Moving back to UK?

[Yannary 70]

Hi, I was hoping someone on here might be able to point me the right direction. So my UK husband has received his green card and we have been living in the US together. Our twins were born in 2020 and as they're growing without being able to see family we sort of came to the decision that we would like to move to UK as soon as my husband gets US citizenship. I would imagine the process is very similar. I was wondering if anyone went through this, or is planning it and if there might be any resourceful community pages such as this one that would be as helpful. I am mainly concerned about the inability to use joint sponsorship for spouse visa. Any info is greatly appreciated! 

[Boiler 45,516]

You seem to understand the main issue, meeting the financial requirement.

 

BE has a section and there is another forum and for the life of me I can not remember its name...

 

It is a relatively quick process, well compared to the US. So does not attract quite the same level of interest.

 

Just though Reddit covers it.

[Saqib-s 188]

Went through the US to UK process for my wife in 2019, I was fortunate that I was living and working here (in the UK) and was easily able to prove the financial and accommodation requirements (need to show you have secured a home that has space for spouse). It was a much faster process, we used a solicitor's firm here who were wonderful, they took us through the process, and after we got a refusal due to 'missing' bank statements, our solicitor wrote a letter to them stating we'd provided these,  had clearly outlined this in our covering letter, and that they could should have requested them instead of refusing, the supervisor reviewed and issued the visa within two weeks. In total it took 3 months from application to getting a response. 

 

These were the solicitors we used: https://immigrationlawyers-london.com/  (you can see my review for them in google maps). 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

38 minutes ago, Yannary said:

we would like to move to UK as soon as my husband gets US citizenship

That is extremely wise to get the citizenship out of they way. So many leave then decide they want to come back and have to start all over with a US visa. 

[An&Je 33]

On 10/7/2021 at 7:45 PM, Wuozopo said:

That is extremely wise to get the citizenship out of they way. So many leave then decide they want to come back and have to start all over with a US visa. 

This!

 

The financial requirements can be met using US income. I did that when I had to leave the US when my H-1B transfer was refused. I used my last 6 months of income from my US job and because of the timing of the pay stubs I had to wait an extra month to get a UK paystub to show I had means to support my wife when she arrived (payslip+UK employment contract). if my paystubs had been accurate I could have used all my US income (has to match to bank deposits).

 

You can prove the finanical requirements with savings as well (minimum £16,000 cash savings). Which if you saved $1000 for 20 months would meet that requirement (or you might even have that now if you have a house to sell in the US). 

 

A parent or a siblings home can be sufficient for the living requirements as long as the kids have their own room and so do you and even there, if the kids are little, a single large room could suffice to begin with. There's a supporting residence requirement (letter from homeowner/landlord) and you have to provide picture proof of the residence. Just make sure your landlord isn't a tool if you are renting.

 

No need to show finacial support for kids assuming they have dual nationality. If they are only US citizens and not both US and Biritsh, there is a requirement of £3600 for the first one and £2400 per additional child thereafter.

 

My wife and I used https://www.firstmigration.com/ - they aren't laywers but they are registered immigration consultants and provide the same level of service as a law firm. They were £1250 + application fees when we used them in 2019. And they really, really know their stuff.