Filipina wife visiting visa to UK. Help please.

[keithAngel]

Another query please if i may.

It seems fairly easy to get around 100 pounds pw That is only about 18 hours work. So in essence it is no problem on that front. However if i am getting housing benefits, and i have had it confirmed that i shall, will that be a black mark against me even if i am earning sufficient to keep the family? I am talking of the pension plus the minimum of earnings as above. I find it hard to believe that it would, although if anything can happen, it will!

I do not mind doing a part time job but full time would be difficult as it would reduce the time i have to try and build up my true profession once more.

I cannot understand the logic or reasoning as to why they can't take into account benefits which they know we shall be entitled to once she is actually here. Maybe my intelligence doesn't stretch far enough to understand!

TTFN
John

I dont see a problem with housing benifit John as with your child you would be able to seek two bed accomadation

On council tax you would proberbly have to find the £20 a month average difference between a single occupant and multipul as you get a 25% discount for being single in a property of course as your income rises those benifits decrease with a child you might find tax credits more usefull you can find out on line what your entitlement is on there website here

http://taxcredits.hmrc.gov.uk/HomeNew.aspx

[joebloggs]

with a child you might find tax credits more usefull you can find out on line what your entitlement is on there website here

http://taxcredits.hmrc.gov.uk/HomeNew.aspx

and you could be entitled to child benefit, which is £20 a week

[JonHig]

Yes thanks i have already done that and it indicates i will not get a charge at all for council tax! Mayb e maybe not.

regards John

[JonHig]

Re Ireland.

It is pretty much the same as any EU country re visas. They do not seem to make an interview part of the proceedure, but the stickler for me would be medical insurance. My wife and child would be no problem i should think, but a pensioner of 70 is a different matter! Now i am very healthy, do not smoke, and do not have, nor ever have had any serious illness. Nonetheless i am still well past the 'sell by' date however you look at it!

If i can satisfy the Irish immigration over finances, no doubt i can do the same with the Brits. The one tempting thing about Ireland for starters, is the number of very nice furnished properties on offer at very reasoable rents. I would not get any housing benefits nor any other benfits for that matter, but one must remember that in trying to meet the financial demands, then employment and income come into the equation. With incom down go some of the benefits straight away.

There are enough pros about living in the Emerald Isle to give it serious consideration. I have always found the Irish to be extremely charming. The country is lovely and the way of life i would imagine is less fraught than the UK. The grass is always greener of course!

Perhaps the biggest con, for my wife at any rate, is employment, and i should think she would stand a far better chance of getting a job with her present credentials and experience, in Britain.