getting a uk spouse visa

[formakashic 0]

hello all,

ive been searching the internet for information about my wife (uk citizen, came here to the usa on a k1 visa) and i (usa citizen) obtaining a uk spouse visa so that we can live and work in the uk together and have a few questions i cant seem to answer. maybe someone here can help us out.

we just got married in the usa and are applying for AOS but in 3 years we want to live and work together in the uk. my concern is the financial requirements. obviously she doesnt have a job in the uk because she is here with me in the usa. im making $20,000 a year and she is making $14,000 and we will have around $20-30,000 in savings by then. we could live with her parents in the uk if we had to.

can anyone let us know if this will be good enough for us to be able to live in the uk together? the only path i see if the traditional way when the uk citizen has been living and working in the uk the whole time.

thanks guys.

[SunDrop 59]

Try www.uk-yankee.com for more information on the visa process but in reverse.

It's probably worth waiting to move back until she is eligible and receives her American citizenship. Having been through the entire process to get her there, along with your rough time line for returning to the UK, sounds like you would be so close to qualifying for citizenship, it would be almost nuts to put her in a position of not being immediately able to return to the US if whim or need so decrees.

[Damian&Kelly 16]

We're planning on doing the same thing, maybe not quite 3 years as we've already been in the US together almost 2. But we're looking to move back to England after my husband gets his US dual citizenship. We feel we put so much money into getting him here that we don't want to just give it all up and we'd love to be done with immigration (at least on the US side) before settling down and starting a family.

As for the financial side, they're sponsoring system looks quite complicated. There's no real set amount you have to make; you just have to show enough income to pay your bills, I believe. and there's no co-sponsoring. I believe your UKC spouse will have to go over and set up shop before you can move yourself. We're planning on saving up and going over together (me on VWP) and finding an apartment or house and him finding a job and me coming back to the US to get the visa. I think it's quite a bit faster processing but within 3 years time the UK immigration system is going to change. so it's not worth looking into it this early, I'd wait til 2011 when the big changes are going to happen.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I believe you have to have her parents write a letter as part of the application saying that they are allowing you to live with them and I think you do need proof of funds - I don't know the exact amount but I'm sure $20-$30k is more than enough!

[broma25 2]

We're planning on doing the same thing, maybe not quite 3 years as we've already been in the US together almost 2. But we're looking to move back to England after my husband gets his US dual citizenship. We feel we put so much money into getting him here that we don't want to just give it all up and we'd love to be done with immigration (at least on the US side) before settling down and starting a family.

As for the financial side, they're sponsoring system looks quite complicated. There's no real set amount you have to make; you just have to show enough income to pay your bills, I believe. and there's no co-sponsoring. I believe your UKC spouse will have to go over and set up shop before you can move yourself. We're planning on saving up and going over together (me on VWP) and finding an apartment or house and him finding a job and me coming back to the US to get the visa. I think it's quite a bit faster processing but within 3 years time the UK immigration system is going to change. so it's not worth looking into it this early, I'd wait til 2011 when the big changes are going to happen.

What big changes are happening in 2011?

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

What big changes are happening in 2011?

it's being completely overhauled

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/managing...w-will-it-work/