tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post1235834994037719755..comments2023-12-19T05:27:09.911+00:00Comments on <b>BritCits</b> : stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698922877414169622noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-24421225939080334092013-06-24T09:46:34.635+01:002013-06-24T09:46:34.635+01:00Hi Guys. I feel for you so much. My wife is Filipi...Hi Guys. I feel for you so much. My wife is Filipino. We live in the UK and she recently managed to get FLR for the first time, but we still have this threat over us for the next 5 years. At the moment I earn enough money, so we are fortunate, but who knows where we will be in 5 years time. I just don't see how this law they implemented can be legal, to keep families apart in this way. Best of luck to you both.Grachmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764393659675014409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-69890639899317618472013-06-17T21:28:57.853+01:002013-06-17T21:28:57.853+01:00David - thanks for sharing your story. Best wishes...David - thanks for sharing your story. Best wishes to you. - Stevestevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08698922877414169622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-51134159179827299162013-06-17T08:11:54.286+01:002013-06-17T08:11:54.286+01:00Best of luck to everyone posting here and in the s...Best of luck to everyone posting here and in the same sad situation.Thanks to the UKBA my Iranian wife and I have been separated for more time that we have been together! Sure they granted her a fiancee visa, we got married within the time frame....then they gave her a deportation order with 2 weeks notice. The UK is a bonkers country so we will go and live in Spain for a while then Oz. The way this country treat migrants (and the elderly...) shows the true colour of its social policies. Teresa May put a policy like this in place so she can spin some stats at me about reducing 'uncontrolled immigration' but it's a blunt and unkind instrument. Typical invention of bureaucrats. Immigration has largely been reduced by shutting down the fake schools - not by this financial hurdle which makes no sense at all. David.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-55555423055089304652013-06-11T01:29:26.662+01:002013-06-11T01:29:26.662+01:00This country and it's Policies are a Complete ...This country and it's Policies are a Complete and Utter DISGRACE...<br /><br />This country is sending out the wrong message and showing they are racist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-47280774941328112942013-05-29T07:52:57.743+01:002013-05-29T07:52:57.743+01:00I understand your sadness perfectly. I married my ...I understand your sadness perfectly. I married my Chinese wife four years ago and she was also refused a visitors visa and the chance to meet my mum who died last year without seeing her apart from on a web cam. thanks to this present governments new family immigration laws. it makes me angry that I had to give up everything in the UK to be with my wife in China. needless to say there must be thousands of more sad stories of people denied the chance to live with their loved ones in their own country. it stains the image of the UK and everything about human rights we are supposed to stand for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-69527889324264359832013-05-28T21:28:47.929+01:002013-05-28T21:28:47.929+01:00This story is so heartbreaking. Clyde's mother...This story is so heartbreaking. Clyde's mother's description of what they've all been through had me in tears. My husband is Costa Rican and so we had to go through some of this, but as we started it all a few years ago, we managed to escape the worst of it. I simply cannot believe that they've made it so much harder and more complicated - it was hellish enough when we did it. And I really recognise Joyce's description of everyone's disbelief of how difficult it is. So, I can't say much except that I'm signing and sharing all the petitions, and keeping my fingers crossed for all of the couples whose stories you're sharing. <br />Nora Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-59166247669230576172013-05-28T20:46:27.162+01:002013-05-28T20:46:27.162+01:00Anon - thanks for your comment. Please do get in t...Anon - thanks for your comment. Please do get in touch with us at britcits at gmail dot com if you'd like to share your story, or to be added to our mailing list.<br />stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08698922877414169622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-40108441802220817912013-05-28T20:33:51.008+01:002013-05-28T20:33:51.008+01:00I'm in the same boat. I'm Canadian, my hus...I'm in the same boat. I'm Canadian, my husband is British. While he would make the aforementioned amount. We both quite our jobs for an extended honeymoon. I thought we had enough money based upon the old laws. The laws changed while we were backpacking through SE Asia. Because of this, I came to Canada to apply, and was hit with the new laws. I've now been in Canada for 5 months and haven't seen my husband since our honeymoon. Thanks to the UKBA for robbing us of our first year of marriage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-75143795062476393632013-03-18T19:59:21.177+00:002013-03-18T19:59:21.177+00:00Anonymous - thanks for your comment. Please contac...Anonymous - thanks for your comment. Please contact me at sjplep at gmail dot com (email) if you'd like us to add your story to the pack and this page.<br /><br />Hang in there!<br /><br />- Stevestevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08698922877414169622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020146007708530033.post-7919550848691517392013-03-18T19:02:53.112+00:002013-03-18T19:02:53.112+00:00'No one who hears about our situation can beli...'No one who hears about our situation can believe that the government could introduce and continue to support a policy which is so damaging to genuine couples and families.' This is such a true statement. My wife is British and I am American. Everyone who I speak to- family, friends, strangers- cannot actually believe that they are keeping a British citizen's spouse from joining her in the UK, even though she makes a substantial income, but just not quite 18,600. I feel your pain, and I hope that everything works out for the both of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com