Is income support acceptable?

[sassy]

Hi again
we were living together in Saudi Arabia when we first met for six months. Then I returned to U.K. to have our baby. My boyfriend stayed in his job there and has been visiting me in U.K. since then on visitor's visas.
When I say umarried partner I am refering to us being unmarried to each other. Yes my partner is married in the Philippines but separated. We do not want to go down the annulment route now due to the fact we have a young baby and another on the way. Don't want to be separated from each other and baby .So we want to stay together in U.K. We were advised by a solicitor also to apply as an unmarried couple. Yes his wife is aware.
Although I am on income support I do have a lot of savings.
Thanks for all the advice.

[GaryFifer]

Hi again
we were living together in Saudi Arabia when we first met for six months. Then I returned to U.K. to have our baby. My boyfriend stayed in his job there and has been visiting me in U.K. since then on visitor's visas.
When I say umarried partner I am refering to us being unmarried to each other. Yes my partner is married in the Philippines but separated. We do not want to go down the annulment route now due to the fact we have a young baby and another on the way. Don't want to be separated from each other and baby .So we want to stay together in U.K. We were advised by a solicitor also to apply as an unmarried couple. Yes his wife is aware.
Although I am on income support I do have a lot of savings.
Thanks for all the advice.

Good luck with the baby. The annulment will be done when you manage to save enough,but having baby will cost much cash, but at least we have some help with family credit here. I hope you can get support at this tricky stage.

[sassy]

Hi
Apparently you can have up to sixteen thousand pounds and still receive some benefits.
Thanks to all you guys for the info.

[GaryFifer]

Hi
Apparently you can have up to sixteen thousand pounds and still receive some benefits.
Thanks to all you guys for the info.

Ah so thats how Jeffrey Archer did it. Shifting of accounts.

[Arthur Little]

Ah so thats how *Jeffrey Archer did it. Shifting of accounts.

*He's a "shifty" character, right enough ... and a... but maybe that's what makes him such a good storyteller!

[joebloggs]

Hi
Apparently you can have up to sixteen thousand pounds and still receive some benefits.
Thanks to all you guys for the info.

unmarried partner visa is the most difficult visa to get, and becuase you've not lived togther for 2 yrs that might be a problem to..

also because your on income support that will not help your app, and your b/f living with you i would have thought could effect your claim for income support

but your savings will help, good luck thou

[darren-b]

Good luck with the baby. The annulment will be done when you manage to save enough,but having baby will cost much cash, but at least we have some help with family credit here. I hope you can get support at this tricky stage.

To apply for an umarried partner visa you need to show that any previous marriage, civil partnership or similar relationship, has permanently broken down. Has your boyfriend got proof of this? I would have thought starting an annulment would be the best proof of this even if you didn't wait until his marriage was actually annulled.

[sassy]

To apply for an umarried partner visa you need to show that any previous marriage, civil partnership or similar relationship, has permanently broken down. Has your boyfriend got proof of this? I would have thought starting an annulment would be the best proof of this even if you didn't wait until his marriage was actually annulled.

Hi

we were under the impression from other filipinos that annulment is very difficult to aquire. What with unscrupulous solicitors, length of time to obtain one etc?

[darren-b]

Hi

we were under the impression from other filipinos that annulment is very difficult to aquire. What with unscrupulous solicitors, length of time to obtain one etc?

Without at least starting the annulment process how else can he really prove his previous marriage is over? You may not actualy have to wait until his annulment is finalised if they grant you an unmarried partner's visa. But as joebloggs have already said unmarried partner visas are not easy to get.