I want to be with my wife

[Apollo]

Hello everyone.


I have been reading the various parts of this forum and it is indeed a treasure trove full of very useful information. Unfortunately I've not been able to find anything relevent to my situation.( Not that I am saying the information is not there only that I've been unsucessful at finding it.) I would appreciate it greatly if someone can help me.

My situation is as follows,

I am a British citizen married to a Canadian lady. (Canadian citizen). We got married her in the UK at the registrar's office in Manchester. She had to go back because she came over on a Fiance visa. Now she is living and working in Canada.

I on the other hand am a complete bum. I work 2 hours a week and get paid £12 per week for sitting on a PC. AND I get DLA (mobility component). This is because I have a few physical problems such as Heart problem, Diabetes, Sleep apnea etc.. I am presently staying with my sister in her 3 bedroom house.I do have a house of my own but because I wasn't able to look after myself I had to move. Rather than have my house stay empty and me go on bebefits I decided to rent out the house instead. The money I got from the rent helped me to pay my way and to make savings which I used to go see my wife whenever I could in Canada.
We are both tired of being seperated many months at a time and on top of this my body is rebelling .
I've talked with my employer and he has agreed to give my wife a part time job paying £7500 per annum for 18 hours a week when she gets here. Will this be enough income to satisfy the immigration rules? Also I am assuming that I will need to get a letter from the employer stating all this. Will I need to have him put anything else on this letter?
I've talked with my sister about me and my wife staying with her in her house and she is happy with this arrangement.
Will this be ok with the immigration rules?
Will I need to get a 'residancy letter' from the council?
Because I have no saving and very little money coming in I was thinking of selling my house and putting some money in my wife's bank account and the rest in my bank account. The idea is to show that we will not be taking money from the 'public funds' . Would this be a good idea?
Is there anything else we need to do to make it easier for my wife to get the visa?
I appreciate any and all help that anyone can give me. Thank you.

[John]

She had to go back because she came over on a Fiance visa. Now she is living and working in Canada.

That does not make sense. If she had a fiancée visa, why didn't she apply for her spouse visa in the UK?

[Apollo]

Hello John,
Thank you for replying.

We did't think this was possible. We read the information on the British visa websit and it always pointed at 'she had to apply from within Canada'. (In our minds anyways). And being new to 'immigration' matters it was very confusing.

[Wanderer]

Hello John,
Thank you for replying.

We did't think this was possible. We read the information on the British visa websit and it always pointed at 'she had to apply from within Canada'. (In our minds anyways). And being new to 'immigration' matters it was very confusing.

Has the Fiancee visa axpired?

[John]

Apollo, are you absolutely sure that she had a fiancée visa? Or did she have a wedding visitor visa?

An easy way to clarify this ..... when she applied for her visa in Canada .... what was the application fee?

[Apollo]

Hi guys.

Thank you for replying.

As far as I can remember it was a 'Fiancee visa'. It had six months time limit on it. So it expired over a year ago. She was not allowed to work or get money from 'public funds' and it had my name as the person she was coming over to marry. I remember when we applied I was expecting the fee to be above $1000 but it turned out to be something like $100.


Guys your getting me worried. Did we do something wrong?

[Wanderer]

Hi guys.

Thank you for replying.

As far as I can remember it was a 'Fiancee visa'. It had six months time limit on it. So it expired over a year ago. She was not allowed to work or get money from 'public funds' and it had my name as the person she was coming over to marry. I remember when we applied I was expecting the fee to be above $1000 but it turned out to be something like $100.


Guys your getting me worried. Did we do something wrong?

That's a Marriage Visit Visa - the Fiancee visa is £585. So she should next apply for a Spouse visa £585 but you need to prove u have suitable accomodation and will have £105 a week surplus income after essential bills etc.

[John]

OK, now that we have clarified what type of visa she has, let's return to the matter of whether it is going to be possible to pass the financial test, and indeed the accommodation test.

First accommodation! Is the house let out at the moment? If so it is clearly not available for you and your wife at the moment. So your wife would move into your sister's house and live with you there? And later, when your house is available, the two of you will live there?

Selling your house? I can't see what that achieves. Certainly try for the spouse visa without taking that drastic action.

Turning to financial matters, I think the job offer to your wife makes it clear that she will not need to claim certain Public Funds. So I say, go for it, collect all the evidence together and then get your wife to apply for her spouse visa.

Given the time since the marriage, do include "evidence of contact", how the two of you have stayed in touch.

[Apollo]

Hi guys,

Thank you very much for replying.

My house is no longer rented. It is currently empty.
I was under the impression that me and my wife would be needing to show that we had lots of money in the bank so I had decided to smarten up the house and sell it thereby having money in the bank. Afterwards I was thinking me and my wife would move into a flat or something.

I have the 'suitable accomodation' but no 'surplus income' of my own and I don't want to start claiming ' income support etc.. Once she is here and working then there will be '£105 a week surplus income' due to her job and hopfully with here help I'll be able do more also.



Could you please give me a list of all the evidences that we will need to collect together.

And thank you once again for all you help.

[mochyn]

Every case is decided on its own merits.
You are a british citizen, you are entitled to benefits.

[Apollo]

Hello everyone,

Thank you for making things clearer for me.
Thank you John. I will start gathering all the information and tell my wife to do the same.

From what I've read on this forum it is better to give a good quantity of quality infomation rather than the bare minimum and I will do my best.

Me and my wife have been on Msn , Skype and sending daily e-mails to each other all the time we were apart so I'll include all the log file and the e-mails and photos where possible.
I'll get the letter from the council for the proofs of resendancy etc. also the letter from the employer. Also I'll get the gas & electricity & water bills etc.. my bank statements. I'll get my wife to get all the relevent bits ready from her end. And once everything is ready we'll apply and hope for the best.

Thank you for everything.

very best regards to you all.

[ElenaW]

Me and my wife have been on Msn , Skype and sending daily e-mails to each other all the time we were apart so I'll include all the log file and the e-mails and photos where possible.

Sounds like over kill to me. You don't need every single picture and chat log!