spouse visa/family visa dilemma

[andy222]

Good call Joe.

[rusty]

Your wife will have to apply for a settlement visa as a spouse. All applications are filled in online, so the website should direct you to the correct application form.

If your children are comming on Philippine passports then they will have to apply as a dependant of you wife and you will have to pay 3 visa fees, one for each application.

If you apply for a British passport for your children then they will not need a visa to come here.

[sheldon1]

thanks andy, i was going to get british passports for my kids, but according to the consulate in angeles city i would have to return to philippines and attend an interview in manila with my wife no other way. that would eat into my savings and would set me back another 6 months. i really need them here now as i want to get them into school i think the 3 visas is going to cost me 58000 each. i know that it expensive but to take time of work go to phils flights etc not much difference. i work woth many asians who have brought there wife and kids and they reckon apart from the expense its a simple procedure to get them here, they have all done it. i just want to make sure my wife is filling in the correct forms etc i dont want any blunders her end, and it confuses her.
thanks again
sheldon

[andy222]

thanks andy, i was going to get british passports for my kids, but according to the consulate in angeles city i would have to return to philippines and attend an interview in manila with my wife no other way. that would eat into my savings and would set me back another 6 months. i really need them here now as i want to get them into school i think the 3 visas is going to cost me 58000 each. i know that it expensive but to take time of work go to phils flights etc not much difference. i work woth many asians who have brought there wife and kids and they reckon apart from the expense its a simple procedure to get them here, they have all done it. i just want to make sure my wife is filling in the correct forms etc i dont want any blunders her end, and it confuses her.
thanks again
sheldon

I know what your going through mate its hard when your juggling money and having to think about how much time you will need off work. You will find a way mate. I will be the same come next year. I have a stepdaughter to try and bring here. If you can manage to do it any quicker mate I would before the new changes come about. Keep your chin up..