Gem,
For all sorts of reasons my wife had a very complicated (also means expensive) and long immigration journey.
A few of our friends also found some big challenges to overcome.
When we came to UK I was lucky enough to find employment with some key Civil Service departments/agencies including HMRC and UKBA.
I've had some great support from this forum and my reason to be here is to help others in any way I can by sharing whatever I've learned and am still learning.
I'm a great believer in sharing information in our public forum for the betterment and the benefit of all our members. Why not have your boyfriend join this forum and post his concerns and questions here. In that way maybe others in a similar situation can also benefit.
If he has something personal that he does not want to disclose in a public forum I will find a way to communicate.
The fantastic benefit of this forum is the combined opinion, experience, knowledge and humour of all our contributors. Every member here has a valuable contribution to make from their own experience and all are very generous and happy enough to share whatever they can, good and bad.
I have personal contacts with many people here and would welcome contact to your b/f who is a fellow Northamptonian. Ask him to register.
No offence intended Gem, it's just my personal thinking.