minium age for spouse visa will by 21 from 27/11/08

[joebloggs]

QUOTE UK GOV:- Raising the age is just one part of the Government's work to crackdown on forced marriage and on those who attempt to abuse the marriage visa
route.
As Meldrum might have said, I do not believe it ! Will the next Gov next move to reduce teenage murders be to bring in a curfew that people under 12 will not be allowed out after 8 pm, or to reduce traffic congestion to ban all red and blue cars from the road for several days a month.

If the Gov wanna stop forced marriages and abuse of the system why don't they tackle that proeblem not create another.

i think you will find John that these changes are because of women's help groups/refuges have asked the gov to do something, because a large number of women who asked for help, were very young and forced into marriage.

its easily solved, no on is above the law, when they apply for a visa, they should provide proof of a relationship just like us Brits have to, and not just meet each other on their wedding day, if they did meet on their wedding day and have no proof of a relationship before that, then they cannot get a visa until they provide evidence of a relationship after they have been married say x number of months..

[aromulus]

i think you will find John that these changes are because of women's help groups/refuges have asked the gov to do something, because a large number of women who asked for help, were very young and forced into marriage.

its easily solved, no on is above the law, when they apply for a visa, they should provide proof of a relationship just like us Brits have to, and not just meet each other on their wedding day, if they did meet on their wedding day and have no proof of a relationship before that, then they cannot get a visa until they provide evidence of a relationship after they have been married say x number of months..

I find some cultural customs appalling....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/7711554.stm

It is a well known fact that some school age girls are shipped off to the middle east for forced marriages.

How can you put a stop to that so that the paedophile husbands don't get a visa to the UK after a while...???

Maybe banning the girls, from particular faiths, under a certain age, traveling abroad...???