Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
well if 26k in your opinon is not enough to support 2 people, then maybe you should be telling the gov this and asking them to increase the minimum wage to your figure

do you have a figure that should be applied to Europeans in the UK wanting to bring their spouse?

also what about the earning potential of the spouse, my wife earns double what i earn, in a few years she will earn 4 times what i earn

why should there be a minimum figure, if the British partner is entitled to claim benefits, then it is their legal right to claim those benefits, and so it should be whether his wife is british, european, asian or from planet mars
if someone wants to import another person into the uk then surely the government has the right to ask that person how they plan on supporting that person

we all know that this country has been flooded with eastern europeans but the government cant do anything to stop it and thats why the government keeps "banging the drum" about non european immigrants = they have to been seen to be doing something

i doubt very much that saying that your partner is going to work in the uk when they arrive here is going to help anyones visa application

its all too easy for some guys who have a short holiday in south east asia or meet a girl on one of the many dating sites and fall in love and then decide to bring their "sweetheart" to the uk without even giving it a thought as to how they will be able to support her when she gets here

last point most of these girls want their relatives supported back home as well !