Electoral Voting on a Spouse Visa

[lastlid]

If that's the case I'd go for it.
Every little helps

Yes indeed. I will give them a call on Tuesday, see what they say.

[Terpe]

Yes indeed. I will give them a call on Tuesday, see what they say.

There seems to be a lot about the IOM that we 'mainlanders' have no idea about

Is it possible to become a citizen of the IOM without being a UK citizen?

[lastlid]

There seems to be a lot about the IOM that we 'mainlanders' have no idea about

Is it possible to become a citizen of the IOM without being a UK citizen?

You and me both. It continually catches me out. I enquired as to whether any child of ours would be Manx or British and was told by the IOM immigration people that there's no such thing as Manx, any child would be British.

Basically, I am from the UK and just over a year ago I moved here. I am resident here, pay tax here but have to work on a permit for 5 years before I can work here without a permit.

Anybody from the UK can come and live here at any time, but employment here requires a permit. For those outside the UK and IOM I imagine UK immigration rules follow i.e. to enter as a Filipina a visa to the UK of some kind is required. I am not clear, however, on EU folk but my boss implied that EU rules apply here too but am not clear if they would require a work permit or not, presumably yes. The emphasis here is on job protection for the islanders.

[lastlid]

You and me both. It continually catches me out. I enquired as to wether any child of ours would be Manx or british and was told by the IOM immigration people that there's no such thing as Manx, any child would be British.

Basically, I am from the UK and just over a year ago I moved here. I am resident here, pay tax here but have to work on a permit for 5 years before I can work here without a permit.

Anybody from the UK can come and live here at any time, but employment here requires a permit. For those outside the UK and IOM I imagine UK immigration rules follow i.e. to enter as a Filipina a visa to the UK of some kind is required. I am not clear, however on EU folk but my boss implied that EU rules apply here too but am not clear if they would require a work permit or not, presumably yes. The emphasis here is on job protection for the islanders.

For Mrs Lastlid to work here she requires an appropriate visa, which she has of course, but also a work permit. As far as ILR goes she now waits to complete her 2 years like in the UK. As far as citizenship is concerned, I am not sure, something else to look into but I beleive it is the same as in the UK but not sure if she has to sing God Save the Queen or the Manx anthem

As far as I can tell, people from the island are British citizens but not UK citizens. Sorry if I haven't answered your question Terpe.