well Neil30 --you say in your OP you have been on this forum a while--and you married in january----so--is it reasonable to assume you were aware of the rules that came in last july?

for the life of me i cant see any harm in your wife joining you for 6 months--in which time-hopefully--you can afford to support her --whilst boosting your income. but--bear in mind the costs of bringing her over here--that will knock a hole in your income. (as i said before--she wont be allowed to work--or get any state help )

as regards the EEA route--how would you propose to support yourself?--some EEA countries are in an even worse financial mess than here.-----thats why so many are flooding into this country.