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From: d4g4h4 on 27 May 2007 13:26 David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > > <gregory.wajntrob(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1180282790.996109.39650(a)u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > > > Dear all, > > > > > > My girlfriend is american and I am french. I am currently living in > > > London and she would like to come and join me. However, it seems > > > pretty hard for her to find a job here... > > > > > > Thus, we thought of getting a french PACS (kind of like a UK civil > > > partnership) and would like to know if this would make it possible for > > > her to work in the UK. > > > > > > Does anybody has a piece of advice on this one? > > > > Marry her. > > Maybe they don't want to. From the UK point of view, the PACS and the > marriage certificate are equal documents. I can't comment on the french > side however. In terms of bureaucracy that is. In the UK, it is relatively straightforward. It's not cheap though, especially for same-day service, but that's not a big deal long term I suppose. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 27 May 2007 13:52 Martin wrote: > On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:22:22 +0200, Magda <magda(a)eu> wrote: > > >>On 27 May 2007 09:19:51 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "gregory.wajntrob(a)gmail.com" >><gregory.wajntrob(a)gmail.com> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: >> >>... Dear all, >>... >>... My girlfriend is american and I am french. I am currently living in >>... London and she would like to come and join me. However, it seems >>... pretty hard for her to find a job here... >>... >>... Thus, we thought of getting a french PACS (kind of like a UK civil >>... partnership) and would like to know if this would make it possible for >>... her to work in the UK. >>... >>... Does anybody has a piece of advice on this one? >>... >>... Thanks, >>... >>... Gregory. >> >>Marry her. > > > or dump her and find something simpler to manage? Clear to see you've never been in love! (The expected "forever after" may only last a few months, but when one is suffering from that particular madness, reason and logic disappear.)
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 27 May 2007 13:58 Martin wrote: > On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:29:37 +0200, Magda <magda(a)eu> wrote: > > >>On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:27:51 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> >>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: >> >>... On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:14:02 +0200, Magda <magda(a)eu> wrote: >>... >>... >On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:07:58 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> >>... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: >>... > >>... > ... On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:02:00 +0200, Magda <magda(a)eu> wrote: >>... > ... >>... > ... >On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:58:45 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> >>... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: >>... > ... > >>... > ... > ... On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:22:22 +0200, Magda <magda(a)eu> wrote: >>... > ... > ... >>... > ... > ... >On 27 May 2007 09:19:51 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "gregory.wajntrob(a)gmail.com" >>... > ... > ... ><gregory.wajntrob(a)gmail.com> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: >>... > ... > ... > >>... > ... > ... > ... Dear all, >>... > ... > ... > ... >>... > ... > ... > ... My girlfriend is american and I am french. I am currently living in >>... > ... > ... > ... London and she would like to come and join me. However, it seems >>... > ... > ... > ... pretty hard for her to find a job here... >>... > ... > ... > ... >>... > ... > ... > ... Thus, we thought of getting a french PACS (kind of like a UK civil >>... > ... > ... > ... partnership) and would like to know if this would make it possible for >>... > ... > ... > ... her to work in the UK. >>... > ... > ... > ... >>... > ... > ... > ... Does anybody has a piece of advice on this one? >>... > ... > ... > ... >>... > ... > ... > ... Thanks, >>... > ... > ... > ... >>... > ... > ... > ... Gregory. >>... > ... > ... > >>... > ... > ... >Marry her. >>... > ... > ... >>... > ... > ... or dump her and find something simpler to manage? >>... > ... > >>... > ... >Martin, you are a romantic! Who knew...? >>... > ... >>... > ... In the long term my suggestion will present less problems. >>... > >>... >Different wife = different set of problems. >>... >>... How many wives do you think he has? >>... >>... Getting rid of spouse when neither of the couple are native to the country, >>... where they married, provides years of employment for lawyers. >> >>Do you read what you write?? > > > Do you practice what you preach? Judging by Magda's posts over the ten years or so I've been posting here, I think she DOES, actually!
From: William Black on 27 May 2007 14:18 "Magda" <magda(a)eu> wrote in message news:efej53hrpbafjqmqa7op2ekbbd6s8u12ut(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:02:09 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "William Black" > <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> arranged some electrons, so they looked like > this: > ... My wife needs a Schengen visa to visit Schengen countries. > > The wife of a french man won't need it. > > ... She has a UK residential visa. > > Sign the Schengen agreements! > > (Like that's gonna happen in my lifetime...) I wish. And the Euro as well. I can't get my head around people who think that having your own currency is a good thing for no very good reason except some sort of fear. The only people who make money are the banks, who actually manage to tax people for having the temerity to want to spend money abroad... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: William Black on 27 May 2007 14:21
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hysaca.kdo1ih1vew26wN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> <gregory.wajntrob(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:1180282790.996109.39650(a)u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... >> > Dear all, >> > >> > My girlfriend is american and I am french. I am currently living in >> > London and she would like to come and join me. However, it seems >> > pretty hard for her to find a job here... >> > >> > Thus, we thought of getting a french PACS (kind of like a UK civil >> > partnership) and would like to know if this would make it possible for >> > her to work in the UK. >> > >> > Does anybody has a piece of advice on this one? >> >> Marry her. > > Maybe they don't want to. From the UK point of view, the PACS and the > marriage certificate are equal documents. I can't comment on the french > side however. > >> The paperwork gets a lot simpler and she'll be able to settle here within >> weeks. >> >> Fianc� visas take months to come through and anything else makes life >> complicated for the immigration officials who are all invariably horribly >> suspicious of anything new and different. >> >> 'Spousal visas' take about six weeks. >> >> I've been through this process. It takes time, > > It took me exactly two weeks from the beginning of application to the > receipt of both passports with his visa for my application for my > partner (unmarried) to join me in the UK. This was 2002. Indeed, we were > caught out by the speed of the response. If you apply from within the > UK, you can get an appointment, and providing it's a straightforward > application, get it approved the same day. We applied in Bombay. The only real problem were the visa agents employed by the UK government who seemed to think they sat on the left hand of God rather being employed to process people's paperwork. But the visa came in just under two weeks. We were advised that fianc� visas were taking between six and twelve months at that time... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |