HI Peter,
Need all the good luck i can, (wife was doing all the Chinese New Year things last week as well so hopefully the approval of this visa was the start of it, (2010 was hell, here's hoping things work out in 11) job hunt is going OK, hopefully hear by the end of this week on a couple of oppertunities. (Oil and Gas sector is tough but experience should see me right)
On Some of your quesions You dont need to be staying with your wife for the whole 6 months, (are you travelling in with her?)
The thing they will worry about is where you are going to stay. (i seem to remember another post you said you had hotel bookings and such?)
I had a letter from my parents saying that the Wife could stay in her house for the duration of the trip and this was accepted no problem on all the visa's that we have applied for.
My wife also travelled in on her own with the baby, and infact left on her own too, as i was back working in Brunei
They wont look into your tax status, (as long as you can provide the 3 months bank statements then thats fine. (we didnt have savings per say, but what i did have was a monthly salary coming in and my wife had joint access to the bank account so just stated on the form that this money was available to her for the duration of the trip.
Hope this helps,
And good luck on getting the approval, I am sure you will be fine. (never knew it would be this stressful to go on holiday eh?)
