https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-funds Thanks Petaltop. However, that document was last updated in February 2014, the IHS was introduced in April 2015 and is not covered directly by it. This page tells you how to consider National Health Service (NHS) treatment in relation to publi...

Hi all. My wife successfully received her spouse visa last September. As such she paid for the IHS which, as I understand it, entitles her to use the NHS the same as a UK citizen. In the meantime, I qualify for the NHS Tax Credit Certificate, which entitles me to free NHS services, such as prescript...

Hi all Spouse visa application submitted online - August 4th 2015 Biometrics submitted in Kuala Lumpur - August 18th 2015 Forwarded to Manila - August 18th 2015 Decision made email received - August 25th 2015 Passport and Documents arrived Kuala Lumpur - August 26th 2015 Collected from VFS Global - ...

Just received the following message from Manila; MANILVisaInfo@fco.gov.uk To ANGIE******* Today at 9:43 AM Dear ANGIE Application Reference : GWF********* A decision has been made on your application and your documents are being returned to the Visa Application Centre (VAC). You will be contacted ag...

Thanks Casa I emailed UKVI last Thursday with a very pleasant "hi, how you guys doing? By the way did you get my Visa application yet. Love to all the kids etc." (I thought there's no point painting a target on my back :-) And got a fairly quick response from them that the GWF number was e...

This has been a long time in the making. 1) Had to sell our house in Malaysia (22 months to complete sale) to meet the financial requirement 2) My wife did the IELTS test (passed with flying colours) 3) Tuberculosis test (negative) 4) Health Service Charge (GBP600) 5) Killed several trees to photoco...

Just a quick update on this for anyone else in the same position. As Petaltop mentioned, the DLA requirements do call for recipients to have been in the country for 2 out of the last 3 years. I was dealt with very fairly by the claims department. They called and explained at some length that althoug...

I believe that he (or I) will be entitled to DLA Did you know that there are residency rules for claiming DLA and it's replacement PIP? From reading your past posts, it seems you only arrived in the UK with your son 12 months ago, for his education. I assume he is at least 4 years old? One of the e...

For anyone else wishing to go this route, I found this out from another forum. If the sponsor is claiming DLA, the sponsor must show "adequate maintenance," which means after accounting for benefits claimed plus other income, minus rent and council tax, the sponsor must have available £197...

Hi Casa I did try to contact Amber, but no response yet. I did find this at the March 2013 IMMIGRATION DIRECTORATE INSTRUCTIONS ANNEX F CHAPTER 8 SPOUSES & CIVIL PARTNERS SECTION 1 & 2 They use the following formula to work out adequate maintenance A – B ≥ C Where A minus B is greater than o...

Has anyone got any experience of applying for a Spouse Visa using DLA?

Regards, Phil

Sounds encouraging. Keep us updated. As promised, here is an update. My wife went to visit her friend in Geneva as planned. On her return she carried all of her Visa application documents, a return ticket to Kuala Lumpur in January, and a positive attitude. So Heathrow Terminal 2 immigration office...

Hi All. My son was diagnosed recently with autism and is about to get his statement of special educational needs from the local authority in Wiltshire. With this in mind, from what I have read, I believe that he (or I) will be entitled to DLA My Malaysian wife is also about to apply for her Spouse v...

Hi All. I was hoping to meet the financial requirement through the sale of a property overseas. However, things are taking so long to complete, I am considering alternative options. Looking at the July 2014 requirements, I just want to confirm that I'm reading them right. My personal circumstances: ...

Hi all Just a quick update. I spoke to UKVI and was pleasantly surprised at their willingness to help. Everything that has been said on this thread was echoed by them i.e., stamp on entry visa holders allowed to spend 6 months out of 12 in the UK. Furthermore, they gave me the phone number for immig...

Interesting! There's nothing to worry about then,he can take the risk since it doesn't affect spouse visa. Except it's not the immediate spouse visa I'd worry about. The sale of the house still has to complete. What if he wants another tourist visa in the meantime? What if she wants to travel to Au...

Rayking wrote:Remember the required amount needs to stay in your account for 6 months? Or am I missing something?

To the best of my knowledge, savings obtained from the sale of a house can be used immediately.

Absolutely - it won't affect, by itself, a spouse visa application - but it will probably cause a much closer dig through. You should then note that it may have to be declared for other countries and cause further investigations on their part. Might not sound like a problem now - but I seriously wo...

The stamp is marked with the number of days she's allowed in for - it's also recorded on the system. They know from airline records when some departs. So any overstay is easily tracked. And as Casa's outlined - it's possible to be refused, but also be allowed a short entry - up to a week. In that c...

Good point MPH80. I think she should be prepared not to be permitted re-entry following her short trip outside of the UK. As we already know, it's down to the personal interpretation by the Entry Clearance Officer at Border Control. That's good info Casa and MPH80 I hadn't considered that her curre...

Please note my caution in your wife giving the information in an interview with the entry officer that she will be applying for a spouse visa and is selling the house in Malaysia. When applying for a visitor visa (I know your wife has a stamp on entry) the applicant has to show that they have stron...

No one - even the people at UKVI themselves - can tell you what the situation will be for your wife if she returns after such a short period. The entire thing is down to the opinion of the ECO and their manager. If they believe she is de-facto residing in the UK - she'll be turned around at the bor...

Going with plan 1 will have a strong risk of her being refused entry if her visitor visa has expired. Plan 2 stands more chance if she spends a few months in Malaysia before applying for another visitor visa. This would avoid her being seen to have spent more time in the UK in a 12 month period tha...

Casa wrote:Bear in mind that the spouse visa application can only be submitted from outside of the UK and that while it's being processed your wife will be without her passport.

Which is exactly why I want to maximize her time in the UK.

Going with plan 1 will have a strong risk of her being refused entry if her visitor visa has expired. Plan 2 stands more chance if she spends a few months in Malaysia before applying for another visitor visa. This would avoid her being seen to have spent more time in the UK in a 12 month period tha...