Hi all,
My unmarried partner's visa expires on 31/12/24 and we are debating whether or not to renew. She is a Colombian citizen and, when we first got the visa, Colombian's weren't permitted to enter the UK as tourists whereas they can now enter for 6 months without visa, so she could re-enter the UK next year without visa (she just couldn't work). She is working currently but only earns around £4k per year and I believe the renewal fee for another visa would be about the same cost so, if she were to continue with the same job next year, all her work would only be to pay off the visa fee, seems like a waste of time.
Of course there's the point that she can only stay 6 months, we are currently in the UK about 8 months of the year and 4 months in Colombia, so we would need to switch to 6/6 (doable).
One downside I can see is that if we don't renew then if in future we wanted to settle all year in the UK we'd need to start the process from scratch and she will have lost these past 2 years on the "5 year route" to permanent leave to remain?
I'm just wondering if there is anything I may have forgotten about or not considered that we need to think about before making our decision? Thanks in advance for any input.
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