Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
There are few who would dispute the fact that it OUGHT to be a wife's legal right to be able to live with her husband in the country of his birth.
Assuming the marriage is genuine rather than just a way of getting a visa.

Quote Originally Posted by andypaul View Post
The majority of the Voters/taxpayers wont not want to supplement Visas and as the taxes rise to pay for Browns Bailout i think it will become even more hostile.

I belive and i have put it here before the goverment calculate they can push up the cost of the Visas far higher.
Totally agree. Fighting the cost is fairly pointless as the government see raising the cost of immigration as a way of winning votes rather than losing votes. So just see visa fees as an unavoidable tax on immigration and try to get through the process as quick as possible - in our case just under 4 years and ~£2000 (fiancee visa -> British passport).