Originally Posted by RickyR
, Andy ... that's MY train of thought too!! Tbh, I'd no
there was any set minimum ... yet! As far as I'm aware, these unrealistic proposals are presently at the drawing-board stage ... and what the UKBA person led you to believe, still applies.
We are talking about Cameron and his cronies here Arthur. It will definatley go ahead,
Its just all confusing and worrying at the same time lastlid. Thanks.
I believe what they are ACTUALLY looking for is DISPOSABLE income.
Some people may have zero mortgage while some may be paying over a thousand a month etc.
That is certainly how the credit companies go about it.
I believe these plans to be wrong and will only impact on the genuine couples such as myself. I do agree that the family route is being abused but don't ruin genuine couples a right to be a couple. Despite the abuse there is genuine couple out there.
A price hike won't make any difference for the demand for visas.
You only got to look at the prices of visas of yesteryear and still the demand increases.
Like coffin nails and booze, people will find the money.
Excellent post, excellent idea Matty....this is commonsense talking now.
Doomed it maybe but, its idea I'd vote for
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/comment/tal...115946600.html
An interesting article related to this thread........
Last edited by lastlid; 17th November 2011 at 20:38. Reason: Correction
Extract :
"The Migration Advisory Committee did the sums and announced this morning that the salary would need to be somewhere between £18,700 and £25,700. It will almost certainly be accepted and implemented. That means half the working population of Britain are about to lose the right to fall in love with someone overseas and bring them home to live together. Only the rich can fall in love on holiday. Only the rich are allowed to live with the person they love. The poor must be apart, or leave their own country."
I would hardly call someone earning (not bringing home) between 18.5 k and 25.5 k rich.
Even the goverment don't, to the extent of subsiding that income In working tax credit up to the tune of 11.5 k per year if you got 3 kids. Happy days ahh...for some.
I don't know what the complaining is all about, if you don't earn enough to look after yourself without any sort of benefits, how on earth are you going to look after your wife and kids, not without recourse to public funds.
The fact is, those non English speaking Europeans are now our new brothers and sisters....diddly squat we can do about it. That is unfair.
Also...bridegrooms.
Many are currently coming in for arranged marriages from the primitive Asian subcontinent, and that's what has probably caused the problems for the rest of us.
Of course they will also be the people most likely to fiddle their way round the regulations.
STUPID GOVERNMENT !
dont they always with everythingAlso...bridegrooms.
Many are currently coming in for arranged marriages from the primitive Asian subcontinent, and that's what has probably caused the problems for the rest of us.
Of course they will also be the people most likely to fiddle their way round the regulations.
STUPID GOVERNMENT !
Exactly Joe but you key words are no minimum income AT THE MO. Anyway all will be revealed come April.
Oh, does that mean I can now travel throughout Europe without a passport ?
The UKBA are unable to protect our borders from the unlawful so im guessing they are taking the easier route by shafting the law abiding....in this case its justifiable...as for passports, naah just wrap yourself around a Polish truck's axle...when in Rome do as the Romans doOh, does that mean I can now travel throughout Europe without a passport ?
Surley a someone who has lived and worked in this country all his life has a right to marry who he wants and bring them here.?
Andy you are right
I am John.... I have worked hard all my life here in the UK. I thought I had a good living..I have savings can go on holiday even travel round the world to get married.
I have no intentions of bringing my wife Maricris to the UK and try to live off Benifits. I have never claimed for Benifits and hopefuly I never will. But the target the Goverment is asking is way out of my reach. I live here in the north.... some on this forum say it is not a lot of money..But I asure you not many employers are willing to pay £400+ a week not in the days of national minimum wage. Who knows what will happen if this is implemented there is no way I would reach the Goverments financial target. So dose Maricris stay were she is..this is all going pear shaped
John don't be so downhearted & don't be a victim, from your post you shouldn't have a problem.Surley a someone who has lived and worked in this country all his life has a right to marry who he wants and bring them here.?
Andy you are right
I am John.... I have worked hard all my life here in the UK. I thought I had a good living..I have savings can go on holiday even travel round the world to get married.
I have no intentions of bringing my wife Maricris to the UK and try to live off Benifits. I have never claimed for Benifits and hopefuly I never will. But the target the Goverment is asking is way out of my reach. I live here in the north.... some on this forum say it is not a lot of money..But I asure you not many employers are willing to pay £400+ a week not in the days of national minimum wage. Who knows what will happen if this is implemented there is no way I would reach the Goverments financial target. So dose Maricris stay were she is..this is all going pear shaped
You've got to stay positive, hard though that seems sometimes, we've all been there.
andy222, you need to stop being so negative too.
I agree.John don't be so downhearted & don't be a victim, from your post you shouldn't have a problem.
You've got to stay positive, hard though that seems sometimes, we've all been there.
andy222, you need to stop being so negative too.
with John. Even taking into account the combined total of MY Occupational and State Pensions, there's NO WAY I could match any more than half the unrealistic Government figures quoted.
Those who claim it isn't a lot of money are either fortunate enough to be [that] well-off ... or they're living in cloud
land. End of story!
25k is the average uk wage......no cuckoo land or well off.......it's just average.
It may BE for the hours YOU purport to work (by your OWN admission) ... but the average wage for a senior clerk [which I was] putting in a NORMAL 36-hour working week is NOWHERE near £25k p.a.!25k is the average uk wage......not cuckoo land or well off....... it's just average.
Goodness meIt may BE for the hours YOU purport to work (by your OWN admission) ... but the average wage for a senior clerk [which I was] putting in a NORMAL 36-hour working week is NOWHERE near £25k p.a.!I didn't state it was average....the national statistics did!
It just goes to show there's a north south divide
who says the average wage is 25k25k is the average uk wage......no cuckoo land or well off.......it's just average.
old saying about statistics. put your head in an oven and your feet in a fridge, and statistics will tell you your doing fine
not many service jobs pay £25k, have a look in your local paper are paying that or more.. many pay minimum wage
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/a...ages-2010.html
A few more stats on UK salaries....
Referring once more to this extract from John's post ......
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again!
Thanks for that John and very well said.
For my new love....I'm prepared to sell my body.
You know. I am always reading the posts on here and I have never found a more friendlier site. Even those who are settled here with their wives have given their support and input. Thanks for your support guys.
True....when they're not arguing in the middle of the bloody night !
Arthur was short of forumers last night, it was either be quiet or argue with Mark for 5minsTrue....when they're not arguing in the middle of the bloody night !
We are friends really
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