Fish Head Soup

5 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

Gotcha and good examples on the figures. So he can apply for a settlement visa and providing he meets financial requirements he stands a good chance?

He really needs to set out his circumstances to get some advice that fit his personal situation, there are other ways to meet the financial requirement than those I stated.

He also needs to prove suitable accommodation, legitimate and ongoing relationship, she needs to have a TB test, she needs to pass English language test.

He needs to give some information before he can get any help from people here

48 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

Believe you need a minimum of 1 years proof of income for a salary of not less than £22500/24000? And current employment/income of that minimum also.

The amount he is required to be earning is minimum £18,600 per year or using savings would require £62,500. A combination of salary and any savings held above £16,000 could also be used.

On 2/8/2018 at 2:34 PM, Tony M said:

I think the answer is no, unless there are more than 5 other shareholders. It appears to be a sole or limited family partnership.

I don't follow how someone employed as a PAYE employee would be expected to apply under the self employed category?

Yes that's fine so long as you are PAYE and the six months bank statements show the corresponding payments to your pay slips.

With working tax credits etc there is a huge number of working age Brits who have barely paid a penny to the NHS in their lives.

4 hours ago, bobrussell said:

Clearly will not be welcomed by those aiming to settle in the UK.

Not necessarily. My wife has just applied for a settlement visa last month, we paid the IHS (Immigration Health Surcharge) of £200 per year, as her visa would be valid for 2.5 years we paid £500 charged in USD so was getting on for £600 with exchange rates. I think that is a great deal, and actually way too cheap for what you get. If she gets the visa she will have to apply for FLR (Further Leave to Remain) in approx 2.5 years time, my mother who is on the board of a regional NHS trust has told me that by then it is hoped that it will be a minimum of £600 per year which would mean we would have to pay a further £1,500 on application of FLR, still a good deal but on top of the ridiculous visa fees it is quite a chunk of change but when you consider that the NHS is funded by the the equivalent of £2000 per tax payer per year you really can't complain especially if unfortunate enough to need to use the service for any serious illness or accident.

All the above said, it's really not migrants from outside the EU who are putting the strain on the NHS, it's all just a smokescreen by the incompetent government to appease the little Englanders who like to blame all their failings on immigrants.

You can pay extra and have it the same day, though you will have to go to one of the premium service centres that are dotted about the country.

See my above posts.

The process at Trendy building when applying for a settlement visa takes around 20 - 30 minutes maximum with a regular appointment. They simply take the biometrics, scan the application form, and send you on your way. My wife was in and out in about 15 mins. The longest part of the process is the ride in the elevator to the 32nd floor.

I was referring to priority service in my previous post, excuse the confusion.

I have made a thread specifically to try and find real time timelines for this. I have been reading on two other forums (immigration forums) and there are people using premium service waiting over 8 months, some are processed in a matter of weeks. Then there are others using non priority and it is the same, some applications are processed in a few weeks, there are others that are still waiting over 10 months on!