Hello from stoke

[Arthur Little]

Ive already found a lot of informations i needed. Im happy that i found this site.
I work here over year and everyday i think its too long.. Im from Poland, my love Riza is in Philippines. Im going to move and live there on province. I want to learn Visayan.
Im preparing myself for it everyday, all my friends think that im crazy so i need new friends who will understand me
I dont care modern life Riza dont care to come here even though hard life there.
We both want simple life on province.
Most important is to help mama and papa on province because Riza is only child.
Well, final decision will come in December, papa will decide so i need to prepare situation when we need to come here after wedding but only information i need is how long it takes to get marriage visa and how much to pay. Im going there next year and stay there forever or sort out everything there and go back together here.
I just pray to God everyday that we will not need to come here..

Thank you everyone again.

It's very noble-spirited of you and Riza to be content with a simple lifestyle ... and I "take my hat off" to your desire to shun material wealth. But have you fully thought through the hardships involved? I mean ... at least here in the UK, medical treatment is available on the NHS in the event of either of you falling ill at some point in the future. And, as you're no doubt aware, there are very few [if any] other countries that offer such a vital facility! I therefore urge you to think very carefully before making any final decisions.

to the filipino/uk forum. Since you are a citizen of an EU country - other than - *different rules apply to applications for Marital Visas. Unfortunately, I'm none too conversant with *these ... but we do have members who will be able to guide you through the process.

Goodluck!

[fujtam]

Yes, life in England is very hard and its not about money...
Its not place where i want to see how my children growing.
Life in Phil will be very hard because there is no money.
But there in Phil is something very hard to find in all this modern world.
Pure heart people, family meaning, tradictions..

We meet with Riza by internet. Never in person, she dont want me to go to visit
only go to marry her and be together forever no matter what will happen.
I wanted to go to visit first but after many conversations we both decided
to do it, not try it. Ive promised her to do it and i will do. Im doing it.
I will look after her and respect her as she is till my death now.
Im going to promise it in front of God. Im happy with that.
She is from Zamboanga del Norte province. Our plan is invest in animals on farm
there and her papa will decide in december if it will be possible or not.

Nothing cant stop me like nothing stoped me in my country where ive worked
14 years in so many diferent jobs to make my dream come true.
Im from very poor family and my dream was unreal,
last 9 years in my country with no day off.. Done.
My dream come true.. Self realisation.. I woke up one day in my recording studio
as a sound engineer who composed and produced something what was unreal..
I looked at my ready product and that was most unhappy day in my life.
That day ive realised how lonley i was. Life become easy but empty with no love.
I had job as manager as well and that day i stoped my work, sold most equpiment, pack suitcase and went to England to take really hard lesson of life...
I just needed to cut it all. If i could do it all by my own starting with no shoes in winter and no heating in Poland where winter is real winter i can be good farmer in Phil as well.

Love is the only sens of life so starting from this point i will never wake up in wrong place anymore. I do realise how poor life is there and i believe that im smart enough to develope farm business step by step. I was always lucky and i am most lucky man in the world that Riza found me. I know it all looks crazy because we did not meet in person before.. So what? Our attitude is good enough to work it out.

Thank you so much Terpe.
Thank you for language tips as well, for me living with the language is best option too.


Artur, thank you for your words so much.
For now i know nothing about visa in fact.. I know only taht there are few kinds and i know that marriage visa after wedding but if we will need one situation will be very complicated because i will need to stop my work here and be in Phil as long as it need to sort all paperwork from there. Maybe even few months.
Her parents will never let her fly alone. I dont apply for resident card because it have no sense if i will stop work anyway and i think that it can be more easy under european law as well. I dont know.. her papa will decide about our life. He is my idol.