My wife is here now one week today

[lloydegbrick]

Hello all
My wife is here one week today
After 18 months apart we have a lot of catching up to do
She came here on our coldest day of the winter and she was a trooper all the way home from heathrow airport, but it was a good job i brought one of my heavy jackets along with me..
I will say bye for now, but i will come back very soon for i still need your help and guidence as of yet, but 1st we will have that long awaited honeymoon :-)

Take care
God bless
LG

[Michael Parnham]

Nice to hear good news LG, enjoy!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[songz777]

That's great news and we wish you both the very best for the future.

[Arthur Little]

That's great news and we wish you both the very best for the future.

Yes, it most certainly is ... and I'll echo those sentiments by wishing the two of them a wonderful life as a couple here in the UK. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Raven_Mystique]

Great News LG, wishing you great times together and the best of the best for your future together. :) :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[lloydegbrick]

Thank you Michael

[lloydegbrick]

Thank you songz

[lloydegbrick]

Thank you Arthur

[lloydegbrick]

Thank you Raven
How are yout getting along?
regards
LG

[Raven_Mystique]

Thank you Raven
How are yout getting along?
regards
LG

Hi LG, I am still waiting for my settlement visa, hopefully this week I can get an email from VFS that it will be ready for collection. Kinda nervous and excited.. you know that feeling. lol :) I will update you guys whether its a good news or a bad one. Fingers crossed It will be granted. yay! :)

[lloydegbrick]

Hello all
My wife is now here in the UK almost 7 weeks now
and she is getting use to our lovely cold winte days brrrrrr

Can i register my wife as my carer and pay her with my own allowences, and some extra money from my pensions, so that she can stay at home without having to look for a job and look after me?

Regards
LG

[marksroomspain]

Hello all
My wife is now here in the UK almost 7 weeks now
and she is getting use to our lovely cold winte days brrrrrr

Can i register my wife as my carer and pay her with my own allowences, and some extra money from my pensions, so that she can stay at home without having to look for a job and look after me?

Regards
LG

You don't have to register your wife but she can just stay at home to look after you if that's what you both want.

I am taking this as you claim some sort of disability benefit so yes you can choose whoever you want that money to go to.

If she is that type of girl who is willing to do that and is happy with it then why not .

Please remember that your wife has no recourse to public funds so if you mean by registering her as a carer for ie: carers allowance then that's a no no...

:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Raven_Mystique]

Thank you Raven
How are yout getting along?
regards
LG


Hi LG, sorry, need a lil catching up with hubby, you know. :smile: I arrived here in UK last Feb 25 ( a day after my hubby's bithday) but it's alright. so I'm like more than a week in here now. We are living in Dorset. next Saturday, I will be flying from Southampton to Manchester to visit my in-laws. How are you? Where in Uk are you from? I hope to meet some Filipina here in Dorset, I bumped into one Filipina waiting for her kid out a primary school. We just say Hi to each other. That's just it lol. Hope you're doing great, it was really cold in here I'm always out running with hubby to get use to the weather.

[lloydegbrick]

Hello
How's things with you all?
My wife and I are getting use to being together now and we are settling down ok.
At first it was a bit tricky for her being in a strange place like here in the UK :smile:

Can anyone tell me what countries can we visit without my wife having to get a visa everywhere, as i am a holder of a UK passport i find it easy to go from one country to another without applying for a visa all the time, that is in most countries thoughout the free world
I love to go a wandeing here and there and my wife loves to travel a lot too.
Is there a list of cou tries that she can go to outside of the UK without a visa?
Can anyone direct me to a site with some more info on this?

Thanks a lot
Regards
LG

[Trefor]

Hello
How's things with you all?
My wife and I are getting use to being together now and we are settling down ok.
At first it was a bit tricky for her being in a strange place like here in the UK :smile:

Can anyone tell me what countries can we visit without my wife having to get a visa everywhere, as i am a holder of a UK passport i find it easy to go from one country to another without applying for a visa all the time, that is in most countries thoughout the free world
I love to go a wandeing here and there and my wife loves to travel a lot too.
Is there a list of cou tries that she can go to outside of the UK without a visa?
Can anyone direct me to a site with some more info on this?

Thanks a lot
Regards
LG

She can enter Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong and some other countries in Asia with her Philippines passport. Someone will be along with the link showing the actual list of countries.

As she is your wife it is straightforward to get her a Schengen Visa (call the VFS and insist on an appointment with an embassy instead of using their services, they have to give you this option - search for Schengen Visa experience on this forum) or a US visa (US Embassy in Mayfair, London, process was easier than I expected - you can't go in with her btw).

[Terpe]

Hello
How's things with you all?
My wife and I are getting use to being together now and we are settling down ok.
At first it was a bit tricky for her being in a strange place like here in the UK :smile:

Can anyone tell me what countries can we visit without my wife having to get a visa everywhere, as i am a holder of a UK passport i find it easy to go from one country to another without applying for a visa all the time, that is in most countries thoughout the free world
I love to go a wandeing here and there and my wife loves to travel a lot too.
Is there a list of cou tries that she can go to outside of the UK without a visa?
Can anyone direct me to a site with some more info on this?

Thanks a lot
Regards
LG

Here is a very good resource for visa information. (http://www.visahq.com/visas.php) and it can be used for citizens of all countries. Just input to the drop-down menu at the right hand side, or alternatively select a country from the main page then enter the citizenship and residence details on the drop-down menu for some good detailed information.

Here's another good resource (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Filipino_citizens) that shows all the countries that Philippine citizens can visit without visa

[robbie bobby]

She can enter Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong and some other countries in Asia with her Philippines passport. Someone will be along with the link showing the actual list of countries.

As she is your wife it is straightforward to get her a Schengen Visa (call the VFS and insist on an appointment with an embassy instead of using their services, they have to give you this option - search for Schengen Visa experience on this forum) or a US visa (US Embassy in Mayfair, London, process was easier than I expected - you can't go in with her btw).

She can also travel to Turkey by getting an E-visa online-And Dominican Republic

[lloydegbrick]

Thank you all for your tips on where we can both travel together

Another thing i'm thinking of is....to change my UK passport to the country of my birth, Ireland
The only thing i'm worried about is this...Would my wife lose her UK visa if i did this?

Thanks very much
Regards
LG

[lloydegbrick]

She can also travel to Turkey by getting an E-visa online-And Dominican Republic

Thank you robbie
Not the best of countries for a holiday ha ha ha.
Regards
LG

[lloydegbrick]

Here is a very good resource for visa information. and it can be used for citizens of all countries. Just input to the drop-down menu at the right hand side, or alternatively select a country from the main page then enter the citizenship and residence details on the drop-down menu for some good detailed information.

Here's another good resource that shows all the countries that Philippine citizens can visit without visa

Thank you Terpe

Malta and Portugal turned us down for a quick holiday without a visa

Regards
LG

How can i get my wife an approved EU visa?

[lloydegbrick]

As she is your wife it is straightforward to get her a Schengen Visa (call the VFS and insist on an appointment with an embassy instead of using their services, they have to give you this option - search for Schengen Visa experience on this forum) or a US visa (US Embassy in Mayfair, London, process was easier than I expected - you can't go in with her btw

Thank you Terfor
I will look in to these links
Regards
LG

[Michael Parnham]

Why not stay in UK? Cornwall would be very nice or even Scotland :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[lloydegbrick]

Why not stay in UK? Cornwall would be very nice or even Scotland

Aye Scotland now that's a place to be

If England were to leave the EU, I'm not sure i would like to stay here?

Thank you Michael

But it would be very nice for us to viait my ancestral home too

Regards
LG

[Michael Parnham]

Hope you can sort something out LG good luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[lloydegbrick]

Thank you again Michael

A question
If i give up my british passport and return to my irish passport like i did before
Will my wife lose her right to stay here with me in the UK?

Regards
LG

[Tawi2]

Congrats on getting your wife home :xxgrinning--00xx3: I think she will love Hampton Court,theres a number of filipinas there and a decent sized pinay community in kingston and the surrounding areas.

[lloydegbrick]

Congrats on getting your wife home I think she will love Hampton Court,theres a number of filipinas there and a decent sized pinay community in kingston and the surrounding areas.

Thank you for this info Tawi2

[lloydegbrick]

Hello all and good morning
At long last the winter is almost over and there is a lot of spring time in the air
Lots of flowers and blossoms blooming with new life
'Oh to be in England in the spring'

Regards
LG

[lloydegbrick]

Hello all

I hope that you are all keeping very well?

A question to ask you if you please?

If i am on housing benenfit and my wife is now living with me abd does not work
Will i have to tell the local council about this soon?
Where can i find out the rules about al this?

Regards
LG

[SimonH]

Hello all

I hope that you are all keeping very well?

A question to ask you if you please?

If i am on housing benenfit and my wife is now living with me abd does not work
Will i have to tell the local council about this soon?
Where can i find out the rules about al this?

Regards
LG

I'd check your local council web site. I assume you were under a single occupancy and therefore getting a 25% reduction in your council tax (this will vary on a council to council basis), but if you were I'd advise them straight away or once they find out they'll chase you for any back payment due.

[Michael Parnham]

When my wife arrived in the UK I had to apply for housing benefit until my wife started work and I had to pay full council tax also they gave me benefit allowance for two living in the property, it did not affect the rule of NO Recourse To Public Funds as it was me who applied. When she started work all they needed was her first pay date so that they knew when to stop the housing Benefit. Hope this helps and good luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Tawi2]

Hello all and good morning
At long last the winter is almost over and there is a lot of spring time in the air
Lots of flowers and blossoms blooming with new life
'Oh to be in England in the spring'

Regards
LG
Amen to that mate,i have been running in your local park (bushy) this morning,deer and those screechy green parrots everywhere,fantastic place on a spring morning :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[lloydegbrick]

I'd check your local council web site. I assume you were under a single occupancy and therefore getting a 25% reduction in your council tax (this will vary on a council to council basis), but if you were I'd advise them straight away or once they find out they'll chase you for any back payment due.

Thank you Simon

I was told to contact imigration to try and find about this first and to look at the rules in regards to the fact that my wife has come to the UK with no income of her own whatsoever.

And to the fact that right now in this moment in time, i don't want my wife to get a job just yet because I am very happy to be able to support us both with my own pension and other allowances that I have of my own

Also it is something to do wirh the DWP as they are the ones that pay for this small part of my housing allowance to help me
Then to determine how much discount we can still get before I tell Richmond council?

I hope that this message of mine is making myself clear to you?
Please ask me anything you like to know?
Also I was hoping someone on here has had some similar experience of there own to share with me?
Thanks again
Regards
LG