Hi Terpe, firstly thanks for all the advice you have given my wife Sarah in the past. She says you have been very helpful. I believe we will apply for the 5-year tier system, if that makes sense. My wife has already filled out spouse visa form VAF4A. The next step is, I will send the money for her to pay for the visa so she can book an appointment to submit all our papers to the British Embassy in Manila.

Sarah has passed her English test and has recently been screened for TB. I am in the process now of getting all my papers together to send her - including my last 6 months pay statements - hence the question about whether they will take into consideration compulsory overtime I do, which takes me over the £18,600 threshold. Any advice would be appreciated.