Ah, I see FXR. In fact I know a friend who lives in Thailand, he crashed a moped and broke his collar bone. He came back to the UK to have it straightened, because the hospital there left it crooked. However, he had paid into the NHS for many years, he was probably 55 when he left the UK. With regar...
FXR "The health tourist is a fact of where we are, is it expats (emmigrants?) who are at least part of the issue? Well it could be argued (and I have no doubt they would) they have already paid in to the system for possibly decades?"
Please explain, I'm not sure I understand your point?
PM74. The NHS fee is for potential access to the NHS services from day one of arrival, as has been pointed out previously, we accept people who could have serious and long term needs, we do not know, and so the few who require a lot, need to be paid for by someone. There is a thread on here where on...
FXR, yes I know re people overstaying, you're right. Read this board and the number of people who start their thread with I came to UK 8 years ago on a visit visa which ran in 2012 and I stayed...., and all the people who give advice on how they can now make a claim to live here because they illegal...
If you are going to go live in another country, why not try one more time with UK visa first? You've got nothing but money to loose if you don't intend on staying in the UK?
BTW, which country do you think it will be easier to get your parents a visitor visa for?
All you can do is provide those things and give it a try. Do they have a property they own? But like others have said, I think the chances are none for all the reasons stated. My own personal experience is letters saying you will make sure they return etc have no weight to them at all. I don't know ...
FXR, you can not restrict access to the NHS. If someone is ill in this country, they get treatment because we as a nation will not allow people to die, i.e. run over by a car and needing hospital for several months. That's a good thing, we are a civilised country. My beef with immigration system is ...
When you say case dismissed, do you mean you lost your appeal and now want to take it to a higher court to see if you can have the decision overturned?
Agreed Zerubbable, but if I was him, I would make a complaint, because even if he would not have been given a visa based on his personal circumstances, the HO should have at least got their facts straight. As it is, they told him they have refused for the wrong reasons, and I can see why he would no...
Precisely Dennon. I am old enough to remember when the NHS was the envy of the World, modern equipment, fantastic doctors and short waiting times for treatment, prescriptions were free. It's a different story now there are over 13 million more people living in the UK, since I was born. Health touris...
I would expect you to say that Seagul. Tell me, who will police those people to buy their own private medical insurance? And how much will it cost and they will also need to pay NI, so how will it be better value? And if they don't buy insurance, what will happen if the fall ill, do you think they w...
Obbie, the payment they make is for having access to the NHS from day one, something which costs many many millions to run each year. The amount of NI they start to pay will be nowhere near the amount it costs the NHS to treat them if they become ill or break a bone etc etc. It would take them years...
Here here Zerubbable, too many people here come to the UK and think it owes them something for nothing, they see it as a country where everything is free and handouts abundant. If you don't want to pay such a high fee, or can't afford them, then tough. Who pays for it all? The World is full of injus...
Why would the fact you are married to a UK citizen make any difference? If a US citizen can travel to the UK visa free, (as a UK citizen I only need to apply online for an ESTA, which is about $15 or so and take 5 mins to do) then you don't need one. When I go to places and I am not sure, I google a...
Right, so you have not even interviewed for the job! In that case apply on 20th and get the process going quickly. If you are possibly going to be made redundant, I would not delay, do it while you still have a job and 6 months pay slips. If you get made redundant while the application is being cons...
Shyam, I presume you currently earn more than 18.6K and if you sent in the last 6 months payslips they would demonstrate that? When would this new job start, normally a month's notice is required and that is just wasted time. The reason I ask is, I can not see why you would need to wait until you ha...
Hi, I am no expert, but I don't think self employed income earned in the US will count. I think your husband would need a full financial year in the UK before he can apply for a spouse visa, and earn over £18.6K alone or have savings high enough that he can combine them with earnings. Do you have sa...
Experienced here. And that letter will not help in almost anyway, unless your parents can prove they will return to their country and not stay here. So, it is very much up to them to provide sufficient and substantial reasons to return. That is very hard to do, but not impossible if they have proper...
You can only try, but I expect it will fail again. I had same sort of thing and my now wife was not allowed even when she had a lot of savings and I said I would pay for everything and ensure she returned to her well paid professional job. And she had a lot of travel already including Europe without...
Hi Mama, Your story is sad, and I do hope you are successful in your application. My advice and I am no lawyer, is that you need to demonstrate you have the ability to support yourself during the stay, funds that have been in your account for some time and hopefully growing, so show lots of bank sta...
Seagul, I work in that industry for a very big credit rating company, so I know of what i am speaking. You apply for too many cards, and bank loans and you will end up with a poor credit rating, fact. Try it, and when you start to get turned down, it will happen a lot. And how many ads do you hear w...
