Grrr!!

[Dedworth]

well he's hasn't gone to Dubai for then not unless he wasn't a off the cops

fergie should have spent the money on tevez and to come back

I'd love it if either or both of them were pulled out there with some illegal substances or an act of public indecency etc. Being intellectually challenged he's probably getting some old Arab with an abacus in the souk to count up the obscene wedge Mug United have thrown at him

[dontpushme]

well I don't think my misses would qualify for tier 1 ( because of her ) and she's spent more than 10yrs at uni maybe that's why she is too

Well, if she spent 10 years at uni in the Philippines, she might be young enough to get the full number of points available for that criterion. The cutoff age is 29y/o to get 20 points.

yes things are not good at the mo for non Europeans, not sure if you need a masters degree for tier 1, you didn't and then you did, I'm not sure you do or don't now
and with a quota now on the number of tier 1 apps

I noticed you don't actually need a master's degree, and in fact, if a person had a master's degree and the highest number of points for age and other qualifications (except the one where the person is asked if they have worked in the UK before), that person would still need to have earned at least £40,000 in the last year to qualify to apply for a Tier 1 visa. For a PhD with everything else the same, that figure goes down to £30,000. LOL. I don't know too many people in the Philippines who earn that much straight out of grad school. If they did earn that much, they'd have been working for some times already and therefore would need to earn more because of the fewer points in their age bracket.

An MBA seems to be the only way to get a Tier 1 visa now. Is the UK that desperate for folks with MBAs?

why hasn't your b/f ask you to wed tell him if he takes tooo long someone else might .... ... SHREK

Haha! He doesn't want to ask before I've met his parents. I know they like me enough. We've talked on the phone, they've sent me birthday and Christmas presents, and my family and I have sent presents for them too. But I agree with my bf on not getting married before everyone's met everyone else. (yes, it's idealistic :P)

LOL! He's not too worried about anyone else coming along. Several guys have tried since we started dating, and as much as the temptation was at times, he's the only one who actually makes me happy.