OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Awesome!!!! Congrats to CS! Now you know for sure you are on your way over there! Well, not really. The government is trying to raise the required income even above what L makes - and he makes a good sized income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntress0527 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I guess I misunderstood because you said he got it to seal your move there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Well I couldn't move over there without the promotion - so in that aspect it did seal it - but it's still majorly dependent on them raising or not raising the yearly required income. So if they don't raise the level than yeah, we are sealed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hopefully you get there BEFORE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hopefully you get there BEFORE. They were suppose to announce changes in April (they didn't) and said they would be making the announcement if they did raise it in June. We are taking it month to month but we are hoping we can find someplace so he can get moved in before June so we could possibly come in under the old rules IF they change them. It's baically one long but waiting game at this point. But all that aside, he's worked super hard for the last year for this promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntress0527 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I don't see why you couldn't since you married in October. To me that should be the date they go by. Ugh, because there are some people that take advantage of the system it makes for honest people like you and L to have to jump through hoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I dunno. Personally I would have started applying and getting everything done and gone soon after you got married and have the cat sent later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Pretty much. The current income is about GBP 12,000 per year (you have to show you have 111 GBP EVERY week to show you (the sponsor, L) can support the 2 people without going into public funds. L makes enough to even excede that weekly requirement but they are wanting to raise it to about a couple 100 GBP's over what L makes - because he wouldn't be able to support the 2 of us on 500 GBP a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 A cat is not a person though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 I dunno. Personally I would have started applying and getting everything done and gone soon after you got married and have the cat sent later. We couldn't have applied sooner - we have to be able to show the accommodation we will be living in and L currently lives in a shared house that is at the max occupancy. I had to pay down a bunch of bills before we could start saving for a deposit/first month's rent. On top of that the visa is $1,400 - plus my plane ticket which we can't buy until after the visa is approved. Even if we had the money right now to apply we couldn't because I don't have my passport and couldn't get it before i did because of the stupid long forum birth certificate requirement. It's just not as simple as applying any more - there's a lot of hoops couples like us have to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 A cat is not a person though. Jasper doesn't play a part in any of what I said - the 2 people is for L and I, not Jasper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seraphim Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 It sounds like a real circus. My friend is still waiting for her residency and she has been here almost 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 It sounds like a real circus. My friend is still waiting for her residency and she has been here almost 2 years. Yeah they are talking about also increasing the residency time in the UK from 2 year to 5 - so I would have to live there 5 years before I could become a full citizen and get ILR (indefinite leave to remain). That I can swallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Perhaps not to you, but he's a part of our family. But the government does not qualify an animal as a person do they? I never said my animals were not part of our family you know. They are not people though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Yeah they are talking about also increasing the residency time in the UK from 2 year to 5 - so I would have to live there 5 years before I could become a full citizen and get ILR (indefinite leave to remain). That I can swallow. My friend does not want to be a citizen only a resident. She wants to go back home to Japan when they retire. If she gives up her citizenship she can not go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 But the government does not qualify an animal as a person do they? I never said my animals were not part of our family you know. They are not people though. Well no, but I never said Jasper was considered in that. The 2 people rule is for L and I. They don't care anything about Jasper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 My friend does not want to be a citizen only a resident. She wants to go back home to Japan when they retire. If she gives up her citizenship she can not go back. Ah yeah, then she can't do citizenship. America doesn't care if I have 2 citizenships, I can take British and still maintain my American but I couldn't travel into the Us with my British passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Feels like crap all over again...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissancewoman101 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Feels like crap all over again...... Are you ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilservant Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 OG has a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartGoesOn Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Hope you feel better soon, OG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissancewoman101 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 OG feel better soon. Being sick really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptomisticGirl Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Thanks guys. I woke up feeling like crap again and threw up again after eating some soup. I trudged on to work were I was no more than 5 bloody minutes before I got light heated and fainted. Yep. Fainted. Never fainted before in my life. One second I'm stood looking at my boss, the next minute I'm on a stretcher half way to the ER! I told them not to take me to the ER (talk about $$$$) but I promised to go to the docctor that is attached to our hospital. Apparently I have a stomach bug that is running rampid - the doctor I saw even had had it herself. She prescribed me phenagran for the sickness and just said to stay with bland foods. As for the faiting she and the ER doctor believed it was just not being able to keep anything down the last 24 hours. I'm home now, resting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissancewoman101 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 OG, yikes!!!! Feel better soon. White soda and soup will help. Phernegan will help with the nausea too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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