hello, thank you everyone for putting your inputs! this forum is such a huge help! Terpe, your reply gives us a big hope to be together the soonest. joebloggs, i have never abused my visit visas, i usually stay 5-7 days every month inside the UK and back to where I used work (Egypt) as its the only days I'm allowed to leave work. My longest stay would be this vacay 3 months as I have already quit my job in preparation of applying the visa in Philippines to join my husband in the UK.

Thank you everyone for your reply!