Good stuff, she entered legally last time after going home to get her passport stamped for her work permit so there shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks for the info.

Hi there, Me and my partner have almost lived together for 2 years now and are looking at applying for an unmarried partner visa. She is South African and is currently hear on a 5 work permit after coming over on a 2 year visa. Could anyone tell us whether she will need to return home if we are acce...

Good stuff,

Thanks for your advice people

Hi there, I'm just wondering if anyone can help me out by answering the following: My South African partner came over here on a 2 year visa and has since got a 5 year permit through her work. Whilst on her 2 year visa she always had to have a return flight home booked. Now she is on the work permit ...

o.k. thanks for the info.

cheers,

Just to calrify, by immigration services I mean the government body who issues the work permits.

I guess we'll have to suck it and see.

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of the following or any ideal of what the immigration services may do? My girlfriend is South African and was sucessful in applying for a 5 year work permit approximately 12 months ago (after working here for a year on a standard 2 year visa). Short...

Cheers for the advice people. Could you clarify what a CoA is and how that works. The situation is we've been together for coming up to 2 years, however can only prove living together for the past year (we've actually been living together for approx 18 months but have no documentation to prove this)...

Hi all, I've been looking through this forum and following links the government websites for over an hour now. I understand a lot more but would like some clarification from you well informed people before I go dizzy from reading blocks of text from a computer screen. I am a British citizen and have...

Hi, thanks for all your info....one more question... From looking at the spanish, french & greek embassy the visa costs approx £40 and lasts for 90 days. I assume that if you make an appointment with the relevant embassy and turn up with the correct forms then they stamp your passport/validate ...

OK. Thanks for the info people.

I appreciate immigration laws have to be inplace and it's be a complex system. Thankfully it's not a process I have to go through often.

We'll decide on a location and go through the correct application procedure via the associated embassy.

Cheers

Andy

Cheers for the info. I've started looking into the different embassys websites. It appears Greece is £42.00 and lasts for 90 days. Is this pretty standard across the board or do different embassys apply different charges and issue the visas for different periods of time? I find it quite annoying to...

Hi there, I've just discovered this board, I've had a look around but can't find a question which matches my question. So wonder if anyone can help me. My partner/girlfriend is South African and is over here on a 5 year work permit (being sponsored by work after coming over on a standard 1 year work...