Engaged in a bout of murder on the telephone

[Manny]

but we have been waiting long enough to begin a family life,

This is the nagging theme I am seeing here.

There will always be a birthday, a celebration, a wedding, a new year, a [insert frequent celebration of choice] to slow her down. She has not yet grasped that moving abroad with a foreign bloke and making a family means losing some of that stuff.

You will not always be able to visit; even for the big ones. Real life, child care, events in your own lives will take over and hopefully take priority.

I am not trying to pour cold water on this Daz, but based on this and some other stuff I have read, she is delaying. My advice is get your skates on and get her here ASAP or it may never happen.

[dazzer]

but we have been waiting long enough to begin a family life,

This is the nagging theme I am seeing here.

There will always be a birthday, a celebration, a wedding, a new year, a [insert frequent celebration of choice] to slow her down. She has not yet grasped that moving abroad with a foreign bloke and making a family means losing some of that stuff.

You will not always be able to visit; even for the big ones. Real life, child care, events in your own lives will take over and hopefully take priority.

I am not trying to pour cold water on this Daz, but based on this and some other stuff I have read, she is delaying. My advice is get your skates on and get her here ASAP or it may never happen.

Don't worry Manny, I'm all for cold water ( reality ).

I'm not going to discuss my personnel thoughts to any great extent, but suffice to say, i feel like I'm attempting to pull rabbits out of hats at the moment, my worry is there may come a time there is none left to pull out .

But I'm not at that stage right now, and i believe that time will not come.

Anyway I'm just waiting for Vinnvinny to reply with his home address, and i can then plan accordingly  .

Regards
Dazzer

[B.B.]

I'm not going to discuss my personnel thoughts ...

[emphasis mine]

Personnel?  If that means "fire her, and hire another wife" I'd keep them to myself, for now, too.....

 

B/B

[sparky114]

Dazzer

What date are you visiting in June and when will you apply for the Settlement Visa, the reason I ask is that it may be important date wise, if your wife was to delay her entry into the UK by over 28 days.

We have just found out something today that could cost us a whole extra set of forms (Visa extension)  and over £500 extra in fees, added to the £1000+ we are already going to pay,  that we weren't aware of, just because my wife delayed entering the UK over 28 days (32 days to be exact) after her visa was issued  

Before I say anymore I will be speaking with the UK Border Agency on Monday to get some clarifications, although I have a good idea of what we will have to do anyway.

Chris

Chris i am not sure if you are quite right here.

There used to be the rule that said you must arrive in the country in 28 days but this was or supposed to of been changed when the Biometrics came into force!

I have just looked at Elena's spouse Visa and it is valid for what is now the correct time frame that being 2 years 3 months.

this then means that you have that 3 month period to get you house in order in your own country then enter the UK within this time you will still be able to apply for ILR in the 2 year time frame. we clarified that after the appeal process we went through to check how long we had got before the refusal of entry to the UK and to Quote

On issue of the Spouse visa your wife will have 2 years and 3 months to enter the United Kingdom, please be aware if there is less than 2 years left in time to run on her Visa then at the time of application for ILR a further period of FLR will be required.

The old rule of 28 days to arrive in the UK that you mention in your e-mail was removed as of when the UKBA introduced Biometric Requirements this is why we now issue 2 years and 3 months as standard to give the person time to settle their affairs and join their partners in the UK.

Check the length of time Mrs C Visa was issued for

Hope this helps.

[Chris]

Dazzer

What date are you visiting in June and when will you apply for the Settlement Visa, the reason I ask is that it may be important date wise, if your wife was to delay her entry into the UK by over 28 days.

We have just found out something today that could cost us a whole extra set of forms (Visa extension)  and over £500 extra in fees, added to the £1000+ we are already going to pay,  that we weren't aware of, just because my wife delayed entering the UK over 28 days (33 days to be exact) after her visa was issued  

Before I say anymore I will be speaking with the UK Border Agency on Monday to get some clarifications, although I have a good idea of what we will have to do anyway.

Chris

Chris i am not sure if you are quite right here.

There used to be the rule that said you must arrive in the country in 28 days but this was or supposed to of been changed when the Biometrics came into force!

I have just looked at Elena's spouse Visa and it is valid for what is now the correct time frame that being 2 years 3 months.

this then means that you have that 3 month period to get you house in order in your own country then enter the UK within this time you will still be able to apply for ILR in the 2 year time frame. we clarified that after the appeal process we went through to check how long we had got before the refusal of entry to the UK and to Quote

On issue of the Spouse visa your wife will have 2 years and 3 months to enter the United Kingdom, please be aware if there is less than 2 years left in time to run on her Visa then at the time of application for ILR a further period of FLR will be required.

The old rule of 28 days to arrive in the UK that you mention in your e-mail was removed as of when the UKBA introduced Biometric Requirements this is why we now issue 2 years and 3 months as standard to give the person time to settle their affairs and join their partners in the UK.

Check the length of time Mrs C Visa was issued for

Hope this helps.

Mark

You are correct in your case, however, my wifes visa was issued for 2 years exactly, 16/05/2008 to 16/05/2010 therefore 2 years, as she didn't enter the UK until 18/06/2008 which is 32 days after the visa started, this now means that to apply for the ILR she is 5 days outside the time limits (28 days), which possibly means we have to pay for an extension of her Visa (£515)  then pay again for her ILR or, we do a postal application and send it in early (around the 32 day mark so making her visa still valid)  hoping that they hold it until she has served her 2 years here and then process it. Thats does work, however,  the big problem with that action is that some who have done the same loose their passports for up to 8 months, that would cause us problems as we plan on going back to Ukraine this summer and it is already causing her stress that we would not have any idea how long they would take to come to a decision over the ILR visa, one month possibly OK, but up to 8 months its a no go! and the uncertainty and constant wondering if it wil be issued or not is not something I want to put her through.

I spent a good few hours on this yesterday trying to sort out the ways and means, that is why I m  calling the UKBA tomorrow to try and get some clarification, however, I am pretty sure I know what they will say, especially when the see extra fees they can possibly get from me.

If all that is not bad enough, we planned on doing a personal visit, which you can now book online BTW 6 weeks in advance, the reason for this is that we changed Nata's surname last year but her old surname is on her mothers visa, so to try and get that sorted out with them and get her correct name on her new visa and all the explanations that would take, it would be easier to pay the extra couple of hundred quid and make a personal visit. Although all this could change now depending on what the UKBA tell me Monday.

[dazzer]

Update

 "Control freak", family advice, "the lady with the feather in her hat", my wife becoming a member of staff, being asked questions i myself was asking, and my Rabbits, thanks to everyone, and i now understand that there will be No difficulty in us returning to England after the wedding.

Given this information, this morning i called my wife, to inform her accordingly.

I have many questions regarding the Visa process, the question is, do i post them all into one lump, or should i spread them out a bit , either way i hope you will all come along to help out .

Regards
Dazzer

[Chris]

Dazzer

Start a new thread about the Visa process, keep it all in one place, thereby others cam learn at the same timne or research it later.

BTW sent you an email.

Chris

[dazzer]

Dazzer

Start a new thread about the Visa process, keep it all in one place, thereby others cam learn at the same timne or research it later.

BTW sent you an email.

Chris

Will do Chris, thanks for the email, and I'll be in touch with you very soon.

Regards
Dazzer