Now Married

[IainBusby]

Many thanks Ian,

At this moment in time we did not request a settlement visa as it takes too long, maybe we an apply for one when we get back to UK.

Thanks again.
John

I take it from what you have said that your wife already has some sort of a visa to enter the UK, can I enquire what type of visa she holds? The reason I ask is that in some circumstances she might have to return to the Philippines and apply for a settlement vias there.
Iain.

[kiwiflyer57]

I take it from what you have said that your wife already has some sort of a visa to enter the UK, can I enquire what type of visa she holds? The reason I ask is that in some circumstances she might have to return to the Philippines and apply for a settlement vias there.
Iain.

Hi Ian,,

Emilie has already been to England 4 times before we were recently married.

She came in with a visitor's visa, which gave her a maximum 6 months stay.

We got married in New Zealand a few weeks ago, then returned to Manila.

As soon as we arrived we started getting the papers ready for her uk visa.

It would take far too long to get her passport changed from her previous
name, so we are just using her old passport and will renew it when we return to Manila in September.

Even to get a partner or wife's visa, I imagine would take months plus all the paperwork, so it seemed easier to just apply for a visitors visa.

As she is 60, do you think she could still get free prescriptions in England or will she have to get a settlement visa first?

Thanks.

john

[Sim11UK]

I'm a little bit confused about your visa situation?

So your wife only has a visitor visa?...If you both plan to live in the UK, she will need a spouse visa.

As for presciptions, I wouldn't have thought she would be elegible, until you had the proper visa....I might be wrong?

Before I forget, congratulations! to you both.

[IainBusby]

I don't think she will be eligible for free healthcare on a visit visa as far as I am aware. I thought that vistors were supposed to have medical insurance to cover their stay in the UK, whereas wives or fiancees who hold settlement visas do qualify for free healthcare.
Iain.

[kiwiflyer57]

I'm a little bit confused about your visa situation?

So your wife only has a visitor visa?...If you both plan to live in the UK, she will need a spouse visa.

As for presciptions, I wouldn't have thought she would be elegible, until you had the proper visa....I might be wrong?

Before I forget, congratulations! to you both.

Many thanks Sim11

We got the new 6 month visa today< so no problems,

We can now stay till about October< then come back to Manila when we will have more time to change Emilie's passport etc.

As we don't need to work in the UK anymore we can spend a ot more time in the Philippines
However not too good at the moment as we have a typhoon running through and a bit wet !!!

[istranghero3000]

Congratulation John!!!!
Welcome to the Country of England.

Well as long as you can satisfy them that you can support your wife
without help from public funds i can assure you that she might get spouse visa, then where you can register her to GP, if she grant a visa when you come over here england, and get all the Priviledge that you get from NHS.exactly the same as yours as long as she is your spouse.

your case is slightly different. cause you get marreid in New Zealand and that is take time to process for your M.C.

All you need to do first for your M.C. need to be registered with NSO from phil. since you get married abroad that will take time unless you get married in embassy in N.Z. where they process M.C. straight away, then if not if you get married on church in N.Z. or attorneys Office and you hold a copy of you M. C. then register it to the embassy of N.Z. so they can forward relevant governing bodies like NSO so thats gona resolve the problem with M.C.

then there is another more might be a problem when you applying the spouse visa since you are retired! how you gona support her here in england unless you got some evidence that you convince them that you can live here in england??? thats e.g. House or other sort of income stocks etc.

I hope that help mate.

regards,

al

[kiwiflyer57]

Congratulation John!!!!
Welcome to the Country of England.

Well as long as you can satisfy them that you can support your wife
without help from public funds i can assure you that she might get spouse visa, then where you can register her to GP, if she grant a visa when you come over here england, and get all the Priviledge that you get from NHS.exactly the same as yours as long as she is your spouse.

your case is slightly different. cause you get marreid in New Zealand and that is take time to process for your M.C.

All you need to do first for your M.C. need to be registered with NSO from phil. since you get married abroad that will take time unless you get married in embassy in N.Z. where they process M.C. straight away, then if not if you get married on church in N.Z. or attorneys Office and you hold a copy of you M. C. then register it to the embassy of N.Z. so they can forward relevant governing bodies like NSO so thats gona resolve the problem with M.C.

then there is another more might be a problem when you applying the spouse visa since you are retired! how you gona support her here in england unless you got some evidence that you convince them that you can live here in england??? thats e.g. House or other sort of income stocks etc.

I hope that help mate.

regards,

al

Hi Al,

Many thanks for taking the time to read my post and offering your help.

Re the New Zealand marriage, we got married and picked up the Certificate a few weeks later after we had a tour round the country, so not a problem with that.

Now the only thing we are having to decide is where we are going to live on a more or less permanent basis.
as I don't have a house in England any more, there are no mortgage ties there.
Emilie does have a house in Manila, but Manila is far too polluted and crowded , so we will be looking at a few other places, where we can get more space.

I asked originaly about the free health care in England because , I know I get prescriptions free, and I thought it worth asking if Emilie could also get free prescriptions as here in manila they tend to be quite expensive.

Anyway, as other friends have already said, the free stuff is out.

Regarding the income now I am retired.
Well I am so lucky now that I was invited to join an Investment programme last December, which has been fantastic and pays me just over 5% per week and compounds up every week, so no problems there.

So things are looking ok at the moment, and are looking even better as I am getting to know people on this forum and hopw we continue to make some friends on here.

Thanks for your advice.

John..

Emilie's visa was delivered by courier yesterday, so we will be arriving back in UK next week and will probably stay till October.

[joebloggs]

Many thanks Sim11

We got the new 6 month visa today< so no problems,

We can now stay till about October< then come back to Manila when we will have more time to change Emilie's passport etc.

not sure if this applies to you, but on a visit visa your not allowed to stay more than 6 months in any one trip, also your not suppose to spend more than 6 months in the uk in any one year (thou this is not stated in immigration law, it is in the guidance/policy notes used by ECO's.