[UK] Woman Deported to Singapore despite 27 year marriage - Polidicks

[quote=BBC]A woman married to a British man for 27 years has been deported to Singapore. Irene Clennell was being held in a Scottish detention centre, but told the BBC she has been sent back to her country of origin without warning. She had been living near Durham with her husband, and has two British sons, as well as a granddaughter, in the UK. Periods spent abroad caring for her parents are thought to have invalidated her residential status. The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.[/quote] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39099574[/url] "She told the BBC she was unable to contact her lawyer and did not have the chance to get any clothes from her home" There may be more behind this, but if the face value is right, christ.

Either a massive fuck up or there is something more to this. Doesn't being married to a Brit automatically gain you permanent right to abode or am I thinking about something else.

The home office are massive arse holes. My wife's a non EU citizen and they completely ruined her career here, through being uncooperative and messing us around for months when it should have been days. In the end they basically had forgot to send the final letter to us.

[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;51880773]Either a massive fuck up or there is something more to this. Doesn't being married to a Brit automatically gain you permanent right to abode or am I thinking about something else.[/QUOTE] Only if the Brit is making at least £18k a year iirc. Soon being increased to mid 20s as well I think.

[QUOTE=Morgen;51881136]Only if the Brit is making at least £18k a year iirc. Soon being increased to mid 20s as well I think.[/QUOTE] its increasing to 22 or 24 but the way its worded i think the foreigner your marrying has to have be able to prove they can provide for themselves so you dont divorce and they end up a "burden on the system" (there wording)

[QUOTE=waylander;51881150]its increasing to 22 or 24 but the way its worded i think the foreigner your marrying has to have be able to prove they can provide for themselves so you dont divorce and they end up a burden on the system (there wording)[/QUOTE] That sounds perfectly reasonable and fair, to be honest.

i dont disagree but i think if your spouse is capable of working in the uk the income requirement is unnecessary im pretty sure the brought that in a few years ago to stop sham marriages by indians and pakistanis

[QUOTE=waylander;51881169]im pretty sure the brought that in a few years ago to stop sham marriages by indians and pakistanis[/QUOTE] That, among many other hilarious things. A relative of mine had an arranged marriage with a lad who's a British citizen. They needed to take a shit ton of photographs (including one really awkward one with the guy officiating the ceremony who had a really awkward, confused expression on his face) to prove that the wedding, was in fact legit and wasn't a fake wedding. I might end up having to do the same in the future for Canada as well, when it gets to the point that I'll need to sponsor my spouse on my PR application. :v:

[QUOTE=snookypookums;51881156]That sounds perfectly reasonable and fair, to be honest.[/QUOTE] Having a threshold makes sense but it's kind of shitty when you realise that while the average salary is £28k, in reality the vast majority of people earn less than £18k and the real wage has been falling for the past 10 years. The fact that its the same threshold across the entire country isn't good either. Where I live on my salary I can live quite comfortably, for what I'm currently paying in rent for a two bed house with a garden I'd just about afford a bedsit in my home town. At the end of the day it's people, and as cheesy as it is you shouldn't put a price on love. The thought of not being able to spend my life with the person I love because I simply don't earn enough money is a very scary thought. If the rules were the same 40 years ago my family would be very different, I wouldn't have an older brother, I wouldn't have half my extended family, I wouldn't have had the same friends because their parents wouldn't have been able to settle here, my street and neighbours might not exist [editline]27th February 2017[/editline] Basically tories hate the poor and hate foreigners