Advice needed URGENTLY!! (PLEASE)

[joebloggs]

hi- (keith you didnt ban me )

1) i don't think there is a minimum salary you would need, but the only figure that i can ever remember seeing to support your wife is the minimum figure that she would get if she could claim income support/unemployment benefit. but obvious the less you get paid, the more chance of her needing 'recourse to public funds', i was made redundant about 6 years ago, as i was just going to apply for a spouse visa, and i took the first job i was offered and that was only 15k a year . but like you said, it depends on your out goings. also remember once your wife has a 2 yr spouse visa, she can work here straight away. and the £40 a week you mention is less than income support.

2) benefits of marrying in the philippines is cheaper, my wedding cost about £2000, not counting air tickets. but that was 5 years ago. , depends if any of your family is going with you. also if you marry in pinoyland, you can get a 2 yr spouse visa and as ive said she can look for a job stragiht away here, i cannot remeber if you can on a fiancee visa ???.

3) get your money back, you need the money more than her, its you who will be supporting her, not her supporting you.. . thats the kinda minimum figure you should have in your bank, when you apply for a visa.

get your 3k back before she spends it , put it in either a savings account or current account, find a job, start saving, your prob best putting it in a current account with your wages, so by the time you've paid your bills etc, you should still have about 3k left every month in it, instead of the £40 or so that you say you could only save.

you need to prove 3 things to get a visa

1) finances.
2) accommodation
3) a relationship

good luck thou,

[aromulus]

hi- (keith you didnt ban me )

1) i don't think there is a minimum salary you would need, but the only figure that i can ever remember seeing to support your wife is the minimum figure that she would get if she could claim income support/unemployment benefit. but obvious the less you get paid, the more chance of her needing 'recourse to public funds', i was made redundant about 6 years ago, as i was just going to apply for a spouse visa, and i took the first job i was offered and that was only 15k a year . but like you said, it depends on your out goings. also remember once your wife has a 2 yr spouse visa, she can work here straight away. and the £40 a week you mention is less than income support.

2) benefits of marrying in the philippines is cheaper, my wedding cost about £2000, not counting air tickets. but that was 5 years ago. , depends if any of your family is going with you. also if you marry in pinoyland, you can get a 2 yr spouse visa and as ive said she can look for a job stragiht away here, i cannot remeber if you can on a fiancee visa ???.

3) get your money back, you need the money more than her, its you who will be supporting her, not her supporting you.. . thats the kinda minimum figure you should have in your bank, when you apply for a visa.

get your 3k back before she spends it , put it in either a savings account or current account, find a job, start saving, your prob best putting it in a current account with your wages, so by the time you've paid your bills etc, you should still have about 3k left every month in it, instead of the £40 or so that you say you could only save.

you need to prove 3 things to get a visa

1) finances.
2) accommodation
3) a relationship

good luck thou,

I must agree with Joebloggs, especially on getting the money back. Definitively on getting the money back. I don't want to seem pessimistic, but, by now, quite a bit of it will have been spent. I dearly hope not.
But trying to get the money back will pose a couple of problems, I think.

1- I don't think that she will be allowed to send all that cash out of Phil.

2- Face... If you ask for the money back, she might think that you are not interested in her anymore ... No matter how you sweeten the pill.

I sincerely hope that you will be able to get it back, because as Joe said, you will need it in your bank to prove means of support. You can always arrange for a monthly allowance to be sent.
Before I got married last February, I used to send £50/70, now it is £100/130.

Getting married there, would be the better option, and also cheaper. A hell of a lot cheaper. Besides, family and friends would be there, and for a lot of pinays, it is matter of pride.
Kind of "show off her white guy"....
I know for a fact, that what I paid for my wedding there, would not have paid for the wedding car over here....

I wish you all the best of luck.

(no joe, you didn't get banned, maybe Keith has a soft spot for you after all... the cess pit at the bottom of the garden...?)

[joebloggs]

the ban me bit is a joke, as i'm going , he knows why


best thing for him is to get a job, get the money back, show he has money in his current account, and for the next 6 months, save his pay slips and bank statements. and every penny he has, to show he has a steady or increasing balance over the next 6 months, even thou i hate banks, i would even go as far as to pay some of the bills by credit card, so keeping the cash in you current account, when hes got the visa pay the cred card off.

[aromulus]

the ban me bit is a joke, as i'm going , he knows why


best thing for him is to get a job, get the money back, show he has money in his current account, and for the next 6 months, save his pay slips and bank statements. and every penny he has, to show he has a steady or increasing balance over the next 6 months, even thou i hate banks, i would even go as far as to pay some of the bills by credit card, so keeping the cash in you current account, when hes got the visa pay the cred card off.

Realistically, now.....

what are his chances of getting that money back????

[joebloggs]

if it was my wife none
she would have spent it on a new air-con,mobile, sofa, tv, etc
not a good thing to do, as he is the SPONSOR ! that means he has to financially be able to take care of her for at least 2 years, with the legendary 'no recourse to public funds' , its good to see that evil is no longer on my wifes and kids passports, bit on a insult when this country is one of the richest in the world..

[Peanutz]

Realistically, now.....

what are his chances of getting that money back????

No refund, no money back it is a lifetime investmentJoke!joke!

[Peanutz]

No refund, no money back it is a lifetime investmentJoke!joke!

That pose a real problem in getting the money back...I hope she will understand that...

[Mick304824]

Hello everyone,

wow, I didn't know there were going to be so many replies!! I have read and absorbed them all, and thank everyone for their advice

There's a few comments I would like to make, mainly in response to the fact I sent Diana money over to Philippines. First of all, we had a good laugh between us at all the comments about things that she may spend the money on already, such as new air-con unit, tv, mobile phone. I can assure you, as I know Diana so well, that she's not gonna do that. She has had more than one occaision where she could have used it for personal matters, but has refused to do so, cos she sees it as money for our future. without going into too much detail, it was sent to her really because for a personal reason, I couldn't keep it in my account, so for now, she is holding it, until I start working. I would also like to add that although she was born and always lived in Phil, she is actually of Chinese parents with a very disciplined and good morals upbringing.

I gather from all the info and advice given that I must do almost exactly what I thought anyway... Start work, keep spending to a bare minimum, open a current account, keep bank statements and payslips, get the £3K back from Diana and put it in the current account as show money, and to start the process running. I certainly have proof of the relationship....... we have over 500 pics and videos together... Also Diana has kept a printout of all of our skype chat for the past year, which amounts to a full ream of paper's worth of chat ( and that's printed on both sides!! lol). I also have proof of accomodation that I have been at for almost 3 years, so basically its get a job time!!!!

OOOH, ONE more thing while I think of it: Whilst in phil, I got the taste for asada siopao.... have tried to find a supplier here in UK but no joy..anyone know where I can buy some please??


Anyways, thanx all for your advice... I am sure I have forgotten to say something here, so u will prolly find a follow up message a bit later........ Nice meeting you all and thanx again so much. You have all been very helpful

Mick and Diana

PS Diana read all the last post replies, and will maybe, join herself when she's not sleeping hehehehehe,. see yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa