Immigrating to the UK

Dairyfarmer said:
Don't confuse a "Settled Person" with a UK citizen. A Settled person is someone that has been granted indefinite leave to remain, but has not been naturalised.

If you are a UK (or any other EEA) citizen, you need to select "Family member of an EEA national". If you have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (or Permanent Residence as it is also called) but not naturalised, you may apply for a family member to join you, but this is where the fees come in. This is to try stop one person getting ILR and then bringing a boat load of family over.


Wrong.

If you don't believe me, just try apply for the free visa.
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I suggest you click on the link called '"Visa application guide" in the screenshot you posted. Screenshot_20190101-083713.jpeg


It takes you here https://www.gov.uk/family-permit

Uk immigration laws applies to UK citizens and EU laws applies to EU citizens when they are not in their home country.
 
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signates said:
Why
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Shouldn't it not be "Emigrating to the UK"?
The difference between “immigrate” and “emigrate” is that “immigrating” is the act of entering a foreign country to live while “emigrating” is the act of leaving a country to live in another.
 
geezer said:
Shouldn't it not be "Emigrating to the UK"?
The difference between “immigrate” and “emigrate” is that “immigrating” is the act of entering a foreign country to live while “emigrating” is the act of leaving a country to live in another.
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Well I'm going to the UK and leaving SA so immigrating to the UK and emigrating from SA.
 
Dairyfarmer said:
Don't confuse a "Settled Person" with a UK citizen. A Settled person is someone that has been granted indefinite leave to remain, but has not been naturalised.

If you are a UK (or any other EEA) citizen, you need to select "Family member of an EEA national". If you have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (or Permanent Residence as it is also called) but not naturalised, you may apply for a family member to join you, but this is where the fees come in. This is to try stop one person getting ILR and then bringing a boat load of family over.


Wrong.

If you don't believe me, just try apply for the free visa.
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You are completely wrong in your understanding of this, categorically, there is NO free visa for a spouse to join or accompany a UK citizen to the UK.

Anyone wanting to do so will have to apply for the spouse settlement visa followed by indefinite leave to remain after they have lived in the UK for the qualifying period and then can apply for citizenship. The fees are as shown in the .gov.uk link and go up every year.
 
The way to never forget the diffs is like so:

Immigration starts with an "i" for "in" like in "coming in". Because it causes the population to increase it gets two m's.
Emigrate starts with an "e" for exit and only has one "m" because it decreases the population.

Now you will never forget the diffs.
 
It does get a bit tricky as in my case. I have a Finnish passport and my wife is South African. My wife got a free long term visa to enter Portugal for residency with me. She got her visa within 2 hours because a spouse of an EU citizen gets preferential treatment like jumping the queue.

She was given an Article 10 residency card given to a spouse of an EU member. The card must state that and be biometric. Now we are to relocate to the UK and she no longer needs a visa as the Article 10 RC can be used in lieu of a visa in the EU member states.

After 29 March we can apply for Pre-Settled status and after 5 years we can apply for Settled status.
Once we have Pre-Settled status we get access to state healthcare and all other benefits. Not that we require benefits but just mentioning it.

I don't mean to hijack this thread but posted this just for info for people in our situation.
 
There has been changes to the rules for UK citizens returning with non EU spouses.

Applying for a spouse visa outside of the UK the UK citizen's needs to earn at least £18 600.00 pa and the spouses finances will not be taken into consideration.

Applying from within the UK the spouses income can be added to the citizen's. If it is not sufficient then savings and investments of both must be at least £16 000.00. This will require any cheaper visa to enter and then change it to the expensive spouse visa. I think it costs £1 400.00 odd. Do not use a Barrister or Attorney. Use the GOV.UK website.

A healthcare surcharge of £200.00 pa must also be paid but the website does not state if that is per year for 5 years. The pa may be a misprint as it was a once off £400.00.
 
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I got my info via the GOV.UK website that was updated recently. Yours is from an obscure website dated 2006.
 
marco said:
There has been changes to the rules for UK citizens returning with non EU spouses.

Applying for a spouse visa outside of the UK the UK citizen's needs to earn at least £18 600.00 pa and the spouses finances will not be taken into consideration.

Applying from within the UK the spouses income can be added to the citizen's. If it is not sufficient then savings and investments of both must be at least £16 000.00. This will require any cheaper visa to enter and then change it to the expensive spouse visa. I think it costs £1 400.00 odd. Do not use a Barrister or Attorney. Use the GOV.UK website.

A healthcare surcharge of £200.00 pa must also be paid but the website does not state if that is per year for 5 years. The pa may be a misprint as it was a once off £400.00.
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Previously, £200 per year for the duration of the visa (£200 x 5 years, £1000 total). That recently doubled to £400 per year (£400 x 5, £2000 total)

Had 4 heart attacks since I've been here, so definitely had my money's worth.
 
marco said:
I got my info via the GOV.UK website that was updated recently. Yours is from an obscure website dated 2006.
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I found the info regarding income, can also be savings without any income. The below document from parliament matches what I'm finding on immigration websites.

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06724/SN06724.pdf (from page 10)

Also managed to find this

https://assets.publishing.service.g...pendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement_Final.pdf


zippy said:
Uk immigration 101 : use the GOV.UK site
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Information may be available on their website, but for instance I couldn't find what I was looking for, had to go to other sources. (See above)
 
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As @Dave says, there is NO free visa for a spouse to join or accompany a UK citizen to the UK.

I've recently been through the whole route. Applied for a spousal visa in 2013, then FLR, ILR, Naturalized.

Sponsor needs to be earning min £18600. If you have children then its more. You can also apply with cash savings.

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/proof-income

No need to use these visa agencies unless your application is complicated. Save yourself a fortune and do it yourself. Its not difficult and all the info is on the gov site. Just need to take your time and gather all the required info and triple check everything.
 
gregmcc said:
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No need to use these visa agencies unless your application is complicated. Save yourself a fortune and do it yourself. Its not difficult and all the info is on the gov site. Just need to take your time and gather all the required info and triple check everything.
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Have you "financially emigrated" from South Africa by informing SARS and SARB? If so, did you get assistance from somebody? I need to do this in order to cash out my RAs.


Also, law changed coming soon
https://businesstech.co.za/news/fin...-for-financial-emigration-heres-how-it-works/
 
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