Quote Originally Posted by blackcat22 View Post

Make no mistake about it there are lots of filipinos out there willing to take advantage of us westerner foreigners for ILR and way out of phils and they will go to any lenghts including marry and yes have kids to conceal their true intentions. It's up to us find a way to figure them out and weed them out at the earliest opportunity in the relationship.
one of the reasons that its 5yrs in the UK now until your spouse can get ILR, also stops them claiming certain benefits for 5yrs,

its a good and bad thing, weeds out some abusers but maybe unfair on some who have made the UK their home for 4 or near 5yrs and are at the mercy of their spouse until they get ILR.