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Thank you both for your replies. This is very helpful!

Cannes here we come!

Hi I wonder if anyone can help me. I am married to a none EU national. He has indefinite leave to remain. We plan a holiday to France this summer with our daughter. I have read that we could go without applying for a Schengen visa, but I don't want a whole load of argi-bargi at the airport so he'd r...

The decree nisi is the best evidence that the divorce is coming to a conclusion soon . There is no harm applying ,but the ECO will not issue visa till he has seen decree absoloute. Better to be safe and wait till divorced concluded Thanks for the advice - just to clarify, do you mean that there is ...

Hi Being in the process of divorce should not influence the decision regards a fiance visa. As well as a letter from your solicitor I would provide copies of the court papers and date for decree absolute. My now husband got his fiance visa whilst going through a divorce. Also a letter form the perso...

Hi Your case sounds complicated, particularly due to the fact you're pregnant and you will definatley need him here when you have the baby. You have 2 options, one to lodge an appeal or to reapply. If I were you I'd lodge the appeal in the first instance. This doesn't cost anything, but you need to ...

Hi Glad you got your wife's visa. I presume this was in London. It was a different story in Manchester. They (the Italian consulate) required bank statements, travel details and insurance documents. They wouldn't even accept the fact that the holiday was booked with Mastercard which provides us insu...

Thanks 86ti for your reply, but I'm not sure I exactly understand. My husband went to the consulate today. All documents present and correct. Insurance is provided by Mastercard as that's who we use to pay with for the holiday. However they would not accept this and they sent my husband off to the p...

(BTW.... If everyone wants to have an argument UK vs rest of Europe.... But start a new thread.) I guess no one does, its just so unfortunate that someone will come here again tomorrow having the same UK complain all over again. I was being sarcastic about starting a new thread! Unfortunate... Yes....

Solvit or Citizens signpost? I googled SOLVIT. There web site came up, and I went to the link to submit a case. This is what I got back. I've just repeated the process to check I'd not gone mad. It's definately SOLVIT website I went through. :oops: Have I got it wrong?? Its just that the last email...

Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:Solvit or Citizens signpost?

I googled SOLVIT. There web site came up, and I went to the link to submit a case. This is what I got back. I've just repeated the process to check I'd not gone mad. It's definately SOLVIT website I went through.

Have I got it wrong??

Hi Thank you for the interest. Here's the correspondence between myself and SOLVIT. Sorry it's a bit long. " Enquiry posted on 11/06/2009 Enquiry 62801: Hi I'm am a UK citizen (born here!), married to a Jamaican, he has FLR in the UK as we have been only married 1 year, therefore 1 year before he ca...

Hi Just had a reply from SOLVIT. They quoted a whole load of rules...... And then summarised that the Italians are perfectly within their rights to request my husbands (and hence mine) financial details and detailed travel arrangements. ( Oh they said we didn't need travel insurance - as it's not co...

Thanks 86ti.

I've sent an email to SOLVIT as you suggested.

I can provide all the documents they want but I don't see why I should!

(yes - we have travel insurance - all booked with Mastercard!)

I'll let you know how I get on.

Hi I'm a UK citizen - born and bred! married to a Jamaican, who is on FLR, as we've only been married a year. We have the audacity to want to go on holiday! I know, how dare we! Any way we're off to Italy, I emailed the conslulate in Manchester for an appointment and this is what they have sent me. ...

batleykhan wrote: Beside this 6 months of bank savings statements showing a minimum of £2500.

I didn't realise there was an exact sum that had to be shown on bank statements? I thought it was more about showing you incoming and outgoing money each month, and that there was enough to support another person.

Oh dear, this situation is not good. The child, if a British citizen of course can stay. But your friend, even as the mother does not have. Their are some visas I think to do with being the main carer for a child, but it's very complicated, and I'm not sure she would have the right to work. Hopefull...

At the risk of looking really dumb.... My response was genuine, I've been off the board for a long time... Husband now here, 9 month old baby.... You get the picture.... I just read what had been said and thought, OMG, have I missed something. But thank you everyone for putting me straight. I did th...

There are no restrictions on you working in the UK , and you should apply for a National Insurance number, although you can start work before this is issued. Your visa was issued with KOL Req. Have you taken the Life in the Uk test yet (KOL), as once you have passed this you can apply immediately f...

thank you for your speedy replies on the this sunny day.

More questions......

Which is the quickest to get? can you get this outside London ie Manchester?

I really fancy a few days in the South of France or maybe the Italian Riviera! LOL.

I know this has probably been asked a million times before...... I've looked, but can't find the answer....... So here goes...... I recently married to a Jamaican. He arrived in the UK on a fiance visa. He has been granted FLR. I'm a UK citizen. My question is - can we travel together to Europe - Sp...

The guidance notes, under INF4 states this How do I qualify to join my fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner in the UK? You must show that: * you plan to marry or register a civil partnership within a reasonable time (usually six months) * you plan to live together permanently after you are m...

Having recently successfully got a fiance visa, let me tell you, you do not and can not have details of a wedding that has been arranged... We didn't and it clearly states in the rules this is not necessary. However we both mentioned it in our covering letters, and how we would fund it. As for your ...

A conundrum because of what to do next not because of the reason. We decided not to mention anything to do with me because I had heard that this would give them more reason to be doubtful that she would return. We wanted to do it the right way so that she'd be seen as a genuine student. So you thin...

Why conundrum? The reason for refusal makes sense to me.... I'd be wary of just applying for a different course, because it begins to look like you are just looking for a way into the UK. Did you mention that you are her boyfriend. If you did fine, if you didn't becareful of admitting that this is t...

frances2 wrote:Hi Sally

Have some replies been removed from you post, or am I going mad?

It looks like I'm going mad! You've put the post in family as well - sorry!