Newbie Alert!

[Michael Parnham]

Hello everyone, another newbie here.

My name is Ysa, and I'm still currently living in the Philippines, at least for the next 4 weeks. As I am moving to London soon, I want to seek for advice about few things.

I have been granted a UK spouse visa that is valid for 33 months. My question is, am I allowed to travel outside of UK within those months? Say, travel back to the Philippines for holidays, or do I need to stay the whole time if we're planning to apply for ILR in the future?

Next thing would be, what's the best and safest way to transfer my savings there? Haha and being a girl, I don't know if others have the same problem as me on this one or maybe it's just me.

Any advice about packing my things? Like, should I just leave most of my things here and just bring what's necessary? What really makes me sad, is thinking that I might need to leave my books behind. And I don't really buy as many shoes or bags or clothing or make up like other girls. I read a couple of posts about being homesick, and I fear that too. Should I expect now - and just accept - that I'll be homesick once I am there, or should I stay positive and fail anyway? Haha

Would be nice to hear from you guys and any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

A very warm welcome to the forum. You won't need too many clothes from Philippines as your going to have to purchase some much warmer clothes when you arrive here. Also, with ref to money, you can carry approx. Php420,000 but ask your bank to exchange it to £ sterling - about £6000 at the moment - no need to declare it. Then, when you arrive in the UK ask your husband to open a bank a/c. Congratulations on obtaining your Spouse Visa and good luck for the future!

[irishman12]

A very warm welcome to the forum. You won't need too many clothes from Philippines as you're going to have to purchase some much warmer clothes when you arrive here. Also, with ref to money, you can carry approx. Php420,000 but ask your bank to exchange it to £ sterling - about £6000 at the moment - no need to declare it. Then, when you arrive in the UK, ask your husband to open a bank a/c. Congratulations on obtaining your Spouse Visa and good luck for the future!

Michael - what do you mean by can carry approx 420,000? If I'm not mistaken, the most you can bring is 10k?

[Terpe]

Michael - what do you mean by can carry approx 420,000? If I'm not mistaken, the most you can bring is 10k

I think Michael meant equivalent in Php

Here's what he said:-

.......you can carry approx. Php420,000 but ask your bank to exchange it to £ sterling about £6000
...

Well, that's how I read it anyway.

I always prefer a softer approach

[Michael Parnham]

Michael - what do you mean by can carry approx 420,000? If I'm not mistaken, the most you can bring is 10k?

You can carry up to $10,000 or approx. p420,000!