Aposhark – Her family are practically in Illinois, USA. Her mom and dad moved over there a couple of years ago through help from her mom’s brother – all she has in the Phils is her own two brothers, each with their own family lives and usually quite busy (her mom and dad are always getting pissed at her elder brother when he says he’s coming round to help to renovate her place, and then keeps being too busy to follow up on his promises..). Before we met, her plan was to be moving over there with them, but since we’ve met her focus has changed. I agree that the annulment needs dealing with first though – that was my first thought on the matter.
That’s the second time I’ve seen mention of a Spouse Visa as opposed to a Fiancee Visa. Can you (or anyone else) give me a brief overview of the differences between? I thought they were one and the same for a while, but I can’t seem to find anything on the Border Agency website which distinguishes the two (but then I suppose I wouldn’t really get much help from them would I!?). It’s interesting that she would be eligible for working status with a Spouse Visa though.. hmm.
Terpe – nice to meet you my friend! Thanks for the welcome back (KeithAngel – I’m amazed my entry is still in there!! Hahaha). If the moderator doesn’t smack my legs for this, may I re-direct everyone’s attentions momentarily to my blog site (http://gavin-lifeintheshell.blogspot...go-part-2.html), where EVERYONE is welcome to the full story. I don’t recall ever posting the full unabridged transcript here, but if it’s okay with the moderator I’d like to link to it for the entertaining little piece that it is! I suppose I could re-post it somewhere appropriate here if anyone thinks it’s worthwhile.
Sim11UK – I think you’re right mate.. on the whole I reckon I did miss out on a lot, but I’ve also considered that I might have missed out on meeting with my girlfriend if I had. Then again, I’ve also considered that whilst we’ve been languishing apart these last six months, we were only 21 miles apart when I WAS there.. grrrr. I would hope that there is plenty of time yet though.. all smiles, hopes and wishes here!!
Thanks again to everyone for your humour, support and any advice you can provide.
Peace
