American girlfriend willing to settle in the UK
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From: gregory.wajntrob on 27 May 2007 12:19 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.
From: Brad & Janet on 27 May 2007 12:52 On 27 May, 18:19, "gregory.wajnt...(a)gmail.com" <gregory.wajnt...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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. what does she do for a living ?
From: William Black on 27 May 2007 12:55 <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. 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, the forms are hellish and it seems to be deliberately made to be demeaning for everyone involved, but doing things differently is a certain method for making it all take longer, cost more and possibly fall into some sort of technical morass. Be aware that her UK visa does NOT allow either travel or settlement in the rest of the EC,. If you want to go back to living in France she'll need another visa, and the application MUST be made from her country of residence. -- 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 13:02 "Magda" <magda(a)eu> wrote in message news:aaej539qv6n21f43tnsmolf7pmjeqvot6o(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:55:23 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "William Black" > <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> arranged some electrons, so they looked like > this: > > ... > ... <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. > ... > ... 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, the forms are hellish > and > ... it seems to be deliberately made to be demeaning for everyone > involved, but > ... doing things differently is a certain method for making it all take > longer, > ... cost more and possibly fall into some sort of technical morass. > ... > ... Be aware that her UK visa does NOT allow either travel or settlement > in the > ... rest of the EC,. > ... > ... If you want to go back to living in France she'll need another visa, > and > ... the application MUST be made from her country of residence. > > Not if they are married; no visas needed. > My wife needs a Schengen visa to visit Schengen countries. She has a UK residential visa. -- 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: d4g4h4 on 27 May 2007 13:11
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. -- (*) ... 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 |