Family Visit Visa..please help!

[bigmac]

probably because why would his wife go back if she got here on a visit visa

dohhh--now why didnt i think of that.

ok--so--what if the wife does overstay--how many such wives do?--how many get caught?--how many get chucked out? is it 1000's? 100's? tens? --any? and waht if they start a family in the meantime?

are there any real facts to answer this?

[Neil30]

Originally Posted by bigmac
i wonder if UKBA would refuse if you simply put--applying for family visit visa because we dont qualify for a spouse visa--on the earnings rule---and half a loaf is better than none.

after all--your wife will not be allowed to work--or claim any benefits---so--what has the UK got to lose?
probably because why would his wife go back if she got here on a visit visa


dohhh--now why didnt i think of that.

ok--so--what if the wife does overstay--how many such wives do?--how many get caught?--how many get chucked out? is it 1000's? 100's? tens? --any? and waht if they start a family in the meantime?

are there any real facts to answer this?

bigmac..it would be very tempting for armie to overstay if we could get her here but that is not our intention coz it would only harm our chances of getting spouse visa in the future of course.. i have watched programmes on the tv here about chinese, pakistani, afghan people overstaying by like 5-10 years before they get caught! but im sure if we tried this it would be weeks, days probably before the police were at our door..such is our luck at the moment anyways..my wife would not even entertain doing something illegal to get here so i will not tell her about this idea
we still think the EEA route seems the easiest to do but applying for family visit will be our next move..and as Terpe said,if we get refused they will tell us why so we can then try again after fixing whatever problem they say we have
so frustrating