Who are your children living with now in Pakistan?

After 4 year engineering do you have an MEng (master of Engineering) ?

If so you will need to look at a PhD or find a masters that is considered complementary to your previous studies because it won't be academic progression.

Surely after 8 years as a student - your friend should have suitable qualifications to enable him to apply for a job under Tier 2?

When your private insurance cover runs out and there are always limitations on the cover for serious longterm illnesses, for example cancer, what are you going to do? Leave the UK ?

Thats why an opt out doesn't seem like a viable option.

Have you tried contacting the British High Commission in Singapore? I know the processing is done in Manila but they might be able to find something out for you.

Who has his son been living with in Pakistan?

The new rules came into place on 6th April 2012. So if a person made an application for leave to enter the UK as a domestic worker in a private household on or before 5th April 2012 then they can change employers and apply for an extension to remain in the UK to work. If they applied on or after 6th...

I think that if they exercise evidential flexibility it would be to contact him to ask for the test certificate to be submitted, on the basis that he may have forgotten to include it by mistake. It doesn't mean that they set aside the rules - so if he doesn't have one or its dated after the date of ...

According to the UKBA website : To come to the UK as a family visitor, you must be able to show that you will be visiting the following family members in the UK: spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister; grandfather, grandmother, grandson or granddaughter; spouse or ci...

Did your partner still have valid leave for the UK when she had the baby? Did she have the baby in an NHS hospital or obtain private medical care?

Only people holding the following leave can switch into Tier 4 within the UK: Tier 1 (Post-study work) Tier 2 (General) Tier 2 (Intra company transfer) Tier 2 (Minister of religion) Tier 4 (Child) prospective student student (under the rules in place before 31 March 2009) student re-sitting an exami...

Malaysia does not recognise dual nationality. If the authorities become aware that an adult holds a passport for another country they will deem them to have given up their Malaysian nationality and will retain their passport and refuse to issue another. However, I am not sure whether this is quite s...

To be honest, I'm not sure why you would think such benefits might be available to someone who is just visiting the UK.

If you do not have valid leave for the UK, you are not entitled to use the NHS - so you/your boyfriend would have to pay for the cost of your delivery in the UK.

But if you don't want to be rushed into getting married - maybe she could qualify for the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme - if she is over 17 and under 31 years old http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier5/youthmobilityscheme/ Oh and if she is a NZ passport holder or one of the other nati...

ECB9.5 says "Where an applicant may not intend or be able to travel to the UK immediately following their application: the ECO has discretion to defer the 'effective' date until the date of travel, or up to 3 months from the date of issue, whichever is shorter." I think the crucial words are 'the EC...

For the record you can't study as a visitor - unless you specifically entered as a Student Visitor - I think that has been the case since 2007.

Not sure that it is relevant to your case though

No - UKBA will only accept funds held in your own name (can be in a joint account where you are one of the joint holders) or in the name of your parents/legal guardians in which case you have to provide your birth certificate or evidence of guardianship. 7200 maintenance only applies to inner London...

You can work for the full 2 years under T5 youth mobility. The 12 months employment applied to the old working holidaymaker scheme.

She has exactly 12 months from the date her MSc was awarded to make a PSW application

Appendix C to the immigration rules (to do with PBS maintenance) now says that 'The applicant must provide the specified documents.' 1A(e)

not sure if this was the case when your application was assessed though

But wouldn't they have a problem verifying online bank statements?

I have enough trouble getting my bank to tell me anything about my own bank account, I would think they would just refuse to give any information to anyone else no matter who or why.

And are you both over 21?

I thought T4 funds had to be in an account in the applicant's name (can be jointly with another person) or in parents' name with birth certificate and letter of consent to use the funds for study.

I don't think funds held by anyone else such as a brother are acceptable under T4

It might help if you can show that you have a reason to leave the UK too - for example a job in South Africa?