Help on immigration problems

helpdave88 · Post by **helpdave88** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:07 am

Hello My name is David,

My partner is Chinese and has been living in the U.K. for over 4 years now as a student. We have been together for 3 years now but her visa is almost up.

I know for partner visa it says that you have to be living together for 2 years we have been living together for one year but been together for 3. Is there anyway that home office will be flexible with this or will they just see us as another number.

The same goes to the wage bracket I currently earn £18k £600 off the required amount (however if i work hard i can make the extra money).

Can somebody give me some more information as I cant find a contact number for home office and the only over option is marriage.

Has anybody ever been in a similar problem?

Kind Regards
Dave

Post by **Lucapooka** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:44 am

Two years is mandatory. Merely being in a relationship but with separate households does not fit the requirements. Or you can marry. You can use savings to bridge the income gap. You would need 17, 500 held for the past six months.

Post by **Casa** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:52 am

If you marry, your wife's income (if she is working here) can be included in the calculation.

helpdave88 · Post by **helpdave88** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:03 am

No we are not married. I don't understand the logic behind this two year thing. We are a young couple who met in Uni (she is still in Uni) its been difficult to find good paying jobs etc in order to safely rent a house.

How could we have lived together for 2 years if she didn't already have a partner visa etc. This logic is flawed

Post by **Lucapooka** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:44 am

helpdave88 wrote: How could we have lived together for 2 years if she didn't already have a partner visa etc. This logic is flawed

If she has been in the UK for 4 years as a T4 migrant, she could have lived with you for that time - no need to be in possession of a partner visa. And not just sharing digs. It needs to have been an interpersonal relationship akin to marriage. The UKBA have adopted a period of two years. It may not be to your liking but that's the way of it.

helpdave88 · Post by **helpdave88** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:08 pm

I said in the earlier post that we wasn't in the position to move together as it was hard to find a job that would allows us to afford it.

Can none of this be taken into consideration when applying for a visa. I wish it was a perfect story like I finished University and got the dream job I was looking for straight away and didn't have to do placements and then get a house etc.

But life is not like that not in this economy anyway.

Post by **Lucapooka** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:55 pm

helpdave88 wrote:Can none of this be taken into consideration when applying for a visa.

Lucapooka wrote:Two years is mandatory

The papertrail of evidence that resolves to a common address must have have begun two years prior to the application.

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