I'll not mention any names here. Firstly, because he might be a member of this forum, and secondly because I respect him.

I have helped my friend for a long time now, trying to answer his questions about how to get his Filipina wife into the UK. Things have changed since I went through all the stress 10 years' ago getting my wife here. Trouble with my friend is, he has no money, a very small pension, and no house or belongings! He did try various ways to get his wife (whom he married in Philippines) here, but met a brick wall every time. He vowed to keep trying and bless him, went to Germany to live, brought his wife there direct from Philippines and stayed as a family for 8 months. Tara! ... He now holds the proper visa from the Embassy, has checked it all out and has bought the tickets to fly here from Germany very soon. He is so excited to get her here and I have congratulated him in his quest to find a way ... but I'm praying he won't have missed something out and is stopped at the Customs ...? Here's hoping he can just walk straight through with his wife and her visa's stamped in her passport ...

If he succeeds, then there is surely hope for others who are in the same situation, to never give up!