Hello All, Does taking the KoL test mean you don't have to do the new English test? Background. My wife and I have been married for 5 years living outside of the UK. I am a British citizen by birth and my wife is a foreign national. We were looking to pass the KoL test and then apply for Indefinite ...

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to spend some time going through documents that my wife and I have together in joint names. I believe that we have Electric and Cable bills that are in both are names. The leases for the apartment we have are also in both our names. The emailed documents, I suppose ca...

Hello All, It appears that in a couple of months my wife will be applying for ILE. We plan to go to the UK for a holiday during which she'll take the KoL test. In the meantime we are gathering some of the supporting documentation. I have car insurance cards in both our names for a couple of years, h...

[quote="djb123"]bear in mind that if you go the spouse visa route your wife will be subject to the new immigration rules when that visa expires.[/quote] djb123, Pardon my lack of knowledge, but could you point me to somewhere I could read about the new immigration rules? I have no idea wha...

Hello All, From the comments to my previous post . It appear my wife and I have to choose between waiting approximately 3 months before we qualify ILE or just go for the spousal settlement visa now. Is there somewhere I can read the exact advantages of ILE over the regular spousal visa, apart from t...

Paperpusher and djb123, Though the situation is not what I had hoped it would be, I appreciate the time you have taken to read my message and respond. I understand now that my wife and I would have to meet the qualification criteria on the day of the application submission and not when we would want...

.....So what I was thinking is that in the next month or two go to the UK and take the KoL test. On arriving back to the US, apply for the visa asap but within the 3months before the planned travel date and ask for the visa to be post dated to a date after mid November ..... .....It sounds like a w...

Hello All, I would appreciate some help in checking my thoughts below in relation to applying for ILE for my wife. Some very quick background, my wife and I live and work in the US. I am an UK citizen and my wife is not. I have been told that I am going to be made redundant from work in about two mo...