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by KC28
Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:35 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Discretionary or get married?
Replies: 9
Views: 1475

Will have completed the ten years in mid September.
by KC28
Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:34 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Discretionary or get married?
Replies: 9
Views: 1475

Mrlookforward, what's that name all about! That's a bleak forecast :)
But seriously, I'm glad you've both confirmed my instincts on all this. I'm no lawyer but I can't help feeling like I would be starting to do the wrong thing by going down this DL route.
Thanks.
by KC28
Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:52 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Discretionary or get married?
Replies: 9
Views: 1475

Thanks Luca, those are exactly the grounds I feel makes the case shaky. I can't imagine something like that dragging on for a year. If it falls short of next Sept, I suppose I would be totally stuck? I gather I wouldn't be able to get a spousal visa then if I got married next year in desperation as ...
by KC28
Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:42 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Discretionary or get married?
Replies: 9
Views: 1475

I guess I just would be hoping for a nice wedding with friends and family someday, not a rushed job at the registry office with two witnesses. He's being a good sport about it and has said he'll do whatever it takes, I just feel bad imposing it upon him and his own idea of a wedding.
by KC28
Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:15 am
Forum: General UK Immigration forum
Topic: Discretionary or get married?
Replies: 9
Views: 1475

Discretionary or get married?

Hi all, I am a US citizen and have lived in Britain for 9 years: 7 years on a student visa (undergraduate and PhD) and 2 years on Post Study Work visa. I've been employed the whole duration of PSW and am now starting a new job. Problem is PSW ends the 31st Dec 2011 and my new employers can't obtain ...