<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(baboyako &#064; Jun 9 2006, 08&#58;28 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>I dont see why you&#39;re all having a dig at this chap.
[/b][/quote]No-one&#39;s having a dig at him, are they? We all have different styles of phrasing, but the replies to his concerns have been genuine attempts to be reassuring where appropriate and cautionary where appropriate.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(baboyako &#064; Jun 9 2006, 08&#58;28 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>The requirements are &#39;no recourse to public funds&#39; so it doesn&#39;t matter if your only earning 10k/yr and living with your parents.
[/b][/quote]They are the documented requirements, yes. But replies here are based on the British Embassy in Manila&#39;s possible interpretation of the requirements. Once you enter the Embassy, you are in a zone where normal commonsense may not necessarily apply.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(baboyako &#064; Jun 9 2006, 08&#58;28 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>I asked my fiancee to marry me. she said yes. that makes her my fiancee. & no, she doesn&#39;t have a ring.
[/b][/quote]Doesn&#39;t give her automatic right to UK settlement though.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(baboyako &#064; Jun 9 2006, 08&#58;28 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>what people spend their money on is their business.
[/b][/quote]You can try telling that to an ECO if you wish [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yikes.gif[/img]