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Lucas
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| Things change so often that the only way to be sure is to contact the embassy or immigration yourself and get the answers. Ask your wife to call the British embassy in Seoul and you will get all the answers, i always found them polite and helpful. In my experience, second hand information is rarely reliable as you can see by the first few responses in this thread. Better to get it straight from the dogs mouth. |
No - he should look on the website that I gave the link for, that has all the info he will need....
By all means call the Embassy but they will not give DIRECT answers to anything and they'll speak in riddles because they KNOW rules change all the time and they do not want to be the one's responsible for messing with you!
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/news/soi-fam-mig.pdf
Page 46 for earnings - read all this document too  |
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Jonephant
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| Things change so often that the only way to be sure is to contact the embassy or immigration yourself and get the answers. Ask your wife to call the British embassy in Seoul and you will get all the answers, i always found them polite and helpful. In my experience, second hand information is rarely reliable as you can see by the first few responses in this thread. Better to get it straight from the dogs mouth. |
No - he should look on the website that I gave the link for, that has all the info he will need....
By all means call the Embassy but they will not give DIRECT answers to anything and they'll speak in riddles because they KNOW rules change all the time and they do not want to be the one's responsible for messing with you!
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/news/soi-fam-mig.pdf
Page 46 for earnings - read all this document too |
Alright! what he said  |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| The wife and I did a ceremony in Korea, but went to the states for the actual paperwork during a vacation. She went in to the US on a tourist visa and we got legally married in just 2 days. Also, at least for US citizens, it's easier for both of us to get spousal visas having been legally married in the US as opposed to Korea. |
Guy I worked with in Japan did that when he and his intended took a short vacation to Guam, where they got married. When it came time for them to move to the US, he had to pay a huge fee/fine because the purpose of the earlier trip was not for tourism.
As with everything else involved with immigration, what someone else did in the past is essentially meaningless. Laws change and they change often. Check with the actual government agency involved to get the correct and current answer for one's situation. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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thanks, thanks everyone.
Ill have a good look at that website, looks like it'll be invaluable.
Lucas, youre married to a korean? what did she make of England when you took her home? |
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le-paul
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brit expat forum looks good too! thanks  |
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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thanks, thanks everyone.
Ill have a good look at that website, looks like it'll be invaluable.
Lucas, youre married to a korean? what did she make of England when you took her home? |
No - Ttopaz is just training me to be his replacement (he's getting on a bit now)
As for what a Korean would think of the UK I'd say it depends on where you would be living..........
You should deffo take her to the UK BEFORE you marry her - and point out that having a hol there is totally different from LIVING there....
Maybe take her to an EDL meeting too + the Muslim corner and Hackney/Tower Hamlets in London too.....  |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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haha. Yeah, i think tompt could do with a side kick, hes got his hands full by the look of things.
Thanks for your advice, i took my french gf to Brixton 5 years ago for dinner, that almost finished us! This time, we'll be going to see peacocks and teahouses i think. |
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War Eagle
Joined: 15 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| The wife and I did a ceremony in Korea, but went to the states for the actual paperwork during a vacation. She went in to the US on a tourist visa and we got legally married in just 2 days. Also, at least for US citizens, it's easier for both of us to get spousal visas having been legally married in the US as opposed to Korea. |
Guy I worked with in Japan did that when he and his intended took a short vacation to Guam, where they got married. When it came time for them to move to the US, he had to pay a huge fee/fine because the purpose of the earlier trip was not for tourism. |
Well, when the wife and I went on "vacation", we made a spur of the moment decision to get married after she had arrived on a tourist visa  Therefore, it was technically in good faith. Also, she left the country on the same visa, in the appropriate time frame, without applying for a spousal visa. She can now start the process, in good faith, whenever she wants to from Korea.
I researched this quite a bit to make sure we weren't breaking any laws 
Seems like your friend didn't know what he should tell Immi  |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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you could just put it the way you did, it was in good faith. It seems a bit unfair to penalise someone for being romatic!
If I get married, i think ill follow your example, in and out on the tourist/student visa! |
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wanderer
Joined: 25 May 2003
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My brother talked me out of two weddings, reasoning that you're aiming to only marry once.
We had a traditional Korean wedding here, then a reception at home during which we exchanged rings (not part of the K wedding). Best of both... |
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fezmond
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| Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Twice shy |
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My brother talked me out of two weddings, reasoning that you're aiming to only marry once.
We had a traditional Korean wedding here, then a reception at home during which we exchanged rings (not part of the K wedding). Best of both... |
Did a similar thing too. Got legally married in Korea and then had out reception/event in Ireland 6 months later. Managed to avoid a wedding hall and also any church. Straight onto the good stuff instead.
I took the wife (before we were married) to Wales for a Christmas holiday. She was pretty bored but enjoyed seeing family etc and how life revolves around the pub in our village. Then London and especially Paris blew her mind....no more Wales for us I think. |
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