phone bills, marriage certificate, employment letter etc and she's done the same. Submitting the application in July g...

Hi all, Sorry to keep readdressing this with what may seem stupid questions, but unfortunately, I have one more. Is it advisable for me and my wife to get ourselves an immigration solicitor to handle all our visa application details, or is this an unnecessary expense? Should this be a last resort if...

Hi all. My circumstances have changed for the worse I'm afraid to post. My wife was attacked on her way home last night and now I want to fly to her as soon as I can get a flight. On my way over to see her for Easter and for our wedding, I was stopped at US Immigration and questioned as to my flight...

Thanks to all for your help, its much appreciated.

Going forward, what are my potential problems with relocated to the States if and when we decide to move there? Will I have to go through the same rigmarole to get there that my wife is currently going through to get here?

darksquid, yet again your advice has proved invaluable. Thanks so much for your help. I've had a look at the website about guidance for getting her spouse's visa and also looked at the application fees. You intimate that this is going to hit me hard in the wallet area, but from what I can gather, I'...

Hi all, I posted a little while ago about my girlfriend being American and the possibility of coming here on visa-waiver type temporary situation several times a year. This was pretty much kyboshed by most, and rightly so too (thanks for all the advice!) but our situation has changed quite a lot ove...

....certainly not Las Vegas, turn up and sign ur life away..... You old romantic, you...! Marriage is something that we have talked about for a while now, we both know that we were supposed to be together. We just wished we had been nationals of the same bloody country. A quickie marriage ceremony ...

Thanks to everyone that has posted here with advice, its greatly appreciated. And without running the risk of sounding like a broken record, your advice and help has thrown up a few more questions. I've talked with my girlfriend, and she's more than happy to get married to help with any visa applica...

Just a quick question on this though. She said to me last night that shes got some time off work over Easter, and wants to fly over here for a long weekend (from Thursday 5th April to Monday 9th April). With what happened the last time she tried to gain entry into the country do you think that she w...

Darksquid, your help in this is greatly appreciated.

I'd better tell the old "ball and chain" that shes got some work to do before she gets her arse over here to be with me.

Thanks again all.

Yeah, about this black mark on the Home Office computer you mention. A little caveat about my story is that early on in our relationship, my girlfriend tried to come over here to see me just for a weeks holiday. Money circumstances only permitted her to buy a one-way ticket and I was going to buy he...

Thanks a lot for all your comments. So just to clarify, so that I have this right. I can get my girlfriend over here for a 6 month continuous period on no specific kind of visa, just a visitors permit (for want of a better term) and then she would have to return to the States at the end of this time...

So its not something that is illegal then? I mean, I am in a position to provide flights for my girlfriend to keep leaving the country on or just before her 90 day holiday period ends. Is there a minimum amount of time that she has to leave the UK for before she's allowed back in? Also, her and I ar...

Hi all, I was wondering if one or some of you can help? My girlfriend is American, and I am English, living and working in London. My girlfriend and I are looking to live together in London, but don't really know how to start the process off. Because of this fact, it seems a slow process (as I am su...