hi ime patrick ime new to this site ime married to a lovely philipina since last december after 3 years of knowing each other ime back in uk now wife is still in cebu with with my stepdaughter. so ime hoping i may get some answers here about visa and requirements from them that know .so i can bring them here for a visit ive been there 8 times now so i think only fair they can exsperience life here in the uk even for a short time before i return to phills to live there . sorry for going on a bit
If you have any questions just ask away when you're ready, someone will point you in the right direction I'm sure.
thank you again / ime never sure about the financial requirements i have to have . ime retired after an accident long time now i recieve dla soon to be that pip thing some say ime exept others say ime not so bit confusing to me .may i ask your view on that please
Hello joseph60. I too am retired and in receipt of DLA Mobility Component (not the care component). I can certainly give you some information on preparing for the ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE route for a settlement visa. You do not need the usual £22,400 p.a. income. Your income needs to be at or above that what a couple with a child on income support would have after paying for any housing costs (rent/mortgage/Council Tax) I get Pension Credit as a single person, which comfortably exceeds the Income Support a married couple would get. I own my own home outright and pay no Council Tax, so housing costs (in the eyes of UKVI) are zero. My wife applied for her settlement visa three weeks back, so we hope to hear soon on her application. If you want to apply for a visit visa for your wife then, AFAIK, you would have to meet whatever the financial requirements are that everyone has to meet for a visit visa, there is no special dispensation for someone disabled. Having said that, the financial requirements for a visit visa are less strict than for a settlement visa, but I am unsure as to what exactly they are. If you are thinking of bringing your wife and stepchild to live in the UK. you may want to do this BEFORE you are re-assessed for PIP. PIP has stricter eligibility requirements and I am worried that I would not meet them. Luckily my wife wants to work in the UK, so if I don't qualify for PIP at some time after she reaches these shores, our combined incomes should exceed the minimum requirements - £18,600 in our case as there are no children involved.
thank you for your reply .well i get dla high rate both components plus esa industrial injury and a small nhs pension i live in rented flat get hb but my work pensin i think would keep my wife during her visit here i would never try and claim anthing for her anyway
I am pretty sure you would fulfil any financial requirement for a visit visa but I think UKVI would need compelling evidence that your wife would return to the Philippines with her child.
well she always said she dont want to live in uk all her family are there anyways her parents are getting old now so she wants to be there to care for them . as for the daughter she wants to finnish her schooling there too so to stay here is out of the question really to prove that well thats a different question i imagine .oh and thankyou for the welcome
Hello Patrick, Welcome here and good luck with your planned visit visa. The cost is low and decisions are made fairly quickly, but as someone has already mentioned the main issue in addition to funding will be convincing the UKVI caseworker that your wife has no immigration intention and that she and her daughter will return home before the visa expiry. She'll need to provide strong ties to her home country and good reasons to demonstrate that she has, on balance of probability, stronger reason to return home that to overstay or try to change her visa conditions. Whatever the perceived challenges it's always worth the effort for presenting a good application Good luck
I would think that if he goes East...they will go West (apart from old age pension, if he qualifies). Otherwise, he would need to split his time between the two countries, which is what I plan to do.
