Thank you Casa, appreciated. That casts a different perspective on things and we'll need to rethink. I hadn't found that info anywhere on the gov.uk site... thanks again, very helpful.

My wife will be applying for a spouse visa at some point in the next year (she's in Singapore) assuming it is granted then from that point... how long does she then have to leave Singapore and join me in the U.K? I’ve read somewhere that she must then enter the U.K. within 3 months of having the s ...