Checkmate, I am currently 6000 miles from the UK, in the middle of Thailand, and the internet connection here is, well, slow! So can't check this out fully. But I suspect the following. No, an ILR cannot be obtained, but a two-year spouse visa can, given that the person will be married to someone se...

Hi, go to :- Application Forms -: and download a VAF2 form. You will see that it incorporates guidance. To get you wife a spouse visa I think she will need to prove she is married to a British Citizen ... not unreasonably. If passport not available then there are other documents that are acceptable....

I agree with try-one, file now! There is no specific minimum income figure that they are looking for. It depends upon the circumstances and if your family are provding rent-free accommodation initially obviously that requirement is reduced.

Go for it!

Let's just review the requirements. As your husband is married to a British Citizen .... you ... he needs to have been outside the UK no more than 270 days in the three years prior to applying .... also outside the UK no more than 90 days in the one year prior to applying. He must hold ILR (but ther...

An interesting development but still no definite news on when this will be introduced or exactly what the test will involve.

The comment must continue to be ... apply for naturalisation as soon as eligible and you might avoid this new requirement.

Hi, in order your your wife to get a UK spouse visa it will need to be shown that her will not need to claim Public Funds as defined. You say your father cannot help but he can confirm that the accommodation is available to you and your wife until the two of you get yourselves properly sorted out. B...

It does mean that in the sense that a non-EEA citizen will be affected by the new regulations, and if they from not come to the UK on a fiancée visa then they will need permission from the Home Office.

All this is to do with stopping sham marriages.

Hi, have a good read of :- EEA/EU nationals That not only deals with your rights but also those of your family. The application form to use is the VAF1 and that can be downloaded from :- Application Forms and Guidance Notes -: and of course it is the "A non-EEA dependant of an EEA national" box that...

Hi, get in touch from the British Embassy in the Netherlands, if that is where you are living. You need to enquire about getting EEA Family Permits for them. Just one further point, you say "my woman". Do you mean your wife? The two of you are married? If not she will not be entitled to an EEA Famil...

Hi, I don't know the answer to your question but the following may be of interest. Hopefully someone else will post the answer to your actual question. Given that your wife, as she will be, has an Irish passport, under EEA law she has the right to live and work in any other EEA country, including th...

Congratulations VP ..... well done!

I agree, Kayalami, and indeed a bit of that is on the webpage I linked to yesterday at 8.01.am UK time (the first of the three hyperlinks), namely :- The E111 arrangements apply to stateless persons and refugees resident in the UK. They now also generally apply to Non-EEA nationals lawfully resident...

David, I suspect you will escape! It tends to be the case that a requirement applies to applications received on or after a particular date ..... the date of approval tends to be irrelevant. That way it is easy for IND to "police" the issue ..... as from a certain date they just need to ensure that ...

Luka, part of an Act of Parliament allows IND to introduce a Citizenship Course requirement. However the required regulations have yet to be introduced so current applicants do not need to be concerned by it. The regulations, when laid, will no doubt specify exactly what the requirement will be, and...

David, not doubting you have passed the language requirement but you do need to enclose prove that is the case. Sorry to emphasise that ... I don't think that IND have yet got round to updating the Guide AN(New). Maybe time for Guide AN(Newer) ! And get the applications in without delay and you migh...

Let's look at you first. You got your ILR "in 2004" ... but your wife got hers as your dependent in December 2003? Anyway, as long as the ILR visas held for at least one year then that test has been passed. The "not outside the UK for more than 450 days in the five years ending with the date IND rec...

Right, let's look at this in more detail. The application form for the E111 says that if you are not an EEA-national then you should read :- Getting treatment in EEA countries and Switzerland That includes :- You are eligible for a Form E111 if you are ordinarily resident in the UK. Entitlement to u...

Try-one ... are you sure? Are you saying that a person is not entitled to use the NHS in the UK until they have their ILR? That is surely not right.

Isn't it the case that anyone entitled to use the NHS in the UK is also entitled to get an E111?

That employer letter is not a requirement. Just proceed with the application with the supporting documents that the application form actually asks for.

Hm ..... parts of London are indeed multi-cultural ..... but living here in the second-largest city, Birmingham, I can tell you that is also very multi-cultural.

I suspect that you will find it looks like :- http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/0/preventing_illegal/uk_passport_stamps.Maincontent.0051.file.tmp/res%20permit%20921%20(spec).jpg That is, the UK is now issuing such visas in a common EU style, although of course the visa specifies and is re...

Right, an L2 visa entitles her to live in the USA (subject to the visa conditions). That is, she will certainly not be a mere visitor to the USA. Accordingly, especially after a "few months being there", I would not expect you to have a problem getting the British Embassy/Consulate in USA entertaini...

It is not just a question of being in a particular country. The reason why or how is also important. Simplistically, if a person was asked "Where do you live?", how would they answer? If I go on holiday to Spain for two weeks and while there I was asked that question, I would obviously not answer Sp...

The general rule is that the visa application should be made wherever the person is living, and that is of course not necessarily where they originate from. So if your wife is living in the USA it is there that she would apply for her visa. The fact that you obtained your visa elsewhere is, I think,...

Aix, if you look at the Form SET(O) that you will need to complete and submit it does mention the need to submit certain specific types of evidence. That includes wage slips, obviously issued by your employer. Do submit all the items that the form specifies. There is no mention of a letter from your...