Begin Marital Visa application in UK + work Asia till issued

[mad_dog]

My wife and I are both ex-pats. I'm English and my wife is a Chinese national we met while teaching in Thailand ten years ago. I returned to the UK in January to sell property I had inherited so I would have the required 60,000+ in liquid assets as capital wrapped up in property do not meet the spousal visa requirements. Sufficient funds will be transfered in the next week or so but the funds need to be in a savings account for six months. Am I correct in assuming legal documents showing how I had inherited a share of a property some years ago would allow me to jump this six month waiting period.

I bitterly miss my wife and I have been debilitated by depression which originates from brain damage I suffered in a car accident two years ago. I desperately need my wife's support and genuinely fear for my life being without her. I can only think of two options to alleviate this problem which way is it best to take?

1) Begin application process and submit heavy "sick notes" from three or four consultants who would attest to the fact that I need wife by my side to ...exist.

2) Begin application process ensure every document is just right. Return to Thailand and the arms of my loving wife teach a term of school and return to England when my wife's visa has been approved.


Any thoughts greatfully recieved

[Casa]

Reading through the Immigration Rules, it appears that you don't need to have held the cash for 6 months resulting from a sale of property. Read through thoroughly, starting with:
(d) Funds held as cash savings by the applicant, their partner or both jointly at the date of
application can be from the proceeds of the sale of property, in the form only of a
dwelling, other building or land, which took place within the period of 6 months prior to
the date of application, provided that:
(i) The property (or relevant share of the property) was owned at the beginning of
the period of 6 months prior to the date of application and at the date of sale by
the applicant, their partner or both jointly.
and
(1) Registration information or documentation (or a copy of this) from the
Land Registry (or overseas equivalent).
(2) A letter from a solicitor (or other relevant professional, if the sale takes
place overseas) instructed in the sale of the property confirming the sale
price and other relevant information.
(3) A letter from a lender (a bank or building society) on its headed
stationery regarding the repayment of a mortgage or loan secured on the
property.
(4) Confirmation of payment of taxes or professional fees associated with
the sale.
(5) Any other relevant evidence that the requirements in subparagraphs (i)-
(iii) are met.
(v) The requirements of this Appendix in respect of the cash savings held at the
date of application are met, except that the period of 6 months mentioned in
paragraph 11(a) will be reduced by the amount of time which passed between the
start of that 6-month period and the deposit of the proceeds of the sale in an
account mentioned in paragraph 11(a).

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _final.pdf

Your option 2 would have more success.