Son & his Philippino girlfriend help!

Britwife

I don't think they will find a visa to apply to their situation. Typically, it's either a student visa, fiance visa, or spouse visa. I know student visas are quite expensive but so are the other 2, however, on the fiance visa, she won't be allowed to work so there will be alot more requirements to be met.

I realize they aren't rushing into things and that's good but probably, the easiest way is for her to come over here on a tourist visa which can be approved for 6 months. That would give them time to figure out if they really want to move forward with marriage. She needs to be completely up front and honest with immigration officers that she is here to spend time with her boyfriend but she will need to show lots of proof of returning home, such as return flights, job or education waiting for her and where she lives and such, the more the better. She may also need something from you too to show that she will be supported here during her stay.

If they decide to move forward with marriage, it may be easier to get married in her country and have her apply under a spouse visa, that way, she can work right away and it's about half the price in the long run in fees.

Visa Timelines:

Spouse to ILR to Citizenship

Fiance to Spouse to ILR to Citizenship

So with the spouse, you skip a step and save on a hefty fee and they do go up quite a bit each year. 2007, it was just over £300 to 2009 costing nearly £750. plus you can't work on a fiance visa. Take a look at the fees, each visa expires in 2 years until you get to ILR

I actually met my British husband online so have been through the system just recently. We only met once and we'll be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary in a month. Sorry to ramble on but it's not an easy route nor is it cheap.

RAS

Hi


I am surprised this lady was studying nursing as this is not normally accessible to non-EU applicants.

This is the NMC information for nurses qualified outside the UK http://www.nmc-uk.org/Registration/Joining-the-register/Trained-outside-the-EU--EEA/. She may have been on the Overseas Nurses Programme details of which are linked from that page?

This is the only way for non-EU nurses to qualify to work in the UK now, as the old adaption route closed several years ago. Even then, if she wanted to come into to employment she would have to find a Tier 2 employer, which may be hard when loads of UK qualified nurses are being made redundant.

Note if they marry and she comes here, he will have to support her for some time without recourse to public funds http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/while-in-uk/rightsandresponsibilities/publicfunds/

mandrose

Wow, thank you so much for the replies - I'll pass on the links from everyone for my son to look at! I really appreciate your help and also to hear the lovely stories from those of you that have found happiness!

I'm sure if they are meant to be together it will work out - life/love is never easy but they might have to work harder than a lot of us!

Mandrose x

charlea

also look at uk resident/s (just google it) lots of usefull info on there
one thing i would say is to make sure that your son and girlfriend have lots of evidence no matter how trivial it seem to prove there relationship ie photos phone cards letter flight tickets where they intend to live details of his job bank statments savings ect ect ect all this in some sort of folder outline what they have will help prove the relationship if /when she has an interview for her spouse visa if she goes this way dont think its overkill its better to have to much rather than not enough

also under no circumstances should she tell any untruths no matter how insignificant they may seem If she has been refused for a visa in the past or overstayed anywhere then admit it although they cant refuse a spouse for overstaying they can refuse on fiance and other stuff -
they are very harsh on any lies /untruths no matter what they are when applying for visas and can result in refusals which makes the whole process even more dragged out as you have to appeal which can cost money

Nottoobadyet

Has he considered working in Saudi while she's there?