Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
Not enough info here, married 20yrs, spent 18 months in Bristol, then returned to the uk 3yrs ago - on what visa, visit visa??, left the UK to go to the Phils and needed a visa to return ,

You would have thought if she had been given a visit visa you would have noticed and contacted the Embassy who could have changed it to a settlement visa, unless she applied for a visit visa
I agree, not much info even in this link:

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/600-joi...ail/story.html

Restrictions are written in the visa she can ''extend'' but she cannot ''change'' from visitors to settlement.