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Thank you ever so much for this.boulevardofbrokendreams wrote:I'm really sorry about this, what a tough situation to be in. Have you looked into excercising your treaty rights in another EU country?
No problem! Best of luckReverend_Don wrote:Thank you ever so much for this.boulevardofbrokendreams wrote:I'm really sorry about this, what a tough situation to be in. Have you looked into excercising your treaty rights in another EU country?
I only now wish I had vented my frustration earlier.
This may indeed be and alternative for us until I retire when we intend to return to China anyway.
Thanks again.
The visas should either be free or severely reduced when a British citizen is involved anyway if you ask me. At least that way the checks made on yourself are a bit more accepted.andyb123 wrote:The changes to the rules covering immigration are the result of years of bellyaching by the "man in the street" (but they aren't dearly beloved honest guv) that immigrants are the source of all the troubles in the UK, asylum seekers getting free handouts etc. etc.
I'm in a similar position to you, as a UK born citizen more than able to cover my own means and support my wife and family i see no reason to be subjected to so many additional checks and taxes to enable my wife to live with me.
In your case it is particularly harsh that she's not likely to be able to pass the silly Life in the UK test... have you tried writing to your MP? he/she may be able to help in your case
My wife has been here one month and we've already had our first event of verbal dearly beloved abuse in a Wetherspoons. On boxing day no less. Makes you proud to be British doesn't it.
The majority of questions concern life in UK as it is now - so there are questions about EU, recent laws, human rights, taxes, rules. The majority of those changed (or were created/updated) after 1988.djb123 wrote:Living abroad doesn't really have anything to do with it, the test is based on facts which many British people living in the UK wouldn't know - ie historical dates, etc
Mine is Russian and would be mortally offended if she had to use a translator or have a sign or form interpreted, her take is she's here cos she wants to be here with me, the least she can do is speak the lingo..PaperPusher wrote:I also pay taxes, some of which go on translation services. My council tax goes in a pot that also gets used to pay translation services locally. I am fed up of other people's foreign marriages being a tax on me frankly. Before this requirement came in to force, people got ILR through marriage when they couldn't speak a word of English.