Emmigrating to the UK

Soutie_za said:
Hold thumbs for the supreme court ruling on the income requirements in February, they are lobbying to scrap it.

The issue isn't whether you would earn it in the UK or not, the problem is showing that you as a single person was able to earn it in South Africa. with a single Kid and partner you need to have earned R 562 500 the year before moving. that's a good R50k a month and out of range for a chunk of South Africans.

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My husband is working in UK currently (a lot more than GBP 30 K pa). I am working in SA with a decent salary, but not quite R562K pa :wtf:. What would I need to have earned the year before moving if I apply separately for an ancestral visa? Can my husband serve as a "sponsor" do you think?
 
Will getting an ancestral visa in any way impede my GF from getting a British passport in the future? She automatically qualifies for a passport but with the ancestral route saving us some pretty hectic hardship it seems the way to go
 
DrewChan said:
Will getting an ancestral visa in any way impede my GF from getting a British passport in the future? She automatically qualifies for a passport but with the ancestral route saving us some pretty hectic hardship it seems the way to go
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She should get her passport, and you get Ancestry visa.
 
bokdrol said:
My husband is working in UK currently (a lot more than GBP 30 K pa). I am working in SA with a decent salary, but not quite R562K pa :wtf:. What would I need to have earned the year before moving if I apply separately for an ancestral visa? Can my husband serve as a "sponsor" do you think?
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EDIT: I see he is on a T2 working visa, yeah definitely go the ancestral in that case. There is talk of increasing the T2 income threshold, if that happens he can always jump onto your visa instead of having to leave.

As for income, there is no income requirement for ancestral other than being able to show you can provide for yourself, a few thousand pounds will do it.

DrewChan said:
Will getting an ancestral visa in any way impede my GF from getting a British passport in the future? She automatically qualifies for a passport but with the ancestral route saving us some pretty hectic hardship it seems the way to go
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Not at all, you will have to change your visa from an ancestral spouse to a citizen spouse when she gets her passport though. The upside of this is its a lot easier to hit the minimum income threshold when earning pounds. A passport is a birthright, they can't take that away easily... Other than treason or something.

I'm not an immigration consultant, all advice is from a butt load of my own research in the last year or so getting ready to move over myself, wife and kid. Always best to check the facts on the home office web site.
 
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I have a friend trying to seek asylum in Canada on the grounds of bad experiences with crime etc, anyway he asked that I provide details on my personal experiences with crime and general state on the nation etc and future of the country which he'll submit to his lawyers.

Anyone been asked to do this?
 
Hemps said:
I have a friend trying to seek asylum in Canada on the grounds of bad experiences with crime etc, anyway he asked that I provide details on my personal experiences with crime and general state on the nation etc and future of the country which he'll submit to his lawyers.

Anyone been asked to do this?
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Nope, we try not to befriend idiots.
 
Forget it if the holder of the British PP does not earn the qualifying amount. This same discussion has been had on emigration forums.
The British immigration laws are too strict no matter how long you have been married.
I had to bypass British Immigration laws by going the Surinder Singh Route and use EU Immigration laws instead. They cannot refuse this as they are still members of the EU.
To go this route I moved to Portugal with my SA wife got residency for her as a spouse of an EU member.
We have now lived here for longer than the required 3 months and are free to move to Britain but have decided to live in Portugal instead as it is so much cheaper.
You can move to Ireland and after 3 months you can use EU law to move to the UK.
 
Well since they, UK, leaving EU .. this may be limited soon (best case in 2 yrs time)
 
Hemps said:
I have a friend trying to seek asylum in Canada on the grounds of bad experiences with crime etc, anyway he asked that I provide details on my personal experiences with crime and general state on the nation etc and future of the country which he'll submit to his lawyers.

Anyone been asked to do this?
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I suggest The Royal.
They claim to be one of the leading Canadian asylums ...

The Royal is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres. Our mandate is simple: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster.
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http://www.theroyal.ca/mental-health-centre/about-the-centre/

Glad I could assist.
 
Oopsie said:
Forget it if the holder of the British PP does not earn the qualifying amount. This same discussion has been had on emigration forums.
The British immigration laws are too strict no matter how long you have been married.
I had to bypass British Immigration laws by going the Surinder Singh Route and use EU Immigration laws instead. They cannot refuse this as they are still members of the EU.
To go this route I moved to Portugal with my SA wife got residency for her as a spouse of an EU member.
We have now lived here for longer than the required 3 months and are free to move to Britain but have decided to live in Portugal instead as it is so much cheaper.
You can move to Ireland and after 3 months you can use EU law to move to the UK.
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Now I see the real reason why you were peed off with your daughters for voting "out" in the Brexit vote.
 
Rubberpigg said:
Now I see the real reason why you were peed off with your daughters for voting "out" in the Brexit vote.
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I fail to see YOUR reasoning at all. We will not be affected. I have no desire to leave Portugal at all. They have no desire to leave the UK so we all stay put.
I was peeved off as they failed to foresee the dramatic outcome.
 
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