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[rosstrtco]

Welcome Steve (and Ross) to FilipinoUK, we are a friendly bunch here.

can i just say thanks,i live in norfolk and met my gf 3 and half years ago in kl, for all this time i,ve had no support i,am rubish with the internet and only found this site 2 weeks ago i hav,nt met any men in my situation but this site is a god send everyone is very helpful thank you

[nigel]

I'm 34 and my Vimvie will be 19 in January, I did have quarms about her being too young for me, but I LOVE her! We knew each other as friends at first, but then I just fell in love with her. I used to worry what people might think of me, but now I just think, if they don't like it, they can off!

[walesrob]

can i just say thanks,i live in norfolk and met my gf 3 and half years ago in kl, for all this time i,ve had no support i,am rubish with the internet and only found this site 2 weeks ago i hav,nt met any men in my situation but this site is a god send everyone is very helpful thank you

Hi Ross,

You do make a valid point about there being a lack of support generally in the UK when it comes to Fil-UK visa and immigration matters, and I'm quite sure this forum does an excellent job offering advice for free that would otherwise cost £0000's if immigration lawyers and their ilk were involved.

When I first started dating Elsa back in 2003, FilipinoUk didn't exist, and we only had the now defunct Asawa forum (Erve, Yves and Pete will remember) for immigration and visa advice, but the help I got from the forum made the whole visa application process much less hassle.

[rosstrtco]

Hi Ross,

You do make a valid point about there being a lack of support generally in the UK when it comes to Fil-UK visa and immigration matters, and I'm quite sure this forum does an excellent job offering advice for free that would otherwise cost £0000's if immigration lawyers and their ilk were involved.

When I first started dating Elsa back in 2003, FilipinoUk didn't exist, and we only had the now defunct Asawa forum (Erve, Yves and Pete will remember) for immigration and visa advice, but the help I got from the forum made the whole visa application process much less hassle.

i wish it had only cost me £0000,s but i,am learning, best advice is if you do things correctly and no lies the visa is easier than other people say.

[joebloggs]

i would never pay for legal adivce unless your case is really complicated, you can get lots of free advice from your local law centre, CAB and Immigration orgs like the excellent JCWI.

and it might be a good idea to get your wife to the UK before April, prob cost you more then and who knows what the gov has lined up, when it reveals its new Immigration plans...

lol , ive read that there is a recommendation to the gov that the 'life in the uk' test cert, should be called a certification instead...

[andypaul]

i would never pay for legal adivce unless your case is really complicated, you can get lots of free advice from your local law centre, CAB and Immigration orgs like the excellent JCWI.

and it might be a good idea to get your wife to the UK before April, prob cost you more then and who knows what the gov has lined up, when it reveals its new Immigration plans...

lol , ive read that there is a recommendation to the gov that the 'life in the uk' test cert, should be called a certification instead...

very true about lots of free advice.

I know you read a lot of the immigration and visa sites joe any rumours of what those in the know think could happy?

With todays leaking that student visa overstayers are not to be chased up unless involved in a corrupt or fraudlent application and the reason reading between the lines is lack of money i can see hefty increases in the visa fees and looks like why the news was leaked now so the new labour machine can show they are tough when the huge increases are announced.

[aromulus]

[quote=joebloggs;49594]you can get lots of free advice from your local , CAB .
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Don't know about the others you mentioned, but at the CAB haven't got the foggiest... Unless is just the Mold one....

My ex, made a point in enquiring at the CAB, while Jet's application was going through...
And she was happy in informing me that it was absolutely impossible for Jet to obtain a visa and all that jazz ex wifes come out with....

I remember telling her that the CAB needed to update the information somewhat, but she adamantly insisted that it was set in stone, and I would have no chance whatsoever to bring Jet over.......

Well......... Guess what...???

[joebloggs]

CAB can be a waste of time, you need to speak to someone who knows about immigration there, as they try to cover everything, but your local law centre should have an immigration solicitor who should know immigration law


as for the overstaying students, looks like for many it wasn't their fault, its their uni, who took toooo long to send their papers to IND, also some were refused for incorrectly filling out the forms, but then its the same for us all, if you fill in the spouse visa, and it's not right, and now your visa has expired, who's fault is that

oh i wonder whats going to happen in march/april. as the gov said it's going to be the biggest shake up in immigration history, one thnig you can bet on, everything will cost more..