Thankfully, WE didn't ... and WON'Thave quite that much to fork out ... not on visa expenses for children, anyway! But, as I've mentioned here before, MY missus taught in the Phils for twenty-two years. And, if she wanted to resume her career here, she'd apparently need to undertake a prescribed course of study to bring her qualifications into line with those required by the General Teaching Council for Scotland! What a load of baloney!
Well YOU'LL be only too well-aware of this already, vis-a-vis your wife's medical training!