According to my friend she was DEPENDENT on him as her husband. Ive read up on the internet and the only thing I could find is if there is already a skilled worker in the UK lets say a filipino doctor and he decides to bring his wife then she can come as a dependent.

Also you can bring an elderly parent if your settled her if they are filipino as a dependent. Also a child they can be dependent on you.

But can you bring your wife as being dependent on you when you have a regular job and you are not a skilled migrant and you are british?

VERY VERY STRANGE But I can guarantee I did see this DEPENDENT visa in her passport. He insists that its a normal process and he cannot unerstand others appying for a complicated spouse visa.

I think his wife was lucky and somehow they issued the wrong visa..