Quote Originally Posted by walesrob View Post
But then, thinking about it, why would someone leave the UK only to come back a few years later...thats crazy.

"Oh yes I miss the rain, the cold, the high taxes, the incompetent government..."
well, if your going out of the uk for a long period of time better save yourself a lot of trouble by getting british citizenship first.

my stepson is going back to the phils in april to go to uni, he's got ILR after only being in the uk less than 6 months, but to get citizenship he needs to be in the uk i think it was 5 years ...

i'm wondering if your on a workpermit, you get ilr , but go back to the phils for 2 years, then you've lost your ilr, and have to try to get a workpermit again, which maybe more difficult now to get than ever..

it's amazes me, that some people don't bother or know anything about visa's or immigration law even thou it effects them.. ignorance is not a defense. some people don't even realise that a spouse visa is for only 2 years, once it's expired your an overstayer and in many cases you will have to go back to your own country, apply for a spouse visa again , or they don't know you need to take the life in the uk test to.