thanks steve my passport is expiring on the 18th of january next year and i would like to apply hopefully next week and my intended date is on the 16th of July. Will that be okay? i also have appointment on dfa and i can state that on my letter hoping they will take that in to consideration with all that is going on with DFA....am just so stressed!! by the way i live two hours drive from manila so i can easily go there and submit papers. I am just worried of that processing for visa and that intend date of travel as i really need to leave by july bec my husband is on sickie. Id like to take the time to take care of him before he goes back to work :( as he cannot take a leave after those sick days once i get to UK.

good luck on your wife application as well!!! lets just hope and pray that those machines on DFA starts working lol