I have been married to a US citizen for nearly 10 years, have been working and living in the UK but we are thinking of moving to the USA to DC to be near her parents. I have 2 young kids and was wondering what would be the implications re for Work? My wife and kids are american passport holders, I a...

ToneGen wrote:Family friend seems to be fine.

I have my appointment next week.
Both my referees are Director of limited company and know me from past 5 years.

Experts please correct me if there would be any issue in this.

Is a director a profession? What is the professional awarding body?

So for the referee declaration can I ask 2 family friends?

One is an optician who has known me for over 20 years and my wife for half that time. The other person is an IT contractor in his 40's.

My only concern is what they write down

Family Friend?

I know both XXXX and XXXX (me) as friends.

ILR was granted after I submitted extra evidence. This has been a really stressful time. What I have learned 1) Don't bank online - 2) Only provide the evidence they want - anything else they will disregard even if you think it proves your case. As my wife is American - I think she cannot have dual ...

I am not going through an appeal - just going to ask my wife to leave the UK and go see her parents. Until I get the contract or actually draw a full wage they wont believe that I can support myself.The whole episode has left a sour taste in my mouth. The more you provide them the more they think yo...

Well the ILR was refused on the grounds that I had not officially drawn a wage. I explained that I had lived off my savings by being frugal - it was only myself and my wife. They discounted the email as it was not evidence. They said how could I have supported myself - I showed them my bank accounts...

I have read through the link - we have no children or dependants so I hope that I can show that I have enough savings / potential future income.

My wife does not work - she is studying (I am paying the fees). I have an email from the NHS Director (my business we write software for the NHS) offering my business a £40k per year contract - it mentions we are sorting out contracts but I don't have an official contract at hand - it still being w...

My circumstances are not typical. My wife is from the USA we were married in December 06 and she got her 2 year Spouse Visa in August 07. However in the 2 years we have lived together I have been trying to set up my own business with some success (I have 30k in my business bank account) but I have n...