From the comments section : The Bradleys
'Thank you all so much for the work you do!! Would love to share our
story with you someday. We had planned on moving back to the UK to raise
our family there and as a base for our businesses, until at immigration
in Inverness I was updated on the changes to the spousal visa. Now we
are back in Thailand ( where we had lived before our journey to
Scotland) and in total limbo.'
The Bradleys' excellent blog : http://phuketfamily.blogspot.co.uk/p/about.html
'Changes to the UK spousal visa have made it terribly difficult for Brits
( like myself) married to non EU citizens ( like my husband) to reside
there. The spousal visa was changed in a government effort to make
people think it was doing something to curb mass immigration, but in
reality it has made over 18,000 families displaced or in distress
because of its changes. Namely, there is an income stipulation that the
Brit alone must meet in order for their spouse and children to qualify
for the spousal visa. The amount required is more than what the majority
of Brits make and therefor deemed by many to be unjustified. To put
things into perspective, if my husband was from an EU country such as
France, we would have no requirements whatsoever ( income or other!) for
him to live there. It's a deeply upsetting issue impacting thousands of
families like us, but thankfully the Migrants Rights Network and others
are fighting it. You can find out more about their work here.'
Thanks for sharing your story and good luck.
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