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Cooper444
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by Cooper444 » Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:17 pm
Hi, I need help as I find all the changing rules difficult to keep up with. I’m an English citizen with a Taiwanese fiancée. She originally came to England on a student visa to study a Master degree which she completed in Jan 08. Since Feb 08 she has had a working visa (she obtained as she studied here) which runs out Feb 09 and she currently has a full time job here. She wants to extend her working visa for another year and we are planning to get married around Sep 09. With all the rule changes we have found it difficult to work out if she will be able to extend her visa for another year and what she needs to be able to do this. If it’s going to be a problem we could move the marriage forward but again it’s not just as straight forward as marriage and she can stay. Could you please let me know what our options are? I thank you in advanced for any help you can give me.
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Wanderer
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by Wanderer » Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:15 pm
Cooper444 wrote:Hi, I need help as I find all the changing rules difficult to keep up with. I’m an English citizen with a Taiwanese fiancée. She originally came to England on a student visa to study a Master degree which she completed in Jan 08. Since Feb 08 she has had a working visa (she obtained as she studied here) which runs out Feb 09 and she currently has a full time job here. She wants to extend her working visa for another year and we are planning to get married around Sep 09. With all the rule changes we have found it difficult to work out if she will be able to extend her visa for another year and what she needs to be able to do this. If it’s going to be a problem we could move the marriage forward but again it’s not just as straight forward as marriage and she can stay. Could you please let me know what our options are? I thank you in advanced for any help you can give me.
What visa is she on exactly?
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paulp
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by paulp » Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:53 pm
As it's a duration of one year and she got it "from studying here", I would hazard a guess that it's IGS.
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Wanderer
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by Wanderer » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:33 pm
paulp wrote:As it's a duration of one year and she got it "from studying here", I would hazard a guess that it's IGS.
I thought too - in that case she can transition to PSW visa for another 12 months.
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Cooper444
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by Cooper444 » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:43 pm
Yes she currently has a IGS visa. So she can apply for a PSW visa for another year and carry on working here?
