thank you Terpe, i confess to knowing little about visa and regulations, apart from the pension i get , i also get similar amount in invalidity so the total will be about £248 weekly 12896 per year plus savings of over 30 000 ,i did not mention this before because i thought this may go against me when the time came for trying to get lyndee back here after marriage, would invalidty count towards the 18, 600 threshhold ? thank you, norman