I am now a British citizen and my wife is here on a settlement visa (marraige visa).
She is pregnant now - 13 weeks
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She has been here in the UK since this April 2005 and her settlement visa is untill April 2007.
I have to go the USA for about 3-4 months on business visit ( i have been doing small visits so far, but this time it will be for 3-4 months) and i cannot leave my wife for that long without anybody taking care of her - since she is growing very pregnant day by day!
We have decided that I will take her to India and leave her with our parents so she can be taken care of. Our GP's advise is also this that we decide soon whether she will want to fly to India soon, since she cannot board any flights after around 30 weeks - around February time. I will be flying to USA around end of January next year.
Considering all this, we have taken a decision that it is better for her to be in India and take care of her remaining pregnancy in India.
Once she has delivered, i will want her to come to UK - around September 2006.
My questions are these:
1. If she flies to India around January 1st week and then returns to the UK around September 2006, will she be able to get her ILR in April 2007.
She would have been outside the UK - only to take care of her delivery, for about 9 months time. I will be able to substantiate this when applying for her ILR.
2. If in the worst case that she is not given an ILR (because of her 9 months absence) would she be at least given a FLR to continue her stay in UK as my wife?
3. When she arrives after 9 months in the UK, what sort of questions she is likely to face with the immigration officer? Would they ask her why she decided to have her delivery in India and not UK. Of course, i will be accompanying her and our child when they enter the UK around september 2006 though.
Any opinions appreciated.
Ta!
regards.