on ILR

[joebloggs]

i'm sure its straight forward, if you can show that your married (marriage cert) and you've lived in another country together (passports + bills,letters etc) for 4 years then they have to give your wife ILE. I would have thought you would need to show you have accommodation and finances to support your wife to, so there is no recourse to public funds.

[andypaul]

i'm sure its straight forward, if you can show that your married (marriage cert) and you've lived in another country together (passports + bills,letters etc) for 4 years then they have to give your wife ILE. I would have thought you would need to show you have accommodation and finances to support your wife to, so there is no recourse to public funds.

Surely you would need the letters in both names or at least letters address seperatly for the both of you? Which means ensuring you both take out bank accounts locally etc. But if they asked for as much evidence as ILR some couples may find that tough as like fred says in another post today all the bills he has is a electricty bill no tax etc.

I don't know if the evidence required is as strict at the present but may come stricter in the future as with all aspects of visa application.

At the rate its going be cheaper to live in phill for four years than apply for spouse visa and ilr in the UK