It's up to me, so if needed, then I will register a company branch or LLC in the UK and yes, will be paying NI and Tax. I don't want to give HMG any reason to give me a hard time when applying for my wife's visa. Plus, I have been paying tax here in Asia and received nothing in return. In the UK, I ...

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Hello I don't know how it works in Vietnam really but at one point you need to be able to demonstrate they are your children. You cannot just bring a kid and tell the authorities "he looks like me, he is mine". You need to substantiate your claim by documents. Is there any document that prove you a...

Hello, I am a British Citizen otherwise than by descent. My two children 6 and 3, were born in Vietnam and are currently under their Mother's Vietnamese passport. It is my understanding from everything I have read online that the children are British Citizens by birth. I see two possible complicatio...

seagul wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:52 pm

if you have 6 months old cash savings then you can use them for a straight forward case.

Thank you both for your replies.

seagul, unfortunately, my savings are nowhere near £63,000. At most, I will have around half that, so no choice but to go down the employment route.

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