Quote Originally Posted by netad View Post
BTW my wife is applying for a student's visa since as per the advice of her mom who is already there, it is easier this time to go there as an entrance to the country. As per her she already met many Filipinos there who legally entered as a student and brought their husband/wife and are granted to work full time jobs - though they have landed a not so good paying ones but fairly decent enough to start with. .
I don't know what quals or skills you both have, but if once here, one of you could apply for tier 1, you could get ILR after 5yrs, but if not it could be a struggle, one other way would be 10yrs legal stay in the uk (combination of time spent on other visas).

but immigration rules are changing, and it can only get more difficult for non Europeans to come here .