Yes she can provided she meets ALL the requirements for long residence ILR, including being within the absence limits and no period of overstay and has met the requirements of all the visa she has held. She would qualify to apply anytime within 28 days before the 10 year anniversary that she ENTERE...

Hi Casa & CR001, I hope you are having a good weekend. So I have done some research and I think my wife may qualify for ILR through the 10 year route but I am not very sure, I would be very grateful for your opinions on this. Wife's history is like this: Student visa July 2008 (3 years) post-student...

Hi everyone,

I am currently in the middle of a 457 visa (applied in Feb 2017) and have just heard that the 457 has been abolished. Does anyone know what will happen to my visa?

Casa wrote:You're welcome...and CR001 and I are both 'gals'

Apologies ladies, Happy Easter!

One important point. Doesn't your baby hold British citizenship :?: Yeah she does. Does that change anything or offer any glimpse of hope? No glimmer of hope unfortunately but it reduces the financial requirement slightly, i.e. £18,600pa income or £62,500 in savings held for 6 months. As the Tesco ...

Does it have to be actual cash in a bank account or investments/property would count too? It must be immediately available, ie liquid funds/cash. Property will only count if it has been recently sold and you have the funds and papertrail. Investments no as it is not immediately available, i.e. stoc...

Casa wrote:
One important point. Doesn't your baby hold British citizenship

Yeah she does. Does that change anything or offer any glimpse of hope?

2. Show you have been earning the equivalent of £22,400 p.a in Oz for the 6 month period prior to submitting the settlement application AND have a confirmed job offer starting in the UK within 3 months of arrival (again with a salary of £22,400) Hi Casa, thanks for the information, I am very gratef...

Your wife will have to apply from outside of the UK and you (as her sponsor) will have to meet the financial requirements in place at the time of application. So when I am coming back I will be unemployed in the UK (temporarily) so that makes it very hard to get this done through the 22.4K financia...

Thank you CR001 for going through all my questions. Thanks Casa for the clarification. I just have one more question please (to clear my mind completely) before we decide on going. Say if we want to come back in 3 years and her Spouse visa is expired, do we need to apply from Oz for a visa or will s...

Hi there,

I am in the same situation as you, did you manage to find an answer please?

Dear moderates/forum members, I am a British citizen and my wife is on a Spouse visa (4 years currently out of the 5 year route). We have been married for 4 years and we have a 6 months baby together. I have been offered a job in Australia and this job will improve my career (which is stagnated at t...