My wife is Chilean, I'm British. She obtained Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2009 when we were living in the UK. We moved to Chile in December 2012 and stayed there for about 2 years and 8 months, before deciding to move back to the UK. My wife applied for a 'Returning Resident' visa which was ...

Just to update this since it may be useful for others in a similar position: we were over the 2 year limit (2 years 8 months at the time) but we applied for the 'returning resident' visa anyway since (as it says in the link by vinny) an exception may be given for those with strong ties to the UK ...

If applying as a spouse, you/she would have to satisfy Appendix FM-SE. Thanks. Reading that, it looks like we definitely need pay-slips so she won't be able to apply until I've been in my new job for 6 months. Would a sensible strategy be for her to just enter as a tourist and then return to Chile ...

OK thanks. I'm going to phone the embassy tomorrow. Assuming she does have to apply for a ‘family of a settled person’ visa, can she only do that after I've been back and working in the UK for six months?

Did she not return to the UK within 2 years at all? See also 5. SET9.5 Exception to the two year rule for those who have strong ties to the UK . No, she hasn't been in the UK at all during the last 3.5 years (neither have I, FWIW). Thanks for those links, it sounds like there's a slim chance she ...

I'm a UK national, born and raised in the UK. My wife is Chilean, we married in 2007 and lived in the UK, and my wife got Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2009. In December 2012 we left the UK to live in Chile. We have a daughter born in 2010 in the UK. We have another daughter born here in Chile this ...

Thank you. I have one further question. I am now filling in the passport application form for my daughter, and I can't make head nor tail of part of the 'document checklist'. It says: Parents' documents, provide the following: ... If applicant born or adopted outside the UK - parents' or adoptive ...

I'm a British citizen, my wife is Chilean. We have been living in Chile for the past few years. Our second child was born here in Chile in March this year. I want to get a UK passport for her. I have a few questions: Firstly, can I apply for a UK passport for her without registering her birth with ...

Thanks Casa, so basically I think we're screwed :-( All seems very harsh. Surely this legislation won't stand after legal challenges? I keep reading about convicted foreign criminals successfully appealing against deportation orders on the basis of European Human Rights legislation guaranteeing a ...

Thanks Wanderer, that's very helpful. I don't think realistically we can return to live in the UK in the near future - we've put so much time and money into getting set up in Chile (bought new car, new furniture and electrical items etc.), so the likelihood is that when we do return, if ever, the ...

Hi, I just found out about the post-2012 spouse visa rules and was a bit concerned. My situation is this: I'm a UK national, born and raised in the UK. My wife is Chilean, we married in 2007 and lived in the UK, and my wife got Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2009. We have a daughter born in 2010 in ...