Immigrating to the UK

killerbyte said:
they aren't local to me, but they are the cheapest when it comes to meat for biltong (from what I have found).
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Have you tried a butcher for the meat, should be much cheaper? The struggle for me, as you mentioned, is the vinegar. I've tried all sorts of safari alternatives but none do the job as well.

I use this place if the local doesn't have stock :

sagroceries.co.uk

Safari Brown Spirit Vinegar 750ml

Spirit Vinegar is produced from the finest alcohol distilled from sugar cane. It has an off-neutral taste and is widely used as a natural acidifying ingredient by food and condiment producers. It is also an economical flavour enhancer when used in home cooking.
sagroceries.co.uk sagroceries.co.uk
 
theratman said:
Have you tried a butcher for the meat, should be much cheaper? The struggle for me, as you mentioned, is the vinegar. I've tried all sorts of safari alternatives but none do the job as well.
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I guess it's worth popping into the local butchers and seeing how much they will charge.
 
killerbyte said:
I guess it's worth popping into the local butchers and seeing how much they will charge.
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Definitely worth a go, and the quality will likely be better at a similar or lower price. I need to get my biltong setup going for winter, the wife has been nagging.
 
My wife went to her VFS appointment today.
Just for clarity, she has gone for a Spousal visa and I paid for the Priority service.
She asked the agent at VFS what the turn around time is (I had read that the Priority service reduces the visa time from 90 days to 30 days).
Agent replies "oh you will have it next week." This is after the agent looked over all the documents and everything we provided for the visa.
Wife is understandably bouncing off the walls with excitement. I am being pragmatic and expecting it to take a little longer than that.
 
killerbyte said:
My wife went to her VFS appointment today.
Just for clarity, she has gone for a Spousal visa and I paid for the Priority service.
She asked the agent at VFS what the turn around time is (I had read that the Priority service reduces the visa time from 90 days to 30 days).
Agent replies "oh you will have it next week." This is after the agent looked over all the documents and everything we provided for the visa.
Wife is understandably bouncing off the walls with excitement. I am being pragmatic and expecting it to take a little longer than that.
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It’s completely possible to have it next week. The timeline for priority is within 30 days.

Good luck and here’s hoping it comes through soon!
 
Officially submitted everything needed for my son's UK citizenship application. I had to go over to Germany for a few days as I had to be present for the biometrics at VFS (as the main applicant, couldn't just be his mother).

The blikems didn't even check my ID when we went for the biometrics. Anyway, will have to wait a couple months for the decision. Overall the process was fairly painless though, other than having to go over for the biometrics.
 
theratman said:
Officially submitted everything needed for my son's UK citizenship application. I had to go over to Germany for a few days as I had to be present for the biometrics at VFS (as the main applicant, couldn't just be his mother).

The blikems didn't even check my ID when we went for the biometrics. Anyway, will have to wait a couple months for the decision. Overall the process was fairly painless though, other than having to go over for the biometrics.
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Similarly, have done everything for our youngest’s UK citizenship.
 
killerbyte said:
My wife went to her VFS appointment today.
Just for clarity, she has gone for a Spousal visa and I paid for the Priority service.
She asked the agent at VFS what the turn around time is (I had read that the Priority service reduces the visa time from 90 days to 30 days).
Agent replies "oh you will have it next week." This is after the agent looked over all the documents and everything we provided for the visa.
Wife is understandably bouncing off the walls with excitement. I am being pragmatic and expecting it to take a little longer than that.
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Its my 40th birthday today and my wife just received the email to say her visa got approved!

Proof that you can do it yourself without an agency. But I would say if you **** is complicated then an agency is a good idea.
 
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killerbyte said:
Its my 40th birthday today and my wife just received the email to say her visa got approved!

Proof that you can do it yourself without an agency. But I would say if you **** is complicated then an agency is a good idea.
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Have an acquaintance(unmarried) who just did it using Ai to help them through the process and were successful. Which I thought was brilliant.

Happy birthday and congrats again!
 
killerbyte said:
Its my 40th birthday today and my wife just received the email to say her visa got approved!

Proof that you can do it yourself without an agency. But I would say if you **** is complicated then an agency is a good idea.
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Happy birthday ;)

And yes, for most 'normal' applications you can do it without an agency, applications like my wife's and now our sons citizenships an agency is a huge help, they have no direct path to citizenship but are relying on the UK's change to include maternal path's even historically. This means there are motivation letters with family history and get quite complicated, luckily my wife is now a citizen and we are busy with our sons.
 
Got a job offer from another company that is willing to take over my visa sponsorship.

Never done it before, any risks I should be aware of?
 
killerbyte said:
Its my 40th birthday today and my wife just received the email to say her visa got approved!

Proof that you can do it yourself without an agency. But I would say if you **** is complicated then an agency is a good idea.
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Happy birthday. Congrats on the visa.

I also did mine myself. No reason to use a company unless it's a complicate application. With enough time and research it's easy enough to do.

You know its all going to go through but you still kak yourself when you get that final email to say approved.
 
killerbyte said:
Its my 40th birthday today and my wife just received the email to say her visa got approved!

Proof that you can do it yourself without an agency. But I would say if you **** is complicated then an agency is a good idea.
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Well I'd say that's a pretty damn nice 40th gift mate, happy birthday 😅
 
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