Hello Everyone, I'm New Here.

[Lancashirelad]

Welcome to the forum
If you get married in Phils, you will still have to satisfy the visa conditions to bring your wife here. Goodluck.

[Arthur Little]

Welcome to the forum
If you get married in Phils, you will still have to satisfy the visa conditions to bring your wife here. Goodluck.

... but it's a less expensive option all round. And it's also worth bearing in mind that more than 90% of Spousal Visa applications are successful.

[Dr Graham]

Thanks for the comments, and apologies for not having returned to the Forum sooner.
(Partly due to my memory being useless and not being able to remember what Username and Password I'd used, or where I'd Written Them Down !)

The Visa Application my Fiancee had Refused was the MARRIAGE VISITOR (Form VAF1F Nov 2008).

I'm wondering if this "Welcome to New Members" thread is the right place to start a discussion about Visa Applications, Refusals and Appeals, so I'll not say much more until a Moderator gives me the OK, or suggests a better place.

I'm now looking at Marriage in Phil' as an alternative route, just in case we can NEVER get the UKBA to allow my Fiancee to come here.

My comments about the UKBA being RACIST were based upon my own personal experiences, and upon reports I have received from other friends and colleagues who have received DISGUSTING treatment at the hands of the UKBA.
I had formed this opinion BEFORE I watched the recent TV Documentary Series on SKY's Freeview Channel about the activities of the UKBA, and the Disptaches (CH4) exposure of UNACCEPTABLE treatment dished out by the UKBA.
Any ordinary UK Citizen, any Employer, or even a Police Officer, who treated "Visitors to Britain" in the same way as the the UKBA were shown to be doing on National TV, would be committing a Racial Offence !

When I helped my Fiancee to complete her first Visa Application we had questions and I emailed the UKBA asking for advice. They sent an acknowledgement and said that they aimed to answer queries within 5 days, and included an IMMENSE List of addresses (within the UKBA) to contact for different kinds of help.
After 1 MONTH and no further contact, I emailed them again.
They sent me the SAME 46KB list of addresses, and said to check this list as we would NOT hear further from them. Our question was NOT covered by any of the catagories in their list, but they REFUSED to help further.
We eventually found a Nice Person at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who answered the question for us ....... even though it was NOT his job to do so !

The UKBA actually have a COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT, but NONE of the communications I received from them mentioned this fact. It was a friend who worked elsewhere within the Ministry of Justice who found this address for me.


I'm REALLY SORRY to sound so Negative and Angry, but that how the UKBA has made me.

Marrying my Filipina Fiancee and Relocating to The Philippines to spend The Rest of My Life With Her, will be the realisation of my GREATEST DREAM !
I LOVE Her, the Place, and the People ..... and even Their Weather ! (Despite Stacy always complaining that it's RAINING )