Quote Originally Posted by keithAngel View Post
Slightly tricky John I presume you will be applying for your child to come too?

As I see it your problem is this

If your financial situation would not achieve a spouse visa then its doughtful they would grant a visitors visa as you would be assessed on the same grounds as to your ability to support them. as well as having to show they will on probability return to the Phils befor it expires
... with respect, I cannot see any reason for John NOT being granted a SPOUSAL Visa, given that his income appears to be on a par with mine. I'VE been a State Pensioner myself, since last September, and MY wife's visa was approved six months previously ... at which time my income actually amounted to LESS (than it is now) - as [being retired prematurely] I was then in receipt of the interim 'stop-gap' known as Guaranteed Pension Credit, to top-up a modest occupational pension. Indeed, Keith ... if you cast your mind back to some of my earliest posts at the time I first joined this forum in October 2008, you'll see what I mean.