well, John, let me just say at this point that I hope you get a great deal of personal satisfaction making the lives of many many people all around the world so much more stress-free! (either that or a nice big fat pay-cheque)

Good man!

Siv

Nice one John! I get it all... Does the Life in the UK test have no 'expiry date'? (that would be handy) Say we get the test done, live outside the uk for 4 years, get the ILE and go and live in the UK - when can we get her citizenship? Does she need to be there another 3 years for that? And finally...

thanks for the reply John. We shouldn't have wasted our time/money and got the FLR before we left the UK then.... stupid of us I guess.... on the subject of our next application... I understand why you say don't bother applying for spouse visa (I assume this is the same as the FLR 2 years she has no...

the number eight seems to become a smiley......

Hello all.... this forum is great and much appreciated. I thought I should just add to this thread and not create my own. I am a British national (by birth) married to a Taiwanese lady. I am writing for advice re: visas and immigration. Basically this is an enquiry about converting FLR to ILR.The co...

Hi all.... Happened upon this great forum while doing a websearch.... Thanks in advance for your time. I am British...my girlfriend is from Taiwan... We have been living together in the UK since October 2005. She is currently on a student visa...and has had 2 extensions in her time here so far.... t...