Where to start? sons USA girlfriend wants to move to UK to be with him.

HappyMJ

JasX wrote: »

The other option might be for the pair of them to setup in a mutual 3rd country, especially if they are young and both US / UK citizens can get some form of residency + working visa.

Perhaps Australia?

He wouldn't meet the health criteria for Australia and be denied entry.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

Just tell him to find someone else. There's plenty of fish in the sea.

BigAunty

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I'm surprised you don't see the connection between the paragraph I've bolded and the two earlier ones.

How does chime with the nonsensical belief that if a person can pursue a relationship, they automatically can hold down a job?

HappyMJ

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

I think for both the UK and US, a fianc! visa with marriage as the goal is the only remaining feasible option.

I suppose there's a remote chance he might win the lottery visa for the US but that wouldn't be much of a win for someone who needs ongoing support.

Which is not possible as neither of them have the funds to support themselves and each other without recourse to public funds.

If he were to go to the USA with her he would have significant medical costs to pay for. Health costs are not cheap in the US. Neither of them can prove how they are going to meet those costs so he'll be denied a visa.

MissMoneypenny

gabriel1980 wrote: »

I got my wife into the UK by taking into account my parent's income and savings.

The UK stopped that in July 2012. Now you would have to show that you can afford to sponsor your spouse yourself, to make sure your foreign national spouse isn't a drain on UK benefits.

At the same time they extended the time before that foreign spouse can claim UK benefits in their own name, from 3 years to 5 years.

Then in April last year, they stopped giving them free NHS until they have been in the UK for at least 5 years.

MissMoneypenny

barbarawright wrote: »

You may want to seek specialist advice. It's actually illegal to give immigration advice if you aren't qualified to do so. Good luck

https://www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser/search-for-an-adviser

Perhaps you ought to tell that to all the forums that give free immigration advice and correct the wrong advice given by some advisors who charge?

MissMoneypenny

burlington6 wrote: »

She found out her grandmother was from Sweden, somehow managed to get a duel nationality passport and because Sweden are in the EU, was able to claim benefits when she got here and starting breeding.

That's been stopped too, since Labour was removed from government.

barbarawright

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

Perhaps you ought to tell that to all the forums that give free immigration advice and correct the wrong advice given by some advisors who charge?

I didn't say that all advisors are good. i just pointed out that it is against the law to give immigration advice if you aren't qualified. The OP has received some good advice on this thread but also some *terrible* advice

MissMoneypenny

clint_S wrote: »

If the girlfriend gets a job at a large international company she could see about transferring to the UK, a possible loophole but she would need to find the right company and I don't believe she has the correct qualifications so this might not be the best solution.

The rules changed in 2010 and now she must work at that company for at least 12 months before she can move to the UK on a temporary visa only (no longer leads to British citizenship since 2010).

Plus the UK has raised the standard of that visa so that it is hard to get, and it looks like they may raise the standard again very soon.

clint_S wrote: »

Working Visa for the girlfriend is a possible, again needs to look at her qualifications to see if she will be accepted.

Since 2010 only 20,700 of these visas are now given each year and very difficult to get, plus the company must now carry out a Resident Labour Market Test to show they couldn't find anyone else to do the job and can only bring in people to do graduate level jobs.

Plus it looks the governmnet will soon make the minimum wage for that visa to be 30k and make the company that employs them pay an amount each year they have a foreign worker, with that money being used to train Brits.

clint_S wrote: »

As for moving to Europe and then moving to the UK this loophole only exists if the girlfriend can find employment in Europe and the couple will need to live in that European country for a few years before she can apply for citizenship.

Nope, the UK changed that too. He must work in the other country, must be married to her and must prove he has moved his centre of life to that country for at least 6 months i.e. give up his DLA and intergrate into that countries culture. On return to the UK he wont be able to claim DLA or PIP for 2 years.

clint_S wrote: »

You might be able to get a domestic workers visa if you sponsor her. https://www.gov.uk/domestic-workers-in-a-private-household-visa, she could then apply for training to reach the level required for other visas whilst in the UK.

Nope.that has changed too. Did you read your link? No longer leads to British citizenship. They must have worked for their employer for 12 months. The employer isn't a resident of the UK. They can only stay for a maximum of 6 months or less than that if their employer leaves before. Basically, that is now for those people who visit the UK and want to bring staff with them, but while in the UK they must pay them the UK minimum wage etc.

Hermia

fairy_lights wrote: »

I'm glad someone has said it.
Online friends who've visited each other 'a few' times, and now she is planning to emigrate to be with him? :eek:
How old are they both? what will they do if it all goes tits up after she's relocated her whole life to be with him?

I really hope she has at least been doing some research on travel/ex-pat forums. On those you get awesome tales of successful moves, but also lots of people who spent a fortune and disrupted their lives to move abroad and then had to do the same to go back when things didn't turn out. It can take a long while to recover for people who did not do their homework.