Hello Everyone! Thank you so much for having me here, I'm so glad to see British and Filipinos here in the forum. I'm Bradly from Birmingham and natural born in UK. I have so many questions to ask and I hope you will help me and give me advice on what should I do first. I am only 20 years old and already married to a Filipina. I am not familiar with Visas on how to get my wife. I have job but not permanent and still looking for a permanent job. I really want my wife to come here in UK but I know my salary is not enough to meet the financial requirements. Please tell me and give me some advice if what should I do? Your help and advice will be highly appreciated. Thank you so much.
Welcome to the forum Bradley, firstly you will have to meet the minimum requirement of £18,600 to bring your wife here. That’s really the starting point.
it doesn't really matter when you are inlove, right? My wife and I knw our situation that for now it will be so hard for us. She knew that I dont have pemanent job yet and she has a decent job in philippines as a Manager.
Is it possible to get Marry again here in UK and what Visa should we apply? or is visitor visa is good?
Your already married so can’t get married again but can go to church and get a blessing at a later date. Your married so if you want to bring her her permanently you need to apply Spousal visa. Only visitor visa if it’s a visit. There is so many threads on this in the forum it would do you good to read them so you get an understanding of visas and the visa process. People will always help but you also need to help yourself by reading up on requirements.
hi--welcome to the forum i too was married--the first time--at 20. but that was 50 years ago. it would be interesting to read your story.
I guess it's too late to warn of the perils of getting too involved in a relationship at such a young age! I would give my left bollock to be 20 years again. I really regret never looking for work outside of the UK. Don't get me wrong, I saw the world and much more beside, but I missed out on so much opportunity. What line of work are you in? Is there scope that you will earn more as your seniority increases? A couple of years for you both to progress in your careers and start saving money could be invaluable. The time between now and when you're 22 or 23 will fly by. What is the possibility you could both take yourselves abroad to some place such as Dubai or Singapore and earn a living?
Hi bigmac, thank you. To start it and to be honest my wife is 9 years older than me. I am half filipino and half british as my mom is a filipina and my dad is pure brit but I was born and grew up here in UK. Every year we will visit Philippines. I was 5 years old and she was 14 when we met because my cousin that is older than me same age as my wife are classmates. We played together. Years passed as I go Philippines every year we separate ways and by the way we are just ten houses or 15 houses away in Ph, in short we are just neighbors but I never ever see her again since I was 5 years old because as they live in another places and I heard she was in a relationship with that time. So when I was 16 years old I was in a relationship with an another Filipina for three years but broke up last Sept 2017. My ex cheated on me with a korean guy. Last October 2017, I went PH for 2 weeks and saw my cousin who was classmate with my wife now and ask the facebook of my wife. I saw her profile and added her and message her but she did not accept it or I did not get any response as I noticed she seen my messages. So I let it passed maybe because she was in a relationship before. January this year, finally she accepted my friend request. THen we chat and I let her remember that I was the kid she played with when I was 5. I look older than her. She told me that she was having a heartbreak when she accepted my request maybe thats why. She was down and frsutrated because she was physically hurt and emotinally hurt by her ex. I knew from the start that she is the one. I know it sounds cliche but yeah its true. I was willing to sacrifice even if she will just use me its okay as long as she will be mine. I courted her and by February she finally said YES! We both happy even in a LDR, we always videocaht 24/7 a day even if I at work. Last August I surprised her with a ticket that I will be going to PH for 3 weeks to celebrate my birthday with her. I knw deep inside my heart that shes the girl I want to marry with. SHe is independent, she work hard for her family, shes so sweet, loving, understanding woman that every man wants to have. On my birthday, last Septemebr 2018, I surprised her and asked her to marry me and she said YES! As we went to Manila, we sawthe Brit Embasssy there because we were having a lunch in Taguig, we planned to marry 2019 and we are just planning it but we saw the Embassy located there. I dont know if thats the sign, we went to Embassy just to ask the requirements. But to be honest, I can say it was very easy for us. I did not have the form they said to fill up computerized to get LEgal Capacity to Marry. I knw its really the sign because the Embassy just asked my my ID and passport and they let me sign the form handwritten, my handwritten. then I paid 3k plus then just 10 to 20 minutes I got the Legal Capacity to Marry and they asked me when I want to get marry and where. So I put September 2018 same month, I know you think that I am in a hurry to marry her, yes I really want that time. We have 3 weeks to prepare all we need. And thank God, God is really with us because He let things happened that we thought is really impossible. Evrything was possible with God in the center of us. We got married in a Civil Wedding with her family and my friends. But I have plan to marry her in Church hopefully 2019 or 2020 with my all family this time na. We are married for 3 months now and so far we are happy. The consistency is still there and I will be in Philippines this January 2019 to Celerbate Sinulog in Cebu. I know from within me that She will be the last woman Iwill spend the rest of my life with. Thank you for taking your time to read our story.
Yeah, its possible and we are open to that. We will see. I just really want my wife to come to UK even for 6 months only. Thank you
