I thought one of the points of brexit was to treat people of all countries equally when it comes to immigration. Should be no relative disadvantage for non - EU coming to the UK.Original Post Deleted
Yeah I've been married for 7 years to my HK wife. I'm British and we have a 6 year old daughter. We have looked into the British thing and given up on the idea. If we want to be closer to my family, maybe we will move to somewhere in Europe that doesn't treat us with contempt.
It has also affected our ventures into the property market. I had intended to buy in the UK but now we are put off that idea too and looking elsewhere. Well done British government on alienating your citizens.
Yeah, a few more years (maybe months???) and buying in London will be within reach of any HK studentOriginal Post Deleted
Cheers, mate!
I have another question about meeting the financial requirement, if any can help! We plan on meeting the financial requirement with cash savings, but my wife thinks that we can just use the value of our shares, without liquidating anything. I checked the website/notes and it just says:
If income has been earned from investments, shares and/or stocks in the 12 months
prior to the date of application and the relevant asset was then sold, we will consider it to
be held at the date of application and that income may be counted towards the financial
requirement, provided that investments, shares and/or stocks of an equivalent volume
have since been purchased in the same company and are held at the date of
application.
My wife reckons 'income' can mean the value of the shares we own, whereas I think it means dividends etc. I emailed them asking for clarification and they said to just check the guidance notes/website.
Does anyone have any experience of meeting the financial requirement with cash or shares? Any (more) help would be greatly appreciated! Ta!
Should give you a quick and helpful summary (for those not familiar with this issue):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYyeDoa1Ah8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-arGCbhVmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imsGJlXEGNk
Last edited by dossier; 12-10-2016 at 10:17 PM.