The one thing I would urge anyone one to do when bringing a loved one to the UK is to join a forum, such as Filipino UK, and read read read! Keep up-to-date with changes in UK immigration law otherwise you may find (like me) that you overlook one important detail, such as the new English Language test requirements!
Just to reply to your posts...
I know of no-one else meeting on Youtube either. In a roundabout way, if it was not for Simon Cowell, I would never have met my future wife. I was looking at Britain's Got Talent on YouTube and then discovered the American version. On there was a fantastic singing ventriloquist/impersonator called Terry Fator who won AGT a few years ago.
One of the songs Terry sang was 'I started a Joke' by the Bee Gees. I really fell in love with that song and searched for every version on Youtube! That is when I found her. When I met her for the first time (Xmas 2009) we had quite an Xmas party. The entire street was blocked off and a neighbour had his karaoke machine sitting outside his house. I was 'required' to sing that song to the whole neighbourhood and was pleasantly surprised when the Karaoke machine gave me 10/10 for my singing!
Unfortunately, my fiancee's degree, although taught in English, is only recognised as a Higher Diploma in the UK, so she has to take the test.
Thank you for your good wishes for the Visa application. Until 2005, I did not even know what a Visa was, as I had never been abroad, despite being 54 at the time. I am now 59 and never been married, so finding a wife from half way around the world on a website I had only just heard of, was quite a surprise for me!
Originally Posted by Breakfast
... I can readily identify with how surprised you must've been when you discovered this daft anomaly ... since my own wife - a BSc in Agricultural Studies ... and a High School teacher for 22 years in the Phils - only learned of it on coming to Scotland a couple of years ago. 
